River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-03-13
FAMILY ROW IN
LIQUOR TRAFFIC
Brewers and SdlOOnkeep2FS Of
State Are at Outs.
"DRYS" ENJOY CONTROVERSY

Senate Advances to Enerossment the
TeasdaIe AntI-Treatlng BiII-con-
siderable Internal Trouble over the
University of Wisconsin-Asitation
over Removal of State Fair.
Madison, Wis, March 11.-(Special.)
There is a bitter family row among
the brewers and saloonkeepers of the
state which is being thoroughly aired
before the legislature. The friends
of dry" zone bills and prohibition,
quick to see any advantage for the
legislation they are promoting, are
enjoying the controversy. Members
of the legislature are showing close
interest in the split for the reason
that in past years the brewing inter
ests and the sa1oonkeepers have usu-
ally presented united front.
The trouble dates back to t'Ae intro
duction of bill to divorce thu brew
cry and the saloon by not permitting
the brewers to have Anytime to do
with the retailing of beer, etc. The
saloonkeepers are making the general
charge that the brewers own most of
the buildings in which saloons are
conducted and for that reason the sa-
loonkeepers are nothing more than
"bartenders" and "bottle washers"
Realizing that the passage of the bill
to divorce the brewery and the saloon
would cost the large brewing inter
ests large sum of money, the brew
ers are endeaVoring to scare the sa-
loonkeepers and teach them lesson.
TeasdaIe Anti-Treating Bill.
While this has not come to the sur
face in glazing way, it Isl considered
the real story back Of an unexpected
vote in the senateSthe other day on
the Teasdale anti-treating bill. The
measure, like majority of measur es
of this character, was on the calendar
for indefinite postponement. But in
stead of killing the bill the senate, by
a vote of II to II, declined to indefi-
nitely postpone the measure and then
advanced it to engrossment, all of
which came as most profound sur
prise to the saloonkeepers.
1t is said, upon excellent authority,
that the brewing interests of the state
encouraged this action by the senate,
feeling that the bill would be killed
in the assembly, where a similar
measure had already been laid to rest.
1t is said upon the same authority
that the brewers favored this action
by the senate merely to brighten the
saloonkeepers and break them up in
the fight on the main issue-the so
called saloon divorce BILL
Saloonkeepers of the state are send
ing delegations here on several bills.
1t has developed into free-for-all
and bitter family row in the liquor
traffic.
Troubles of the University.
The University of Wisconsin, al
ways subject over which the legisla.
ture quarrels and then invariably falls
into line for the general development
program of the university, is causing
considerable internal trouble. Sena.
tor Culbertson has added to the trou'
bles of the university by the intro,
duction of a resolution calling upon
the senate to name a committee OF
three to confer with the regents rela
tive to proper steps to improve the
moral life of students at Wisconsin
In a few brief remarks to the senate
he charged that the city officials Of
Madison are either lax in the enforce
ment Of the law regulating the NOR
ais of students, or tie city of Madison
has not provided proper ordinances
on this subject.
In an interview Senator Culbertsor
said that there is a suspicion 'bacl
in the state" that everything at the
university isn't just right" He be
lieves that it is in the general inter
ests of the great institution to cleal
up this suspicion. His resolution
met with opposition from Senator
Burke of Green Bay, who resented thu
inference that the legislature pointed
the finger of suspicion at the EVER.
flower of the boys and girls in Wis
cinsin." The resolution was referre'
to a committee, but its author is de
termined to get early action on it.
Removal of the State Fair.
Milwaukee feels itself tottering i
the fight over the removal of tn
state fair One hundred citizens froI
Fond du Lac and Oshkosh and tn
Fox river valley, with colors fyln
and bubbling over with a boostln
spirit, swooped down upon the legs
lature last week to speak for a bi
to remove the fair to Oshkosh or
some point in the Fox River ale,
Madison, playing a waiting game,
also after the big fair.
Boosters from the Fox River vale
contended that the state fair coul
never be an agriculturas success g
long as it is conducted in milwaukee
for the reason that Milwaukee ha
too many counter attractions; becaus
Milwaukee is not greatly intereste
in the fair, and because the farmer
of the state are not exhibiting at til
show. They believe that to make Il
show a complete success, financial
and otherwise, the fair would have
be taken to the farmers by -emoviT
it to some point in one OF the richie