New-York tribune., 1918-11-25
Letter Urges illinois Deal
ers to Keep Away From
Anti-Organization
Danger to Cause
Seen by Leaders
Congressional Hearing in
Brisbane Case Lifts Veil
From Many Incidents
Tribune Washington Bureau

States
deadly fear of woman suffrage and in
sInost equal fear of letting the suf-
fragists find it out.
The associations agents spent con-
siderable time, money and ingenuity
in "doping" the press reports of an
snti-Saloon League convention, and, to
Judge by their own opinion, with con-
siderable success.
The best laid plans of the brewing
interest occasionally ran up against
simple question and came complete
and saddening header.
These are few of the things that
appear from the records seized from
the association and from it's offspring,
the National Association of Commerce
and Labor, and made a part Of the rec
ord of the Senate investigation of the
relations between the brewers and Mr..
Yearst's star, Arthur Brisbane.
Masses of Evidence
These incidents crop up in the midst
of masses of letters directing big po-
litical machinery, of dickers with Ger
mans and other un-Americanized citi-
zens, or reports on politics and pollti-
clans and of fussing over details of
organization, spendig of hundreds of
thousads and all the efforts of the
brewers attempt to head off prohibi-
,on. They furnish little touches to a
dreary and depressing mass of evil
dence of just what the brewers were
really doing.
Woman suffrage seems to have
weighed heavily on the brewing soul
at all times. Here are four comments
on this overshadowing danger from
brewers and their agents. AS Mr..
Fox testified when asked whether the
correspondence did not show a boy
colt by the brewers:
Keeping Away From Suffrage
There is the correspondence. The
Interpretation is your own"
First is letter to the Fred Miller
Brewing Company, of Milwaukee (the
Mllers put $4,000 into Brisbane's
Washington Times" fund.-, taken
from Secretary Fox's file, and signed
merely Secretary"
"In regard to the matter OF woman
suffrage, we are trying to keep from
having any connection with it whatso-
ever. We are, however, in G position to
establish channels of communication
with the leaders of the anti-suffrage
movement for our friends in any state
where suffrage is an issue. | am un-
der the impression that new anti
suffrage association has been formed
IN Illinois, and it is a retail liquor
dealers affair. | consider it most dan
gerous to have the liquor dealers iden-
tilted or active in any way in this
light, rs it will be used against us
everywhere"
Doping" Convention News.
The story of the doping" of the
news regarding the Atlantic City con-
vention of the Anti-Saloon League, in
cludes that of the little Juror caused
by the fact that John L. Sullivan did
not make his scheduled speech there.
The publicity on the Sullivan case
cost the brewers S25, paid to a news
paper. man who was open to fixing "
The story is told by Miss I. T. Martin,
the same who, while drawing $500 a
month from the United States Brewers
Association, got herself elected secre-
Of the First Conference of Catholics
iavoring prohibition, and then de-
stroyed the minutes. She writes to
Mr. Fox also of some other matters:
Il arranged with two newspaper men
az Atlantic City and think we can send
out almost any important story at any
m
been for letter from Mr. James
NICHOLSON this could not have been
accomplished, and we are really in
aebted 20 him for a great deal
Perhaps the most effective piece of
publicity work of the convention was
me story of the slight rendered John
L. Sullivan at the session of Anti-Sa-
Ioon League officials, held day or two
PRIOR to the opening of the convention.
IN discussing preparations of the pro-
gramme, one of the members Of the
board referred to telegram from
General Miles, wherein he refused
70 70 appear on the same platform with
sullivan. The telegram was read
before Baker put the quietus on
any further discussion of the matter.
every possible effort was made to sup
press the incident at Atlantic City, and
might have succeeded, had not the
story been sent out on the wires. This
was managed as follows:
i had letter to a city official from
James r. Nicholson. The city official
tod me that he knew of two news
paper men who would suppress as
much news as possible covering the
GpohVention and prevent the Catholic
rfohlbition League from sending out
any general publicity matter from At.
,hahuc City. but that the men would
nave to be fixed
Zone Might Sell Out"
re told me that he knew one to be
"oso solutely reliable, although the Other
mikht sell out to the other side if he
sas offered any money | met the
ii'lst man, knew him, and while he
c;n.. c;,.w OF my connection with the asso.
agion no mention or comment was
mage t IN regard to the fact"
miss Martin approached him first or
.sUIher s,, matter. She resumes:
-, ne told me to write out nv story.
"fnich | did. After he agreed to look
b;rr ber the matter as suggested, told
fon ,," l would make it right with him
'oa his time
a,a irat evening he came to the hotel
&C., nu l paid him. Later the John l.. in
pat ~ came up and it cost only $25 to
III .,'aV ma story countrywide publicity
NM uiys made great fuss over it, and
man couple OF unsuspecting newspaper
'aeh out of the committee MEETINGS. as
l"Sy. lvy are considered friends of the