WEYAUWEGA CHRONICLE

April 25, 1888

 

No Saloons in Waupaca

 

            A Waupaca dispatch of the 20^th to the Sentinel says:  The city council last evening passed a set of resolutions prohibiting the use of cards, dice, billiards, pool or any game of chance or amusement in saloons in this city.  The saloonkeepers claim that the best part of their business is now taken away, and have all agreed not to take out licenses, even if the council is willing to grant them.  A great deal of feeling has been worked up and much expensive litigation is likely to follow – similar to the noted cases of the city against John Barr Glen, which occurred a few years [ago].  Public opinion is divided in this controversy.  Many of the leading citizens think as long as the saloons are compelled to pay a $500 license, to remain closed on Sundays, and to close on weekdays at 10 o’clock, that the present council has carried things a little too far.  The Prohibitionists are jubilant over the prospect of having no saloons.  The financial loss to the city will be seriously felt, as the receipts from licenses amounts to several thousand dollars annually.  The resolution passed the council by a sufficient majority to prement its being changed this year.