Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1903 — SENT TO WHITE COUNTY. [ARTICLE]

SENT TO WHITE COUNTY.

The liquor license case of Kellner vs. the board of commissioners was sent to White coUnty on ohange of venue asked for by Kellner. In this case, it will be remembered, a protest was made before the commissioners against the granting of a license at their April term on the grounds that the applicant’s old license did not expire until June, and he was making application in advance for the purpose of defeating the will of the people of his ward in remonstrating against him when the proper time for a renewal of his license came up. On these grounds, or that he had applied prematurely, rather, the application was dismissed, and Kellner took an appeal to the circuit court. The outcome of the case will be watched with much interest by saloon men all over the state. If an applicant can, or must be granted a license in advance, whenever he applies, without regard to time the old license expires, the new license to date from expiration of the old one, it will be of great benefit to them, for they can take advantage of the moving season to make their applications, when, in many instances, the changes in a ward render many of the residents unqualified voters of such ward, while at ordinary seasons of the year the remonstrators might muster force enough to defeat the applicants.