The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-12-19
City Head Seeks
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From Fridays Daily.

| From Fridays Daily.
Mayor A. G. Meyer is still seeking
additional light on the. saloon situa-
ton and City Attorney Arthur
Sciaub is preparing an opinion on
that was reported by Captain F. p.
! Buyer, where is was alleged that
youth rescued his father from the
rear door of a saloon that was said
| to have been open on Sunday. Mr..
| Schaub is alo preparing an opinion
on the matter of granting Peter
Klages a new license after he had
| been convicted of the crime of al
lowing a minor to tend bar in his
place of business.
When Mayor Meyer was approached
on the matter in general this morn
| ing he made mention of the Klages
case That had been brought to his
attention and said that the offense
/ in question was committed during the
administration of Charles T. Taylor
! as mayor, so that when the license
was brought before this council, it
| had escaped his mind as well as the
TEST of the commissioners and as
| there was no objection to the grant
ling of the license by outside parties
he had not thought of the possible
| illegal action till it was brought to
his notice.
| Mayor Took Notice.
LAS soon as | saw that article in
| The Free Press" said the mayor, Il
took the matter up with the. city at
torney and | will wait for his ruling
| on the matter before | take any
steps.
Before | had the opinion OF the
: city attorney that was rendered TO
! be by Arthur Schaub," said the mayor
! II had consulted another attornye and
he had advised me that saloon
| keepers could be convicted and pun
ished in the court for the crime Of
selling liquor to minors, but that
| if the additional punishment of the
revocation was to follow the minors
would have TO be posted first.
Il don't want the people o., the
city to understand that I am protect
| ing the saloon keepers" said the
mayor. If the law is against them
in this case they will have to suffer"
When City Attorney Arthur Schaub
was seen today he said that his opin-
! ion in this matter would be ready
/ later in the day and that it would
be given out later.
'.This opinion will be complete"
said the attorney, land will c3ver the
South Front street saloon case as
we'll as the KIages saloon license.
! There is nothing to the South Front
street saloon matter
''If no objection was filed to the
issuing of the Klages' license then
there is not reason why the license
! should not have been issued" said
! the attorney. For some time past,
continued Mr.. Schaub, 1--WE have been
! trying to incriminate some of the
druggists of this city on the charge
/ of the illegal selling of wishey, and al
though we have used divers methods
the evidence could not be produced
that would convict anyone OF them.
New we learn through The Free Press
that Captain Buyer has had this
! evidenNe and we think that is a
strange thing, that an officer of the
! law of this city such he is and has
been, has had this knowledge and
kept it from us"
Euyer Stands "Pat."
81 have read the report OF City
Attorney Schaub in regard to the
revocation of the license and notice
| that he suggests that an apology
from me to the mayor and council
! would be fitting in the present stu
alton. / will not apologize, and |
will not compromise" said Captain
Franklin P. Buyer at the Salvation
Army Auditorium, last night.
Il found myself in this present
position almost before | knew that
it had happened" said the captain,
! "but / am in this fight to stay to
/ the finish, now that l am in. | am
not alone in the fight either, for it
/ has surprised me today to hear the
favorable comments that have come
to nc from the business men OF this
city. l believe that if we were to
put this saloon business to vote
of the people of this city tomorrow
that the saloon would be blottea
out from this city.
Trying to Kill Statutes.
They are trying to kill the 1913
statutes by requiring that minors
be posted The minors are all post
ed at the time that the license
is taken out, for the license states
that no minors shaH be allowed in
the saloons. Anyway the saloon
business is not a legal business for
while it is licensed, the license
money that is taken is nothing but
a fine in advance.
1.-The people of this town know
more about the law than they did
| twenty-four hours ago. We have
| the saloon interests on the run and
they'll run some more before the
game is done,"' said the captain.
SIeuth Sent to Buyer.