Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1907-07-26
LIQUOR DEALERS
DISCUSS SALOONS
STATE PROTECTIVE ASSOCLA-
TON MEETS AT OSHKOSH.
Stall Saloons and Sale of Liquor
to Minors Discussed Suggest
Methods for Raising Standard
Wdtert0Wn Represented by Quite
a Delegation.

The saloon keepers who attended
the State Convention at Oshkosh W ed
nesday, returned yesterday and were
well pleased with the convention.
Several important questions were dis
cussed and suggestions made toward
raising the standard Of the saloons.
The abolition of stalls in saloons
and the exclusion of minors and inc
briates were subjects which were
discus sed at the second annual
convention of the State Liquor Deal
ers Protective association, which was
called to order at ten O'Clock Wednes-
day.
Notice of the meeting was sent out
late last week, and no formal public
announcement had been sent out con-
corning the convention, and therefore
NO preparations had been made to en-
t&rtain the visitors, aside from those
made by the Oshkosh Retail Liquor
Deglers association. The suddenness
of the call also prev ented the arrange
ment of set program.
The number of delegates present
was about 100, and various parts of
the state were represented, including
Racine, Kenosha, M )nroe, WaUertown,
Wausau, Merrill, Sneboygan, Sheboy-
gan Falls, Manitowoc, La Crosse,
Appleton and Menasha.
The state association was formed
at Appleton a year ago, and the pres
ent meeting is virtually the first an
nual convention. Bylaws, which
were adopted at the first meeting,
Will be revised, and the association
will be more fully organized.
The discussion of subjects heretofore
mentioned was largely informal and
methods employed in various cities to
raise the standard of saloons and to
solve the various problems were re-
lated by delegates. For example the
delegates from the city of Monroe
told of card which is posted in the
windows of saloons there, which reads
"All blackIisted persons and minors
are requested to stay out of this place
of business" and the method Of enforc-
| ing the request. They also told of An
experience in that city in which the
saloonkeepers of their own volition
closed their places of business on Sun
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The election of officers was hello
Wednesday afternoon and the place fol
holding the next convention was
decided. kenosha was chose for the
next convention. The present officers
of the state ASSOCIATION are: Presi.
dent, Col Charles A. Born, Sheboy-
gan; vice-president C. S. Snyder,
La Crosse; secretary, William +.
Schulz, Sheboygan; treasurer, Thomas
Ryan, Oshkosh. The new officers are
president G. S. Snyder, La Crosse,
vice-president, j. H. Corcaron, Kau
kauna, secretary, q. Jentz, Racine,
treasurer Chas. Hartwig, Manitowoc.
The afternoon was taken up prin-
clip lay IN the reception of reports from
standing committees and delegates
and in the discussion of resolutions
introduced. In the absence of Presi-
dent Born, who was unable to 60
| to Oshkosh. the convention was pre-
sided over by Vice President Snyder.
All of the other officers were present
Robert ]. Halle OF Chicago, secre-
tary of the National Liquor League of
America was also in attendance and
this afternoon made a short address
upon a subject of particular interest
to the members of the association.
He laid particular stress upon the
necessity of organizing and brought
out the interesting fact that during
the last year fifteen branch associations
of liquor dealers have been organized
in as many different cities in Wiscon-
sin. Besides the regular officers
| trustees were also elected and an
organizer. ]. Weuzel, Sheboygan was
elected trustees for years and Is. F.
Grippler OF Merrill one year. Gust
Jentz was chosen as org anizer of new
organizations in the state.