Bisbee daily review., 1909-02-28
DRAWING UP AN ABSOLUTE
 PROH|B BILL
Anti Saloon League Will Father Measure to Make Arizona as Dry as the State of Kan- SaS.

Whether Arizona snail be the driest
 spot on the map. will be put up to the
 voters Of the territory at Inc next general election. if a bnl now being
 drawn up by Dr. H. A. Hughes, head
 of the territorial branch of the Anti Saloon League, and to be introduced
 in the council by Goodrich within the
 next few days, $ passed by the Iegis
 lature, says the Arizona Gazette.
 Encouraged by their success in get
 ting through the Pace amendment to the local option law, the prohibition
 ists are planning to ask the lawnah
 CTS to pass 8 bin which they believe
 will amount to the same thing as ab
 solute prohibition throughout the ter
 ritory. They believe that a majority
 of the voters Of Arizona will vote for
 straight prohibition such as is pro Vided for in the blI.
 If the bill passes and the voters do
 not disappoint the total abstainers,
 the only way that any alcoholic liquor
 may be secured will be to go to a re sponsible, licensed physician, be diag- nosed as suffering from some disease that requires brandy, whiskey, beer | or wine for it's cure and be furnished from the doctors private medicine case. In deference to the churches. there is a provision that wine may be used for sacramental purposes in | houses of worship.
 lt wIl be misdemeaHOr to rnanu- lecture, sell or give away liquor, and
 anyone convicted will be punished by
 fine of not less than $50 and sixty
 days in Jail. Half the fine will go to the person making the cofplaint and ! furnishing the evidence leading to
 conviction. Persons testifying at the
 trials of accused parties shall not be permanently immune from prosecu- ! tion, but the testimony they give at that time shail not be used against then.
 The bill ss simple and direct in its wording. It provides that a bare K 5ority only shall be necessary so Arr the above provisions into effect tThe votes shall Do counted exactly as the votes for delegate to congress are counted and the result declared by
 the secretary of the territory in the
 same way One section of the meas
 ure refers to the manner in which the
 voting shall be done. The word yes Or mo" must be written under the word prohibition This is to make certain that no person unable to read
 or write casts his vote.
 Goodrich has promised to introduce
 the bill and work for it's passage as
 soon as Dr. Hughes has it. in shape to go before the lawmakers. When
 asked yesterday if he had any idea 1t would pass, ne said that he was hopeful
 While the bin is not entirely drawn up yet, 1t is practically cofpIeted. Nothing has been left out. Prohibition
 such as it provides for, in the event
 majority of the qualified voters are
 willing, means that Arizona will be immeasureably drier than Maine, Kan
 sas. Kentucky or other states where less stringent laws are in effect. Dr. Hughes has been studying for
 years over how prohibition could be
 made to prohibit. He believes he has solved the problem. The only loop
 hole left after his b.lI goes into effect ! VIII Bt ph1 SiNLdES V llO lltAy IlEulsh liquor to persons who are not in. And
 Dr. Hughes Is contemplating a change | in the medical laws which wili tend to make doctors very circumspect in
 the manner sn which they dispense falcoholic medicines" In fact. beer, whiskey and wine will be among the drugs most rarely used
 The doctor has served notice on Chairman Hoghe of the board of su- peryisors that within 2 short time De ! titions frof every precinct SD the coun- ty where prohibition is not already in effect, with the single exception of Wickenburg. will be presented ask ing of for local option elections. At
 the county local option election of last May, Wickenburg precinct went heav- fly against prohibition and it Is not thought that a majority vote can be l secured even now. Since the Pace
 Amendment has passed, the prOhsbi- tionists hope to make practically every precinct in the county dry. They would ask for another county election. but the law provides that the super visosr may not call such an election
 within less than two years after one Is held. Pecinct local reflections need he oauarafed hy oulu fIEa rrsoufhG