The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1872-03-01
SECOND DAY.
SALEM, Friday, February p

SECOND DAY.
SALEM, Friday, February %, 1872.
The committee appointed at the last
annual meeting to confer with leading
and statesmen of this State
as TO the advisability of forming a Tenn
perance party, was called on for a re-
port.
L. w. Ryan read a report to the effect
that the movement would be unwise
and indiscreet at this time.
The committee appointed to report by
bill appeared and presented n draft of
the proposed measure.
Nr. Simpson moved that the bill he
considered section by section. Carried
The first section was then taken up
1t provides that any person wishing to
sell spirituouS or other Intoxicating liQ-
uOrs in less quantities than one quart
shall procure the signatures of an actual
majority of citizens above the age of
twenty-One in the precinct in which he
may wish to sell, praying for n license;
or if in n town divided into wards, he
must obtain the signatures of q majority
of the citizens aboye twenty-One years
i'm such town or ward.
Jacob Conser moved to amend by
striking out the word Citizens and
substituting illegal vOters.n
\ spirited discussion ensued, in which
Mr.. Conser and others argued in favor
of, and Mrs. Duniway, Messrs. Hender-
son, Meacham, Rodgers and Thornton
against the amendment. BY degrees the
debate merged into the "Woman Suf-
fragen question.
Mr.. Driver said: "It has been urged
!. Int s.I
the ballot, drunkenness and vice would
speedily disappear. Woman rules the
world, and always has ruled mankind.
By her great Influence in forming the
characters of men she moulds the na-
tiOns to her will. Why have they not
accomplished this great work? / dare
TO say that if the instincts of women
were right there would be no drunkards.
Consider the danger of giving to women
the power of the ballot in this matter.
In new York city alone you will find
$1,000 prostitutes, whose influence,
whose votes would support the liquor
traffic. There are 1000, 900 of such wOm-
en- in our land. Then go among the
higher classes, and you will find it no
easy matter to Danish the social glass of
wine from the fashionable dinner parties
of upper-tendOm. Again, the better ele-
ment of womanhood would never be
represented ut the polls. Talk as you
may, One-half the women of our nation
oppose the extension of the franchise -
Mrs. Duniway craved the indulgence
Of the Alliance to addres her friend, /.
ID. Driver. He had come into the Con-
ventiOn and said that women ruled the
world, that il woman would but do her
duty as mother, sister or wife, there
would be no drnnkards. Do you mean
to say, sir, that we, as mothers and
wives, are responsible for every whisky
blOat? Sensation. How dare you
shift upon the shoulders of noble, sacri-
ficing women the responsibility of this
abomination, which they, upon bended
knees, in the agony of tears and heart
ache, supplicate this nation to wipe out!
LTumultuous applause. You tell us OF
100000 fallen women who in their
fallen state would vote for the perpetu-
alton of this evil, and for this reason
the virtuous and upright should be de-
MED the right. But what say yon, sir,
to the 20,OOO,OO0 male prostitutes by
whom they are supported? [Enthusi-
astic cheering.l / pronounce your libel
upon womanhood slander so vile that
If we were but voters you would not dare
to utter it.
Here Mrs. Duniway was called to or
der, and amid much confusion took her
seat. BY liberal use of the gavel the
President succeeded in restoring order
and bringing the Alliance to a vote on
the amendment, which was lost. Sec
ton / was then adopted.
Section , was next adopted. 1t pro-
vides that before obtaining signatures
to his petition, the applicant for license
shall publish his intention to apply for
such license, for three weeks consecu-
lively, in some newspaper having gen.
eral circulation in the county.
Section 8 makes it misdemeanor for
any one, fraudulently and without au-
thOrity, to sign the name of another to
petition for license; the penalty to be
defined by the Legislature. Adopted.
Section provides that if any one shall
purpOsely and with intent to deceive,
sign any false and fictitious name to a
petition for license, he shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanOr; penalty of
file or imprisonment, or both, TO be fixed
by the Legislature. Adopted.
Section 5. Every person who shall,
by the sale Of Intoxicating liquors, with
or without license, cause the intOxi-
cation of any person, shall be liable for,
and compelled to pay reasonable COM
pensatiOn to any person who may take
charge of such intoxicated person, and
81 day in addition thereto for every
day such intoxicated person shall be
kept in consequence of such intoXica-
tion; which sums may be recovered in
an action of debt before any court hay
ing competent jurisdiction. Adopted.
Section provides by law, 1st, that
persons selling intoxicating liquors, be
held legally responsible for all damages
from the influence of Intoxicating drinks
sold by them, whether with or without
license, and that license be granted with
this understanding. .. That premises
where liquor is sold, by consent or
knowledge of the owner, be held as Sc
curity for payment of costs and damages
resulting from the influence of liquors
sold by him, and that on his failure to
pay costs and damages, his bOndsmen
shall be held responsible for the same.
Adopted. The committee also recon-
mended the appointment of committee
of three to draft these changes into the
form of proper bills, and urge their pas
sage at the next session of the Legisla-
ture. The committee recommend fur
ther that the same committee of three
be instructed to draft a bill providing
for the submission of the question "Li-
cense," or "NO License" to the people
of the general election in 1874, and at
every general election thereafter until
Prohibition prevails, and that it be made
the duty of the Executive Committee