The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-08-14

citizens Of the Steel City gathered last
evening in the Gary hotel at the in
stance of Judge Fitzgerald, and under
the presidency of H II. Highlands.
Attorney Matthews. the active agent
of the Indiana Anti-Saloon league, was
present and told the assembly that the
league did not object to the clean and
regulated saloon. Gary's saloons, he
told, were put out of business by the
remonstrance law because of the no
torious outrageous condition existing
in the city. If the saloons had been
limited and conducted on the plant first
devised by the United States Steel cor
poration. Gary would not be dry" to-
day. Therefore. said the anti-saloon at
torney, the permitting of every kind of
dive. low saloon and gambling den in
the city is to be designated as the
causes leading to the elimination of sa-
looms until May. 1910.
/ CROLIUS OFFERS SUGGESTION.
The business before the house was
/ to determine whether or not a few
regulated saloons could not be opened
! in Gary before the expiration of the
/ remonstrance Mr. Matthews said that
he was cognizant of the unusual con-
4 dftions warranting such a course, but
+ could not as far as he was personally
+ concerned. see any legal means to re-
lfeve the situation.
/. Various means were discussed and
then William C. Crolius formulated a
plan which may be productive of re-
suits This plan included the crystalized
sentiments Of Prosecutor Hodges, A.
D. Shafer. John A Brennan, H. H
Highlands. Mr. Cogshell, of the Indiana
steel company, T. w. Englehart, Joseph
Steiner. Judge Fitzgerald and others
Mr. Crolius introduced than motion
which provided that the business in
terests of Gary petition the Anti -Sa-
loon league and county commissioners
with a prayer that saloons are needed
in the city and that the signatories OF
the document pledge themselves thai
they viii see that the saloons are regu
lated and that all violations of the Law
in this respect be prosecuted.
This scheme was put into a motion
passed and win be signed as a peti
| ton and presented to the person!
named in the preceding paragraph
The Crolius motion was TO this effect
THE PETITION AS ADOPTED.
TT is moved that it be the sense o
this meeting that the business men be
lieve that saloons properly and legal
lied are needed at this time in Gary
In other wards, in the opinion of tn
business men and the professional men
and those having the best interests o
Gary at heat they petition Mr.. Mat
thews to explain to the Saloot
league and the county commissioner
that each business man of Cary pledge
himself from this time forth, whethe
or not leganzed saloons are permitte
in Gary prior to May. 1910. to lend hi
assistance and to act in such man
! ner as that no blind bigs" houses Q
ul-repute. gambling dens money pay
ing slot machines or any other viola
tions of the law, including Illicit sale
Of liquor Gin any manner). be permit
ted to exist in Calumet township, an
that they will uphold the authorize
and assist them in the active prosecu
ton of the violators Of the same"
ENDORSES REGULATED SALOON
John A. Brennan. one OF Gary's larg
est property owners and foremost
the ranks of those who are of civ
advancement was called into spea1
Mr. Brennan made speech, sincere
= every respect. and which showed tn;
he has deeply studied the saloon que'
ton. Mr. Brennan declared:
4 believe that licensed saloons PROF
erly conducted, if not absolutely essel
tial are conducive to our welfare"
Mr. Brennan said that he did not b
lieve in the unlicensed saloons and d
clared that thousands Of dollars we
carried to other towns to be spent al
that the best interests Of Gary Will
}. served by the immediate opening
regulated saloons.
"a He said. that while he was for Il
regulated saloon and that period
residence in Kansas showed him tn
/ prohibition was an ineffective remed
! he would always be ready to assist
the suppression Of the law -breakil
liquor dispensary. He won considerat
] applause when he stated that the S
looms are opened next May whether
is at the head of the city governme
] or merely private citizen, he W
be active in the prosecution Of la
\ breakers. His bold, fearless declar
ton of these clean principles ma
| quite an impression on the assemb
II MATTHEW'S BLAMEs GARY.
Mr. Matthews talked at dinere
times during the meeting. His spec
may be synopsised in the followi
paragraphs. He declared that the
monstrance law existed and that t
Anti-Saloon league is not to blal
for it.
The principal question before t
house is how can the existing con-
ton be changed?" He then said Il
Gary herself is to blame for permitti
the outrageous condition.
personally" he said IF I want
glass of beer I take 1t and don't G.
who knows it, and l believe that II
man is temperate in his habits
should be permitted to get beer.
There was lot of vice here. I
crusade to suppress it was not star
by the temperance cranks, but
reasonable mon. The cranks got II
the movement just as well as the reas'
able men. This remonstrance was
fathered by temperance cranks. but
the best interested people. In my juc
ment that remonstrance is absolut
good"
TIMES COURSE COMMENDED.