The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-06-23
WET ANDDRY
GUEST At
BANQUET
Feast Preceding Big Liquor
Debate at Indianapolis on
June 80 Will Bring To-
gether Strange Mess
mates.
TIMES BUREAU
At THE STATE ca

Indianapolis, Ind. June 23.--If poll
tics make strange bedfellows, prohibit
ton banquets make strange banquet
fellows. or, at least, one to be held in
Indianapolis soon will bring together
an incongruous lot, unless the plans
of Father Sylvester H Jefford of Pc
oria, ILL.,, who is planning the debate
between the liquor forces and the pro-
hibitionists, scheduled for this city June
80, miscarry from one cause or another.
Then the lion will sit down with the
lamb, and in spirit of jovial comrade-
ship, the brewer will rub elbows with
the prohibitionist-unles of course
the brewer declines to attend.
The banquet will be spread at the
Claypool hotel and will precede a de-
bate on the liquor question, which is to
be carried on between State Senator
Robert E. Proctor of Elkhart, for the
vets" and Felix McWhirter of this
city. a prohibition leader, for the "drys. .
All contentious between the prohibit
tionists and the liquor forces concern
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of holding such a
debate have been dispeIled, and moth
ing remains except for the speakers to
take the platform and begin singing
their oratory.
Rev. Father Jeffords believes in good
fellowship, even on the eve of bat
tie and it is in this spirit that he is
preparing invitations to be sent to a
number of PROMINENT liquor representa-
tives to attend the banquet and the de-
bate Included in the list who will re-
ceive invitations are Joseph Schaf Of
the American Brewing company, Albert
Lieber of the indianapolis Brewing Co.
Maurice Donnelley indianapolis agent
for the Terre Haute Brewing company:
Crawford Fairbanks, president of the
Terre Haute Brewing company; Joseph
E. Bell, attorney for the INDIANAPOLIS
Brewing company, and the Taggart in
terests, Mr.. BerghoH of the Berghor
brewery interests of oFrt Wayne and
State Senator Stephen Fleming of Fort
Wayne. These are included in the pre-
lininary plans for the banquet. and the
list may be extended, or curtailed, be-
fore the plans are complete.
Anti-SaIOOn League Not Invited.
If these gentlemen accept the in
vitations and attend they Will sit down
with Rev. Father Jeffords. National
Chairman Jones of the prohibitionists:
F. w. Tough, state chairman of the pro
hibitionists, and a number of other
prohibitionists of the state. The in
vitation list has not been extended. ii
is understood, to include the Anti
Saloon League workers of the state. but
whether this is merely an oversight.
or due to the feeling of latent enmity
between the contending forces of the
anti-fquorites, is a question
Accounting Board at Meeting.
indianapolis, Ind, June 23.-The pub
lie accounting board, which is now
engaged in preparations for establish
ing a uniform system of accounting
among the city, town. county and town
ship Offices of the state. went to Iaf-
ayette today to attend the meeting Of
the Indiana Municipal League and to
obtain place on the program, if prac-
ticable, in order to discuss the CITY
and town situation with the MAYORS
and other city government representa-
tives attending the meeting The going
had not been planned, and the board
had not asked for a place on the pro-
gram, but expected to be accommodated
when it asked for little time.
The greater part of providing for
the needs Of the cities and towns win
be turned over to William NJ. Fogar-
ty, deputy accountant, of INDIANAPOLIS.
who made a record in accounts and col
lections during his term as Indianapo-
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