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

VIII De prOhlDlted from voting on safe.
Is that fair? Is that Democratic policy?
It is fundamentally wrong. for if We
lass a law that does not suit the coun-
ties and towns the people will arise n
their might and repeal it,"
Mr.. Warren declared that he was not
lodging the issue when he favored a
submission of the matter to the people
and that he was not opposing the moral
forces.
The measure ought not to pass.
he said. for the people Of North Caro-
lima have not known Of it. The issue
was not raised in the campaign in many
counties and where it was there was IN
expression Of a desire to have the people
vote Oh the measure. why was this hue
and cry not raised in the campaign? Be-
cause the desire was for Democracy to
win and l do not think We should hear
it nov"
In conclusion he urged that he did
not want to depart from what he CON
sidered the best plan to solve the ques-
tion and that the issue would never be
settled and settled right until the peo-
pie had settled it.
Senator London spoke for his bill. He
said that the words Hue and Cry was
not one to apply to the supplication Of
the good people for relief from the Ii
Quor monster, but it would suitably de-
scribe the pursuant after it. He haa
| learned from Blackstone that a 'hue
and cry was that which was raised in
pursuit., OF criminals by the Anglo-Saxons
ard in pusuit of this great nonster and
criminal l am glad to join in this hue
and cry" he declared.
In order that the bills might be known,
/ NO 60 ia thqv Npra SpGkpn Of as the Watts
bill, The London bill and this last, the
Vann bill, rs Senator Varn's name APP
peared first on the report. 1T were
better" said he, Ito call it the Vain bill,
for if enacted into law it would be in
vain, it would be giving a stone where
people asked fer bread. He mad heard of
no petition for such a bill and it is only
the e.nination from the minds Of the few
men who wrote it."
This substitute, he said, would be q
vain act as it kindly permits the coun-
ties which are now prohibition to remain
so. IN answer to question Senator Vann
says it is a legal question. a question of
doubt, if the name of the county in
which prohibition now exists is put in
the bill it may open the way for liquor
to be voted in.
Senator Warren here interrupted to
SoS tioh III oAt tiAAN NA"S 1900 'oNN
be the case.
Senator London replied that it seemed
that doctors differ and that the two
able lawyers of the minority also diff
fered.
Continuing he said tina if you read
the first ten sections CT the substitute
it appears to be all right, but when the
Seventh comes it proves to be a whited
scpulchre.. The bill, unless it be amend
ed, is absolutely ridiculous. As it now
E, stands it does not provide that prohibit
ton be kept where it is in force, but it
may take away from those countieEspro-
hibition. Many great acts have beer
lr,ade without the vote of the people, the
Declaration of independence among them
Another reason, he said, why the Lon
don bill should pass, was that it is the
weak who need protection. and it would
not be right to shacklc down the mora
forces OF a county because the Whiskcy
traffic controlled the votes. Take 1ad-
kin with it's forty stills, and what OF the
condition there. Counties made laws that
some townships objected to and the State
stood in the same relation to the coun-
ties. The substitute is q glitterine
bauble without substance, a promised
fruit that turns to ashes
i lie I%ClIuoH I'LL 10 dohN " NV Niii
by good women and children but by the
best business men of the State. | wa
struck by that splendid delegation OF
business men from the thrifty town o.
High Point that came at its own eX-
ppnse to urge tho bill. The people Whf
come to ask for it are not hired a5 Tho
liquor men hire their advocates. Yol
may say it is a 'huc and cry Yes j
is a hue and a cry but it comes from
the good people, the moral forces. il
pursuit of a monster that troubles then
homes.
The bill known Is the london bill
prohibits the manufacture Of liquor il
towns of less than 500 and fCrbids Its
sale in those Of less than 800. Instead o.
discriminating against the country ant
for tho town it would appear just thu
reverse. We insist this bill has a fea.
turc not in the Watts bill, which say!
nothing Of the number of people be in
eorporated towns. as it keeps little cluS-
ters from becoming Incorporated.
Section four is needed to give force
to the other sections. It IS the Anti
jug Law" section and keeps out WINS
KEY. It is now in use in a number o
counties and in national legislation tn
rcint NAV be covered by the Hepburn
bill. ALREADY pdSScu IlF 1lNdot " hSP
resentatlve5 and pending IN the Senate
But even if it does not pass this sectlol
would be of great value. Without I
any temperance Legislation passed woul
not satisfy the people. If you prohibI
one county from manufacturing or sell
ing liquor Why should another county ,
allowed to ship it in
Section five is singled out as the mos
Objectionable by Senator Warren. |
would rather appear that it is faNorabl
TO the saloon men as it allows them t
hold an election on the question by pcti
tiCn if onc-third of the voters ask 1t. !
puts the State on 4 temperance Easls &
place Of a liquor basis. That is tn
bugaboo that alarms some and ar
free to say | would value the bill JUS
as much without the fifth section as wit
it.
Justice: AS you say this, | ask woul
there be any serious objection to leavin
=, it out?'
London. "No, not on my part. l Woul
he glad to see the bill enacted even with
out the fifth section
McBrvde: Would it not be best I