The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-07
REVISION OF LICENSE LAWS.
.1N ADDRESS BY THE CONNECTICUT
 TEMPERANCE UNION.

An Important Coming Hearing Before the
 Legislative Committee on Temperance
 Next Wednesday.
 The following has been issued by the Connecticut Temperance union:
 To The People of Connecticut We respectfully call your attention to
 an important general hearing before the committee on temperance of the
 present general assembly of Connecti-
 cut, to be held in the hall of the house of representatives, Wednesday, March | 13, 1895, at ? D. m The matters for consideration at this hearing include propositions for moder- ate revision of our laws regarding li- cense to sell intoxicating liquors and are especially presented in house bills 33S, 341, 57O, 572, 5S1 and 590. Most of
 these bills, if not all, have been care fully prepared under the supervision of the best of our lawyers and in com sultation with representatives of re- form associations all over the state. The propositions presented are substan- tially as follows:
 First-They offer three methods for transferring the license granting power to the superior court Neither plan adds materially to the burdens of the court, but each assures protection from numerous abuses everywhere mani fest
 Second-These bills provide certain extensions of privilege in the annual local option vote. A secret ballot is proposed. In towns voting license, authority is given to an individual ward or voting district, to exclude by vote, license from the limits of the ward or district even though allowed in the town, and also to determine whether liquors shall be sold in saloons or the sale be confined to places where bar is forbidden.
 Third-It proposes to limit by law the number of licenses granted, to the | proportion of one to each 800 of popula- | tion in the town, to fix the license fees | at as high a rate as may be wise, to | limit the time for filing applications, | to exclude from receiving licenses cer- | tain dangerous classes, and to protect | from license certain districts within | the neighborhood of churches and | schoolhouses, where saloons would be | most of all harmful.
 It will be observed that these several | propositions may be classed as moder- | ate reform. The present legislature | seems to be not unfriendly to such re- form legislat atlon. It is our opinion that | If the substantial citizens of our state can agree upon the outline features of the modification to be asked in our H. cense laws and can bring this harmony | of view to proper expression before our legislators, the result will be pronounce ed advance in the protection of our boys and homes from the evils of strong drink Should you approve in general the propositions above outlined, though possibly questioning details, and can arrange to be present at the hearing of March 13 we believe your presence will serve the public good. If such hearing should bring together large number of our wiser people and secure from them an expression of substantial agreement as to the legislation now re- quired, we have hope that enactments E of value may result.
 (signed)
 Rev. J. S. James, First Baptist church, Charles F. Gross, president Hartford Clty clubi Rev. w. J. Mo Guirk, St. Joseph's Catholic cathedral; Professor William North Rice, Wesley an university; Rev. J. w. Cooper, New Britain; Frank Cheney, jr., South Man chester; Rev. J. H. James, secretary Temperance union, com mittee.
 Hon. N Shipman, juCge United States court; Rev. Joseph H. Twichell, Asylum avenue Congregational church; Right Rev. M. Tierney, Catholic bishop of Rev B. P Raymond, IL. D., president Wesleyan university; Rev. Charles A. Plddock, editor Christian Rev, Newman Smyth D. D., New Haven Rev, Clarence H. Barber, president state c. E. union. Many oth- ITS would have been added if time had permitted