The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-16
GERMANS WANT
BEER LICENSE
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beer LENSES" said Senator Proctor. II
am inclined to favor the idea of a
cheaper special license for the exclusive
sale of malt liquors. 1t has been sug-
gested that such a license might re-
suit in the creation of blind tigers. SO
suggest that we have severe penal
ties for law violations
Proctor also said he would place in
the hands of the committee an amend
ment to abolish the free lunch from the
saloon in Indiana.
L think dealers genearlly will agree
that the free lunch has no place in the
saloon business" said Proctor He pro-
posed also to change the feature of the
bill that proposes to keep the ignorant
foreigner from entering the saloon
business
James Bingham, former attorney
general, has suggested to me that we
make ten years residence in this coun-
try necessary to the foreign born cfti-
zen who wants to get into the saloon
business" said Proctor The wish is to
provide against the foreign born citi-
zen who is not familiar with our habits
and customs and who run his saloon
lalong wrong lines through Ignorance /"
Senator Proctor pointed out that the
Proctor bill as 1t now stands provides
for a $500 bond from the saloon
keeper instead of $4,000. AS to the IL
cense fee, Proctor said he would not
argue from this point of view
The high license fee set in this bill
may be too high" said Proctor. Il
leave that to the Judgment OF the
lhouse"
John A. Riddle. of Linton. who said
he was an attorney but an attorney
without client, appearing at his own
lexpense to protest against certain
features Of the bill. attacked the limi-
tation clause in the bill.
Your bill would give Linton seven
saloons. according to her population -
he said. who would get the seven IL
censes? Why, the men who are fleet of
foot. 1 call this provision pernicious
This is a revenue bill. This proposition
to limit the saloons to one license 10
each one thousand population is un-
democratic 1t violates the Jeffersonian
principle of equal rights to all and
special privileges to none. / say that IL
twenty five men desire to contribute
to the school fund by paying liquor Ii
cense fees even a losing business
proposition they should be permitted
to do so. That is their business. The
question is shall we have a monopoly.
This provision would mean a political
scramble for the few licenses to be
allowed. Shall a license be issued to
one man because he is Republican or
to another man because he is Demo-
crat? 1 understand this idea was bor-
rowed from Canada. l suppose 1t is
zoo years old favor equal chances for
all. like the high license fee plan and
he fa~ rpSfr f-fi of 70
elusive license plan. Our trouble at
Linton was because of too many road
house saloons. There never was any
trouble with the saloons in Linton prop
Ter. We want the liquor men TO have a
fair chance when the time comes. Why.
do you know, down our way the men
who want to go back in the saloon
business are planning right now to hold
an election to determine what men shall
have the seven licenses that would be
! granted at Linton under this bill"
rs Linton dry wet. now?" asked
Sepator Proctor.
Linton is wet by blind tiger-dry
, theoretically" replied Mr. Riddle
Walter Gray of Muncie. who said he
was an attorney admitted to the COM
. mittee before he ended his talk that he
expected to have many saloon men for
led number of saloons rather than the
proposed Proctor limitation, which
would give Muncie only twenty-fiv sa-
looms where that city formerly had
eighty-three.
I'VE had as high as III saloons at
Muncie when the city was wet said
Gray. That was because the license
fee was too low. I fought the saloons
in my county and made dry speeches. {
would do it again. But If we are to
have saloons, 1 say. let us have an I'M
limited number. rather than a monopoly
by some certain brewery company. I
think this bill would regulate the sa-
iloon / have some saloon men for
clients. and. Of course. If the licenses
are unlimited l will get some business.
If the saloons are limited and con-
trolled b a brewery the attorney for
the brewery will do the business"
Then you not attorney for a
brewery company" demanded Mr..
Ilcmir-.
NO am not an attorney for brewery
compaaies." was the reply.
| Gray said that while dry Muncie
would have only twenty five saloons
under the proposed law. Wet Richmond.
a smaller city, would have sixey unde r
the perpetuity of license clause. Hart
ford city. he said. with one fifth the
population of Muneie, would have
twenty five saloons under this law.
You are against saloons?" asked
Senator Proctor.
Yes, / worked against them and
made speeches against them and voted
dry 1 would do it again. said Gray
And yet you favor an unlimited
rumber of saloons. If you are to have
them at Muncie"'
yes, sir. / am against monopoly"