The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1911-02-16
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nat all, SalQ PROCTOR.
Walter Lott. formerly of Muncie. now
Of Hammond. talked against the limita-
ton clause.
George Thorp, a Muncie attorney,
also spoke against Limitation.
r. c. Minton called attention to tn.
fact that the Proctor bill provides
safeguard to prevent an applicant when
charged with crime from transferring
his license to another person. Senator
Fleming late showed that this weak
ness had been remedied by amendment.
Minton, who represents the Anti-Saloon
League as attorney, went over some
conflicting section in the bill with the
committee after the meeting. and as
sisted in smoothing out rough places.
Senator Fleming talked briefly. clos
ing the argument. He said the plan
to limit the saloons according to popu-
lation was one of the important feat
ures of the BILL
He pointed out that while the law pro-
vides that co-partnerships and corpora
tions may take out liquor licenses the
law sets out that such partnerships
or corporations must DO hotel COM
panies and that they must show that
they have twenty-five rooms in bona
fide for hotel purposes. Not more
than one liquor license may be held by
any one corporation under the bill. he
said, and this provision would prevent
the brewery monopoly suggested in some
I, of the arguments
! He read the provisions to prevent the
| brewer from controlling the saloon
man and called attention to the provi-
sion covering the sole ownership of tho
| license. which must rest in the man who
runs the saloon. He referred to the
section of the bill which provides for
i the transfer of the liquor license and
pointed to the bilrs demand that the
license holder who proposes to sell or
transfer his license or to move and
take the license to another location must
advertise for twenty days in news
paper and notify the public of his pur-
pose.
Fleming read an opinion written by
an Indianapolis attorney to the effect
that the Proctor bill would not in fact
give the license holder vested right,
or contractuaI right to his license. On
| the theory that a liquor license is a
privilege and not contract. he argued.
that no vested rights in licenses would
result from the provisions of the bill il
enacted into law. The proceedings of
j the county commissioners in granting
liquor licenses are judicial proceedings
and they do not enter into contracts
, with men to whom they grant liquor IL
censes. according to the attorneys con-
! suited by Fleming. Several written
opinions obtained by Fleming and Min
! ton, of the Anti Saloon League. were
submitted to the committee.
The man who does not agree that
the saloon limitation feature should
! stay in this bill does not want the sa-
loon question TO be taken out of poll
tics" said Senator Fleming IF Mr..
Gray argues the high license provisions
and does not limit the number of sa-
looms then I say ought to have the
limitation fixed by law. Mr. Lott. says
that the limitation clause might be
used as political club for partisan
purposes / call his attention to the
fact that the bill provides for APP
peal where the saloon man is. refused
a license without good cause. and that
the bill also provides that the county
commissioners shall hold place open
on the eligible list for the man who has
an appeal pending.
This bill has been prepared in good
/, faith It has been said by good au-
! thorities that the bill is the best of its
kind ever drafted in the United States.
! 1t has been said by its worst critics that
! 1t is too good to pass. The newspapers
have praised 1t. / hope the committee
will recommend that the bill shall pass
the house as it passed the senate"