Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-02-20

cities, for instance, have not the right
TO suppress Objectionable biIlboards
and saloon signs. All Of which goes
to show which way the wind is blow
ing-and is pat in connection with this
proposed legislation.
The Liquor Question.
| The liquor question will be a big
bone of contention later on. Nearly
| 200 bills affecting the sale If liquor
| have been introduced in The two
! Houses. This does not mean much,
however, as over that number came in
two years ago, but the powerful brew
| ing lobby was able to defeat nj but
one. this one being the Stout bill,
which prohibits the establishment OF
| new saloons within 800 feet of any
schoolhouse and provides for the re-
mnyal in 1908 OF such as are now
within that limit. When the temper
ancp interests saw the futility two
| years ago of making charge all along
| the line they massed their strength for
the passage of the Thayer bill, which
in brief, provided that residents Of a
! locality. and not the common council
should say whether or not a license
/ should be granted i'm such locality.
| After 4 stormy campaign the bill final
| ~ passed both houses, only to be killed
IN the assembly through parliament
AIRY technicality when it came back tO
that house for some insignificant
| o7nandnpnt
| Then the temperance people united
on the Stout bill, which went through
| and stuck. Not only will the brew
ing interests oppose all the main
LIQUOR bills. but they have already be-
gun an active campaign for the repeal
OF the Stout bill.
Thayer Bill Again Appears.
The Anti-Saloon league will wage
more intelligent campaign this year,
under the direction of Il. G. Weed at
| torney for the league, who is already
| actively engaged with the legislators
| The So-called Thayer bill, in slightly
modified form, has again APP cared in
both houses. being presented in the
| upper house by Senator Brown and
| IN the lower Iy AsSembIyman John t..
Baker. Of Alma Center. a young stu
| dent-preacher member.
| This now famous measure consists
| Of twelve sections and provides that
| if majority of the qualified electors
| of definitely designated residence
| district shall file before May - of
any year remonstrance to the sac
of intoxicating liquors within such dis
| trict it shall be unlawful for the COM
| mon council. city, village or town to
| grant such license until a counter
petition signed by a majority of the
| district electors be filed, asking that
such license be granted.
Residential districts affected by the
act are TO contain not less than 100
nor more than 1000 electors and are
| not to include sections where over so
per cert. is devoted to commercial
purposes Park, educational, religious,
and charitable properties are to be re-
| garded as residential.
Some Other Bills.
| Among the bills to regulate the
| LIQUOR traffic is one fixing a license of
| $500 for cities under 5000 and $1,000
for cities over 5000 population. An
other makes The license fee in all
| cities $500 for beer and $500 for the
general sale Of liquor. Then there are
various county option measures. bills
! to remove all screens from saloons
etc.
It is said that when it comes t.
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ests will make a great effort to have
| the Stout bill repealed and will intro.
duce mass Of evidence to prove its
confscatory character. However, the
| opinion seems to be that not only viii
the Stout bill stand. but the Thayel
/ bill will be enacted also. Assembly
man i. " Clausen. of WashbuIn. is
one of the strong champions of liquor
regulation.
Along the line Of this sumptuary leg
| islation is bill introduced by Assem-
| blyman DOmachowslli, of Milwaukee
who is. or was, saloonkeeper him
| self. 1t amends the law forbidding
| the sale of liquors to minors so as to
| include the sale of cigarettes or tohac-
| CO. He believes a law should be
passed forbidding the sale of tobacco
| in any form to boys under IS and he
proposes this as an amendment to the
| minor liquor law, and provides a heavy
penalty and revocation of license if
sold III a saloon. He says that at
school intermissions he has seen boys
| f1ocking to places where they could
smoke cigarettes and he thinks
stringent law should be passed to
| curb the practice among the young.
Civil Service law.
The controversy Of Secretary of
State Frear with the civil serv-
| ice commission over the extent
Of the commissions jurisdiction i'll
| his office has led to considerable
attention being drawn to the law. but