Evening journal., 1911-03-01
HOUSE ENDS
The TREATING
Passes Bill Preventing Free
Drinks in Saloons Of
the State
FIGHT OVER TIVE
OTRER TEMPERANCE BILLS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, March by far the most
interesting session of the House dur
ing the present session OF the Legia
lature was that OF this morning wheu
temperance bills were called up for
action.
The House passed by a bare ma.
4 iority the bill prohibiting treating IN
! saloons of one person by another. but
/ killed the bill prohibiting the serving
of liquor at any place excepting 40
bars and abolishing back or side
rooms, and also killed the bill regu-
lating the sale OF liquors for medical
purposes
Alexander NJ. DAILY. Of Dover, led
the temperance forces and explained
the last bill, charging that certain
physicians and certain druggists wcro
violating the liquor laws IN the lower
counties. Mr. DAILY also declared that
prescriptions OF physicians were being
forged and these prescriptions were
being filled by certain druggists.
Cooper Says Coward
Representative +. O. Cooper. phy-
stefan. demanded that Mr.. DAILY pub
iiciy name The physicians and tho
druggists who were violating The law.
Mr. DAILY refused TO do so. referring
Dr Cooper to the Deputy Attorney
General This caused Or Cooper 10
declare that any man who came be-
, fore the Legislature as Mr.. DAILY has
done and make charges as he has dono
aud refused to tell the names is q
, coward.
"You are another" rytorted Daily
from tho other side of the room.
DR. Cooper objected to Mr. DAILY
speaking from the side Of the room
aud Mr. DAILY replied that he was en-
titled TO a fair hearing. Several meme
. bers objected and the incident was
closed
/ Women ior Temperance.
3 big delegation of temperancs
women from az over the State was in
. tho House when the Tebo bills were
! called up The fl ( bill called WAS
that to abolish back rooms and re-
4 strict the serving of aquor except
Il over bars. Mr.. Tebo did not take ths
n floor 10 explain this bin II provided
N that iinr up 70 Sl0O and forfeiture o
= license should be imposed for viola
n tion. Representative n. O. Coope
4, took the floor against tho bin and sail
q thar IL WAS only another method q
curiail the privilege that Is now en-
d ioyed by liquor dealers and which III,
% voters voted on. He declared It an
Z unfair bill
! Would Protect Girls.
v Representative Pool said that he
voted for the bill in committee and
would support Il on the floor n for
, no other reason than that IL would
! protect girls. He said that many a
, | girl had been sent on the road to
hell and damnatiOn' by many Of the
side rooms of saloons. Representa-
tive Cooper retorted that il that was
the only reason Mr.. Pool had for
supporting the bill he had underesti-
. mated the womanhOOd of this State
Representative Johnson said that
he personally was opposed 10 the bill.
a bur because his constituents favored
/, II he would vote yes. The vote was
then as follows:
\ Ayes-Conwell. b. r. Cooper. Davis
, Evans, Garrison. ellis. Hart. TIof-
y fecker, Johnson, Locates, Pool. Rob-
y bins, Talley, TebO. Wilson, Speaker
Campbell. Total. 16
Nays-Buckingham. r. o. Cooper
= Fisher, Gormley. Hammond. Layton,
+ Messlck, Moore, Morris. Swan, Whita,
Wright. Total, II.
Anti-Treating Bill.
/, The next bill taken up WAS the autf-
: treating bill. Representative White
contcnded that it was not constitu-
a tional. Representative r. o. Cooper
4 asked why Wilmington, which has
voted ON the liquor question. was not
\ let alone by the other members OF
the Legislature. The vote was.
Ayes-Conwell, B. f. Cooper. Davis
Evans, Garrison. ellis, Hart. Hast,
+ ings, Hoffecker, Hurdle. Johnson. lie.
: Gates, Pool. Robbins, Talley. Tebo
\. Wilson, Speaker Campbell Total. is
l. Nays-Buckingham. r. o. Cooper
Fisher. Gormley. Hammond. Layton
Mossick, Moore. Morris. Swan
White, Wright. Total, -. The bin wa,
ID declared passed.
10 Representative Hurdle at tho las
a moment decided to vote for the hil
ut and Mr.. Messick changed his vot,
I'd from for the bill to against it.
* Liquor For Medicinal Purposes.
The measure TO regulate the sale ~
liquor for medicinal purposes wa,
then taken up. II requires the Clerh
rs OF the Peace TO furnish prescription
rt books TO all physicians. and requires
IS. that prescriptions calling for liquor
~ should be written only on those
5. blanks, a duplicate of which would
have 10 be kept by the physicians and
the original prescription preserved
by the druggist filling it. A pro-