Arizona republican., 1909-08-17
THE BOOZE QUESTION
 RAISED BY ANDERSON
Brings Out Statement That Printers Are Not Interested in 1t.

The following from the St. Joseph, Mo, Gazette, relative to the request of a representative of the Interna- tional Bartenders for l. T. U. aid against prohibition explains the at titude of the printers:
 Since it's publication, in substance, the speech delivered last Wednes- day morning before the l. T. U. con- vention by James H. Anderson, a vice president and organizer of the Hotel and Restaurant Employees Interna- tional Association and Bartenders' National League of America, in which he urged the delegates on their return home to fight the growing local option movement has led many to believe that the liquor interests have the moral, if not the official sanction of the printers union.
 A storm of protests has arisen over the effects of Andersons speech in behalf of the liquor interests and many delegates are emphatic in their declaration that the Kansas City speaker did not voice the sentiment of the convention and they are anx- ious that the general public be made to understand that they are not in league with the efforts being made to curtail the spread of local option.
 Anderson was not q delegate in the l. T. l.. convention and in fact has no connection with the printers union. He was allowed to speak in support of the barkeepers of the city who are members of the bartenders interna- tional association, and asked that the delegates and their friends patroniZe no bars which are not members of the organization. Anderson closed his speech with plea for the delegates on their return home to work against the local option wave which is gain ing ground in all quarters.
 The saloon is a necessary adjunct to the International Typographical union" declared Anderson in his speech Wednesday, and your union cannot be prosperous without the aid of the saloon"
 Lynch Makes Statement.
 q regret" said President Lynch yesterday, that since MT. Anderson spoke, the impression has gained ground that the liquor interests have either the moral or official sanction of our union. The speaker was in no way connected with the union and spoke solely for another organization which is in no way affiliated with the International Typographical union.
 our organization has never gone on record either for or against the saloon. l do not known that it ever will. You can never tell what the future holds"
 The laws committee, which is one .of the most important committees of the convention, is composed of ab- stainers. At the head of this com mittee is W. H. Dennett of Salt Lake City.
 70 q think MT. Anderson's assertion regarding the relation of the saloon and the typographical union is er- roneous," said Mir. Dennett last night. "On the other hand l think I am voicing the great majority of our or ganization when I declare that there is no relation between the union and the liquor interests. The saloon z not. in my opinion, a necessary ad- jUnct to any legitimate business, but is a positive evil.
 T am not a prohibitionist in the strict meaning of the term. I be- lieve in personal liberty However, when a man gets up and says that the interests of the union printer and liquor elements are identical, I take leave to deny it.'
 The visiting delegates almost unan- imously regretted that the booze con troversy was injected into the con Vention especially when the question was not before them as a convention debate and when it placed them in false position before the public.