The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1884-02-13

: to the late convention of distillers where
resolution had been adopted, to. decreas
the distillEtion Of spirits as the sale wa
falling of, owing to the increased use o
/ vlnous and malt liquors. causing. less de
msnd for whisky. When he came to Mis-
sissippi forty years ago be wanted 3 bottll
Of whisky. was told he could net Obtain
anything less than a gallon, but when I
was learned he came from Georgia. be wa!
walked right in and furnished with a bot
tie. He stated this to show that prohibi
ton did not prohibit.
Mr.. McCool moved the original bill the
substitute and all amendments thereto, be
indefinitely postponed Ruled ont df or
der.
Mr.. Nash said when comparison was
made with France, Spain, Mexico and
Greece and other nations, dangerous
grounds were being trod upon. They Iwera
far behind us in,legislation.f Italy was de-
generate, China to-day is the most immoral,
degraded country of the earth. The places
quoted by the speaker who preceded him
| where liquors were indulged'in were places
/ where the light of Christianity has never
shone. Mexico! There was no comparison
with it and the United States-the compari-
son was not a good one. His appeal in be-
J.
1 he urged the passage of the bin was the
best means to secure it Should il fail the
voice of the people would be heard on the
question before long.
Mr.. Baker called for the previous aues-
ton on the adoption of the substitute Of
fered to the first section of the,bill, and the
question recurring on the adoption of the
substitute it was adopted BY the following
vote:
Messrs. Allen, Atwood, Baker,
Barksdale. Beeman, Bell, Bolton, Bridges,
Butler, Caldwell, Cameron, Clemens,
Coates, Cook, Cowan, Crump, -Currie, Cat
rer. Denham, Dyer. Evans, Foules, 'Gokan,
Hardin, Harper, Harrison, Henry, Hous-
ton, of Monroe, Hoyle. Hudnall, HUFF,
Lamkin, Lewis, Magruder, Marks, McGsool,
Mckenzie, Miller, Mitchell, Montgomery,
of Bolivar, Moore, of Issaquena, Moore,
of Monroe, Moore, of Yalobusha, Mullins,
Murry, tNabers, Norrell, Odom, Orr, Par
ker, Peyton, Pound, Reagan Robinson,
Russell, of Clay, Selman, Settle, Simpson,
Strahan, WaIdrip, Watlington, Watts,
White, Whitman, Williams, Wilson. To
tal-66.
NAYS = Messrs. Alexander, Applewhite,
Askew, Baird, Bassett, Christmas, Cory, |
ers, Gore, Guynes, Hollingsworth, Hugh
ston, of Ghoctaw, Howard, Johnson. of |
Carroll, Jones, Kendrick, Love, Mcleod, |
McNeely, Nash. Norfeet, Poets, Pope,
Powe, Rowan, Sanders, Spencer, Under
wood, Warfeld, Watson, Williamson. To-
Mr.. McCool moved to indefinitely POST
pone the whole bill. Ruled out of order +
Mr.. Love offered an amendment : ) sec !
ton 2, TO strike out incorpos ed town
wherever it appeared. Table,
Mr.. Miller offered to s..rend by striking
out the word whiS,5y wherever it occurred
In SAe hill ar 1nsert the word liberty. He
thought there had been legislation enough
on the subject of prohibition and en-
tirely concurred with views expressed by
MIR. Williams. He deemed that all at
tempts to force prohibition in the State
by legislation would prove futile.
d Mr.. Baker suggested as an amendment
to substitute the word prohibition" in
place of liberty" which was accepted by
Mr.. Miller, also substitute proposed by
Mr. Watson to substitute license so the
ballots would read, prohibition" and
license" 80
The amendment was adopted, and sec
ion as amended was adopted. |.
Mr.. Cowan-Amend section 3 by stfik-
ng out in the 9th line of said section the
words, ''as provided by law" and inserting
n lieu thereof "by giving bond and paying
privilege
Pending dicussion on the bill message
vas received from the Governor notifying
he House that he had approved the fol
owing bills originating in the House;
To amend section l477, Code.
To amend act to incorporate the town of
Quitman,
To allow. the Board of supervisors of
Bolivar county to employ county attor-
ley. II
To authorize the board of supervisors of
Marion county to pay Isaac Bass for build
ng bridge. "A
To change the time for the holding Of
he circuit court in Monroe county. ST
To authorize the board of supervisors of
Holmes county to build school-houses in
aid county.
At 1:25 the House adjourned. n