Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 255, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1917 — WHEATFIELD TO FIGHT SALOON [ARTICLE]

WHEATFIELD TO FIGHT SALOON

ATTEMPT TO BE MADE TO ANNUL ACTION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS. It is understood that action will be brought at once to stopJJre operation of the saloon whicnwas licensed by the commissioners of this county last week at the close of their November session, at Wheatfield. The legality of this license issued to James Anderson to operate a saloon in the town of Wheatfield will be attacked and an attempt will be made to indict Mr. Anderson for running a blind tiger. It is claimed that under the law the county commissioners are not allowed to review their act when once adjudicated. Anderson was denied a license in a previous session of the county commissioners on the ground that the remonstrance filed against his was sufficient. Among the names on this remonstrance was that of a number of women and since the finding by the commissioners against Anderson the supreme court has declared the suffrage law unconstitutional, and with these names taken off of the remonstrance there would not be a majority of the legal voters as required by law.