Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-19
DISTRICT IN CONGReS S
Mr.. Morse Refers to the Kreg,o Tragedy in
Speaking on the Bottling Bill
House NOn-COncurs i'm the Senate
Bill Other Matters.

leldll1g 10 DOllilHS WHISKY III DoHu ldle
yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Morse of Massa-
| ckusetts made the following remarks:
''Mr. Speaker, my friend from Kentucky
| (Mr. Evans) has urged as an argument in
| favor of drinking that large revenue is
raised by the government from this source,
and that this helps to pay the taxes. Mr..
| Speaker and gentlemen, / believe there
would be as much craftsmanship, and
serse, and philosophy in inoculating men
| with smallpox and then laying a tax on
| coffins to raise revenue as in raising reve-
nue. by licensing men to carry on this bust
| ress of making paupers, and beggars, and
suicides, and murderers. (Applause.) Why,
Mr.. Speaker, did you read the confession
| of that poor, miserable wretch-Irving
FOrd-whose trial was entered upon today?
Did you read his confession that on the
morning of the day on which he committed
the terrible deed and murdered Elsie kreg-
| 10 he says he bought bottle Of whisky
| and drank 1t? Perhaps it was Kentucky
whisky. II certainly was bottled, as pro-
| posed by the pending BILL
The trouble is that he got hold of the
wrong kind. If he had got pure Ken
tucky-," said Mr. Colson.
Now, / do not know anything about
that. 1 do not know what state it came
from. l only know the facts that before he
cid that awful deed he drank bottle of
this vile damning, blasting poison that has
de stroyed and is destroying the bodies and
souls Of men. / verify believe he would not
have committed the crime had his brain
| Eot been fired with this poison; and so
charge, Mr. Speaker, that that poor, miSer-
able colored man. who is now awaiting his
execution IT. the prison here for that crime,
committed the crime in consequence of
drink; and l charge that the man who sold
him that bottle of whisky-I charge here
ard now, in the presence of God, men and
angels, that that saloon keeper was
party to that crime, ard is in part response
bic for that awful murder of an innocent
girl and the grief and sorrow to that fam
lily.
DO you know that John Wilkes Booth,
when he was dying, kept looking at
his hand and crying there was blood upon
| his hands? The attendant said to him, No;
Mr.. Booth. We have washed your hand
carefully; there is no blood on your hands,
But he insisted there was blood on his
hGnds. The blood of the martyred Lincoln
vas crying to heaven and the dying muir
derer thought he saw blood on his hands.
And charge the man who sold that bottle
of whisky to this colored man that the
blood of this poor girl is on his hands, and
that he is in part responsible for that
crime.
Il notice down here on Pennsylvania
avenue, in walking back and forth to the
Capitol-I notice a large sign which bears
In letters of fire the words Pure Rye i
40 not know whether that means pure
Kentucky whisky, or what kind of whisky
IL Is; but, Mr.. Speaker, IL is fitting en-
blem-those letters of fire. They stand for
the fire that is never quenched. for the sec
ord death, for eternal burnings,' for the
souls caused by this blasting, whitening,
damning poison. The sign over every rum
shop ought TO be In hre, and there ought to
lie a skull and cross-bones over the door
for trademark. Applause)
The gentleman from Kentucky SAYS
that strong drink is a large source Of reve-
rue to the government 1 hope the argu-
meat will never be advanced in this Com
gress that it is good policy and sound wise
craftsmanship to raise revenues for the
support of the government by licensing
men to make beggars, suicides. paupers
ard murderers of their fellow-men IAp-
plauseD God pity the community town
city, state, or nation that raises revenue
| that way" Renewed applause)
Sale of Liquor in the Capitol.
Mr. Little has introduced a resolution in
the House to set apart a day for the oonsG-
GRAFTON of the bill prohibiting the sale of in
toXicating liquors in the Capitol 1t was re-
feTred TO the committee on rules
Conferences Ordered.
The Speaker laid before the House late
yesterday afternoon the Senate amendments
20 the House bill relating to dry measures
in the District of Columbia. Mr. Babcock
moved @ 10 non-coacur in the Senate amend
ments and agree to a conference. This was
done and Messrs. Curtis, Milner and Cobb
were appointed House conferees.
A similar proceeding occurred in the case
OF the bill relating to Waterman taxes and
Messrs. Hulick, Babcock and Richardson
were appointed conferees.
The Billiard and Pool Table Bill.
Late yesterday afternoon in the House
the Speaker presented the Senate amend
ments to the bill relating to billiard and
| pool tables in the District of Columbia
The Senate struck out of the bill the pro-
vision making it unlawful "to sell or to al
low to be sold in the same room or a room
connected with and opening out OF or ad-
| Jacent to such room spirituous, vinous or
malt liquors., and inserted in lieu thereof
n lCl al-;r St
any person under the age OF twenty-one
years to play at any game of billiards.
pool, Shufiieboard or any game that NAV
be played OH such tables or boards, or play
at bowls on said alleys, or permit such per-
son to come into or remain in their pool or
| billiard rooms, saloons, or bowling alleys,
where spirituous, vinous malt liquors
are sold"
MIR. DinGley Against the Amendment
When the amendment was read Mr. Ding
| ley of Maine took the floor.
This is very important amendment to
the last section of this bill, entirely chang
| ing the character Of it," he said. THE
| House, after a thorough discussion, passed
| a bill containing a section forbiddiny the
| sale of Intoxicating liquors in any billiard
| or pool room that might be licensed in this
| city. The Senate has stricken that provis-
| ion out entirely and inserted an amend
| ment simply forbidtling persons under
d
| billiard or pool room where intoxicating
| liquors are sold. Tha. is an entire change
! of the character of the bill. 1 think, after
| the House took the position which it did
1 take, that intoXIca ling liquors ought not to
be sold in a billiard room or room OPEN
| ing out of it; that it ought to nsis- upon
| its action and not concur in the action of
| the Senate striking that out entirely aid
| leaving billiard rooms to sell intoxicating
| liquors l think it is correc: principle
| that where there is an amusement room
| like billiard room there ought not to be
| rum shop connected with it. If that is to
| be tolerated by law let it be Il separate es-
| tablishment.
| Mr.. Speaker, 10 not know but it may
| be desirable to have L conference upon this
| matter. The House has expressed itself
| very thoroughly, and L am unwilling to
| have the House recede from its action.
| think it is not IN the interest of good NOR
| ais that it should do it,"
| Mr. Babcock insisted that the Senate
| amendment was full and clear and asked
| that the House concur in it. Mr.. ningley
| strenuously insisted that the House should
| non-concur and was Joined by Mr.. Morse
| of Massachusetts. When the vote was
| taken the House non-concurred by vote
| of IN,