Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 February 1911 — ABE VOTES WITH THE BREWER. [ARTICLE]

ABE VOTES WITH THE BREWER.

The Proctor liquor regulation bill passed the state senate Thursday by a vote of 27 to 21. The license fees provided for cities are S7OO and in towns SSOO, including the* state fee of S2OO. This bill also limits the number of saloons to one for each 1,000 population and one for the first 500. On the passage of this bill Abe Halleck is recorded as having voted with Steve Fleming, the Ft. Wayne millioniare brewer, who opposed the measure on account of the high license fee provided and the strict regulation of the liquor traffic.