The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-06-10
BREWERS FAVOR
DEATH OF DIVE
RESOLUTIONS ASSERTING SAME
TO BE BROUGHT BEFORE
WAukEE MEETING.
AS AN OBJECT LESSON
Suggested That Bill For Damages for
"Property Stolen by Prohibition"
be Presented to Some "Dry"
State Legislature.

Milwaukee, Wis. June 9.-Resolu-
tions declaring. in effect, the United
States Brewers association to he in
favor OF the eradication of the dive,
will come before the convent on at
its closing session tomorrow morning.
The resolutions were introduced at
the executive session of the conven-
ton and while their text has not
been made public, it is understood
they declare that the municipal laws
in all cities of the country should
have the cooperation of the brewers
in their efforts to wipe out disreput-
able saloons. They were considered
by the committee this afternoon.
President Lehman in the course
of his remarks before the convention
took the superintendents of the Anti
Saloon League, most of them former
clergymen, to task. by asking How
can they advocate policy of con.
iscation pronounced by Ju tice
Brewer to be both dishonest and i'm.
moral?"
This remark called forth the sug.
gestion from II. b. Scharlman, of
Brooklyn, that the executive commit
tee of the association present to the
legislature of some prohibition sta'e
an object lesson in the form of a bi
for damages for property stolen" by
prohibition legislation
The suggestion was referred to
committee on resolutions and this
afternoon and evening were devoted
to addresses, the principal ones
being by Arthur Brisbane. of New
York and Il. J. Giddings, of Okla
homa
Gidlings Was for open war on the
prohibitionists, but Brisbane de-
clared that there were two sides to
the question and told the brewers
they should clear up the question
about resorts. He declared that pro.
hibition was not only not feasible,
but not possbel, but that the prohibi
tionists should be argued with az
brothers and not as wildeyed anar-
chsts
President Liebmanp-s Address.
Following is an extract from the
presidents address relating to the
unlawful saloon.
1T is of the utmost importanc that
the saloon keepers should respect the
laws, but the constant injustice meted
out to him under the guise of laws,
is a force which tends to undermine
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fragrant and dishonest legislation can
be imagined than in the New York
law permitting new school or
church the right to locate wherever it
pleases. and then forcing the man
who has a saloon or hotel to close
his place. If the church or school
chooses to locate within two hundred
feet of his premises? An attempt
was made to remedy this unfair con.
dition, and bill to this effect was
passed In the legislature, but the
governor of the state vetoed 1t on
the plea that the saloon can not he
permitted to take precedence over
the schoohouse or church
The fact is that the lawmaker, the
magistrate, the police authorities, the
landlord, the bonding companies. and
the licensing authorities must share
the odium which rests upon the
saloon and its hackers, for the evils
which have arisen. But whoever may
be responsible, the plain fact Is t.at
the saloon business is jeopardfzed by
its black sheep, and-a matter of
enlightened self-interest, we must
proceed to find remedy.
Experience proves that all cities
have saloons. If the saloon il not
legalized, an Illegal substitute ap-
pears in the form of speakeasies
drug stores and the like. AS even
the Anti-Saloon league in its Blue
Book comedies that the use of in
toxicating liquors cannot well he
reached by law. and the most rabid
prohibition states have not yet at
tempted to legislate against the use
of liquor. there must and will be
agencies to supply the demand. There
fore we stand for oepn, legalized sa'
looms. as against the hidden dives
or 'speakeasies,' for the decently con
Quoted saloon under proper laws and
regulations, as against the secret
drinking which demoralizes the
home; We stand against the tricks
and evasions. the manifold evi's Ct
prohibition that bring law into con
tempt. and We believe that the over
whelming sentiment of the COM
munity is with us in our content 'ons
Moreover. We maintain that saloons
should have the same right of sale
which is conceded to hotels and clubs
The city saloon is a necessary social
institution which serves useful pur-
poses besides the sale of liquor
Properly conducted 1t is community
asset.
"Tbe abuse of the saloon is marked