The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-19
gathering thanked the council for
the opportunity to be heard. af

gathering thanked the council for
+ the opportunity to be heard. af
Resolutions passed by the Fedora.
ton of Young Peoples societies OF
the city were presented and laid
over without reading. The resom-
lions were to the effect that the
! federation wishes to go on record
as standing with the ministers on
the matter at hand, and to recon-
mend to the council that the license
of the saloon keepers in question be
revoked.
Matter Put Over.
A. X. Pau was asked TO explain
the exact status of law governing the
torney in the matter under consid-
GRAFTON and was present at the
meeting.
At the opening of the afternoon
session a communication from NUM-
cipal Judge COmstock to the mayor
and the city council was read ex-
planning, the conviction of Frank J.
| Mettler On the charge Of selling
liquor to an habitual drunkard, and
his payment of fine of $25. Judge
COmstock further said in his com
| munication that in investigating the
! case il was found that certain rela.
tives of Frank Graeger, the alleged
habitual drunkard in question, had
consented to the sale ce liquor to
Mr.. Graeger.
The report was accepted and put
on file on motion of Mr.. Tamm.
A. r. Pau was aske dto explain
| exact status of law governing the
situation which has arisen in the
city. Mr.. Pau said he had not
had time to look laws up carefully
and stated that at every session of
legislature laws had been changed
and that he did not wish to give an
| opinion until he had had an CD.
por;unity to study the law carefully
and to look up the decisions before
giving an opinion on the matter.
He asked that he might have at
east two days to study up the
law.
Mr.. Pfau also stated that it made
a vast difference unGcr what law
or ruling the convictions were made
and that he wanted to look up
| each of the cases here to be consid.
cred before giving an opinion.
| The mayor asked if there would
be any objection to postponing the
, n for for w
der that Mr.. Pau and Mr.. Schaub
could have sufficient time to make
a careful study of the situation
| Commissioner Gerlich moved that
the matter be laid over until next
| Monday at the regular meeting of
the council. Rev. o. j. Arthur of
the Ministers club stated that that
would be satisfactory to the minis.
tiers, and the motion carried.
| Received Threatening Letters.
Unsigned letters, of threatening
nature are commencing to pour into
the office of Captain F. p. Buyer and
these letters threaten the captain
with bodily harm, if he does not
receda from his present position
Two OF these missives came to the
captain on last Saturday and were
| decorated with cross bones and a
! skull. One letter of this kind was
received this morning and this one
stated that il Mr.. Buyer does not
take different stand, that he would
have his head blown off. This letter
was signed, "a Citizen and was
typewriter. Mr.. Buyer showed his
intense respect for the espistle, by
tearing it to pieces and then consign.
ing the fragments to the waste paper
basket.
Statement From Ministers.
! We, the undersigned committee, ap-
pointed by the Ministers club of the
city to investigate the penalty rela.
tive to violations of the saloon laws,
desire to make the following state
ment relative to news item appear.
ing in The Free Press of Saturday
evening. Our object in interviewing
Mayor Meyer on Saturday afternoon
was simply TO request a hearing be-
fore the council Monday morning, as
to the said violations of saloon laws.
This being true, three facts logically
follow
First, we believe that the licenses
in question should be revoked.
Second, the ministers and churches
of this city stand with Captain Buyer
in this protest; and third, the Incl
dent is not closed, nor will it be,
till it is closed right.-Oscar j. Arth-
ur, r. w. Hobbs, Wilbur r. Keesey.