The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1917-06-01
THEY DREAD GAIN
OF PROHIBITION
DURING THE WAR
United Societies Fear a Vote
on Liquor Issue Now

Signals OF distress were flown by
the executive committee of the United
Societies in discussing the adoption
of national or municipal Prohibition
as military safeguard during the
war. The meeting was held in the
Wicker Park hall. Adolph d. Wei
ner, seconded by three Municipal
Judges and an Alderman, sounded
the mobilization call to the saloon in
terests to get into the fight
"This thing can be brought to a
vote in Chicago if 115.00O names are
placed on the dry petitions" warned
Mr.. Weiner. "And I'll not guarantee
that under present conditions we will
win. This would be a terrible affair.
Here lies the danger TO lose every
victory we have won in the past The
dry fellows are using the food situa-
tion to achieve their ends--to take
away freedom OF speech. freedom of
action, and almost freedom OF
thought IT they take away personal
liberty now, you'll have the time of
your life to get it back
Fears Unfair Tactics
He declared that in the past the
dry forces have forged names to Pc
titions to get the liquor question on
the local ballot, and said that these
tactics may be resorted to at this
time.
"And the ladies are getting into
this thing, too" exclaimed Mr.. Wei
ner. Some ladies had a meeting
about it the other day. What do they
know abcut sAs ae.ds ss-th y s...s4.,,.,
Absolutely nothing. Yet they are
trying to tell Washington what to do
though they know it is unjust to in
terfere with our little pleasures
"They would deny us our nickel's
worth of beer, when they spend hum
dreds for champagne"
Judge Stelk Blames Spinsters
Judge Stelk of the Municipal Court
said the dry wave is due in part to
"spinsters and reformers trying to
run the city"
"My heart aches when | see these
spinsters bringing fathers, mothers
and children into court who do not
do as these spinsters want them to
do" he said. The United Societies
should put representatives into the
courts to assist i'll combating these
organized reform organizations.
believe that the time will come when
we Judges who have the welfare of
the people at heart can appeal to the
United Societies to stop the activities
of these reformers.
Judges Uhlir, La Buy, and myself,
who have the interests of the United
Societies at heart, know that we will
not be put down as reformers when
we punish saloonkeepers who are a
disgrace to the organization"
Schuettler Criticized
Chief of Police Schuettler, who as
sumed responsibility for the raid on
the Fourth Ward Democratic Club
last week, came in for tongue LASH
ing at the hands of Alderman John
Toman.
AFTER toadying to the United So-
cieties for years, he has recently ap.
peared before the morals commission
and made a speech" said Toman.
who is the morals commission? 1t
consists of one man-the Rev. J. P.
Brushingham.
Here we have high police official
making speech before a vast audi
ence of one, and saying that liquor
sales in dance halls should stop. If
that proposition comes to the City
Council it won't even get a decent
burial. The Council is a morgue for
such stuff as that" t."-Chicago Tribune
Here we have a Judge proclaiming
publicly that he and two of his asso-
ciates have the interests of the United
Societies at heart, and condemning
the Chief of Police for opposing the
sale of liquor in dance halls.