The evening world., 1894-08-18
A STATE LIQUOR TAx.|
Mr. Tekulsky Speaks Against It
in Constitutional Convention.
Anti.saIafy Raising Amendment
Brought Back from the Dead.
Referendum Proposition on Local
Bills Also Taken Up.
(By Associated Press)

| ALBANY, Aug. 1S.-Nobody raised the
question OIL a quorum this morning when
the Constitutional Convention met, and
Mr. Veddsr arose and asked that the
proposition to forbid an increase Of
salary to officials during their term Of
office be again taken up. He related how
the amendment had been killed last night
| by disagreeins with the report. He
| moved reconsideration Of the vote. The
| vote was rcconsi iered
There was a long wrangle as to the
effect of the next VOTE which the Chair
announced as a motion TO send the
amendment TO third reading or defeat
1t. Those voting aye were voting to adj
| vance the measure. those nay, to defeat
1t. The roll was called with this result
Yeas, "a; nays. 40.
The amendment is now on the Conven-
ton calendar for consideration. and there
is liable to be a hot fight, as It includes In
The Convention welt into Committee
raised police and firemen.
Mr.. Hollis. from the Committee on Ed
ucation. reported favorably the educa-
tional amendment forbiddng any ap-
propria lions OF school money to an in
stitution where any religious tenet is
The time for the report of the Com
mittees on Militia and Education was
extended until Friday next.
of the Whole on Mf. Wednesdays pro-
posed amendment doing away with IL
quor licenses' and creating a State tax.
MI TeHulsky spoke against it. He de.
saloons We're reduced In Ohio by the i'm
position Of tax instead of a license fee.
The records of the Liquor Dealers AS
hn has IN,
crease. ~
Instead Of having 5000 saloons in
New York State, as now, the tax would
lieved that boards OF excise should not
have the power to say what the char
as1;nvs OF An man IL but stu he did no.
saloon Is In politics to-day Is that the
bad characters of the members of excise
boards forced e in, Abolition of boards
but not the way they wanted aid.
=, The liquor dealers had found great re-
lief In the last two years by the equta-
adopted by the Legislature. The present
law fixing fees and forbdding boards of
excise t2 juEge with the fees was
m the state wss aree af 6 Ssrrea S.
was the outcome of the wish of the
country to govern the affairs of cities.
The amendment either emanated from
ha,i. - a. " =, q, 70 ooeo'' 'he hoe-
why" Mr.. Tekusky said, when the
Excise bill was up In the Legislature,
was President of the w. c. r. T., and
was opposed to the bill. Her husband
was on the committee, and had to
sena hin him In tive bottles of whiskey to
There We're some very bad things about
Elk EXtise boards that could be remedied.
Mr. McKinstry offered a local option
part 20 the proposition, and moved that
fv be sen sent to the Committee on Legisla-
III The suggestion was adopted ana. the
Legislative Powers and Duties. -,
MIR. McDonoughs amendment. sending
local or specia. laws to referendum OF
the people was next taken up. 1t Is
especially aimed at appropriation bills
for localities. MIR, McDonough. explained
Mr.. Alyord thought that you might as
well abolish the Legislature as to give
this right to the people.
Mr.. Dean thought Il would make cow
ards OF all legislators.
Mr.. Hin thought that there was no need
OF such thing when the legislature
its action. each individual member, and
would not twice with mpunity offend the
people. The people had redress in that
Mr.. Marshall. Mr. Mr. Ham Hamlin and Mr.
Dean spoke AGAINST II.
Mr.. Hollis said that Switzerland should
not be taken as an example. because its
population was not homogeneous like
ours. ...
Mr.. Nedder thought 1t not wise thing
to adopt. 1t was dangerous and too
great an operturning.
Mr.. Cady said that II was PROPOSE
ton too novel and too foreign to our
shores to be considered even.
vote was then taken on the amend
ment. but II showed that there was not
a quorum present.
A quorum Was soon obtained. and Mr.
Hollis moved the Committee rise and re-
port the matter adversely.
Mr.. MulQueen kept the attention OF the
Committee, however, until o'clock,
when the Convention took a recess until
3 O'Clock. -