The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-19

lieva there Is a saloonkeeper In
ManEato that WANTS a minor In his
place but some Of them will get
in, and by lying or.'dissemblng will
secure liquor. ! have often said
land I say again that perfect regu
lation IN this regard can only be
| obtained by making an example OF
some of the boys. We have already
announced our intention of doing
| this and have several cases to be
presented to the municipal court in
!, few days. This would have been
| done sooner, only have been in
| court every day, and have not had
the time or opportunity sooner.
think this course will in short
time wipe out all selling to minors
in our city.
One Great Problem.
AT a meeting of the mayor, Chief
Klugherz and myself few weeks
| ago it was agreed that the greatest
problem confronting us was the
prevention of the sale of liquor to
habitual drunkards and intoxicated
persons. 1t is true that in the last
is months we have posted more habit
ual drunkards than in any one
year prior to that. But that is q
small beginning in this matter. II
| is not necessary to post an habitual
drunkard. Let it BE- emphatically
stated that no saloonkeeper has a
; right to sell liquor to an habitual
at the time. Let this law be en-.
| forced and we will produce more
real good than has ever been done
in this city before. In order to &C.
complish the result we must have
public opinion on our side, and we
cannot get public opinion until peo-
pie cease to believe that hate.
fulness, vindictiveness, unreason.
ableness. and trying to make one
suffer for the faults of all are
the true distinctive characteristics
of law enforcement.
Captain Buyer has not yet i'm.
reached Mayor Meyer nor will he
do so very soon, and | freely pre-.
dict that before the mayors term
expires he will have taken active,
energetic and successful measures
towards accomplishing the law en-
forcement last suggested. l hope
the captain will put on his specta.
clos and give us assistance along
this important line and in every
other way that is right, honorable
and just.
Revolving Of Licenses.
81 wish to call the captains at
tention to just one more thing. If
saloonkeeper is convicted of sell.
ing to minor without knowledge
that he is minor he may be fined
$1,000 or by imprisonment. If he
sells liquor to minor that he
knows to be a minor because he
has been notified by parent he
can only be fined 500. Why? Be
cause In the latter case the law
revokes the saloonkeepers license,
and in the other case the license
should not be revoked by the coun-
Gil unless there is special reason
for doing so. Let the captain read
the law and let him be perfectly
fair.
ut is my duty to advise the
council next Monday that they can
not revoke these licenses simply on
account Of the conviction of the
parties, without violating the spirit
Of our laws (Section 1851, 1852
3178, 3179) unless the council have
other legal and proper reasons for
doing so. The law is so plain in
this regard that l could not do
otherwise without losing my self
resrc Ct"
Ministers to Make Report.
The committee appointed at the
meeting of the ministers of the city
yesterday to look up the law re-
garding the revoking of liquor IL
censes of saloon keepers who have
been found guilty of violating the
law pertaining to selling liquor to
minors, held an informal meeting
last night and will report to the
next regular meeting of the mini
sters club, on Monday, December %.
The committee men are Rev. o. J.
Arthur, Rev. Wilbur r. Keesey and
Rev. r. w. Hobbs.
The committee decided to consult
attorneys and obtain from them an
interpretation of the law relative to
the revocation of saloon licenses.
The ministers desire to be sure of
their ground before they proceed.
Statement From Mr.. Buyer.
IF City Attorney Schaub wants
to know the truth about that drug
gist case" said Captain F. P. Buyer
this morning, he can ask either
former Chief of Police j. w. Dona-
hue or former Mayor Charles Taylor
and they will tell him that / re.
ported the case to the police depart
ment The occurrence happened
some time in March before the
present administration became eff
fective.
Il am willing, to meet Mr.. Schaub
anywhere and at any time and dis
cuss the matters that have been
brought forward, and if at the end
of our discussion | finl' l am wrong
| am willing to take my medicine