The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-02-25
MAJORITY USES 4
STEAM ROLLER ON
.SCRAPPY MINORITY
Proctor Regulative Liquor
Bill Passed to Third Read
ing Despite Howls Of Re-
publicans.


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have fixed n license OF only 800 for
saloons selling only been and other
malt liquors. 40 per cent. OF the fec
TO go to the schoo; corporation and
90 per cent. to the township. This
would have accommodated the Ger.
man beer drinking communities and
would have satisfied them, thought
F'rissc. Hut the amendment was re.
Jected with &c noes and 35 ayes.
The attempt of Joe Cravens to cut
out all clauses which permit the trans
fer of licenses or the renewal of them
was smashed by his fellow Democrats.
".Iim' Merriman, Republican,
thought II the authors Of the bill de.
eided really strict restrictive and
regulative bet, he was ready with the
goods. He broke out unexpectedly
with a proposed amendment which
would have made 1t hard to distin.
euish a saloon from Sunday school
Vie proposed nil the bars should be
IN front rooms, with no screens or
other distractions, In full view Of the
street; no chairs or tables in front
Of the bars: only one entrance and
exit: a list of employees of the place
10 he kept on file with the county au.
.ditor. This was defeated. 40 to IS.
XIII Arti.Treating Clause.
The pet idea OF Jacob q. Maddox
Republican, to make the practice OF
treating misdemcanor. was tabled
by n still greater vote, SIS to 81.
An amendment offered by Joe GRAY
ems to prevent the issuing Of a license
10 anyone not a citizen Of the United
States was voted down. The provis
ION that the applicant for license
must have been a resident Of the town
ship six months. instead Of three. was
inserted by Charles r.. Smith. The
committee amendment providing the
applicant must he the sole lessee oil
the proposed place of business. or the
owner. for the term Of the license
went through. Representative Kee'
ney tucked In an amendment to pre-
vent license being granted for a
saloon within 400 feet Of county
schools.
The restrictions as to the character
OF the saloonists were frightened up a
bit. II Is now specified through an
amendment by Smith that none can be
regarded of good moral character. II
he has been convicted Of felony
within fifteen years prior to the pass
age Of the act. The committee had
already decided none who had been
convicted twice within four year or
five times altogether or violation OF
the liquor laws should have a license
The contention of Cravens had been
that the transfer and renewal of H.
censes would transform them into a
vested right. As n soother for GRAY
ems opposition. Chairman Seiden
sticker consented to an amendment
which declares license shall imply
10 vested, contractual or property
right.
Upon motion by w. w. Spencer, 'in
toxicating liquor" as defined In this
act In any which Is at least one-hali
Of one per cent. alcohol. This was
adopted upon advice from the U. 3
internal revenue department. to con
form with It's regulations.
A Fight IL Provoked.
A fight was provoked by the move
OF Representative Merriman to strike
out section twenty-six Of the bill or
kas ss s~ls ,stl
the present remonstrance law. II
makes the signing of a remonstrance
by one not legally qualified an of
Tense subject to a fine. Miles Funnas
harrassed the Democrats by reading
them their party platform In which Il
Is expressly stated that the part!
shall enact nothing which will affec
the remonstrance law, and he declar
cd this would affect IT, But the Dem
ocrats merely laughed and the Merri
man motion was tabled by vote o.
81 To 80.
The final vote of 56 to 50 on tho
motion to advance the bill to engross
ment and third reading was as fol
lows:
Ayes: Askron. Ault. Benz. Biddle
Billman. Bucnnagel. Butcher, Coble
Colvert, Cooke. Corr. Cravcns. Faulk
ner. Filter. Foor Frissc. Galbraith
Clifford. Hcdrick. johnson II. keegan
keency. Lieb. Lyon. McCabe, Mckcn
non. McNulleu, Mas. Masselink. Nit
chcll. Moellcring. Moran. Osborn
Peasants, Racey. Rensselaer,. Roggen
Scidensticker. Smith. Spencer. Stew
ems. Strickland. Suukcl. Thornton
Tinglc. Van Horne. Veach. Vcncman
voris. Wagner. VAIL. Wise. Wright
and Young.
Noes: Redgood. Berry. Branaman
Brcining. Brown. Campbell. Carter
Clark, Core. Cohec. Connolly. Ech
bach. F. ard. Faris. Finley. Fnrnas
Guile Gnson. McClew. Mcpherson
Ma Mcndenhall. Mcrriman
NJ, Oglebay. Oldaker. Plummer
Ratl.ff. Reynolds. Ross. Rupel. Troyer
wasmuth. Watson. Weeks. Wells
White. Wider. and Williams.
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