The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1910-06-20
Effort to Nominate Senatorial
Candidate at Spencer
Convention Fails.
BREWERS ALSO TROUBLED
CRAWFORD FAIRBANKS AFTER
BEING MEMBER OF BREWERS
ASSOCIATION TWO MONTHS Is
NOW OUT OF THE FOLD.
palladium Specially

Indianapolis, June 20.-The Anti
Saloon league received jolt Satur-
day, at the republican joint senatorial
convention of the district composed
of Green, Owen and Monroe counties,
at Spencer. The league brought out
p. II. Faulk as a candidate for the
nomination, because Faux has been
prominent in the work OF the league
in that part of the state. Faux is a
good speaker, and the league officers
figured that IL they could get him
into the senate he would become
their representative and the floor
leader for the drys during the next
session OF the legislature when there
is a fear that an attack will be made
on the county option law. But when
the convention was held at Spencer,
Oscar Sexton. of Gosport, was brought
out as a candidate and he beat Faulk
easily
Sexton is a temperance man, also.
Therefore. the vote OF the senator
from that district will be with the
the county option law, but the league
is greatly disappointed over it's fail
ure to get Faux into the senate as
its floor leader.
Not only does the Anti-Saloon lea
que have its disappointments, but the
Indiana Brewers association also has
It's troubles. Crawford Fairbanks has
just played stark engagement Of
of ag'in, on agin, gone ag'in, Fin
NIT he he
has left trouble in his wake.
He Opposed Progress.
For a long time after the associa-
ton was organized with Steve Elem
ing, of Fort Wayne. at its head. Fair
banks refused to Join. He remained
on the outside and refused to have
anything to do with the plan Of the
association to clean uD the saloon
business throughout the state. When
the association announced that it
would make a strenuous and earnest
effort to better the saloon conditions
Fairbanks boldly stated that he would
run his business to suit himself The
association was not to be allowed to
clean up his saloons unless he wanted
them cleaned. Fairbanks preferred to
stick to the old system of allowing the
saloons to run to suit themselves.
Later on, however. Fairbanks was
induced to Join the association. He
went In and promised to contribute
$500 month as his share toward
paying the expenses of the association
It Is said that six other breweries In
the state agreed to pay the same sun
each month. and that the rest were
assessed smaller amounts. Fairbank.
remained in the association Just two
months. March and April, and paid IL
his $4,000. When May came arount
he refused to make any further pay
ments and withdrew. 1t is said tina
two other breweries are considerin,
Withdrawing from the association an,
that they have failed to pay their as
sessments for the last month or two
II Is said that the reason for Fair
banks's withdrawal was the refusal o
Fleming and others OF the association
to step aside and allow Fairbanks t.
run the association in connection wit
Taggart as the manager OF the demo
cratic organization in the state. A
least this Is the story. Fleming an
the other brewers who believe i
cleaning the liquor business in Ind
ana, refused to make the association
an adjunct to the democratic organizs
ton, and this caused the bust up.