The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-01-22
WORK AGAINST
 PROHIBITION Model License League
 in Session.
 --e---- x PRESIDENT GILMORE SPEAKS Makes an Appeal for Regulation of
 Traffic. Declares There 1. No saeA TAias as @Dry Territersr and sss. the
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| License League met this morning in Louisville to- test the growth of it's doctrine and to hear various views re- gardins tts- purpose.
 The sessions will last tisree days and the speakers to be heard include Mayor David s. Rose of Milwaukee. Sidney Story of New Orleans, Dr. j.. F. calIen of Pittsburg, Kas., pr. Nathan r. Cole, Peoria. H., and others.
 President T. M. Gilmore of the League, called the session to order al 10 o'clock today and an address of well come by Mayor ]. F. 1sinstead and ap propriate responses were first heard.
 The ayowed purpose of the League Is to. take the saloon out of politics and Keep ft there and to exclude all law. breakers from the retail liquor busi- ness whatever the law. in their com munities. The League would submit to the people of each political communal division various questions as to how the majority of them want the liquor l trade regulated.
 President Gilmore Speaks. | The people do not want prohibition. but they want a reform, and when we prove that we, too, want reform. when we gain the confidence of the public. the prohibition wave wfli reeede and the Anti saloon League win find it's occu- | Gilmore. of the Nationaa Model Ltcense League. In His address At the convention Of that organization today Mr. Gilmore discussed reform moves ments and the prohibition wave, which he declared to be a protest against things that ought not to be; against conditions that ought not to continue. Mir. Gilmore said he was satisfied that the prohibition movement will ultimate | HA kka a. and to societYr>but he insisted that 1t should be carried along in less rad ical way. and that the reforms desired | should be brought about without such l tremendous losses as are being entailed through the passage of prohibitorr laws.
 I want prQhl bition,r he. Insisted Anor do I they want the saloon unless the saloon Is propArly c0hdnctAa
 The saloon If properly conducted, is A very good convenience. but the sa loon that ts run in connection with | gambling, and that violates law. and that sells to minors and to men who are intoxicated. is certainly out of touch with civilization; 1t is an offence to modern thought. and 1t should be that Is absolutely merciiess in It's pre- visions"
 1 Mir. Gilmore said that if the saloon should be permanently abolished it- will be found necessary to provide a sub stitute. because the strenuous life in- cident to modern civilization demands a place of relaxation, where friend can meet friend. and where worries and cares and responsibilities of life may. for the time being, be put aside. Nc "DRy1 Territory. ''phe Anti-Saloon League" he con- tinued, "is not advocating prohibition, and to one who is familiar with the sit- uation. all of this talk about dry ter ritory' is nothing more than an ab- | surdity. There is no dry territory in | this country. although there are a number of States and a great many counties, aggregating. in area, probably fone-half of the United States. Tn which laws have been adopted prohibiting the 1 sale and in some cases the manufact- ure. of alcoholic beverages A law fnere- ly prohibiting the sale of alcoholic bev- chase and use of alcoholic beverages any more than a law that might pro- hibit the sale of cigars would affect the consumption of cigars"
 The speaker said that since the pas sage of the prohibition laws in such States as Georgia and Oklahoma. ship ments of whiskey and of beer to these
 
 This he attributed to the fact that peo- pie who, under a license system, would never keep whiskey in their houses, are persuaded to buy at least four bot ties through fear that in case of dire need they would not be able to secure
 rhe Anti-saloon League. he said, was vfully alive to the weakness of its cause and that It's leaders knew that the peo- pie of this country do not want pro- hibition. He declared that the Rose law in effect in Ohio, was doomed to be ab- sofutely nullihed. and In time to be re- pealed, as 1t would not bring the desired reform.
 Contentious of Dealers.
 "We contend" he said, 'that 1t is ab- solutely essential to the solution of this problem that all licenses to retail M- quors shall continue in this country, as they continue in Europe-that is that the saloon keepers license to do busi- ness shall continue without any possi- ble interference ,or any power of can cxliation, unless 1t be by a majority vote of the people, or else by conviction in a court of competent Jurisdiction of the violation of law.
 "A license of this character would Immediately remove the saloon, keeper from the realm of politics: 1t would save, him from the demands of the biackmaller, 1t would give him feel ing of pernanency and a desire to con- duct a business that Is to be permanent in the best possible manner.
 We, Furthermore, contend that no more lieenses ought to be issued until the proportion is not greater than one for each 800 of population. so that each of these licenses would possess a very great value.
 we also contend that the price paid by the saloon keeper each year for the privilege of doing business should be reasonabiesY
 we then insist that. in considera- tion of so-valuable license. the penalty for the violation Of law should be man datory, and that no discretion should be lodged with any judge or licensing board.
 Tt is our idea that for the first con- vfction of the violation of law on the mart of q saloon keeper or of his em- ployes in the conduct Of his business his liaShse would be suspended for a period of thirty days; and for the sec oAd conviction his license should be ab- solutely cancelled, and that he should not again be licensed to retail liquors in the State"