The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-05-15
PHI YOUR LICENSE
Ind TlEE YOUR DRINK
Arkansas Law Which
Has Wrought Up a
Thirsty State.
IT BEATS THE DlspEaslRY BILL
LIST OF LICENSED DRAM DRINK.
ERs WOULD MAKE INTER
EsTlae READING.
Non-Residents are Exempted The
Festive Drummer Deprived of
Treatins-The suffaIoes Oppose
the Measure.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. April go
Citizens Of Little Rock and this state
are in state of mind almost border.
ing on frenzy, and all over the anti
whisky drinkers bill. which on Mon
DAY passed the upper branch OF the
Arkansas Legislature, making il IL
legal for a person TO take drink
without having first secured from the
County Clerk license stating that he
is duly authorized drinker of the
state OF Arkansas" for which he will
De required 10 pay a fee OF SIS per
annum in advance.
Senator Nelson ]. Carlock. who halls
from the village of Huntsville in Ma
olson County, in the northwestern
part OF the state, is the author of the
Dill, though II has been intimated that
II was Drawn up by the anti-saloon ele-
ment and handed to him However
that may be, after much hard work he
secured its passage through the SEN
ate after one failure Huntsville was
settled in 1880, and is located on War
Eagle Greek, according to the gazet-
teer, and is 80 miles from railroad.
The legislative directory says that
Senator Carlock is farmer of Eng
fish nativity, though born in the house
in which he now resides. His record in
the Senate during his four years term
is that he has never missed a roll
call, and of being on the peoples side
Of all measures in which they are vital
ly interested. He is a Baptist.
When this bill was introduced on
March Il it created much amusement.
and an amendment was offered that
ne bin should apply only TO the coun-
ty represented by its author, but 1t
was defeated. Finally it was referred
to the Temperance Committee, which
returned favorable report. When
the bill came up for passage it was de-
feated by close vote, and a motion
to reconsider was made. This motion
came up Monday, and the result was
that the bill was passed and sent to
the House, where it may be allowed
TO die on the calendar. as the Legis-
lature viii adjourn sine die May {.
The Bill in Full.
The bill in full is as follows:
A bill for an act to be entitled sAn
act to require whisky drinkers to pro-
cure license"
Be it enacted by the General AS
sembly of the State of Arkansas:
Section 1. That hereafter it shall
be unlawful for any person to drink
any alcohol, spirituous. ardent, vfnous
or fermented liquors or any compound
OF preparation thereof, as a beverage.
unless he or she shall have first OBJ
tanned a license as a dram drinker,
as hereinafter provided.
Section 2. The County Clerk of
each county of this state, in which
IS law has been adopted. as here
matter provided, is hereby authorized
and directed to issue to any citizen
OF his county who has passed the age
OF u years, upon the payment of SIS,
which shall go into the general rev.
enue fund, a license, which shall au-
thorize the one TO whom it is issued
TO partake of any of the intoxicants
above mentioned, and which license
shall be good for one year.
Section g. 1t is hereby made the
duty of the County Clerk OF each coun-
ty in which the law has been adopted
to keep list of the persons obtaining
drinkers license, giving name, age and
occupation of each applicant and the
date on which said license was issued,
and the said Clerk shall have such
list published in some newspaper of
the county at least 10 days before the
meeting of each grand jury. and shall
also furnish the foreman OF each grand
jury with copy of such list.
Section 4. Every person, except CT
tzens OF other states or citizrns OF
counties of this state that have refus-
ed to adopt this law, who shall drink
or use as beverage any intoxicating
liquor as hereinbefore mentioned
without license to do so shall be gull
ty Of a misdeameanor, and. on con-
viction thereof, shall be fined for the
first offenso $3.50; for the second, SIS.
and for the third and each subsequent
offense SO: provided. at the next gen
eral election the voters of the several
counties Of this state shall vote "for
drinkers license" or against drink.
ers' license" and in all counties in
which majority of the votes cast
are for drinkers license this law
shall be in full force and effect from
aud after the first day OF January
next after such election
Section 5. All laws and parts OF
laws in conflict with this act are here
by repealed
Veto Might Come
It win be noticed that it e left with
the residents of each county whether
the bin shall apply to them II is said
that even should the bill pass both
branches of the Legislature Governor
Davis would veto il. for II is held that
it is in violation OF the constitution.
and would infringe upon the personal
liberty of man. il being said that
there would be Just as much legality
IN passing bin Saving that no man
shall eat without first securing a IL
cense-
A study OF the provisions Of the bill
shows some most interesting points
The first section proposes to license
-dram-drinkers. and will not only ap-