Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-08-21
PilAER FOR PROHIBITION.
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eAHIDfteu " tHS oVul hat VI 'ilN 0S"a'N 'VA
that year
On the Sd March, 1852, Mr. Garothers,
from the Committee on Vice aud Ilnmorali.
ty, reported Senate Bill, No. 40, entitled
''.ln act to p,ohita tie manufacture md
sale Of intoricatiag liquors" !" See Senate
Journal, Vol |. p. 363.
March 18th, motion was made 10 con-
slider the BILL This was objected 10, aud
the orders Of the day called. \ motion
was then made to suspend the orders TO get
nj the consideration of the bill. On this
motion the yeas and nays were called, When
tue yeas were 20 and the nays IL, SO the
in2ton was los, thirds being necessa-
" 10 suspend the orders. On this molten
PACKER voted yea. See Sen. Jour, Vol
/, p 4S0
March 22j. the bill was taken up for
consideration; and on the question whether
the first section should pass, the yeas and
nays we're called, and the section passed by
vote of 9 yeas to 1 nays, PACKER be-
ing one Of the yeas. See Sen. Jour, Vol.
i, p. 5lj.
The bill was further debated and consid-
cred during that day, and the day follow
ing, as appears by the same volume of the
Journal, at pages SIS, 532, 533, &C., and
the yeas and nays were frequently called Oh
different sections of the bill, and IA erery
instance the nrnrof WV. h. PACKER IS
fonad recorded IN faoor Of The bai, and
'long with the names os the other warm
friends of that prohibitory Liquer law.
March 3lst-lS52, the sections having
been all agreed to, the bill came up on it's
final passage; and on the question, 'Fshail
'the bill passe The yeas aud nays were
required by Mr.. Crabb aud Mr.. PACKER,
''and were as follows: viz:
',YEAs. Messrs. Barnes, Carothers, Car
.'son, Evans, Fernon, Guernsey, Hamilton,
-IIamln, IIaslett, Ilogc, Mcfarland, Me-
"Murtrie, Malone, PACKER, Robertson
'Sanderson, and S!ifer.-17.
sNays Messrs. Bailey, Buckalew, Crabb.
''Darlipgtop, Frailey, Fulton, james, Kin
'.zer, kuuke, McCaslin, Matthias, Mullen
"bnrg, Myers, Sinner, and Walker, Speak
''Pr-l5.
So the question was determined in the
affirmative" See Senate journal, of 1852
Vol. |, D. 6l2.
Such is GENERAL VA. f. Packers
record in the Senate of 1892, and such are
his votes upon the subject of the prohibi-
tory liquor law which passed the Senate
mar year. as prove" OV 'he journal OF 'he
of proceedings. Aud yet his p,rtizan
lrietoS' ana ,ue U'P''nc'pieu press "ilien
supports I'ih LOT uo'ernot' are mean enough
aho RECKLESS ehoh9h' 10 oehy lhat nc Is or
ever was IN favor OIL plohiol'ion' ana round
y anase all VINO asSsrt that ne Voted Tor
t'oniI'ory liquor l%"S' W say a"ain'
nave 'hese ooua'c "oui'''-fs III Gar ounce,
l'i0 can s''o" ''iel'; u'y' a"a "&'e' a"o
s"g", 70 any inai VINO wSues 10 see theH1'
~ "ao uesifc' 10 Hno" the "hoie rum Oh
'hlS suejeet; Ahu we Will hefe remark That
not only d'd uenl' fackef nIaao speeches
III ,ie 'tha'e ~ laVor oi tue oii'' anc Fo,e
- ~ t.1 - ~. % p, .
~" ''S y VI '',e '0u'0,H "'~e'te'
ne gnOe Hte c'Std"9 eoL' on tHfJi"Rf passage
" fhiS M0hStfotS .Hatae Liquor LatC.
For on looking at the final vote, it will be
oheo.,.,d ~, h,II n.s.ol Lr II ,,o,. - TX
Il q
"'FS, consequently " ocnl' "eAeI hau
voted nay, the bull would have been defeat
Cd on it's final passage, by tic vote, and
evidently his vote for the bilI was CHAT ga
:.
|u H.
lint the same rerklessneSs and di.reqard
e d. ,r,,,h wI;.b ba, Iar,tor,,o -
IN I.,:...
''i't' AeNe. ""e = PiV'ao''o"is'1 Nidy aiso
deny that the oil which passed tue Senate
IN 1852 was q prohibitory Maine Law.
,e,n hill vas made nm of 6rteen Sact;o,s
- - G. tI:e.'
anu !" tuo'o'o'0 ''o ,""5 ~, '"'1a''oh
entire but IN order that ali doubts may be
removed on this nuint, and all mouths ston-
,,,l a., ,y;lI o;r, our ro,ders son,o ov,r....
~ ,,;r, -..;.,..
"U''' ''e ""' "H nP10'"ie.'' no "eio'e Sta-
ted, IL was entitled, ".7R 'Tct 10 pfoh36H
ite B94natGCtuFr anil Sdte OF TRt0ricafiag
{.oyors'' And to demonstrate that the hill
;,aif ,our,s,,,,l,,, viii, H., ,;,l, - -
''N 'stio' pun
lisa the HFSt three Sec'ioilS Oh IL, as Ioilnws:
Spc Re II tucrIed. SC Thar M narso,
shall 30 allowed at any time. 10 n,uau fucIare or
x-H lax himself his CLERK. servant. ar acent
d,r.,tlv or Indirectly. anu iaforicqliaq GgDory
whether the same he spirituous. vinoiIs or
s,a ,,f or ,nixture of the-salne or anv of them
ar any other liquor possessing Intoxicating
,rep.rties. except as hereinafter provided.
SIC. >. The jnig.s of the court Of Oaarter
Sessions and the Coanty Commissioners on