The Brookhaven leader., 1884-02-21
'rhe I.incoln County Prohibition
Hill,

As bkieay reported in our last issue. thi,
bill wal defeated in the Senate on the 18Th
inst, and with it, for the time being, the
object Of the Prohibitionists of Lincoln
county. brief account of the causes
which led to its defeat will be OF interest
to the friends of the measure, both fol
present satisfaction and future action,
1t passed the House by a large ma.
Jority, providing that all saloons in the
county should he closed within 80 days
after its approval by the Governor, and all
licensed money for unexpired terms be re-
| funded.
The bill reached the Senate and was re.
ferred to the Committee on Pubic Health
and Quarantine, composed of Messrs Gage,
BRENNAN, Henderson, Hyer and PackwOOd.
There were submitted to this committee,
majority of whom seem in sympathy
with the whisky traffic, the petitions OF
$50 voters of Lincoln county, praying fol-
absolute county Prohibitions; and OH the
other hand, petition of l57 names of citi-
zens Of Brookhaven, praying that this city
be exempt from the operations of the law,
the country petitioners to the contrary not.
withstanding. To meet this and prove
that even BrOOkhaven was not unanimous
ly in f:.vor of continuing her saloons, the
friends of Prohibition here, pending the
final decision of the committee, got up Il
counter petition of 81 names, and the ad.
vocates of whisky meantime added ~
names to theirs
During the consideration of the bill the
committee was addressed on behalf of the
Prohibitionists by DIR. IL. Fl. johnson and
the Editor of The LEADER, and on the
part of the whisky men by Capt. j. A.
Hoskins, and ex-senator Smith, of Canton,
regularly employed attorney. Both
sides did some lobbying among their
friends, and for the last few days pending
final action OH the bill, the pro-whisky
men, headed by Capt. Hoskins, worked
this for all that it was worth.
The following record of the bill after it
was reported back to the Senate, is taken
from the proceedings reported in the
Clarion of Thursday last, and relates its
final fate:
The unfinished business of last Saturday
was taken up to-wit:
House bill No. 132-To prohibit the sale
or gift of vinous, spirituous or malt liquors
in the county of Lincoln.
The Committee on Public Health ard
Quarantine recommended the following
amendments
/. Amend by additional section as fol-
lows: Section-Be it further enacted,
That nothing in this act contained shall
prevent any person in said county from
dispensing hospitality at his own domicile
ia said county.
2. Amend by striking ont the Bird section
and insert in lieu thereof the following Sec
ton, viz: Nothing in this act contained
shall be construed to affect those persons
in said county who now have license to
sell vinous and spurious liquors during
the time Of their license.
3. Amend section l by adding "Provi-
ded that nothing in this act shall apply to
the town of Brookhaven OF any incorpora-
ted town of said county.
The two first amendments were adopted.
Mr.. PackwOod moved to table the third
amendment. Motion lost by vote of Is
to IL.
YEAs-Messrs, Boone, billiard, Eaton,
Guyton, Keith, Kyle, Packwood, Powell,
Simonton, Smith, Terry, Wilson.
NAYs-Messrs. Boyd, Brennan, Burkitt,
Dickson, Gage, Gayles, Hamilton of Hind,
Henderson, Hyer, Jeffords, Liddell, Mar
shall, holland, Roane of Calhoun, Sykes,
Walker, Whitney,
The third amendment was then adopted.
On motion of Mr.. Hyer the bill was in
definitely postponed.
In succeeding issues we shall allude to
this subject again. We will say for the
present that ProhIbtionists have no reason
to be seriously discouraged nor the whlS-
XIV men any abiding reason for eXultatiOn.
The contest will be renewed, because
principle and everything that is vital to
the highest interests, happiness and pros
perity of our people demand 1T. The
question is here to stay.