Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1897-04-15
oURNAL-W lNGloN, DELAWAIE Thursday APRL l5 1897.

amendment, and claimed that Mr..
| Bicrs, Argument was fallarious be-
cause the Representatives aud Senators
would be chosen By the electors Of their
respective districts. with the local
| option provision always staring them
in tho face.
MIR. Spruance vigorously attacked
4 the Amendment, which he charac,
terized as local self-governmen run
mad, and absolutely without u prece
DENT ''Siripped Of all sophistry,'"
he said, sit is a proposition to insti-
shall be permanent in ito powera orcr
the general Legislature. II IA wore a
member and such proppHi tion was in
the Constitution 1 should not obey it,
because the requirements, in my
opinion. would be void IN law. The
| liquor question, important though 1t
| is, should not BIO handed without re-
gard to Ordinary rules and should DO
| treated by us exactly 40 ge trent all
other matters that come before us. 1t
Is {, dangerous commission of power,
the possession of which would be
Liable to great abuse. =
Mr.. Spruance resumed his remarks
at the afternoon session. He paid
attention especially to the question Of
"greasing" In business matters, other
wise known as ntips."
Mr.. Bradford followed in favor OF the
amendment offered by Mr.. Gilchrist.
He took issue with Mr. Spruance and
claimed that his colleague had made a
mountain out OF mole hill. Mr..
Bradford said there was no danger
whatever in the idea OF allowing tho
people of ans county or district to vote
upon the question OF license or no
license. He claimed that there was no
intention to create fragmenrary
Legislature. In referring to the mat
ter OF 'greasing'' no said that even IL
the temperance men did use that kind
of undue influence in order to induces
men TO pass law which would he a
protection 10 their homes it would be
more justiliable than any other kind of
undue influence ever heard of.
Dr. Cooper stated that he had been
10 favor Of Or. Carlisle's substitute,
but would support the amendment, as
he bad changed his mind.
The ayes and nays we're ordered and
resulted as follows;
Aye-MesHrs. bradford, Burris, CLARK,
Copper, Ellegood. Gilchriat, Harmon,
dorsey, johnson, Murray. Orr, Sapp,
Salisbury, Smitnefs. Wright--l5.
Nay Messrs. Riggs, Carlisle. Caven-
der, Cooch, Dasey, Donahoe, Evans,
Hearne, Herring, Martin, Spfuance--ll.
Absept--M essrs, Moore, Richards,
Cannon--a
Declined to vote DR.. Pratt.
Thore was no difficulty over the
adoption Of section 2, which merely
provides the districts.
When the motion TO adopt section 3
was made Mr.. Donahoe offered the
following substitute:
And no district 10 which licenses
shall be prohibited by virtue of this
section shall receive or have expended
in it or for it's benefit, either directly
or indirectly, any money received from
licenses issued Tor the manufacture or
sale Of such liquors in any other dis
| trict, -
Mr.. Salisbury opposed the substi.
tute, but Messts. Martin and Harmon
| favored it. Upon call of the yeas
and nays the substitute received ayes
to 10 nays.
Mr.. Donahoe then offered another
substitute for section 3, which was as
| follows:
That all moneys raised by the State
from licenses to sell or manufacture
any Intoxicating liquors shall be dis.
tributed in the following manner only /:
The State shall retain ono-third the
amount paid for each license so issued |;
the county one.third, and the district
the remaining one-third"
On a call of the yeas aud nays the
substitute was defeated by vote Of 90
to a.
Section 3 was then adopted, which
completed the report. .4