Gainesville daily sun. (Gainesville, Fla.) 190?-1938, 1907-01-20
BRANTLEYS POSITION
ON THE ANTl-JUG BILL
Georgian's Attitude on the Lit.
tlefield Measure Explained.
VERY GRAVE QUESTION RAISED
Question Not One Of Temperance or
Prohibition. But Purely Legal
srantiey Fights interstate c. o. D.
Business in Liquor.

tS''Ns |
Business in Liquor.
Washington, Jan. I9.-There seems
10 BE- a good deal Of Apprehension
and misconcepi!ou IN Georgia aHd
elsewhere III regard 10 the lAtt!ehe!i
bill. and Representative Branu"y o'
Georgia. wao Is a member OF IN" Jh'
dietary committee now considering the
bill. fears ,aa his attitude in regard
20 the measure Is misund,rs God.
Under the present Jaw. which TINS
measure seeks 70 amend, liquor SNIP
ments from one state into another
canno, be -oid ia the state OF arrival
except In compliance with the laws
Of such STATE. This bill provides
that interstate shipments OF liquor
snail lose thcir interstate character
and cease 20 De projected BY the m
terstate commerce clause Of the con-
stitution. Immediately upon crossing
he boundary line OF state.
4 very grave constitutional qnes-
ton j. raised in this connection a. l"
whether congress can abdIcate the
power over interstate commerce vest
ed in IL by the constitution, aud
transfer this power 10 the individual
states.
The Hepburn Dolliver bill that was
before the judiciary committee dur
ing the last congress was substau-
rally the same dill as the Ii ueheld
bill. and the judiciary committee
reported Il with an amendment pro-
tectlng the right OF a citizen TO re-
ceive liquor for his own consumption.
when shipped TO him without The
state.
Mr.. Brantley's position on the bill!
in the last congress as we'll as al
this time has been in accord with that
OF a majority OF the members OF thS
judiciary committee.
The question involved, II must be
, understood. Is not that OF prohibl'
ton or temperance. but a purely le'
gal point. So far as the state o'
Georgia Is concerned, the bill would
have little. II any. effect. provided 4
. was enacted into law. The We
a counties in the state would still o'
y enabled TO supply the dry counties
with al the liquor they demanded o
n needed. whether II was shipped int
. the state from outside its border o
not The passage OF the bill woult
a Simply TEND 20 give a monOpoly OF tn
y whisky bushes, in Georgia 10 the We
), counties. for when they would hsv
a no competition from the outside.
; Those who have given thought :
\, the laws regulating the liquor traf
i, nc do not see the necessity for IN
IA proposed legislation. Under IN
:. Wilson law now on the statute book
ar there would he complete prohibitio
:. throughout the United States today
ALI the state would declare for It. tn
prohibitionlsts 40 not need any moi
legislation from congress 10 accom-
plish this result. Clamor for n
4, IIttlefeld bill. the Hepburn -Doll!v'
bill and other similar bills originate
. IN the few prohibition states ~
~ Maine. Iowa and Kansas. This quei
., ton plays a large part 10 the loc
!, politics Of these states. As illustra
q Ing the local character OF these DILL
q. the fact has already been noted
9 the Washington papers This week IN
"a last year Mr.. l.i'',efeld voted asain
=. Els own bill in the judiciary con
= mlttee. The prohibition law vas
a. issue in tie Maine election iast Sc
90 TENDER. Mr. l.f''leheld's action b
n. the effect Of ,upprcssIuc any furth
., discussion unit, after The election.
n Mr. Bran,,cy =, also very much
~ earnest In urging his bin also beto
the judiciary committee % suppre
the interstate c. q. II. business
liquor.
.r- The supreme court OF Georgia
} Is we'll known. has held hat Ia :
,as case OF &. q. ID. shipments 'he PA
20 ~ delivery j. the place o. sale. a
". Mr.. Bantley insists thar. since
IL other parties are denied the right
=. ! sell LIQUOR imported 10. o ! state Wit