Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-07-03

places now authorized BY law for general elec-
tions vote upon the acceptance or rejection OF
this act by written or printed tickets, contain
ing on the outside the words .sliquor law aud
on the inside the words. ssfor the law" or the
words, ssagainst the law aud the returns Of
the votes shall be made in the manner provided
by law for the election of Governor, ana TIE
Secretary OF the Commonwealth shall transmit
the said returns TO the Speaker of the Senate,
the second Thursday OF January. AID on
said day the two Houses shall me ct ia Conve en-
tioD, when said votes shall be counted, ana
true record thereof ertered in the Journal oi
each House, and il majority Of the 'aid roteS
shall be AGAINST The fatrs, Then The repeal q His
act IS recommended 10 the attention Of The neFf
Legisiaturs: Prorided, That the said election
shall he held under existing election laws, and
by the lection officers authorized 10 hold the
general elections in October next, and that the
Comfy Commissioners Of the several counties
shall furnish ballot boxes, blank forms, and all
things necessary for conducting said elections"
.'On the question will the Senate agree
to the motion, the yeas and nays were re-
quired by Mr.. Packer, aud we're as follows"
Yeas IS including Mr. Packer, and Nays
a. So the question was determined in
the affirmative. See same Sen. Journal
page COS.
On the next day the bill, as amended,
passed finally, as stated in sur article Of
last week, By vote Of II to 15,-Paeker
voting for it.
Tois is the record in full showing exact
" what Mr.. Packer did, and what he did
not; and We most cheerfully submit the
whole matter to the public. 1t is perfectly
clear that as the bill was prepared, and as
it passed second reading on the 23l Of
March, the fifteenth section of it provided
for submission to the people of the accsp-
tants or rjsction of tbe law, and that the
law should not 20 into effect until the vote
was taken. But it is equally clear. that on
the 30th OF March when the bill vas about
to pass, GENL. WILLIAM L. PACKER
got up in his place on the floor of tie SEN
ate, and on his motion bad the fifteenth
section so amended as to make tile law 90
into effect at once without any popular vote
upon it: and then to allow the peole to vote
upon ats repeal, aqd the cote Of a minority
against thr lar was moi to operate as a re-
peal of it, but only TO be taksn as a recon-
msndation to the attention Of the nert Leg
iSiature!
This amendment carried, and Knocked
the original fifteenth section into a cooked
hat, and is just such an amendment as might
have been expected from an out and out
Maine Law Prohibitionist OF what use q
popular yote:would have been under Packer.
amendment, may be readily imagined: wher
1t is expressly provided by ii in substance
that the law shouldistand no matter whether
the people voted for, or against it, but i
| against it, then the result shonld be mere
! recommendation to the attention OF the mex
Legislature. The value of this recommen
dation may be inferred from the fact that il
1914 the Legislature submitted to a popula
vote the question whether or not the Publi,
works of the State should be sold. Tn,
people by solemn vote decided by the de-
cided majority of over twenty thousand tha
they should be, and yet this recommends
tion failed to sell the pubic works unit
last week, period of about thirteen gears
Don't you think some folks would have 90
very dry under Packers amendment
We have thus explained Mr.. Packers pc
sition fully ,and shown by the Journal OF til
Senate, that instead Of voting to submit th
adoption OF his liquor law to the people h
made the motion, and voted,to strike ont til
substance of the only section which had hi
provision in ii and after it was stricken out h
then voted for the bill on its passage. II
position was bad enough before, and b
friends By trying to get him on. of ba
scrape, have only made bad worse. III
Gazette has promised to prove his positio
: by the Journals, but VIC feel very conf del
it will as usual keep back the most inlpoi
T tant part Of the record, for in no other wa
9 can it make out anything like case for i
. Main Law Prohibition candidate. We ha,
published the whole fifteenth section as
: was originally in the hill, and US Pack
{ had it amended. This We feel safe in sa,
/ ing the Gazette will not do. We also r
; publish our article of last week on this si
h ject, so that our readers may fully uude
e stand the merit, of the matter in controvers
+ In conclusion We repeat that we have the
s Senate Journals, and vii, take pleasure
showing them to any man who wants to 8
them, and demonstrating that in all we ha
!; said we are fully sustained By the recor
= and have done Genl. Padker no Unjust
- unless publication of the truth be so co
i sidsred.
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CLUB MEETING.
:, The Meeting of the ULion Club, on Sa
!. urday night, was large and euthusias