Evening star., 1896-11-27
AN ANTI-BAR ROOM BILL
It is Causing Some Excitement in the Georgia
Legislature.
The Measure May Pass-Clay Not q
Rabfd Silver Man-watson
Now Practicing Law.
Correspondence Of the Evening Star.


ATLANTA, Ga, November 2s 1S96
The liquor dealers and brewers are rais-
ing big row among the democratic lead
ers on account CT an anti-bar room bill
which has been introduced in the legisla-
ture by Senator Gray. The liquor men
complain that 1t is bad treatment, In view
Of the fact that they put up nearly all the
money which was used in the state cam
peign. w. w. Starr of Savannah, who IN
here, VAS one Of the men who collected the
funds. He is manager of a big brewery,
and he and Frank Potts of Atlanta are
two Of the most influential men in the busi-
ness. They contributed literally during
the fall and If it had not been for them
Chairman Steve Clay, since elected to the
United States Senate. would have had to
throw the headquarters into a receivers
hands.
This bill, which Senator Gray has
fathered, provides that there shall he no
n ore liquor selling by the drink The SMALL
est package permissible will be one mint.
and II must not be drank on the premises
OF the place where fl is sold Georgians
have the capacity for pint, but they have
not always the price. Hence, the bar room
trade would be curtailed, and most of the
saloons would have to close up In the
last legislature there was a measure known
as the Bush BILL which provided for a dis
pefsary system somewhat the order
OF humans This was defeated but II
took hard work and money to do IL This
measure, which Gray is pushing has a
Hucn petter chance to pass. The country
peopie OF Georgia are Jealous of the cities,
anu tney would vote for prohibition any
day If the straightout fight were made
rms Dill OF Grays is prohibition so far al
the oar rooms are concerned Th. lobby.
ISIS are very active, but they will have q
close hnt laf1
candidate for president of the senate but
was oe1eated by Berner, who is a strons
prohibitionist. Gray thinks that the uouo,
men did not stand up to him as they should
have done.
Gold Men I'm Control.
The free silverites are laying low. They
have awakened to the. fact that tn. narty
machinery is pretty well I'm the hands of
the gold man. Fleming du Bignon. whe
was the gold candidate for Senator against
Crisp last spring, is now virtually the ,iomi.
nant spirit In politics. He elected Steve Clay
10 The Senate. For a long time Clay would
not say where he stood on the free coinage
proposition. He was like Crisp in that re.
spect. flnally, when everything seemed IA
De going that way, both of them came out
Inc goid men, however, are not afraid Of
clay being rabid for silver He is ali
rignt from corporation standpoint. too.
'ii &C new Tor the SuDrerne
court Hho were nominated last week are
all gold men. The popuIists will moi put
OUT any ticket. They say that they prefer
10 Keep the judiciary out of politics.
mere is some talk of Carter Tate, the
representative from the ninth Georgia dis
trlct, running for governor two wears
nence- He Is the gentleman of whom Mr.
reed once remarked: The gentleman docs
no. KNOW what he is talking about He was
not In that Congress. Indeed / have of,an
wondered how he ever got here al all
rate managed Judge Gober's csmnaipn
1or place on the supreme court ticket last
"ysh, T ana got mad and was defeated
Tom Watson has gone back into IN ,ra,-
tlce OF law, and within a week has cleared
TWO brothers named Zeigler charged win
ihcroer. He will get large practice