Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1909 — INDIANAPOLIS HAS DRY DAY [ARTICLE]

INDIANAPOLIS HAS DRY DAY

Respect Hint to Keep Corks In Whisky Bottles. OCCASIONAL EXCEPTIONS Follow the Advice Delivered In a Speech by,. Mayor Bookwaiter When He Addressed the Purveyors of Liquors and Warned Them of the Threat of a Local Option Election. Those Who Kept Open Wanted to Take In Enough to Pay Bartender*. Indianapolis, April 6. The man with the thirst, together with the rounder and others who help the porter keep the bar rail polished, found an unusual Sunday statp of affairs in Indianapolis. Most of the downtown saloons were closed. The action was voluntary on the part of the saloon keepers, who evidently wished to follow the advice which Mayor Bookwaiter gave them in a speech a few days ago. The mayor advised the saloon keepers to be good in the face of the danger that threatens the liquor interests from county local option. When he talked to the saloon keepers in Pierson’s hall he told them their only hope of averting a county option election was by being good. The closed saloons were evidence that at least part of Mayor Book waiter’s advice had been heeded and that the saloon keepers are beginning to realize on which side of their bread the butter is. The fact that certain saloon keepers are not working hand in hand with those trying to be good, has caused more or less discord among them. The “good” ones complained when they learned that others were getting the money. Many saloon keepers figure that the profits from a Sunday bar are ample to pay the salaries of the bartenders and the running expenses of the saloon for the week.