The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1906-11-30
STRONG FOR
TEMPERANCE
SENATOR cARMAck WOULD
CLOSE ALL TENNESSEE
SALOONS.
is OUT IN THE OPEN ON
MANY STATE QUESTIONS
Legislators Are Not Merely Local Rep
resentatives, but the Entire State
is Interested in the Legislation
They Propose.


"I believe it is very wise law and
ought by all means to be enacted"
said Senator E. w Carmack last
night in answer to a question as to
what he thought of the proposed local
ordinance to remove all chairs and ia
bles from saloons. Furthermore"
he continued, 81 would like to see a
state law to that effect, and then go
further and forbid the use of screens,
partitions or private drinking rooms
in connection with a saloon" In
speaking of the liquor question as far
as the state is concerned, the Senator
unhestitatingly expressed himself as
in favor of closing all of the saloons
in Tennessee. AS he did not think
that course entirely practicable at
present, however. he was In favor Of
regulating saloons in some of
the large cities by high IL
cense of at least 81 900 to be
paid in advance. which he said would
close up by an overwhelming majority
the low dives and cheap saloons.
Senator Carmack arrived yesterday
morning from Knoxville. He will leave
this morning for Nashville. When
asked what he intended to do when
his term as Senator expired. he said
that in all probability he would re-
turn to Memphis and practice law.
While here he was the guest of r
B. Craig, on Oak street.
Discussing the liquor question SEN
ator Carmack said: my position in
general is that I would like to see
every saloon closed in Tennessee. l
want to see this work proceed just
as fast as the public sentiment in var
ious communities affected will sup
port the law and enforce it.
Il am thoroughly in sympathy with |
the movement to confine the saloon
area within a certain limit in such
places where at this time we cannot
hope for more radical treatment. /
have said this with especial refer
ence to Memphis.
81 believe that the most effective
way to secure this would be by a sys-
tenn of high license, say of 81 900 for
the state, with law requiring both
and city to levy an equal tax
would require a saloon to pay
years license in advance. would
be willing to make the tax even high
err than this. In fact it could not be
made too high to suit me.
Knowing as I do the political con- ]
ditions of the city of Memphis, I am {
that any other law would
be contemptuously ignored and have 8
no more effect than so much blank :
paper. With high license the coun- 9
" court clerk would be responsible f
IN his bond for the collection of the p
license and this law could not be +
,vaded. h
"The result would be to close up by
IN overwhelming majority the low
lives and cheap saloons which con-
titute the greatest source of the sa-
Don power, in political sense, in p
femphis. Il
This power once hpken we would p
t last be in position to make law o
owing people and community Is
masters of the situation, .
'hile the gambling dive would be no Y
onger in position to control.
Zone thing that cannot be too often n
upon the people of the ,
hole state is the necessity of putting
n end to the custom of permitting
)cal representatives of a. particular II
ounty to dictate to the whole legis- n
lture in matters vitality affecting the =,
lorals and good government Of that III
ounty. fe
"The good people of community ~
'hich happens to be afflicted with an m
nworthy representative would have X
right to call for assistance upon the OF
ood people of other parts Of the u
tate"
In speaking of gambling, Senator A
armack said 1.-THE most stringent st
Tvs should be enacted also against ~
al
houses. It ought to be made II
felony for a man to run any kind of w
gambling game" st
When asked by his interviewer If "
e included selling pools at pool rooms as
r at race tracks, he said that he was W
OF speaking particularly about this 81
base of the question but that he sa
ould be glad to see all pool selling tr
in the state til
Senator Carmack avoided all sub re
'cts pertaining to politics, saying that u. ~
e was out of the game for the pres IN
ut at least He said that he intended bl
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