West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1885-02-18
beat the friends of the measure.

aou oeeH Que OF tne nnest attempts
at hair-splitting be had ever wit.
messed. From the anxiety of the
gentleman from Ohio to have the
form of the resolution correct he
took it he was one of the most
earnest friends of the measure.
The hour OF recess having ar
rived further debate went over un-
til the afternoon session.
On reassem bling Mr.. McWhorter
continued his remarks at consider
able length.
THE FIRST TEST VOTE.
The main question, on the
amendment of Mr., White, was then
ordered. The ayes and NAYS were
called for and the vote resulted:
Ayes, IA; nays, 81. So the motion
was lost.
Mr.. Lucas then moved to strike
out the word manufacture" in line
six, so the resolution would read.
THE sale and keeping for sale of
all Intoxicating liquors." etc. This
raised another row.
Mr.. Dean opposed the amend
ment. 1t was IL the manufacture
of liquor that the gist of the trouble
lay.
Mr.. Lacas said that the object of
his amendment was simply to save
the House from doing an unneces-
sary thing In his neigh boring
county ef Berkeley, for every bar
rel sold to our citizens one hundred
barrels were sent abroad. If this
Legislature desired to prohibit the
sale or keeping for sale, we'll and
good, but he appealed to the mem
bers not to do a foolish thing in
prohibiting the manufacture of
liquor and thereby breaking up the
great mar ufactories of our State.
Mr.. Dean replied to the gentle-
man, He resented the idea that
those who were endeavoring to ele-
vate mankind were fanatics and en-
thusiasts. Not a reform had ever
been made since the foundation of
the woEld, but it's advocates were
enthusiasts. Not a grand dis
covery had been made, in any of
the branches of science, bat that
the disooverer was an ''enthusiast.
If the proposition of the gentle
man from Jefferson was correct,
then there were but two classes in
to which society could be divided
fanatics" who had made every
good discovery and wrought every
reform Cor the elevation of man
kind since the dawn of history,
and messbacks, who never insti-
tuted reform since the merning
stars sang together and all the sons
of God shouted for Joy. He
BURNED THE IDEA
of a consideration Of revenue, when |
that revenue was wrung from the
life blood of the people and OBJ
tanned at the expense of every no
bic instinct of humanity.
Mr.. Lucas said the most illiberal
and stubborn people with whom he
had ever been brought in contact,
were these selfconstituted, fanatic
al reformers. He denied that the
people who advocated this ere
form" understood the fundamental
principle of government. He re-
tered in highly humorous and
entertaining manuer,to his expert
enca in local option counties in
West Virginia.
Mr.. Powell would rather be en-
Enthusiastically right than stoically
wrong.
Mr.. Savre was astonished at the
charge made NY tho gentleman
from Jefferson that the friends Of
this measure had not the manhood !
ta put certain laws upon the stat
uto books. The friends of this
measure proposed to carry out the
matter in their own way. After
the narration Of the personal ex-
periences and private history Of
the gentleman from Jefferson, it
was very evident to the House
what the standard of manhood of
5be gentleman was. He was glad
10 be able to say that the frienda 0f
Jhe bill were above grovelibg