Evening journal., 1889-04-04
A WHOLE DAY WASTED,
The Republicans Waste Time
Over the Temperance Bill.
SHALL WIRES BE UNDERGROUND

staff correspondence or EVENING JobhNAh'
DOVER. April 2--Shortly after. II
O'Clock Representative Downham called
the attention of the House to the fact
that the hour had arrived for the consid.
Grafton of the High License and Local
Option bill. The lobby at the time was
crowded, among those present Demg
several ministers
Mr.. Downham moved that amendments
to the bin be read. Il was at once eVl-
dent that the Republican members werel
not All ready to consider the bill. Dr.
Ricbsrdson arose and said 1T is not my
intention to in any way hamper the bill,
but consider this the most important |
hill of the session and should be |
thoroughly considered in all particulars, |
and therefore move that further con
sideration Of the bill be postponed for one
week
Mr. Downham. This bin has been
standing here sometime and there are a
great MANY bills before the Legislature.
You have got to face the music and You
might Just as well do it now as any other
time.
DR.. Richardson Tam just as willing
to face the music as the gentleman Is
himself, VI do,,n make this motion
because am afraid to vote, | am tenn
perance man and willing to vote for this
bill If lean get no better.
Mr.. Whiteman said 81 Il prefer to pur-
sue the popular course and have the bill
recommitted.
Mr.. Wallace was in favor of discussing
the amendments, then have the bills
printed and then Rllow one week for
study. The motionr.to postpone was
lost.
The FIRST amendment was then put and
adopted. This strikes out the word
which makes person indirectly Inter
ested not to receive a license
When the second amendment was read
a discussion ensued as 10 the best method
Of procedure, and it was decided TO read
the amendments and then vote on them
afterwards. At the conclusion Mr..
Ecklesrmoved to adjourn. The motion
was lost, and afterssome discussion Mr..
Hynson made a similar motion, which
was also lost Mr., Clark moved to ad-
journ until 2 o'clock. An amendment
making o'clock, the hour offered by
General Armstrong, was adopted.
Upon the reassembling Of the House at
clock the Committee ON Corporations
were out, and the bill was not again
taken up until 3.30 p. m.
ment was about TO be put when Mr..
Clark opposed its adoption. -
This amendment removes that part of
section that required two freehoders
to enter inte bond for the obeying OF
the law by the applicant and provided
that no person shall be granted license
who has at any time violated the license
laws Of this state In respect to this Mr..
Clark said he did not see any reason why
any person who ldesired to sell liquor
should object to give a bond. He Thought
the amendment injured the good intent
OF the bill.
Mr.. Downham said he agreed with the
gentleman who had preceded him. II
was about the only amendment that he
had objected to. lie had understood with
in the last twenty-f four hours that four
men controlled in the city Of Wilmington
about 6fty places They would get some
man to sell liquor for them and in many
cases this man was totally irresponsible.
He thought however that the amount
was too high and he would suggest, $500.
As to the last clause as to q person. not
being given license who had newell vio-
lated lawrhe believed that that should
be stricken out. .
Mr. Gray said he still approved Of the
amendments that had been made to the
bill, and this portion only. AS d member
from Wilmington, he knew that tae sec
tion would be very obnoxious TO the
people He instanced the case of q per
son coming to him, and one who had beer
a friend, and asking him to bond for bim
He could not refuse that person an'
would probably go on his bond. Anothe
person having the same claim would COM
~, cha 20 Int,I fns, ht4,
because he bonded for the first person
and he would be compelled to do it an
soon probably dozen bonds would bea
his name He did not mind one, but h
did object to carrying a dozen. He be
lieved that the liquor traffic was cor
Quoted in Wilmington as good as it eve
was. Mr., Lodge said if the persons bae
of this bill were trying to pass prS
hibitory measure, why not retain thi
section and all the others that follow i
Let them put about this law all the
so-called safe guards. 1t looks as II the
are dealing with lot Of men who al
almost convicts. These restrictions al
unreasonable and unjust
Mr.. Downham then offered a subst
tute for the amendment requiring thi
all applicants should give bond in Il
sum OF $500 for their obeying the lay
and striking out the provision prohibitiI
any persen applying for license who h
previously violated the law. The subsi
tute was adopted The fourth amen
ment, only requiring one half Of {
signers Of an application to be freehol
ers, was adopted without comment. T
fifth amendment, amended section s,
as to enable the $500 bond TO be put
execution. Mr. Clarke vigorously foug
the amendment striking out the VIC
female in section IL. This section pl
hibits any female or minor from obtai
ing license or selling liquor in a pls
that has license. Mr.. Clark was 81
cessful and the word remained. 7
other amendments were adopted witho
comment The principal changes ma
by them being the striking out Of 81
tions IA and 10. The first section stru
oat gave the right to any three citize
10 compel licensed dealer TO appear
fore the Judge Of the county to sh
cause why such dealers license shol
not be forfeited, and the eighteenth S
tion prohibited the licensing of any pl,
where liquor was to be sold to will
three hundred feet of any church
school.
When the amendments had been II
the clock registered 430 p. m. It '
then too late to bring the bill up for c
sideration and Mr.. Downham plea
that 1t be considerd at the earliest POI
BILE date. Mr.. Whiteman moved
recommit it to the committee.
Downham protested against this.
Mr.. Eckles said that he had secon