The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-12-31
TIMES, BUREAU

AT THE STATE CAPITAL.
Indianapolis. Ind, Dec 31.--The Anti
Saloon league and the Association Of
Indiana Brewers are at loggerheads al
ready over the proposition of co-opera-
ton between the two organizations in
the effort to clean up the saloon BUSH
ness IL Indiana. A short time ago the
brewers announced that their vigilance
bureau would try to clean up the bust
ness and 1t said also that it would ask
the Anti-Saloon league or anyone else
that cared to do so to join with them
In the work. The bureau said it want
ed to cooperate with any one that had
any information which it could use in
bringing law violating saloonkeepers to
justice, and that it would gladly ac-
cept any information or evidence and
that it would also furnish men to help
any organization to gather evidence.
The brewers said also that they would
furnish all the money necessary to
carry on the work If any organization
wished to assist In gathering the evil
dence
The Anti-Saloon league doubted the
sincerity of the brewers in this offer,
and E. S. Shumaker. state superin-
I tendeut of the Anti Saloon. league, went
back at the brewers in hot fashion
to show that he did not believe they
meant what they said
A couple of weeks ago, l. E. Howe.
who is at the head of the brewers
vigilance bureau. called on Mr. Shu-
maker for the purpose of discussing the
question of cooperation. Howe told
Shumaker that his bureau stood ready
to work with the Auti-Saloon league
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furnish him with men to gather evil
dence, the men to work under his di-
rection. He also offered to pay the
expenses of such work. 1t is said that
the conference between Howe and Shu-
maker was not of the most cordial kind
! and that when they parted there was
not much of an understanding between
them as to whether anything would BIZ
done.
Shumaker told Howe that the sa.
looms in Indianapolis were so rotten
and that they violated the law so con.
tinually and so 1agrantly that the
brewers would find plenty to do to keeI
them busy for a year right here il
this city, If they wished to show tina
they were in earnest in their talk o.
cleaning up. It is understood thai
Shumaker told Howe that this was the
place to begin work. and intimated tha-
they would not bother to co-operat,
until the brewers did something in In
dianapolis.
Well this brought on the climax
Howe later asked r. c. Minton, attor
ney for the Anti-Saloon League. t.
furnish him with the names of the sa
looms in indianapolis that have beel
violating tn claws. or against which
the league had evidence. Now Mintol
comes back to Howe and says that h
will not furnish him with the name
4 of the saloons unless he makes propo
sition in writing as to what he pro
poses to do in the way of cooperation
in the cleaning up business.
) Just what Minton. wants with a writ
ten proposal is not known. unless 1t b
to put himself in a position to pull
the paper on Howe some day, in cas-
the brewers fail to carry out thei
program. and say Il told you So" 1
is now up to Howe to either furnisl
the written proposal or do without tn
! names of the saloons. He is not in tn
city today and it is not known what h
will do.
1t is known that the vigilance burea
of the brewers has secret service me
working in indianapolis, Fort Wayne
South Bend and Evansville, and tina
l they are gathering evidence against tn
0 saloons that violate the laws. Jus
! how they are doing this is not known
but the report is that they are pilin
: up evidence in grand style. They ar
n finding out about the saloons that per
Z. NIT gambling; that permit women t
!. loaf in their places; that sell t
:. drunken men: that keep open durin
: forbidden hours and on Sundays; tina
: sell to minors; that run resorts in con
s nection with their saloons and that d
r any of the other things that have pu
). the saloon business in such bad reput
in this state.
i According to the plan first announce
: the brewers may use this informatio
: in several different ways. They sal
that they would not prosecute the SO
loon men. except as a last resort. The
will in the first place call In the OF
tending saloonkeeper and show him tn
revidence they have gathered agains
= him. They will then demand of hill
that he reform his methods and max
it plain to him that he must do so.
= he satisfies them that he will do tn
he will be given chance, but If h