Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-16
WHAT THE ANTI
SALOON LEAGUE
Accomplished At The Legislature

The following is Statement
from Theodore Alvord, State SUI
perintendent of the West Vlr-
ginia Anti-Saloon league, head
quarters at Parkersburg, OF the
work he performed during the
recent special session of the Leg
islature:
To the supporters of the West Viz
ginia Anti-Saloon League:
Dear Friends-On July Is, 1904,
Governor White issued his procla-
nation converting the Legisla-
ture of West Virginia in extraor-
binary session, to begin on the
Goth of the same month, the pur-
pose of the session being to con-
slider certain bills in relation to
the tax system of the State.
The Tax commission which had
previously been appointed by the
Governor had made its report to
the Legislature, and proposed to
that body quite a number of bills.
The first one of these bills was for
the revision and amendment OF
the first sixty-seven sections OF
chapter 80 of the Code, known as
bill No. 1, the same relating,
among other things, to the IL
cense on the traffic in Intoxicating
drinks and certain regulations
thereof.
There had been rumOrs in the
newspapers that conference"
had been held in Washington at
which some compromise had been
agreed to concerning the bills
which were to be considered by
the Legislature, if it should be
called in extra session. There
fore, when the proclamation OF the
Governor was issued the public
was in the dark as to just what
bills would be considered.
Believing that bill No. l was
essential to the proposed scheme
of tax reform, and that when it
came up for consideration I might
procure some amendments that
would be of benefit to the cause
of temperance and law enforce
ment. I mailed circular letters to
$500 persons in the State of West
Virginia in which I outlined the
amendments to ask for, and re-
quested the persons to whom the
letters were sent to write their re-
spectiye representatives and Sena-,
tors urging their support of the
amendments which I might offer,
and to procure others of their
friends and acquaintance to do
the same I had prepared during
the last few months some seven
amendments to the liquor laws,
the purpose of most of them be-
ing to facilitate the regulation and
control of the liquor traffic. I
When the Legislature opened
the Governor transmitted to that
body a number of bills for their
consideration. These were some
what different from the bills re-
ported by the Tax commission,
and were apparently the compro-
mise bills agreed upon by the
conference at Washington.
On the first day of the session l
obtained as many copies Of the
proposed bills as [ could and at
tached to each the amendments
which I desired THAI the Legisla-
ture should adopt. and gave the
same to leading members in each
branch. These amendments may
be outlined as follows:
Increasing the Penalties.
Increasing the penalties for the
illegal sale Of liquors, and making
these penalties progressive.
Guarding the sale of intoxicants
by druggists more carefully and
making the punishment more Sc
we're.
Providing that no license for
the sale of intoxicants shall be
granted within three miles of the
limits of no-license county.
That no such license shall be
granted outside of incorporated
cities. towns and villages, nor in
house Of i'll fame, nor within 400
| feet of a school house or place of