The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-22
THEY CRY ''QUITS"
BreWeries Ready to Surrender
i'm Kansas.
Would Permit All InjunctiOns
to Stand.
GET OUT OF STATE.
Want to Take Their Property
With Them.
Their Case Before Supreme
Court This Afternoon.


judgment on the part of the brewers is
| looked forward to as the probable out
come of the ouster-injunction-re receiver
| ship suits started by Attorney General
! Fred S. Jackson.
| 1t is rumored that a confession of
| Judgment in all of the cases would be
| made before the supreme court this
afternoon, provided the attorney gen.
| eral would agree to such a settlement
| of the case. Representatives of the
| breweries have been keeping General
| Jackson busy this morning, and while
nothing has been given out concerning
| the nature of these interviews, it can
be stated that the general subject was
a plea for quits by the brewing con-
Germs.
One of he brewery representatives
said this morning:
jackson is inclined to rub it in on
US. He wants US to promise to furnish
names of all the places in the state IN
which we are interested before he VIII
agree to let upon this prosecution. AT
least that is what l understand he is
hanging out for
Attorney General Jackson said: 81 am
not making any terms with the attor-
neys for the breweries. They must get
into court and reach some proposition
satisfactory to the court.
1t is not likely that the cases will
end in a confession of judgment at the
hearing set for this afternoon in the
supreme court. The probability is that
the cases will be continued until some
future time, while the injunctions
against the breweries doing any bus1-
ness in the state will stand By al
lowing the injunctions to stand, the
brewers will indicate that they are
ready to quit trying to do business IN
the state of Kansas.
If some agreement is made oy
which the brewers are allowed to con-
fess Judgment, the court will dictate
the terms of surrender. The brewers
will perhaps be allowed to take all
their property in the state and get out,
with the specific understanding that
they will not ever attempt to again do
business in the state. If the hearing
of the temporary injunction matter IS
continued today. the Injunction
against the breweries and their agents
will continue in full force and effect
until the later hearing.
LeavenWorth People Here.
State Senator Vinton Stillings, F. P.
Fitzwilliam and F. B. Dawes of Leav-
enworth who are supposed to be rep
resenting some of the brewery agents
in Leavenworth, are all in Topeka to-
day, and have been holding frequent
consultations with the attorney gen.
eral
Mr.. Fitzwilliam was asked whether
or not propositions had been made by
the defendants for the confession of
judgment.
''There may have been some talk
among attorneys about the matter, and
it may have been considered to some
extent in an informal manner, but no
formal propositions have been made to
the state and nothing which would
warrant the statement that such a
method of compromise is to be
adopted
"Will continuance be asked for in
the injunction cases?"
ct am unable to say replied Mr.
Fitzwilliam.
Mr.. Dawes was asked concerning his
business in Topeka and said:
''I am simply here on legal business
looking after the interests of a client
in one of these custer suits.
StiIlings Dodges an Interview
Senator Vinton StiIlings of Leaven-
worth, was quoted in a Kansas City
paper as saying that "Leavenworth
would not be dry until the militia is
sent there to enforce the law
'I didn't say all that was printed
said Senator Stillings this morning.
81 talking to A. c. Husey of Wich-
ita about the situation, and it was he
that talked about the militia. He said.
4 understand they are going to send
the militia over to Leavenworth to
close up the saloons, and 1 replied,
Yes they'll have to send the militia
That was the incident that formed the
basis for the alleged interview"
Tricxett and Codding Here.
The representatives of the breweries
are not the only ones in Topeka today
VINO are interested III ln0 case. L. w.
Trickett of Kansas City and ]. K. Cod
ding of Wamego are in town. Mr.. Cod
ding is one of the main attorneys for
the State Temperance union, and
everybody knows who Trickett is.
Mr.. Trickett will assist the state to-
day in the presentation of the states
case to the supreme court He will
probably present an affidavit relating
to the location of brewery owned sa-
looms in Kansas City, Kan.
AtchisOn Ready to Close.
1t is evident the city of Atchison is
now on the run. and will close up its
saloons just as soon ordered to do
is expected to be issued almost any
| day. Atchison has been very decent
| about it's liquor business, and has
shown a desire to obey the law if
necessary. The following is a piece
| from the Atchison Globe on the sub
| ject:
"Atchison saloons are to be given
! formal notice to quit before any ac-
tion is taken against them. or against
| the property they occupy. This prom
| ise was made to Mayor King in To-
peka Yesterday, by F. s. Jackson, at
| torney general. Jackson said he had
no desire to punish Atchison, which
| had regulated the liquor traffic much
better than most cities. but that it
must close it's saloons. Jackson re-
| fused to say how long it would be be-
| fore the closing order is issued. Can
we expect 1t in a week or a month p
asked King. I can't say replied the
attorney general. His idea Is to tie up
| all the bar fixtures first by securing
| injunctions against them. This, of
itself will close many saloons. The
others can be proceeded against in
against mayors seems to have been