The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-02-01
TUESDAY, Jan 80, 1888.
The senate convened at 5 O'Clock p. IN
President FInney in the chair.
SPECIAL ORDERS.

tuesday,, d an 80, 1855.
The senate convened at . O'Clock p. IN.
President FInney in the chair.
SPECIAL ORDERS.
Senate Joint resolution No. , q propo-
sition to amend article 10 of the consti-
tuition of the state of Kansas, by striking
out section 10 of SAID article, relating TO
the sale oil intoxicating liquors, being
the order for this hour, the senate went
into committee of the whole with Sena-
tor Buchan in the chair.
Senator Thacher addressed the senate
upon the resolution in reply to Senator
Everest He deplored the fact that tie
senator from Atchison had found such
sad state OF affairs here in Kansas where
fanatlcal men and women had fastened
upon the people law which was fast
hurrying us DOWN to ruin
The idea of the pTohibitory amenG-
ment did not say what the people should
drink nor how, bat was aimed at the
dram shops. He proceeded, in a mas
terly manner, to define the aim and in
tent of prohibition, and IN defining his
own position upon the subject said ne
believed the way that total prohibition
could be arrived at was through the
agency OF local option, licenses and 9th
er means OF limited prohibition. The
state certainly hal right 10 abridge the
liberty of its citizens by pursuing pol
ICY that shall abridge the liberty Of the
dram shops themselves, and to this the
senator from Atchison agreed. The sup
preston of making drunkenness is not
sumptuary legislation. The right of the
state TO suppress the liquor traffic, If
necessary, has never been denied. He
then read the opinions and decisions Of
eminent judges upon the subject To sus-
tain This assertion. This was for the
good of the entire community, but il
did not abridge the right OF the citizen
to buy and use beverages as he chose.
The power of the state, however, could
be used in regulating the traffic in liq-
uor as it saw fit Prohibition is a. old
as civilization itself. The disastrous
nature oil the liquor business has been
recognized fer more than three thousand
years. China prohibited the use of
wine as beverage 1,l00 years before
Christ and 1t is unknown there as bev-
erage to-day. The Carthagenlans, the
ancient Greeks and other nations passed
prohibitOry laws and enforced them.
As to the charge OF the senator from
Atchison that the late election showed
what the people thought OF the
prohibitory law il is settled
fact that the prohlbitory law IL
1880 received 900 more votes than Gov.
Click in 1882. The majority 10 1880
for the prohibitoTy law was greater than
the plurality for GOV. Click in 1899
Then again, the senator from Atchison
AYERS that there are more Gramshops in
the state than ever before, and in that
case, what haye he and his associatss to
complain about? Ii the foreigner and
others have greater facilities for pTacur-
ing liquor now than they had before, il
is not easy to see why they want Ia do
away with il. Senator Thachcr thea
took Senator Everet's figures regarding
the cities where the law was not enforced
and found that this probably included
one-fifth of the population of the state.
If the law was enforced among four
ffths of the population it was not 81
badly violated. The pTohibiiory law
has not had fair trial.
After Senator Thacher had finished
the committee rose after making the
resolution the special order tor II
O'Clock to morrow.
THE GRAND JURY Bill.
Senator Hackney moved that senate
bill No. 6, providing for u grand jury. |
be placed upon thlrd reading subject
to amendment and debate. 1t had been
made the special order for O'clock this |
afternoon. The motion was lost and
the special order was taken up. The
senate resolved Itself INTO . committee
OF the whole with Senator Collins IN the |
chair.
Senator Hackney moved that the bill
be recommended for passage subject ,
and debate
Senator Bucban moved as an amend
meGt that the rejection ot the bill be
tie thought the bin did |
not require any discussion.
The amendment 80 the amendmen |
was carried, and the bill was passed /
over.
The committee then rose ard made It's
report.
Senator Buclsn moved to disagree
with the report of tie conlmftfeP, which I;
motion was lost.
a call of the senate wes iften de-
mauded.
The sergcantat-afins baias uHabie to /
find any OF The ahsen'ees, tue e.'ll # the /
senate was raised
The report of tie committee IF tie !
whole was then adopted
oRIsINAI. Rssos .UTT9Ns.
Senator Collins introduced =. res h. /
tion affirming that the senat,, was IL "a !
vor of prompt .aiiToai legisiaiIoa = |
YoraSle 20 the establishment of COM
mission and fixing rates on Car lots e /
the leading cRmmadiIles
Senator Bnchan maTed IA aRe nd The !
resolution that tue railroad commit I
be instructed 10 hand IL a railrpa1 btll |
as soon as possible.
The ayes and R0es being taken ufsoa |
the adoption Of the amendment the ayes
carried the day