The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1909-01-22
DRY MEASURE VETOED
But Tennessee Legislatui . Over
rides the Governor.
MANUFACTURE OF WHISKEY
Will Also Be Made Unlawful.--A Meas
ure TO That Effect Having Passed
the General Assembly.

Nashville, Tenn.-Governor Pattef-
son has filed with the clerk Of the
senate a message Vetoing the state
wide prohibition bill, which last week
was passed by both houses OF the
legislature.
The governors action followed adj
jourIment Of the senate, after 1t had
passed on third reading the bill pro-
hibiting the manufacture in Tonnes
see of intoxicating liquors.
The bill prohibiting the manufac-
ture OF liquor was amended SO as to
With the two laws on the statute
books, property worth many millions
would be made practically worthless,
vast revenues to the state, certain
counties and cities would be cut Oh
and anti-prohibitionists claim that
taxes would necessarily become bur-
densome. Nashville, Memphis and
Chattanooga are the only cities that
would be affected by the bill prohib-
iting the sale Of liquor, as local OPP
ton laws are already in effect prac-
tically through the state.
In his veto message, Governor Pat
terson charges that such legislation
is against the democratic platform
and the doctrine of self-government;
that 1t sets aside the recorded will
Of the. people; that experience has
taught that no arbitrary prohibition
law was ever obeyed and it's enact
ment brings no settlement Of the
question; that 1t destroys property
reduces state revenues, increases tax
alton, takes money from the peoples
to send it elsewhere, foments diJcord
impairs the dignity Of the common
wealth; fosters hypocrisy and invites
evasion and deceit in the people.
Over the veto Of Governor Pattef-a
son both houses of the legislature
passed the senate bill number (which
prohibits the sale of intoxicating IL
quoTs within four miles of a scnoOl
house In Tennessee, and is in effect
a statewide prohibition act. 1t is ef-
fectiye July /, 1909
The vote in the senate, which came
at 2:45 p. M, stood 20 to 13, the Same
as on the original passage. The house
acted at $40 p. M, the vote standing
r1 to SO, the original vote there hay-
ing been 62 to 81. In each house the
passage was effected through cor
bination Of republican and statewide
democratic strength.
The action of the legislature prac.
tically brings to a close one Of the
bitterest and most sensational politl-
cal fights in the history of Tennes-
see. Statewide prohibition was the
main issue in the recent contest be-
tween Governor Patterson and the
late E. w. Carmack for the democrats
ic gubernatorial nomination, and al
though Patterson, who advocated IU-
cal option, won the nomination, the
legislature elected in November last
at the same time he was, has, aztec
stormy times, gone against him.
This came, however, with the aid
Of republicans, who gave the bill ~
votes in the house and five in the
senate.
Carmack, after his defeat for the
nomination, continued the fight for
prohibition through the Columns Of
the Nashville Tennesseean, Of which
he was editor, and to the bitterness
Of this campaign is directly attributes
BILE the fight in which the former sem
ator lost his life on the streets here
November 9th last.