The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1907-10-05
ASKS MISS STUBBS FOR
INFORMATION ON SUBJECT
Declines to State Object, But in Light
of Recent Developments and in
view of Governors Known Tenn
perance Policy Action is Believed
to Preface War Against Agents.
Especial to Lake county Times.l

Indianapolis, Oct 5.--That Governor
Hanly is planning a final coup in Of
flee by attacking the brewery saloons
of the state is the belief OF persons
who have observed the recent trend
of events To them it would not be
surprising if some action looking to
the elimination of saloons owned or
controlled by breweries were taken
soon.
! The most significant act from which
such conclusion might be drawn was
recent request by Governor Hanly
to Miss Mary Stubbs, chief of the bu-
reau of statistics, that she obtain from
each county auditor without delay a
statement showing the number of sa-
loon licenses granted from January to
July of this year; how many of them
are yet running; the residences of the
parties licensed and the number Of
saloons thought to be owned by brew
cries.
Explanation Unsatisfactory.
Miss Stubbs' exlanation as to the
desirability of this information is that
discrepancies in temperance statistics
between reports sent in by county au-
| ditors and clerks of cities and towns
exist. This explanation does not fully
explain, however. as, these discrepan-
cies were investigated some time ago
and it was found that the county audi
tors reported for the calendar year
and city and town clerks for the fiscal
year. Miss Stubs said at the time that
this fact fully accounted for the diff
erence in figures that had been noted
by her.
Governor Hanly has declined to say
just why he seeks the desired informa-
tion but state house attaches under
stand that it will afford the basis for
anti brewery saloon action, which will
be instituted by the attorney general
some time before the present admin
istration goes out of office. Statutes
provide that breweries shall not own
or establish or operate saloons and
if it be determined that this statute is
being violated, as it is generally be
Heved to be, the end of the brewery
saloon might be in sight
Admit They Are s'Tnterested."
Brewers make no denial that they
are interested" in certain saloons.
This interest" consists of taking out
the license in an employees name, leas-
ing a building, providing fixtures and
placing beer on sale Each brewery of
this city has a number of saloons of
this kind. The Indianapolis Brewing
company has 319, the Home Brewing
company. 80, the Capital City. SO, etc.
The Terre Haute Brewing company is
also lively in this field. having 247 sa-
looms. In fact. the president of this
company. Crawford Fairbanks, to-
gether with Albert Lieber, president of
the Indianapolis company, controls the
beer trade here.
Admission of their control over sa-
looms was made recently when IN
dianapolis brewers organized an ex-
change and adopted an agreement,
prominent features of which were that
no more saloons should be established
in this city for period of two years
and that the saloons should remain
closed on Sunday as contemplated by
law. Since the adoption of the agree
ment month ago. this city has been
dry" from II o'clock Saturday night
to ) o'clock Monday morning. The
brewers in closing the saloons demon
strated superior strength over the po-
lice.
HanIy Means War.
In view of these developments, Gov
ernor Hanly is contemplating drastic
warfare. it is thought. He is an enemy
Of the saloon and has taken occasion
: numerous times recently, once al
GreencastIe and again at Chicago, ID
} declare that brewers influence in state
2 politics and in municipal affairs must
cease. He thinks with others that the
2 brewers efforts to purify their busl-
l ness is not for the sake of purifcatior
itself but merely to dodge the great
! anti-saloon wave that is passing over
the state.
2 From the saloon element. Governor
2 Hanly has nothing to gain. He i.
r proud of the enemies he has among tbs
: LIQUOR dealers. On the other hand, ht
: prizes highly the regard with which
: he is held by the temperance force;
and those who believe in law enforce
< ment His final coup, II it develops
: will be parting shot TO those whs
: have opposed him and a halo winnei