The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1915-09-07
notice ON
SALOONIS7S
Is Served By Liquor License
Commission
To Make Applications Under
Old Law
New Law Opens Door To Law
Violations
In The Several Large Cities
Of The State
Ample Evidence Of Deal With
Cincinnati Vets

quor license commission of Governor
Willis, Immediately following the fl
ing of petitions for referendum of the
McDermott act, served notice on the
saloonists of the state to make appli-
cation for license under the present
existing Grenlund act. Attached to the
form letter was notice of the admins
tration belief that the McDermott act
is unworkable and so constructed to
throw down the bars to violations of
law in the large cities. The action of
the state board under the Greenlund
act is in remarkable contrast with the
anticipated action under the McDer-
mott act.
Here are couple of paragraphs
from couple of Republican newspap-
ers. Without any bias, these notes
should be enlightening.
Cincinnati saloonkeepers, in antici-
patton of the new license law going in
to effect and placing the liquor traffic
in Hamilton county practically under
local control, are said to have been vi
olating the Sunday and midnight clos
ing regulations recently
THE notice to licensed dealers
which is said to be issued particularly
for the benefit of certain Cincinnati sa-
loonkeepers, reads as follows: A refer
endum having ben filed upon the Nc
Dermott law, the licenses for the CON-
ing year will be renewed aud granted
under the authority of this department.
1t having come to the notice of the
board that number OF licensees have
been selling at unlawful hours, espec-
tally on recent Sundays, this board de-
sires to say that from this date county
boards will be instructed that licensees
selling in violation of the law and in
defiance of this order, must be held not
of good moral character and renewals
of licenses to such violators must be
refused"
The last quoted paragraph is from
the letter of the Columbus correspond
ent of the Cleveland Leader, the only
major city Republican newspaper, that
has stood with Willis at all times.
The people of Ohio ought no longer
to have any question about what sort
of deal was made last fall in Cincin-
natl, and they may be able to under
stand somewhat of the worries of the
governor.
Present conditions in Ohio lead the
Washington c H., Daily Herald Qnde-
pendent) to say editorially this:
at is safe to say that never has the
state been in a more disturbed eondi-
ton, politically, than it is right now.
One difficulty has not been cleared
away until half dozen others, more
formidable and more disturbing in
their complexity and effect arise. AS
to the particular politics primarily re-
sponsible for all the rows now on and
threatened there is, of course, a differ
ence of opinion but any one who believ-
ed the public service of the state was,
even to an appreciable extent, free
from politics or entertained any hopes
that it soon would be, must, in the
face of existing conditions, acknowl-
edge that he was all wrong. Right
now there is more politics in the pub
lie service of the state than ever be-
fore. The wild scramble for place by
those who want to get in and the bull
dog tenacity exhibited by those who
would hold on in spite of all efforts
to dislodge them is proof that love of
place and power for the material re-
wards they bring, not patriotism, still
controls the majority of those who
seek to become or to remain public
servants. The present unpleasant
spectacle in Ohio politics which peo.