Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1917-07-24
LIQUOR MEN IN CONVENTION
Big Delegation in the City Last Week
Important Business Transact
ed-Officers Elected.

Inc Wisconsin retail Liquor Deal
ers' Protective association convention
in Wausau last week Tuesday, Wed
nesday and Thursday, was attended
by delegates from all parts of the
state, and was featured by an effort
among the dealers to secure a great
er cooperation among the retail liq-
uor men of the commonwealth. II
is felt by them that a unified effort
must be made henceforth to keep the
state in the wet column and for that
reason an association to hold as mem
bers those dealers who are worthy
of the trade is being maintained.
The conventions program Wednes-
day consisted of addresses by Mayor
Marquardt and City Attorney Frank
P. Regner.
On Wednesday morning National
Secretary r. j. Halle, addressed the
convention. His speech was a de-
fense of the liquor traffic and in max
ing it he cited figures and scripture.
Among other things which were
done on that day were reports by vari-
GUS committees including one by the
literary committee relative to the wet
and dry campaigns Nof last spring, a
report OF the secretary, A. A. Raesler,
Of Appleton, which showed a small
increase in the membership, and a
report of the treasurer, G. A. Hart
wig, of ManitoWoc which showed that
the financial condition of the asso-
citation was sound. William Seckel,
president of the National Retail Liq-
uor Dealers association, addressed
the convention in the afternoon His
address was heartily applauded.
The state association was much
pleased at having two big figures of
the national association, William
Seckel and r. ]. Halle, in attendance
at the convention in this city.
memorial service with Rev. E. C.
Grauer of this city, in charge, was fol-
lowed by an auto ride about the city
and trip to Rothschild park, where
lunch was served.
Wednesday night another band con-
cert was given on the square to which
many people were attracted, in ad-
dition to a dance at Eagles hall.
There was also a dance on that even
ing at Rothschild pavilion.
The officers of the association last
year were: G. NJ. Gahlman, Water
town, president; w. f. Schulz, She
bOygan, ice president; A. A. Raesler,
Appleton, secretary; c. A. Hartwig
ManitOwoc, treasurer. Frank P. Chase
of this city, was a member of the eX-
ecutive board.
f. j. Gaetzman is president of Wau-
sau Local, No. Sc; VIM. Larson is vice
president; M. j. Cawley is treasurer,
and John M. Winetzk is secretary
H. Krause, Albert Kahn and ]. A.
HOFFMAN are trustees of the local
branch of the state association.
Thursday marked the last day of
the convention and was marked by
committee reports and the transac-
ton and discussion of business mat
ters in addition to future policies of
the association.
The following officers were elected
by the state association for the COM
my year: President, w. j. Gleeson,
Waukesha; vice president Thomas
Brennan, Valders, Manitowoc county;
secretary, A. A. Raisler, Appleton;
treasurer, C. A. Hartwig, Manitowoc;
executive board, Frank Chase, Wau-
sau, to succeed himself; ]. P. Manne-
bach, Sheboygan, to succeed Ernst
Held, Milwaukee; John Williams, to
?.
was unanimously chosen as manager
of the literary department.
President Gahlman of the state
body in an address on Wednesday
urged several things. He urged that
the dues be increased upon each To-
cal chapter so that d reserve fund
for fighting dry campaigns could be
established. In pleading a co-opera-
tion among the liquor men of the
state, Mr.. GahIman said:
IF you do not get together in
solid mass, it will mean that Wiscon-
sin will go dry. The opposition is
strengthening it's organization, and
We must have a reserve fund with
which to offset their efforts. l would
. again urge that steps be taken to or
ganiZe cities which do not now be-
long to the association. 1t appears
that the retail liquor dealer usually
waits until it is too late, and then
blames others because he has been
put out of business"
An interesting feature of the con-
vention was the reviewing of a let
ter from K. p. Hutton, superintendent
IF the Anti-Saloon league, the efforts
of which are directed towards de-
stroying the liquor industry. The
letter requested that the league vote
for a dry Sunday in view of new
statute recently passed by the state
legislature and also it did this from
win the war" standpoint. Mr.. Nor
ris, literary representative of the as
sociation, made the statement that
the association has no intention of
afflliating with the anti-saloon men
III any way.
Waukesha was selected as the place
for the 1918 convention at the Thurs
day meeting of the association.