Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1907 — Kentland Remonstrance Held Good. [ARTICLE]

Kentland Remonstrance Held Good.

Kendand Enterprise: At tour o’clock Wednesday afternoon Judge Hanley handed down a decision in the Hauser liquor license case, sustaining the remonstrance. The hearing of the case occupied three days, and every puint was strongly contested. H. L. Sammons was the local attorney tor Mr. Hauser and he had associated with him Mr. Emery Sellers of Monticello. Mr. Sellers largely conducted the examination of witnesses. His mode of pro-

cedure was to belittle the witness and provoke his anger in hopes of working in contradictory evidence. It may be stated however, that Mr. Sellers, though always sarcastic, seldom resorts to this manner of questioning. Judge Darroeh and Prosecutor Graves, assisted Tuesday and Wednesday by R. C. Minton of Indianapolis, appeared for the remonstra tors. Over A hundred signers of the remonstrance were challenged, and even a large number of witnesses were called to testify during the three days progress of the trial. Among those challenged as having no right to sign the remonstrance were such men as J. J. Bonham, Lewis Henry, Harry Higgins, John Shoaf, Roland Lemon, James Wilson J. Z. Johnson B. F. Seal, Alex Datzman and a dozen of other well known residents and voters of the township. Judge Hanley kept close tab of the evidence as it was introduced, and at the conclusion was prepared to render a verict. To satisfy the counsel lor Mr. Hauser the Court struck from the remonstrance every name that might be reasonably questioned.

At the last election in Jefferson township the total vote was 502, requiring 252 names for a majoity. The remonstance as filed bore the names of 285, and deducting the 28 names conceded by remonstrators and stricken oft by the Court leave 257, names, or a majority of 5. Judge Hanley held the remonsti ance good by this number and rendered judgment accordingly. The contest has been a friendly one from the start; and now that it has been legally decided the matter should be dropped. Kentland will be dry until March 1,1909, at least. The last two saloons in the town closed their doors Monday night, and probably for the first time in its history Eentland has no saloons.