Bedford inquirer and chronicle. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1854-1857, 1857-07-03
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FR'S views and votes ON the hidine Liquor
Law which passed the Senate in 1882, as
exhibited BY the Journal Of the Senate fol
that year.
On the Sd March, 1852, Mr.. Carothers,
from the Committee on Vice aud Ilnmorali-
ty, reported Senate Bill, No. 4l9, entitled
s'.4n act to p,ohi6l tie manufacture and
sale of intoricating liquors See Senate
Journal, VOL L. p. 1868.
March 18th, motion was made to coz
slider the bill. This was objected to, aud
the orders of the day called. y motion
was then made to suspend the orders to get
at the consideration of the bill. On thus
motion the yeas and nays were called, when
fhe yeas were 30 and the nays IL, 50 the
m,tion was lost,-two- thirds bcing necessa-
ry to Suspend the orders. On this motion
PACKER voted yea. See Sen. jour, Vol.
l., p. 4S0.
March ODD, 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 10 yeas to Ia nays. PACKER be-
ing one Of the yeas. See Sen. Jour-, Vol.
i, p. 5l5.
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 on
different sections of the bill, and ta every
instance the name of WM. L. PACKER is
found recorded in taUorcf the bill, and
along with the names Of The other warm
friends of that prohibitory Liquor law.
March 3Ist-lS52, the sections having
been all agreed to, the bill came up on lis
final passage; and on the question, ''shall
"the bill pass The yeas aud nays were
s.required by Mr. Crabb aud Mr.. PACKER,
and we're as follows: viz:
"YEAs Messrs. Barnes, Carothers, Car
Nson, Evans, Feruon, Guernsey, Hamilton,
Hnmlln, Ilaslett, Hoge, Mcfarland, Me-
"Murtrie, Malone, PACKER, Robertson
sSanderson, and Slifer.-17.
"Nays. Alessrs. Bailey, Buckalew, Crabb.
Darlington, Frailey, Fulton, Jones, Kin
"zer, Kunkel, McCaslin, Matthias, Mullen
"burg, Myers, Sinner, and Walker, Speak
"er-I5.
$50 the question was determined in the
Affirmative" See Senate Journal, of 1852
Vol. l, p. 612.
Such is GENERAL WM F. PACKERS
record in the Senate of 1852, and such are
his votes upon the subject of the prohibi-
tory liquor law which passed the Senate
that year, as proved by the Journal of the
Senate, which is the Only authorized record
of proceedings Aud yet his p4rtizIn
friends, and the uuprincipled press which
supports him for Governor, are mean enough
and reckless enough, to deny that he is or
ever was in favor of prohibition, and round
ly abuse all who asssrt that he voted for
,prohihitory liquor laws. We say again, We
have these Senate Journals in our office,
and can show them, day, and date, and
or who desires TO know the whole truth on
this subject. And we will here remark that
not only did Genl. Packer maize speeches
In the Senate in favor of the bill, anG vote
as here proved, but according 10 the we'll
remembered logic of the Bedford Gazette,
he gaze the casting Uotp on HetndL passage
Of this Ronstrous s.Nains Liquor Lar.
For on looking at the final vote, it viii be
observed the bill passed by II yeas to 10
nays. Consequently If Genl. P&cker had
voted nay, the bill would have been defeat
ed on its final passage, by tie vote, and
evidently his vote for the bill was what sa-
we'd it.
But the same reeklessness and Disregard
of the truth which has heretofore denied
that Packer was apyohibitiouist, may also
deny that the bill which passed the Senate
in 1852 was u prohib;ory Maine Law.
4'ae bill was nfsde up of fifteen sections,
and'is therefore too long for publication
entire, Sbut in'order that all doubts may be
removed on this point, and all mouths stop
ped, we will give our readers some extracts
from the bill as specimens. As before sta
ted, it was entitled, 's.4n .fct TO prohibit
The manufacture and sale Of Intoxicating
liquors" And to demonstrate that the bill
itself corresponded with the title, we pub
lisa the first three sections of it, as follows:
SIC. l. Be it enacted, &c. That no person
shall be allowed at any time, 10 manufacture, or
sell, by himself, his clerk, servant, or agent,
directly or indirectly, any Intoxicating liquors,
whether the same be spirituons, vinous. or
malt, or a mixture of the same. or any of them,
aEy other liquor possessing Intoxicating
properties, except as hereinafter provided.
SEC. 2. The judges of the court of Charter
Sessions, aud the County Commissioners, on
the first Monday of July, annually, or as soon
thereafter as may be convenient, may appoint
suitable persons of weli-known, honest, tenn
peratc, and sober habits, to buy, or manufac-
tnro and sell a. some convenient point in such
of tlie Townships, boroughs, and cities, within
the county, as they may deem eNpedient and
lEsper, rines end other iigaofs. for sacrGraentai
medicinal, mechanical and driisfica! purposes
AND FOR No OTHER Purposes VII srsoEyER-
Such person shall be appointcL for Ghe term ot
one year, but may be renoye,' at any time al
the pleasure of said judges d commissioner.
for violating this act.
SEC 3. That each persor appointed to sell
liquors as aforesaid, shall ,ep an accurate ac.
count in writing of all liquor bought ol
manufactured 10y him, specifying the quantt,
of each kind purchased or manufactured tn,
price Of that purchased the name of the person
from whom il Was purchased, and the date o
,he purchase, the quantity Of each kind sold
and the 1a1e Of the sale. its price, the name
residence, and occupation of the person I,
whomit was sold, and the purpose for which /
was purchased ly him; 0nI he skaa cause n
person 10 lrh0nt Ike sale Is made 70 sign fke sal
specification al The end Thereof; he shall semi
af na lily, ii required. on a day ard at piac,
10 DO appointed hy said judges ant cemnis
sioIfers, whereof public notice shall be given i,