Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1896-04-09
LIQUOR BILL rs DEAD.
SENATE KILLS THE MANUFACTURE
MEASURE BY 27 TO 22.
Practically Disposes of the Prohibition
Fight for Two Years mt Least Resolution
! to Adjourn April IL Passes Both Houses.
julien Richards Leg islative Chances.

DIES MONIES, April 4.-The prediction
which was expressed in these letters at
the opening Of the session has been veri-
fed. The resolution for resubmission of
the prohibition amendment to the con-
Stitution was defeated some time ago,
md on Thursday last the bill for law
permitting the manufacture of intox-
icating liquors in the state of Iowa
shared the same fate. 1t met defeat i'll
the senate after a somewhat protracted
discussion, and although it is expected
that the house bill will come up in that
branch of the General Assembly today.
yet there is no possibility Of any meas
ure Of the sort passing the senate, even
II the house should vote in favor of it,.
The position taken by the members of
the senate, or at least by a majority Of
them, was that the policy of the state is
not anti prohibition, but that the mulct
law was enacted simply in response to a
demand that prohibition should be re-
inforced in those localities where it had
become apparent that it did not pro-
hibit. The majority of the senators re-
fused to admit that the mulct law was
in any respect a repeal of prohibition;
they claimed that prohibition was in
effect in large part of the state and
that a majority of the people of the
state did not desire that any action Of
the legislature should increase the
chances of prohibition becoming wiped
away in the state at large. Arguing on
this line they held that the granting
of permission for the manufacture of
liquors in Iowa would be step in the
line Of abolition of prohibition that
could not be excused ON the ground of
better control of the traffic. The sup
porters of the bill argued solely that it
was a logical outcome of the permission
of the sale of liquors in any part of the
state. They alleged that the feature of
the bill which required petition of
consent signed by 65 per cent OF the
voters before a manufacturing estab-
lishment could be opened in any city or
county practically erected Chinese
wall around the dry counties, or as SEN
ator Ellis expressed it, ut puts up
wall $1,000 feet high and no brewery
could climb over that wall" Those op-
posed to the bill refused to concede that
It was logical, or'that there was any de-
mand for it from any large part of the
state. When the bill reached vote at
1870 p. m. Thursday, it met defeat by
the following vote:
Ayes: Senators Blanchard, Benson,
Cheshire, Craig, Downey,
Ellis, Overall, Funk, Garst, Harper,
Hipwell, Hobart, Hospers, Hurst, Leh-
'eldt, Lothrop, Pusey, Ranck, Trewin,
Upton, Waterman-22.
Nays: Senators Alexander, Allyn,
Bell, Berry. Byers, Carney, Carroll,
Druet, Eaton, Ellison, Ericsson, Gilbert
ION, Gorrell, Hartman, Henderson,
Junkin, Kilburn, Mitchell,
Palmer, Penrose, Perrin, Phelps, Rig
gen. Rowen, Sargent, Younger.
Senator Healy (Webster) who has
been absent from the senate on bust
ness requested that the journal show
hat had he been present he would have
7oted against the bill.
This ends the hope of the enactment
# any manufacturing law for two years
It least.
Appropriations Agreed Upon
The next business of most Importance
% the state that has been transacted
Turing the past week is the result of the
conference of the appropriation commit
ICES of the two houses. The appropria-
ions as agreed upon by these two COM
nittees are as follows:
4 agricultural college, Ames. ..........$ 5i,5 70
insane asylum, Cherokee -. :. 62 l4J o.
Insane asylum, Independence. ....... 1880 20
Insane asylum, Ciarinda. ............. 1870 3JO %
insane asylum, Mt. Pleasant. ........ 40 ]. D W