Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1902 — Preparing for a Fight. [ARTICLE]

Preparing for a Fight.

Prediction of a fight in the next general assembly to modify the liquor law are heard since the supreme court decided a few days ago in favor of the power of attor ney against ‘‘any and all” applicants for saloon license. The decision amounts to looal option, in the opinion of the leaders in the Anti-Saloon League and many saloon men. Some of the saloonkeepers are advocating an organization to~oontrol the next legislature in order to enact laws that will nullify the decision of the supreme court. The Knights of Fidelity News, a saloonkeepers’ paper, is advocating organization to obtain relief from the next legislature,