The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-18
A STATE LIQUOR TAX.
Mr.. Tekulsky Speaks Against 1t
in Constitutional Convention.
Anti-SaIary Raising Amendment
Brought Back from the Dead.
Referendum Proposition on Local
Bills Also Taken Up.
CBy Associated Press)

ALBANY, Aug. 1S.-Nobody raised the
question OIL a quorum this morning when
the Constitutional Convention met, and
MIR. Vedder 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 disagreeing with the report. He
moved reconsideration of the vote. The
vote was reconsiiered.
There was a long wrangle as to the
effect of the next vote, which the Chair
announced as motion to send the
amendment to a third reading or defeat
1t. Those voting aye were voting to ad-
vance the measure, those nay. to defeat
it. The roll was called with this result:
Yeas, 81; nays, 40.
The amendment Is now on the Conven-
ton calendar for consideration, and there
is liable to be a hot fight, as 1t includes in
The Convention went into Committee
raised police and firemen.
Mr.. Hollis, from the Committee on Ed
ucation, reported favorably the educa-
tional amendment forbidding any APP
propriations of school money to an in
taught.
The time for the report of the Com
mittees on Militia and Education was
extended until Friday next.
The Convention went into Committee
OF the Whole on Mr.. McKinstry's pro-
posed amendment doing away with IL
quor licenses and creating a State tax.
MED the statement that the number of
saloons were reduced in Ohio by the i'm
position Of a tax instead OF a license fee.
The records of the Liquor Dealers AS
there a m
crease.
Instead of having $1,000 saloons in
New York State, as now. the tax would
increase the number to 10000. He be-
lieved that boards of excise should not
have the power to say what the char
acter of a man is. but still he did not
remedy even that. The reason that the
saloon is in politics to-day is that the
bad characters of the members of excise
boards forced i 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 equita-
adopted by. the Legislature. The present
law fixing fees and forbdding boards of
excise to juggle with the fees was a
In the State was a farce. The measure
was the outcome of the wish of the
country to govern the affairs of cities.
The amendment either emanated from
beds OF the w. C. T. u.
why" Mr.. Tekulsky said, when the
Excise bill was up in the Legislature,
was President ito Of the the ". c. T. T., and
was opposed to the bill. Her husband
was on the committee. and l had to
send him him In tive bottles Of whiskey to
There were some very bad things about
Excise Boards that could be ,remedied,
but the Legislature should do it and not
Mr. McKinstry offered local option
part 20 the proposition, and moved that
be sent to the Committee on Lesisla-
amen iment sent to the Committee on
Legislative Powers and Duties.
,o Mt M McDon.ough's amendment sending
the people was next taken up. 1t is
especially aimed at Appropriation bills
for localities. Mr.. McDonough explained
Mr. Alvord thought that te You might as
well abolish the Legislature as to give
this right to the I, ople.
Mr.. Dean thought 1t would make cow
ards of all Legislators.
Mr.. Hill thought that there was no need
OF such a thing when the Legislature
was responsible to Its constituents for
would not twice with IMMUNITY offend the
people. The people had redress In that
way. and needed no other.
Dean spoke against 1t.
Mr.. Hollis said that Switzerland should
not be taken as an example, because Its
population was not homogeneous like
ours.
Mr.. Vedder thought 1t not wise thing
to adopt. 1t was dangerous and too
great an overturning.
Mr.. Cady said that It was q PROPOSE
| ton too novel and too foreign to our
shores to be considered even.
A 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 recess until
| 8 o'clock.