The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-02-21
Child Labor Bill Passes the
Senate.
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Passing to the discussion of the London
bill for which he spoke, he said that
while the fifth section was a good one
that he would not feel that it's loss would
be a great one. The features of the
London bill which appealed to him were
1. Prohibition of sale and manufacture
OF liquor in the country. 2. 1t provides
an opportunity for local option in the
towns. 3. 1T provides an anu-jug law,
and 4. 1t provides for a vote on the dis
pensary plan. He most ably expounded
the various good features he had enumer-
ated and showed their value.
Continuing he declared that there were
only two objections that he had heard
of, the first of these was concerning the
necessity vote. If the whole matter was
left to the State he did not fear this,
but in some counties, liquor ridden, no
relief could be had If a vote was tak,n.
He held that campaign in any county
would divide up the people. cause bicker-
ing and strife and give the liquor NOV
chance to use liquor. He said too that
it might be impossible to tell what would
happen to the registration books He said:
cit is not a local measure but is of
State wide interest. If it is left to the
give relief where it was worse needed.
In 1898 and 1900 there was a cry from
us for help from the west, now the west
calls upon us to aid it by Kidding it of
its country stills, and We should answer
as We had been answered"
and last of all they tell me it will
hurt my party. Not so, / do not believe
that it will. l was born and reared
Southerner and a Democrat, and to met
it has always been that the Democratic
party has a. its heart the best interests
of the State. The Democratic party
means morality in public and private
life. The victories of the party have
been on moral lines and when the people
feel that a moral issue is at stake the
people will rally to it. This is a great
moral fight and the people will stand
to the Democratic party. Back Of this
movement is the lovely womanhood and
the noble manhood that means success
for the Democratic party yet passes this
law.
SENATOR LAMB SPEAKS.
Senator Lamb, of Cumberland began
his address with the statement that he
was for the London bill, that it put the
it from that of liquor.
He said that as TO the claim that the
London bill would hurt the Democratic
party he denied it, and cited Cumberland
county, where prohibition had strength
ened the Democratic party, and where
men had voted for him not because he
was a Democrat but because of his pro-
hibition Seven years ago no man in
x,fE
without the consent of the liquor inter-
csts. He had seen the terrible condition
in Fayetteville with it's sixteen bar
rooms and he had promised not to rest
till they We're closed. And they are
closed now" he said.
Here Senator Lamb described the forces
behind the London bill, some of which he
thus described:
1--WE have the Episcopal Artillery in
their uniform. singing Rock of Ages;
the Presbyterian Cavalry, singing How
Firm Foundation the Baptist Navy,
singing Sweet Fields Beyond the Swell
ing Flood; the Methodist Infantry, sing
ing Come Ye That Love the Lord This
great army are behind this movement,
and if we attempt to stop it we shall be
swept out of public life. l am for the
London bill all the time.
SENATOR TRAVIS SPEAKS.
Senator Travis spoke for the substitute
and regretted that the opponents of it
had ridiculed it and denominated it
subterfuge. He praised Senators Vann
and Warren as wise and thoughtful men,
who in drawing the substitute did so
conscientiously and for the best of the
State.
The question, which he declared was
dividing the legislators, was not moral
one, for prohibition was that and nothing
short of it meets the moral question.
When the prohibition people introduced
the London bill it was compromise of
prohibition, but in doin ESQ they felt that
no further advance was possible at this
time, and that eXpediency must be con-
sidered Thus it is simply a question of
what it is now expedient. the best
method of controlling the present issue,
that alone divides us.
Here Mr.. Travis contrasted the Lon
don and Substitute bill. The latter he
said measured up to the other in many
OF its features. but that it was fairer
than the London bill in that it did not
discriminate between sinai lONuS anu
large ones, neither between town and
country as did the London bill, for it
gave a vote to these to settle the mat
ter.
The discrimination as to small towns,
Mr.. Travis held, would hurt them COM
mercially and arouse jealousy of town
to town. He stated that on Saturdays in
the east, when the negroes went to town
they wanted some liquor, and would go
to the town that had it, This, he said,
would not be just and would center the
trade of many counties in the big towns
at the expense of the little towns.
All the petitions that have come from
Halifax are from towns that could man
ufacture and sell under the London bill,
which could vote on it. He declared
hehe that he wanted to give the eight
small towns of his county to vote on the
question IS well as the four large towns.
Only one petition had come from small
town in his county for the London bill.
Mr. Travis said that there had been