Evening journal., 1913-03-19
HAZEL BILL
WOULD KEEP
COUNTIES DRY
Measure Prevents Shipment
by Common Carriers Of
Liquors Into Local OPP
ton Territories
ONE GALLON PERMITTED
FORPERSONAL CONSUMPTION

FORPERS0NAL CONSUMPTION
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL
DOVER, Del, March 19.-After a
spirited fight the Senate yesterday af-
ternoon passed Senator Hazel's bill to
prohibit the shipment of beer and
liquors into Kent and Sussex coun-
ties, which went "dry" at the local
option election eight years ago. The
vote was ten yeas and six nays, the
result not being known until Senator
Reinhardt, who was out of the room
and who was sent for, returned and
cast the deciding vote in favor of the
bill. Until that time the vote stood
eight to eight on the bill, and after
Senator Reinhardt cast the deciding
vote, Senator Furniss, who had been
recorded against the measure, chang
ed his vote to AYE" for purpose OF
reconsideration. The true vote on
the bill was nine to seven. as follows:
Ayes-Senators Carter, Ellison,
Fooks, Harris, Hazel. Reinhardt, Wal
ker. Walls, President pro ten Mar
SHALL.
Senators Blackstone, David.
Ewing, Furniss, Gormley, Pierce, VIII
liams-6.
Present and not voting-senator
Anderson.
The bill is sweeping in its char
acter, and not only prohibits the ship
ment or carrying or delivery of liquor
into the dry" counties by persons
firms or corporations authorized to
manufacture or sell liquor, or their
agents or servants. but also prohibits
any common carrier accepting liquor
either in broken or unbroken pack
ages for shipment into dry territory,
or its shipment by common carriers
Into "dry" communities. II authorizes
druggists and physicians to receive up
to five gallons in unbroken packages,
and also prohibits any person carry
ing more than one gallon Of liquor
in any day into dry" territory.
The penalty for first offense is a
fine of from $50 to $500 and for
second offense Imprisonment up to
six months In addition to the fine.
During the debate on the bill Sena-
tor Furniss stated that he thought
il highly unjust that a man could not
have two or three gallons of liquor
shipped to him when he wants II.
81 think this bill takes the cake,
said Senator Blackstone. Il haven't
touched liquor for twenty years and
still | have in my home two gallons
as good as any man ever smackeC
his lips over. ! shall quit having il
when it has to be dragged down from
Wilmington in a suit case"
Mrs James L. Wolcott, of Dover
pleaded that the bill be passed tina
protection might be afforded from
speakeasies. She said she had beer
informed by a former official for al
express company that shipments L
Dover ran about 100 gallons a week
The day before election, she said, 12I
gallons were shipped to the town
She asked how could prohibition worl
with such heavy shipments.
IF this bill leads to resubmissior
Il will have to come" she concluded
"and we will bow to the vii
of the people"
Senator Hazel asked Mr. Black
stone how it was if there were M
speakeasies in Sussex county tina
convictions for illegal sale of liquoi
were secured in that county. Mr.
Blackstone replied that all the SUISSE,
speakeasies we're at Seaford. "Wl
are thinking of moving the Jail there,
he said.
DR.. A. W. Lightbourne urged tina
the bill be passed in order that ma
tional legislation on similar line
might be more effective. Just befor
the vote was taken Mr.. Blackston'
prophesied that if it we're enacted 81
many persons would be arrested 70
t,tl
be able to feed them.
The Hazel bill is as follows:
An act regulating the shipment o
carrying Of spirituous. vinous or NAL
liquors into local option territory, o
the delivery of same in such terri
tory.
Be il enacted by the Senate an
House of Representatives of the Stat
OF Delaware, in General Assembl
metz
Section THAT it shall be unlaw
full for any common carrier, knowing
~ to accept or receive for shipment
transportation or delivery to any pei
son or place within local option ter
ritory, or to carry, bring into. trans
fer to any other person, carrier c
agent, handle, deliver or distribut
vinous Or malt liquor, regardless {
the name by which it may be callel
Section 2.-That it shall be unlav
full for any person, firm or corpora
ton engaged in the manufacture {
sale Of spirituous. vinous or ma
liquor. Or the agent, servant or en-
ployee Of any such person. firm q
corporation, to carry, convey or brin
into local option territory spirituou