Evening journal., 1901-02-15
NO CIGARETTES
FOR DELAWARE.
Legislature Makes Stringent
Law Against Them
LETTER FROM A SMOKER READ
Bill POrbidS Sale, Manufacture Or
Dealing in Cigarettes Strong OD-
position to 1t
LETTER FROM A SMOKER READ

Stan Correspondence Evening Journal.
Dover, Feb. 15.-Despite the Opposi
ton of a big lobby, a lively parlia-
mentary debate and spirited speeches,
the House passed Senator Brasure's
prohibitive cigarette bill. 1t now re-
quires only the signature of Governor
HUM to end the sale of cigarettes,
cigarette tobacco and cigarette paper
in this State
WAS REPORTED UNFAVORABLY
The bill was reported unfavorably by
the House committee, and its oppo-
ments considered it practically dead
until Representative Hope called IL
up for final action. Both he and Rep
resentative Clark We're ardent sup
porters Of the BILL and urged its pass
age on the ground that it will save from
ruin and worthlessness many Of the
lives of Delaware boys Mr.. Clark
read the following letter from a cigar
cite smoker, pleading for the passage
of the bill:
Delaware City Del, Feb. IA. 1901.
Theodore +. Clark.
Dear Sir: In reference to Senator
Brasure's cigarette bill. will you kind
ly use your best efforts to have a bin
OF this kind passed.
l have yet to find a cigarette smoker
who did not hope this bill would pass
especially those OF the "fiend" class
Cigarette smokers as a rule would be
glad to stop smoking them, but as
they cannot they welcome anything
that tends to stop them. This bill
OF Mr. Brasures is the only thing that
can stop them. A bill that limits the
sales to persons over II years does nc
good, as any boy can find some mar
with no principle to buy them fol
him. l do not know of any habit
easier to contract, CT one that ruins q
man or boy quicker, than cigarette
smoking, and many firms will not EN-.
ploy person who smokes them.
have never met a tobacco dealer
but said that he only sold cigarettes
as an accommodation, as there was nt
profit in them. The manufacturer
however. has a very large profit il
their sale.
cannot see how anyone could vot
against bill OF this kind, unless the,
were interested in cigarette manufac
tuTe, or had a grudge against tn
2 youth OF our State. have been smOk
! ing cigarettes. and am posted on tn
. cigarette habit. Thanking you in ad
i vance for any effort, you may make =
this direction, / am,
Yours truly
G. w. R. X.
Representatives Kitchen and Hol
comb waged a bitter war against tn
measure. They contended that
would transgress upon personal right
and would Interfere with the manufaC
- ture Of paper in the State.
In reply to this Representative Hop
s declared that dollars and cents shoul
g not be considered when the lives an
e intellects of the boys Of the State wer
e the issue
Representatives Hardesty and Film
q thought the new law was made neces
Il sary by the very argument that its op
s ponents were using against it-tha
: there are statutes prohibiting tn
Il sale OF cigarettes to miners that ar
0 not enforced. They vigorously Oh
posed Representative MOOre's motto
e to recommit the bill.
# Representative Baynard said he wa
It opposed to cigarettes, but would nc
h vote for the bill in its present form.
Representative Moore's vote to re
= commit was lost by the followin
e vote;
# Yeas-Dayebt, Ewing, Baynar,
+ Healy Kitchen, Layton, Moore, Pretty
man, Robertson, Scotten. Warren an
II Speaker McCommons-12.
l. Nays-Aron, Chandler, Clark. Glen
3, daniel, Finn, Gooden, Hardesty Hear
II HOlcomb, Hope, Hutchinson, Lon,
4 Monaghan, Pepper, Hodgson, Pillin,
Ralph, Short, Vinyard, West, Whit
e and Wright-22
e Then Representative Robertso
d made an effort to have final action o
Il the bill postponed untilThursday. Eel
ruray 21, at 1.30 o'clock This motto
was lost by an almost unanimous viv
N voce vote.
The original question then was d,
cided and the bill passed by the follow
d ing vote:
Yea-Aron, Chandler, Clark. Cler
daniel, Finn. Gooden, Hardesty. Heal,
Hodgson, Hope, Long, Moore. PilIin,
Ralph, Shallcross, Vinyard. Wes
4 White and Speaker McCommons-19
' Nay-Baynard, Dayett, ,Ewings, ,Hear1
Kitchen, Holcomb, Hutchinson. Mona
CHAN, Pepper, Prettyman, Robertson
Short, Scotten and Wright-14.
= Representative Kitchen changed hI
vote to nay. with a view to obtainin
a reconsideration within the next tw
rs days.