Show national association dealers cleveland ohio oct 13 the fourth annual convention of the national peso elation of retail liquor dealers was opened in this city this afternoon the report of the president john Morri sEcy ot syracuse new york contained a review of the work of previous conventions and defined the objects of the association to be the mutual protection of the retail liquor dealers in the of legitimate the report of alie secretary described the progress of the state and local associations throughout the country and reported report ad the accession of four new states to mem of tho national league ex governor roswell P flower of new york addressed the convention at the afternoon lie signed the law of 1892 which lie compared with the present unsatisfactory elainea law as follows the raina law is an element of ahe archaic class of legislation which lias created a of anomalous which the statutory records re bui bened failed to bring about the reforms which it was claimed would be effected and instead of weeding out tue less respectable class of saloon it has only to increase them it en cou raged a class of persons who could not a licence under the old law on of lack ot character to apply for a liquor tax under the bac aea law many of these people conduct fake hotels or places of doubtful and bus hun drebet det the poorer but more respectable of saloon keepers output exist ence d believe in alie widest personal liberty consistent with oed government and an extending the constitutional liberty of person end goods to every person in so far as it does not prejudice the rights of others |