The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-02-24

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Answering the statement Of the friends
| of the London bill that in the counties
where it was rot needed it would not
| pass, he said that if the people there did
not want it they should not have it forced
| upon them. It would produce a cCndi-
tion that would bring . contempt for tenn
perance. which it would take years 10
overcome.
Quoting men VINO considered the Lon
don bill as unwise, he named among
these DR.. Hufham, DR.. Mills. of Wake
Forest, and many ministers of his county
of Halifax.
For the sake of my life I cannot see
why the sale and manufacture of whis-
Wcy in the country is worse than it is
in town" The conditions in cities is
| worse, and the London bill does not put
Whiskey out Of towns Of over 1000 people.
1t would not benefit the smaller towns.
Il feel that the most dangerous evil is
the evil dressed in decency," is the way
Mr.. Travis characterized the liquor traf-
fic in the handsome city bar-room with
the ice clinking in the glass. The stills
in town, he said, would affect the boys
and the young men in far greater number
than in the country we are on the
wrong track he said in closing.
SENATOR JUSTICE SPEAKS.
Senator Justice stated that as he would
be out of the city for some days he
desired to speak now for the London bin,
| emitting the fifth section which would
be dropped. He said that as he would
probably be absent when a vote was
taken he had paired with Senate Hun
ter, and in the various votes his vote
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AS he saw the question under discus
| sion there were three issues. these being
the question of morals. the question of
its being practical and the question of
expediency.
He regretted that there had been any
thing said that had wounded the feel
ings of the gentlemen on the other side.
but that he spoke because he did not
care to be allied with those speaking
against the substitute harshly, and in so
doing referred particularly to those out
side the Senate.
With regard to the men who drew the
substitute, he said: They are good men.
but have my convictions on this sub
Ject and | must think they are wrong
in the position they have taken.'
Mr.. Justice entered then vigorously and
torcibly the discussion of the moral, the
cXpedient and the practical phases of the
matter, deducing from this that tho Lon
con bill was practical and cxpedient,
that If 1t be made enactive by the Demo-
cratic party it would be found of the
greatest aid.
He held the position that whiskey
should not be prohibited in the city. but
simply so because he did not believe
that it could be done, that where pno-
pie congregated there would be liquor
sold, legally or illegally, and he pre-
ferred that this traffic be legal than
that it debauch by being lone in secret.
The Anti-SaloOn League had at heart
the promotion of temperance and the
suppression of vice, but not one of it's
members have written that the sale of
liquor be prohibited in Raleigh or Marion.
or IN the large towns, and this because
they knew that a large population meant
q demand for liquor, and a violation of
law to get it. In the sparsely settled
country districts he held that no organ
ICED liquor selling could be maintained
successfully and hence nc liquor should
be sold there.
Omitting the fifth section he declared
he was III favor of the London bill and
he discussed and contrasted this with
the substitute bill, showing that the
London bill meant more or the people.
had more of hope in it. Men who were
asked if they were for temperance aid
often said I'VE are, but, and then a
dash, which meant we are not.
The Lcndon bill provides for an cleo
ton where this is proper and it saws
that prohibition must exist where it 5
best. 1t is the moral sentiment Of the
public that must enforce prohibitory
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is the part of folly to pass such laws.
as they will not be sustained.
The necessity for driving out the drs-
tilleries from the country districts he
portrayed most ably and aptly. He
showed how destruction and devastation
had come with them in the country and
how it prospcrcd and would prosper when
they had been displaced.
Answering Mr.. Woodard's question as
to where the stills should be located.
and the suggestion that it was in the
province of tho county commissioners
t" determine this, he said not, and con-
tinuing he said:
THAT the question reminds him that
the count commissioners are but hu-
man and hat they made mistakes and
could be influenced especially when going
out of office or looking for a another
term, when the liquor vote was needed
Why he exclaimed, "even here the
liquor men are endeavoring to control
legislation. and We must stand against
them. The bar men are already arrayed
against US because of our support of dis
Fensaries and we should take from them
the power to hurt us with their liquor.
Take from the saloon-keeper his whis-
key, disarm him, and he is shorn of all
his power to harm the party which enacts
this needed and desired legislation
With an eloquent and able summing
up of his argument and a plea for the
best moral interests of the state, Mr..
Justice closed his strong speech for the
London bill, and tho Senate. after trans
acting some accumulated work, adjourned
till today at 10 o'clock.
Night Session.
After the passage of several local bills,
which Will be found below, Mr.. Morton