The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-06-10
DRINKERS LICENSES
Before They Can Buy LiquOr-Hall
Explains Odd Scheme.

Make the man who drinks liquor
pay the license instead of the man
who sells it.
Exempt saloon men from the pay
ment of license and permit every
man to engage in the business who
desires to do so, the only restriction
being that he shall sell to none but
those who hold license to drink.
This is the startling scheme which
is advanced by E. E. Hall of Spokane,
candidate for the legislature, which
he says will settle the liquor ques-
ton more satisfactorily than either
local option or prohibition.
Mr.. Hall announces that he will
be candidate for the Republican
nomination for the house from the
third representative district, which
includes all OF the First ward. except
Ada, Alvin and Adams precincts, and
also takes in the southeastern part
of the county.
"While | am willing to stand
squarely upon the Republican state
platform. and if elected will vote for
the passage of local option law, ]
believe there is better way to settle
the liquor question: asserts Mr..
Hall. IF elected expect to intro
duce bill in accordance with my
own ideas on the liquor question,
which are that the man who drinks
the liquor is the one who should pay
the license.
my plan would be to abolish all
saloon licenses, permitting any man
desiring to do so to sell liquor. II
a man wants to drink he should be
compelled to take out license to
do so, and it should be misde-
meanor for any person to sell to a
man who does not have such IL
cense. Such licenses should be is
sued by both county and city. a rea-
sonable fee being about So per year
for county licenses and from S to
SO per year for city. This would
bring in a larger revenue than under
the present license system. and
would put the burden where it be-
longs, on the man who drinks.
Each license thus issued should
have attached thereto photograph
of the man taking it out, so there
could be no using of the license ex-
cept by this man. 1t should also con-
tain a provision that conviction for
drunkenness at any time would be
punished by a revocation of the IL
cense for a period of six months or 4
year.
while this plan may seem some
what visionary and impracticable to
many, it appears to me that it would
be the best solution possible of the
liquor question, and it is one which
| have favored for some time past.
THE Republican party, however
having declared for local option
law. | shall, if elected, support such
a measure, but will introduce a
drinkers license bill to apply where
saloons are not barred altogether by
local option
Mr.. Hall has been a resident OF
Spokane, Stevens and Whitman coun-
ties for the past so years and is well
known throughout this section. He
is brother of former State Senator
Oliver Hall of Whitman county, who
has been mentioned as possible
candidate for lieutenant governor
Mr.. Hall now resides at E1624
Eighth street and is in the district
now represented in the house by r
A. Hutchinson and ]. B. Gilbert. Mr.
Hutchinson is a candidate for The
senate in opposition to Senator w
ID. Scott, who is also a candidate fol-
reelection. For the house the can
didates already in the field in thi!
district are j. B. Gilbert. l.. Mac
Lean. Mort Gogswell and George L
Denman.