The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-01-17
Proposed Temperance Legislation.

The legislature of Ohio has taken hold
of the liquor question early in the session
with an apparent determination to give us
something that shall be satisfactory 10 the
friends of temperance. The recommends
tions of the Governor in favor of reenact-
ment of the Adair law and the McCon-
nellsville law meet our hearty approval,
for they would make practical prohibition
in all incorporated towns and villages
where there was a majority in favor of
temperance, and could be made servicable
long before we should be able to reach
prohibition by constitutional amendment,
which must be submitted to a vote of the
people, to say nothing of the risk of defeat
Our legislators ought Immediately to be
made to understand that the enactment of
these measures is demanded the present
winter in addition to the constitutional
amendment. We append the proposition
already introduced by Mr.. Jones, of Jack
son.
The resolution contains two sections, and
provides for amending the Constitution in
two particulars.
The first section proposes to amend Sec
ton first of article Is, so that amendments
to the constitution may hereafter be sub
mitted to the people at a special OF general
election as the Legislature may direct and
that a majority of the electors voting on
the proposed amendment shall be sufficient
to adopt the same, and reducing the time
of publication from six to three months.
The second section provides for the sub
mission of two propositions to amend Sec
ton Is of the schedule, the first PROPOSE
ton being for clean-cut Constitutional pro-
hibition, and is in the following language
First Proposltion"-
Section IS. The manufacture and sale of spirit
uous malt vinous, other intoxicating liquors or
compounds as 4 beverage is forever prohibited in
this State; and the General Assembly shall pro-
vide, by suitable enactments, for the enforcement
i OF this inhibition.
The second proposition is for absolute
legislative control over the liquor traffic,
and is in the following language: Second
Proposition"-
Section 49, The General Assembly may subject
i the traffic in manufacture Of spirituous, malt
vinous or other intoxicating liquors to the payment
Of special taxes, anything In the present Consttu
| tion TO the contrary notwithstanding and may i'm
pose such other conditions, regulations and limita
tions thereon shall most efectualy prevent evil
resulting therefrom; it may also provide for the
prohibition and suppression Of the same as bev
| eage throughout the State, or in such civil anC
municipal divisions thereof shall approve thu
| same by majority vote Of the electors.
Then follow details of the mode of sub
mitting and voting on the several propo
sitions. As an encouragement to the pro
hibitionists and to avoid their antagouisn
of the second or legislative control prop
osition," !" it is provided that if the ''first o.
prohibition proposition" should receive
majority of all votes cast at the election i
shall be adopted, but should it fail to re
ceive majority of all the votes cast anC
the second proposition should receive ;
majority of all votes cast, then it shall b.
adopted.
The two resolutions above were laid oi
the table and ordered printed.