The leader., 1904-01-13
THE PROnIBITIONisTs.

The Prohibition Executiy q
Committee has begun its work in
earnest and it viii put up a
straightout fight for the submis-
sion TO the people of q constitu-
tional amendment, providing for.
the abolition of the saloon in
Mississippi. The Committee held
a long and earnest meeting last
night in the office of Judge T..
Brame, of this city, in which the
subject of submitting an amend
lment to the people of Mis-
Isissippi was discussed. 1t was
decided to appoint a special COM
mittee for the purpose Of draft
ing the amendment to the consti-
tuition, and the folio wing
gentlemen were named for this
task: G. II. Alexander, jackson,
Chairman; Judge L. Brame,
jackson; Senator Dunn, Meridian,
and Mr.. Trigg, of Greenyille.
This Committee has already start
ed to prepare the amendment to
the constitution, which will be in
troduced in both the House and
Senate simultaneously, some time
next week. The Committee gave
out to the press this morning the
statement that two-thirds of the
members of the Legislature were
pledged to the amendment, and
would vote to submit it to the
people. 1t is learned from one
Of the members of the Committee
that no bill providing for statu-
tory prohibition will be intro
duced at this session, but if the
amendment is passed on favor
ably by the people, a bill for
statutory prohibition will be in
troduced two years from now, to
be in force until the amendment
can be inserted in the constitu-
ton.
1t is further learned that there
is to be another meeting of the
Prohibition Executive Commit
tee some t. m e next week,
when amendments to the present
dram shop chapter will be con-
sidered and passed on by the
Committee. These amendments
will provide more stringent regu-
lations for barrooms in this State.
The members returned to their
homes todays
There is no doubt that some
very important d valuable
amendments could be made to the
present dramshop law, to be ope-
rative pending the adoption of
Constitutional Prohibition. For
instance, since the advocates of
license have become such vocifer.
GUS champions of local option
the right Of the people of every
county to say whether they shall
have Prohibition or mott h e.
present local option policy might
be effectively improved upon and
emphasized, by prohibiting the
shipment of liquor from a license
county into dry county, as is
now done every day by the sa-
loon keepers of Canton, Vicks-
burg and other saloon towns. In
other words, when the people of
a given county vote to license the
traffic in their own bounds, make
them respect the Prohibition
sentiment and will of the people
in dry counties and keep their
wet goods and the evil influence
of the whisky traffic all at home
to themselves.
Another important amendment,
in harmony with t b e above,
would be to prohibit any liquor
dealer in Mississippi from adyer-
tising his business in any manner
in a Prohibition county. The
Leader would go even step fur
ther and prohibit any newspaper
in Mississippi from advertising
the jug houses. Good lawyers
say this can be done in way not
to conflict with Constitutional law
or any Federal statute. Such a
law would undoubtedly have a.
most salutary effect and put a.
quietus on the practice of certain
publishers in Prohibition coun-
ties of continually Haunting big
whisky house advertisements in
the faces of their readers for the
same reason the saloon keeper
sells bis vet goods over his coun-
ter for The money there is in
1t.
A foul assassination took place
on Good Hope plantation in Va
ZOO county. A negro, John Will
liams, was shot down while driv
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