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dams, for his care of his mother and
aunt, members of the same tribe.
Leave to withdraw was reported by
the committee on constitutional amend
ments on the petition of Mary A. Liver
more, for an amendment to the consti :
tuition by giving women the right to
vote equally with men The committee
on ways and means reported adversely
on the petition of H. H. Sellers for this
refunding of $40 paid for medical ex-
animation which he did not take.
FORBUSH LIQUOR BILL.
The Forbush bill for the prohibition
of the sale of spirituous and intoxicat-
ing liquors except by agents of cities
and towns under the control of a COM
mission, was heard this morning by the
committee on liquor law. Frank NJ.
Forbush. the petitioner, was present
and conducted the case for the bill.
Henry H. Faxon of Quincy was also
present.
Mr. Forbush, in opening for the petit
toners, stated that the bill was substan-
tally the same measure as was present
ed last year. His line Of argument would
be the same, the main point being that
the petitioners asked for no change in
the general policy of the state relative
to the LIQUOR traffic Massachusetts law
tons under which The sale of liquor was
allowed. BY the present law nearly
three-fourths of the state decided
against the sale of liquor. The quarter
Of the state that tolerated the sale of
liquor contributed largely to the pau
perism insanity and crime of the COM
monwealth From the statistics of the
bureau Of statistics and labor, it was
found that drunkenness was increasing
% per cent faster than the population.
A. H. Evans of Brookline, chairman
of the prohibition state committee, fol-
lowed Mr.. Forbush, and urged the
thoughtful consideration of the bill To
the enemies of the petition who held
that prohibition didn't prohibit, he
would say that it did prohibit but it
didn't prevent. The law against murder
didn't prevent murder, but it did pro-
vide the means by which the violators
Of the law were punished, and prevent
ed from further violations of the law.
The laws against rape and theft didn't
prevent violations of the law, but this
was no argument for a repeal of these
laws. The witness wanted an extension
of the present prohibitive policy of the
state, and this bill provided for the ex-
tension
f. W. Clark, secretary of the state
prohibition committee, added his argu-
ment in favor of the bill. He held that
the good citizenship throughout the
state was in favor of prohibition, but
that a large per cent of this element
failed to vote on the license question.
He spoke Of the. McCloud murder at
Shelburne Falls, by O'Neil, under the
influence of liquor obtained at the hotel
at Shelburne Falls, the town having
voted for license by single vote at
the previous town election.
William E. Weld of Boston, represent
ing the liquor interests, appeared in re-
nlonstrance and held that the proposed
legislation was nothing less than pro-
tibition, and that this was not feasible,
as had been demonstrated by the pro-
hibitive laws in other states.
The hearing was then closed
SENATOR HAYES ILL.
Boston Feb. 4.-senator James E.
Hayes of Charlestown is in a dangerous
condition, at the city HOSPITAL. on ac-
count of abdominal troubles. His death
would be bad thing for Boston demo-
cratic politics.