Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1907 — Hits at Saloon Business. [ARTICLE]

Hits at Saloon Business.

T.ehanon. Ind.. Feb. 16.—Judge Samu«l IL Artman. of the Boone county circuit court, held that the saloon buslnes's has no legal existence and, therefore. can not be licensed by the state. Tie quoted many authorities to show; that the citizen has no inherent right to engage in the selling of intoxicants because, as has been decided by the courts, the business is attended by danger to thd welfare of the community. Judge Artman was speaker of the house of representatives of Indian two years ago.