Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-02-07
DrugRi-ts' Bill.

Ht. C""iWd" ana behHeHteH 81 me t0h1bitties:
when signed one OF these petitions Tor an
amendment to The pharmacy act, did not expect
10 be drawn INTO ms dl.cusslon' And should
DOT nave been u had not come III here one or
two evenings, just to steady the affair, because
'hose tuat were acNng WIN me IN tlis matter
were not acquainted with the mode OF proc ed
iug ID TINS cass OF cases. But listening as did
TO the remarks, the other evening. aud e-pecially
10 some remarks a. was passing out Il THIS hail,
lett tha' my position as one ot The >i2ners oil
these peutions was sssa'ied'
"heh gentleman comes IN mere ana saws that
IL Is amazing tntonlery on tue part oil the drug
Rlss oil Maine TO pc ltlon tne Legislature ior law
when they ask, ana thal II Is maud, aud that
'hey are ueinofsiZeu hleu' ana thst II vail rests
upon he' ihInh 1t Is hISh time that any man
whose name Is on these pe'ltohs shouid under
stand what ms rights are and whether he Is to he
sSsa'ed WIN 'heSe epthe's because he ha' peli-
noneu Ior the feuTe-s ol grievance TO TINS legis
ialuie' uhder tue constitution oil the State. And
iel,' moreover when heard man who had
stood up here OUT a lew minutes before aud told
YOU 'hat ioi twehy-hF years OF hls lie he mad
heen uruhkaid' an" that ne had procured NJ
illuOr from apothecatles ~ Violation oi law nun
sen INDUCING those apothec't'e7 10 violate the
law anu incoming participant IN thelf gum, ana
men saw nun tntn ronhu ah' hehld MN say to my
mend mere oil the henneoec journal, who had been
ior temperance from hi- cradle 10 the present mo
mem, hghtlne the os'le o. tAc cause not only IN
diVldualY, out thiough h. paper ever since he
mas oeeh associated "l'h t-aaV 10 nm, because
ne had aigned one oil these lrlons, ou are no
iilehd oil temperance lett mat II was hgh
uMe that we shoulu kho" where we STOOD ahd
what were eur rights,
why, MI. Chairman one OF lhe great inhtmillcs
oI tli' temperance movement Ia "h en- J'ice
t' much Us auSoouy eise' ma Always oeen mat
iew n@rrow-minded' olgo'ed men, have pushed
themselves 10 the 'front.' whose lddifalI-m wa,
enough to destroy almost any cause. And that
was specimen ol tbai ciass uI Ihvh.
Now another remark cropped her,-l hope 1t Is
not true. one gentleman say mere, Nv ny, thI>
law that the petitioners ask for l. dead dog A.
much as 10 say TO tins COMMITTEE, A"3 have fore
closed TINS mai'er before the hcarlu& anu discus
SION /, That compilmet tary at all to committee
'hat sus mere Id Us Jhdiclal capaCly, TO determine
grave questions oi punhc pohcN But II occurred
10 ihe Tue heNt day' "heb cAiht through this nan
aho hesid 'hat same man maklng anotaer argu-
"eht pe'ore tuls committee, ihat II his M a'ute
wa uesu uog aireaay' before thls comrttee
Cioseu IL isoois 'hele Wouli he ahother deAd
dos ana that dog would DC Neal DON dog.
No"' Mr' ChAIihau, the geu' enIeh "to nave
presented their opposition 10 this measure As It
seems 10 me- nave SHOWN an cniic ml,Appehen-
SION oi the whoie tbing, ana e'rec'a'.N NY asiute
orother VINO mas just taken ms stal iheN 10 not
understand, u seems To me, or II they 40 they
choose 70 dodse TIE real question: wnlch i pre-
bre " n ,H si ~ 81 Nv
- r. ~ r. ~ ~, 50 So - - . '1a''"@ -
There is nothing OF that kind asked. And that
we may have some foundation on which to stand
will read the bill which am Instructed to pre-.
sent to the committee.
Mr.. Otis-I wish we had had that bill before.
MIR. Bsker-lt you had asked for It you could
have had IT. Nobody has asked Tor II. Every
body has taken 1t for granted that he knew great
deal more about our side than we did ourselves.
lhs bill provides for the amendment Of sec.
oil chap 2Oi OF the laws OF 1871:
An Act to amend section OF chapter 2E OF the
laws oil 1874.
De It enacted, etc;
sect /. Section D OF chapter 2Oi OF the laws
OF 1871 Is amended 80 as TO read as iyllows:
Sect. D. Apotnecares registered as herein
provided, shall have the right TO Keep, under such
restrictions as the legislature may impose, ell
medicines and poisons authorized By the United
states dispensatory and pharmacopocIa as OF rec
gnzed medicinal nuiity, including sRirtlous
Liquors, wnlcn they shall nave the rlgnt II Keep
aud hold Tor comp1unding medicines ana for
physicians prescriptions, gwen for medicinal
purposes, ana no other; ana II anF aputhecary
sells such liquors Iof any other pu pose, he shall
De suoJecl 10 al me provisions and penalties of
chsptei :. OF the Revised statutes, ana the stat
utes III addition thereto and after conviction lor
such Illegal sale by any court OF compelenr
jurisdiction, he SHAH have no privilege benefit