The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-11-03
Twenty five of Them Meet
and Ratify Ante Elec-
tion Agreement.
ONLY ONE MAN HOLDS OUT
And Others Claim They Will
Get Him if He Does Any
thing.
All But THIS One Man Agree Not 10
Open Saloons Before Wcdnesday-
Saloon Men Agree They Have Been
Taught Lesson Anyway.

A most interesting meeting of about
twenty-five Of the men who intend TO
engage in the saloon business was
held THURSDAY evening to drive n few
more copper rivets I'm their agree
ment to observe the law As has
been stated before. the majority Of the
men had agreed before the election.
that I'm the event Marion county was
voted wet they would stick strictly
to the law.
That was a sort Of anti-election
agreement and the meeting Thursday
evening was for the purpose Of ratify-
ing 1t. The sunday closing laws. the
matter OF closing promptly at the
time specified by the law. the matter
of selling drinks to minors and in
toxicated men was gone over and 1t
was agreed that every intent of the
law regarding these matters would be
strictly adhered to.
The saloon men will also appoint
n committee of their own number
for the purpose OF investigating how
other saloonlsts arc doing business
and when II Is found that one of them
has violated the agreement, the organ
ization will be against him as a body
I'm any prosecution that may follow.
The law violator will not be in good
standing, so to speak and the saloon
Iircn themselves will make his road
rocky.
This agreement was considered on
" fair to the people who have given
the saloon men a vote of confidence
and there Is but one single, isolated
case in which a mau In the business
has refused to be lead or directed
He has refused to be bound by any
agreements and, as one OF the saloOi
men expressed it this morning, 'W'
are going to bend that gentleme'
over our knee the every first tim
he makes a break
We are as anxious to observe IN
law as the people are to have 1t Oh
served. though they themselves ar
always the ones who cause 1t TO D
violated No saloon man Is going on
on the street to drag man into NJ
place and no saloon man ever az
violate the law only to accomodat
the man who Insisted on having drink
after hours and on sundays Bu
mat il at an end. We are huma
foo. and we like a day with our fam
lies the same as the man who work
in the shop. This one buckln
? bronco of a brother will have to De
come .bride-wise, and he'll have l
, obey the law or have us who know
go after him
II was also decided, with the eNcei
tion of the case referred to, That Il
= saloons would open before next we,
nesday. although this was optional
. a certain extent, with the men Wh
$ intend going into the business Thei
I vas general feeling that nolhln
would be done before next Wedhe'
c day n,a
!. If the saloon men carry OUT the
intention to place the traiiic on
4 Iittle higher plane than 1t mas eve
+ heen before, is carried out they p'
Leye there viii be no further eie
n tion asked for three years from nov
In other words, the saloon men c',
@ 10 rave had their little lesson ana u
G majority Of them are willing to pr
fit by 1t.
10 Reatty & Longs school shoes
and wear the children and please u
narents because the prices are 'rlsh'