April 19, 1910.
Mayor Bennett and Lansing’s aldermen have been placed in an embarrassing position. “It seems that city officials who attend these annual meetings, at the expense of the taxpayers in most instances, to obtain valuable ideas from others regarding methods of conducting municipal affairs are not now in favor of having their meeting in dry Lansing.” The Detroit delegation are the prime movers of having the convention switched to Saginaw, or some other wet city. At the last meeting Mayor Bennett had assured the membership that Lansing would remain wet and would offer the attendees a good time!
Source : “Dry Lansing May Lose Convention; Movement Started To Transfer State Municipal League Meeting to Saginaw”, Detroit Free Press, April 20, 1910.
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