The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-09
D|SPENSARY
IS HISTORY;
No INITIATIVE
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In Time

The Oklahoma dispensary as a
iaethod oF handling the liquor ques
ton passed into history at midnight
Thursday II had seemed for time
as though the efforts to secure RET.
efendum on the bin passed by the
last legislature might be successful.
apd general reports had been current
dnring the iast two davs that the ref.
efcndum petitions which have been
IN circulation would be filed before
Thursday night, when the time for
ming expired, but they had not yet
Eoade thelr appearance az O'Clock
4 IhursdaF afternoon when the secre
lary of states office closed for the
fay and Secretary OF state Ben III
Harrison announced that hc would
rel receive them v they were pre-.
sented 10 him after office hours. The
failure 70 file them removed any pos
sbility of the suspension Of the
operation ot the new law, which Is
now in effect, together with large
number OF other new statutes
Many OF the most important laws
passed IL the last session of the leg
islature become effective today I'M
der the provision Of the constitution
that no law shall become effective
lMtil ninety days after the adjourn
ment Of the legislative session at
whith il was passed unless an
emergency clause Is attached, max
ing the measure effective once.
his can only be done iq two
taTds vote Of each honso aud the
result is that the measures which
aie closely contested are likely to
lave to wait the ninety days before
taking effect
Purpose Of Deiay
The purpose of the ninety days de-
lay Is To give the people of the state
ai opportunity to invoke the referen
dun against such bills ii they so de
sire The new prohibition enforce
ment bin " the only one Of the meas
ufes effective this week on whiLa any
effort was made TO secure referen-
dHn and referendum petitions on
that bin have been circulated but
tney were not filed within the ninety
DAYS, and will therefore not delay
t7e putting into effect OF the new
lew At the time the legislature adj
1Dfrned 1t was considered almost
certainty that there would be a ref
etendum on the school ltnd sale bill,
and some steps Mere taken in that di.l
Icction, but no one seemed to be Will
ing to put up the money required for
The circulation Of the petitions, and
t5Gi movement has fallen flat.
Those two bills are probably of
greater general Importance than any
@f the others which become effective
at this time. The prohibition bill
does away with the state and local
dispensariea as Il means OF handling
@ G liauor business. and does away
with the general system OF state en-
icrcement officers and the state en-
tNcement attorney II substitutesli
Tor them one special enforcement OF
ticer, Woo is to be under the imme-
date direction Of the governor. and
ieay be sent by him wherever he has
reason 70 believe the prohibitory law
Is not being enforced. The old sYs-
ten Of selling con1Scated liquors
outside the state is done away With.
and provision made for the destruc
tion Of all LIQUORS seie~d
The amount of liquor which may
be legally be Kept for personal use is
limited to one quart at club OF
pl8ce Of business. and one gallon OF
spurious or yinous liquor and one
cask Of malt liqdor at a residence A
person convicted OF taird violation
oi the prohibitory law may be iuag
cd All habitual viOlas0r and guilty OF
a felony