Norwich bulletin., 1915-09-16
COUNTY VICE PRESIDENTS
FOR LIQUOR DEALERS.
Change Made In Consultation at An
nual Meeting.

The annual convention Of the Com
necttcut Wine, Liquor and BeerNDeal-
ers association. to which d. J. MO
ss Local tS,s cstS cOsed
Bridgeport on Wednesday with> the
election OF officers.
These were all reelected exceptatwo
vice presidents. these offices beingsre-
officers are: President. Frank P. Quinn,
New Havn; vice president, Leo GoufhS
lein, Hartford; secretary. Thomas F.
Fl. tzsfmmons, New Haven; treasurer,
?. J. Griffln, Meriden; sergeant at
arms. Peter T. Clyne. New Haven;
P. HardiA Hartford: New Haven. John
Schumacher. Ansonia; New London,
w. A. Murray, New London; Fairfield,
T. F. Flynn. Bridgeport; Gtchfeld.
Dennis Hogan, Torrington; Tolland,
Otto Smith, Rockville; Middlesex, j.
J.. Hodgson, Middletown; windham.
Fred Gaunwy. Putnam. The delegates
to the national convention are F. p.
Quinn and Leo Geuthlein- The con-
vention win meet next year at An
sonia
In the morning session on Wednes-
day an amendment to the constitution
was adopted which gives the assocta-
ton only one vice president instead OF
three, but gives q vice president 70
each county. In the future any county
AAA6LICES cunning Oc4OE6 LAO
sioners will be- looked after by the
county vice president. This lessons the
work OF the state officers on purely
local matters.
President Quinn's Address.
That the combined forces OF prohi-
bitiou and a political lobby were re-
sponsfble for the attack on the>liQuor
interests in the last legislature and
the boosting OF the license fee. was
the charge made by President Frank p.
Quinn in his annual address. President
Quinn declared that no other line OF
business in the state was so selhshly
abused at Hartford as that OF the
liquor dealers. He issued a warning
to the members of the association
against the activities Of INSCRIPTIONS
politicians as well as those OF the Ia
natical prohibitionists." He also called
attention to the danger to the liquor
interests from the workings Of the new
club license law, which Re claimed was
likely to foster INSCRIPTIONS organiza-
lions which would do injury to the
legitimate liquor interests Of the state.
/ Thousands Of men and women who
are directly or indirectly employed
through the activities OF the liquor bus
mess. he said, are only waiting for the
call to assist in putting a stop to the
contemplate treatment that has been
melted out to the liquor business OF
Connecticut.
IN part his ADDRESS was as follows.
During the last session OF the gen.
eral assembly our interests were made
the victim OF such q severe attack that
at times II seemed to border on abso-
Lutte persecution. The attack became
80 severe that after the hardest kind
OF struggle to meet It, and when we
had very good reason to believe we
were to be successful, the license fee
was increased to $3.50, or about 80 pei
cent, over the former fee.
No other line OF business in the state
was SO selfishly abused as our line.
am in a position to state that a ma
jority OF the members OF that legisla-
ture were not in favor of such an I'M
| just and unfair attack upon the inter
| est, and ] believe would have voted
against any increase whatever had out
side meddlers left each member to vote
according to the dictates OF his owl
conscience. That piece OF work wac
not accomplished by the prohibitionists
nor by others identified with their pro-
uganda, but in some cases. by mer
FOR whom you and / voted, supposinl
them to be the kind OF public servants
| that would not see an injustice per
petrated upon any line Of business, mol
AGAINST any person.
The licensing OF clubs was attacked
as unwise legislation.