The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-06
TnELIQuoR QUESTION IN OHIO.
The Two Propositions TO be Submitted
toA Vote ofthe People.

ton Vote ofthe People.
COLUMBUS, O., April 5.-The General
Assembly Of Ohio has at last proved itself
capable Of passing a constitutional amend
ment resolution as to the liquor traffic. 1t
submits two propositions, to be voted on at
the general election to be held on the
second Tuesday in October next, as follows
First Proposition.-The additional sec.
ton in and with section IS Of the schedule
shall be repealed, and there shall be sub.
stituted for it the following: "Tne General
Assembly shall regulate the traffic in 10.
toxicating liquors so as to provide against
the evils resulting thereirom, and Its power
to levy taxes or assessments thereon Is not
limited by any provision Of this Consti!u.
lion."
Second Proposition-The additional SEQ.
tion in and with Section Sof the schedule,
shall be repealed, and there shall be sub.
stituted for it the following: "The manu-.
facture Of and the traffic in Intoxicating
liquors to be used as beverage are forever
prohibited, and the General Assembly shall
provide by law for the enforcement o. this
provision"
Should the first proposition be approved
by majority Of the electors voting at the
general election in October, then the pres.
ent constitutional inhibition against license
will be removed. The General Assembly
will therefore have power to license should
it so please. Itcan also specially tax, in
spite OF certain other proyiaiops OF The
Constitution, such as uniformity of tax.
alton, which the Supreme Court might
otherwise decide to operate against
the imposition Of special tax. 1t Is
considered that legislative control in other
respects is fully provided " for under
this proposition, except that the Legisla.
ture can not prohibit the liquor traffic
Those who want prohibition have the op:
portunity to express their sentiments under
the second proposition. Now that this
question Is settled, so far as this General
Assembly Is concerned, and the Republi.
can party must assume the responsibility
OF ofsubmitting the above propositions, in the
form in which they are, 1t would be in bad
taste to make any remarks that would
create any feeling. The resolution passed
the Senate by q to II, twenty being the
requisite three. tiiths. Senator Ballauf was
the only Republican who voted against II. In
the House it went through by BS yeas TO 20
nays, Gard and Bloch, Of Cleveland, being
the only Republicans who voted against il.
Every Democrat voted against ID in both
the Senate and House. r45 Yl !
There il a probability that the people Of
Ohio will have the opportunity Of voting
ior or against these propositions after all.
Every vote was precious in the Senate.
Two gentlemen, one from Cincinnati and
one from Cleveland, insisted on the sub
mission OF license as separate proposition.
In order to secure the passage oi the amend.
ment the resolution referred to above an
agreement was entered into. After the
resolution had gone through the House,
Senator Chapman, Of Cleveland, offered a
proposition Of clean.cut license in the fol.
owing form: ~ ''
"The General Assembly may provide by
law for licensing the traffic inintoxicating
liquors" so z, 81.
Invent through with q whifl, by.thirty.
eight yeas and one nay, Mr.. Pollard, ID Re.
publican. 4 Mr.. Ballauf did not yoteat all,
because he held that unless the amount OF
the license was limited, the Legislature
would have the power practically to pro-
hibit by imposinea q crushing figure. Very
few knew Of the programme except the
Republican Senators and the members Of
the joint conference committee, on whose
the 'double-ender" was
adopted.