The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-03-04
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PROHIBITION.
House Wrangles Over the
Senate Bill
10 Strengthen the Present
PrOhibitory Law.
FINALLY KILLS 1T.
Sentiment Was Decidedly In Its
Favor.
1t Was Ultimately Indefinitely
Postponed.


struggle, one of the strongest measures
that has ever been proposed for its en-
forcement. The opponents to prohibition
won by adopting tactics to delay leg
islation, and in that way wore the house
out.
When the senate prohibition bill came
up in the house under a special order
yesterday afternoon, Mr.. Benefiel start
ed the fight on it by moving a sweeping
amendment which would have made the
bill much weaker than the present Muir
ray law. The amendment provided
only a fine for the first offense and left
it so that it was not obligatory to i'm
prison a jointist at all.
Mr.. Reeder of Decatur moved to
strike the enacting clause out of the
bill. This is the first motion that Mr..
Reeder has made during this session.
A roll call was demanded on this mo-
ton, which was the first real test OF
strength in the house on the question
of prohibition. 1t was voted down by
a vote of 60 to AZ. The vote follows:
Gentlemen voting in the affirmative
We're:
Messrs. Adams of Sedgwick Anderson
of Sedgwick, Babb, Bailey, Beezley,
Benefiel, Conrad, Crosby, Dawes, Ed
monds, Edwards, Elwood, F1annelly'
Fogle, Fuller, Gabriel, Grosser, Harper,
Haskins, Heeney, Johnston, King, Law
renee, Lawson, LOOMS, Marks, Martin,
Medill, Millar, McKeever, Ravenscraft.
Reeder, Rinehart, Seaton, Seaver, Short
Snyder, Spurlock, Stephenson, Ienny'
Wheeler and Mr.. Speaker Osborn
Gentlemen voting in the negative
were:
Messrs. Abrams, Anderson of Green
wood, Baker, Bogenrief, Bradbury,
Brooke, Burkholder, Campbell, Carrie,
Coulson, Coy, DeBard, Elder, Fairchild,
Finley, Ford, Giessier, Gillespie, God
shalk, Goodno, Grattan, Gregory, Hal
IL of
Hogue. Irving, Jaquins. Keifer, Kutz'
Longley, Moore, Newmon, Nichols, Os-
born of Douglas, Oursler, Pogue, Pol
son, Prather, Rees of Anderson, Rees
of Ottawa, Reid, Reser, Richardson.
Rodgers, Scott of Wichita, Shoemaker,
Stanley, Starr, Swinehart, Thorp ward,
WEIGH, Wheatley, Wilcox, Wiley, wise,
Woodward, Wright Of Lyon and Wright
of Morton.
Gentlemen absent or not voting We're:
Messrs. Alderman, Adams of Butler,
BiddIe, Brigham, Bowman, Francis
Hayden, Henley, Mason, Mendenhall,
McClaren, Remington, Scott of Elk,
Shelley, Shoup. Smith of Brown, Sweet,
Tulloss, Willis and Wright or Barton.
AS soon as this question was disposed
of, Mr.. BurkhOlder moved as subStl-
tute to Mr.. Benefiels amendment that
the first section of the bill should be
adopted as it came from the senate.
There was some opposition to this mo-
ton, even among the friends of the bill,
as some of them wanted to make
minor amendments. The opponents of
the measure demanded a roll call and
the motion carried by a vote of 81 to So
Then there was a MISUNDERSTANDING
as to whether the section had been
really adopted, and a half hour was
spent in wrangling about it. Finally,
to get the matter settled, Mr.. Wiley
moved a reconsideration, and the OPP
ponents of prohibition again demanded
q roll call. Charges were then freely
made that the demand was made sim
NV To Til ir1a
In explaining his vote, Mr.. Wheatley
said: :,
1T is generally understood that roll
call is taken to put members on record,
but we have already had two roll calls,
so that another is not necessary for
that purpose. 1t is evident that the
purpose of this demand is simply to try
to dodge this bill. am not a very
strong prohibitionist, but If we are to
have a prohibitory amendment I am in
favor of making laws that will enable
officers to enforce it,
The reconsideration was lost by vote
of 81 to 81.
Mr.. McKeever then moved to indefi-
nitely postpone the further considera-
ton of the bill, and it was this motion
that caused the bill to go down to de-
feat. The house was plunged in a mul-
titude of subsidiary motions and points
of order, but after another half hour
wasted in wrangling vote was taken
This time the friends of the bill de-
manded a roll call.
Mr. Dawes charged all those who
voted in favor of the bill with voting
for free whisky. because he assumed to
believe that the proposed bill would not
prohibit druggists from selling liquor
AS a result of his speech, Mr.. Brooke
changed front and voted against the
bill.
The motion to indefinitely POSTPONE
the consideration of the bill carried by
a vote of 60 to 81. The vote was as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen voting In the affirmative
We're:
Messrs Adams of Butler, Adams of
Anderson Of Sedgwick Babb,
Brooke, Campbell, Crosby, Dawes, Ed
monds, Edwards. Elwood, Fogle, Full
Ter, Gabriel, Godshalk, Gregory, Gros-
ser, Harper. Harris, Haskins, Heeney,
Henley, Irving, Johnston, Lawrence.
Longley, LOOMS, Marks, Mar
Douglas, Ravenscraft, Reeder, Rees of
ottawa, Rinehart, Rodgers, Seaton,
Seaver. Short, Snyder, Spurlock, Starr,
Stephenson, SWinehart, Tenny, Wheel
er, Wiley, Willis and Mr.. Speaker Os-
born.
Gentlemen voting in the negative
were:
Messrs. Abrams, Alderman, Bogen-
REF, Burkholder, earle, Coulson, Coy,
DeBard. Fairchild, Finley, Flannelly,
Giessler, Gillespie, Goodno, Grattans
Hallett, Hayden, Heberling, Hef1ey,
lIogue, Jaquins, Keifer, King. Kutz,
Nichols, Oursler, Pogue, Pol
son, Prather. Rees of Anderson. Reid,
Remington, Reser, Richardson, Scott of |
Elk, Scott of Wichita, Shoemaker,
Welch, wheatley, wilcox, Wise, Wood |
ward, Wright of Lyon and Wright of |
Morton.
Gentlemen absent or not voting were: |