Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1913-03-20
LIQUOR CAN
BE SHIPPED
DOWN STATE
House by IL Yeas to IS Nays
Killed Hazel Bill to Shut
Out Booze
EFFORT TO GET IT TO
SENATE AGAIN FAILED

NLlthAL hOhAlN nAAAD
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL. |
DOVER. Del. March 2O-Men salts
fed with present conditions in the
lower counties. who are willing for
some liquor to trickle down into
dry" territory. won out in their tight
against Senator Hazels bill to pre-
vent the shipment OF liquor into Kent
and Sussex counties when that meas
urc was killed In the House by ISL
yeas to Is nays yesterday afternoon,
two votes short of a majority Dr.
Cooper called It up for action, and
Wilbur sasse. representing a whole
sale liquor house in Wilmington, VAS
was given the privilege Of the floor to
voice objections to the measure Mr..
sasse said that contrary to the inn
prossion that had been given. the
pending bill would not prevent the
shipment Of liquor from outside the
State into Delaware and he also said
the Webb-Kenyon bill, recently pass
cd BY Congress over President Tafts
veto. would not prevent shipments
into Delaware either. THUS, II TINS
bin should be passed, Wilmington in
terests will be sacrihed to the benefit
Of dealers outside the State on whom
there viii be no restriction said Mr.
Sasse He also asserted that COM
/mon carriers would be liable to fine
81 thcy refused in another state tot
accept liquor for shipment into Della
ware
Representative Hammond raised a.
point as to whether the Hazel bill
would not prevent sick person In
the lower counties securing beer. He
also said. as he understood Il. that a
person could bring liquor into Kent
and Sussex county by automobiles
They'll have 10 get plenty Of detec-
tives 10 that is the case he con-
cludcd The vote was as follows.
Yeas Arthurs, Cook, Derrickson,
Grantand, Hofiecker, Jester, King,
lattomus. Lingo. Lynch, Mccormick,
Mcdonald Owens, Pool, Reynolds,
Taylor-i6.
Nays Allen Barnard. Bennett,
Bradford. Cooper. Hammond. Houston,
Layton. Mooney, Phillips, Schneider
Stocked. Swan, Waeamon, Speaker
Holcomb.-l5
Absent Smith. Records, Hirsch. Not
voting Cummins.
MIR Smith and Mr. Cummins had
voted for a favorable report in COM
mittce of the whole on the bill earlier
In the day
The Hazel liquor shipment bill GER
al "a
two DAYS A futile,attcmpt WAS made
in the senate yesterday afternoon e
recall from the House the Hazel bill
which was passed by the Senat,
Tuesday afternoon Senator Furniss
made the motion to recall. saying that
he desired a vote for reconsideration
The vote was 10 nays and yeas, the
same vote by which the bill was
passed
Senator Hazel, the author OF the
bin. objected to a recall on the ground
that tho Senate passed the measure
by "A fair majority and II the House
was not capable OF deciding how far
iis provisions extended neither would
the Senate be-
This bin ought TO be brought
back. said Mr. Furniss. because 70 is
believed that IL will prohibit Will
mlngton merchants from shipping
goods 20 our counties while merch-
ants outside the State could continue
20 ship. How far tho Federal law
on this subject will prevent the ship
ment of liquor into dry sections iE
yet 10 be determined J am unwill-
ine 70 see Wilmington dealers pro.
hibiicd from shipping liquor into kcni
and Sussex counties and out-of-Stats
dealers permitted to make such ship
mcnts'
Mr. Hazel called Senator Furniss
attention 10 the fact that the Webb
bill had been passed by Congress owe
President Tafi's veto AT this poin
Herbert II. Ward. James II. Hughe
end Andrew G. Gray. who we're In tn
Senate chamber. we're asked 10 explain
the legal points Involved I'm the bill
but none OF the lawyers accepted IN
Invitation
six years ago" said Mr. Furniss
y voted dry and worked dry, bu
n this bill becomes a law ] believ
Sussex county people viii be worke
mp 10 such a pitch that the pcopl
viii demand resubmission and vote Z
be wet My reason for asking tina
the bill be recalled ana reconsidcre
ie that ] do not Wish to see my count
'wct again.
Senator Reinhardt said that a nun
Der OF his friends had told him thi
he had voted wrong on Tuesday q
the bill. but that he still believed TN
n the people of the two lower coui
ties desired. as they had voted
prohibit the sale Of liquor. they shou
be encouraged. and that he would 70
against recalling the bill He b
lieved there should be resubmissi'
from time TO time he said