Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1914-12-22
PLAN TO CHANGE
new DRY LAW
Washington Hotel Mems AS.
sociation to Circulate In
itiative Petitions
INITIATIVE MEASURE IA
Would Permit Breweries to
Operate and Large Hotels
to Serve Guests at Meals

The campaign to obtain signatures
on petitions for the bill that pro-
poses to supersede the statewide pro-
hibition law with view to having
the legislature submit the matter to
the voters at special election next
November was officially launched last
week by the Washington State Hotel
Mems Association at meeting in
the New Washington hotel, Seattle
1t is planned to obtain at least 25.-
900 signatures in Seattle, 1900 in
Spokane, 5000 in Tacoma. total of
5000 in the cities of Bellingham. Ev-
erett and Aberdeen, and whatever
can be secured in other smaller cit
les of the state. Approximately 32,-
900 signatures are required to have
the measure put before the people,
but as many more will be obtained
as possible.
Initiative Gill Mo. 1a.
The new bill. a copy of which was
submitted to Secretary of State |. NJ.
Howell recently by Ferdinand Schmitz
Seattle property owner and capi-
talist, is known as initiative No. 18.
< It provides, among other things, for
the removal of restrictions upon home
consumption; authorizing the brew
ing of malt liquors and regulating the
sale thereof by manufacturers and
hotels; providing for brewery hotel
and sales agent licenses and fixing
penalties for violations. 1t permits
hotels having fifty or more rooms to
serve guests, and guests only, with
liquor; and also allows patrons of
cafe adjuncts to hotels to have Ii
NQuors with meals. 1t furthermore au-
tomatically removes the present sa.
loon. The proposed bill, which was
drawn under the supervision of for
mer Federal Judge c.. H. Hanford, is
scheduled to 60 into effect January l.
1916 the same date set for the Oper-
alton of the prohibition law adopted
at the last election.
]. c. Marmaduke, general manager
Of the New Washington hotel and
president of the state hotel mems
association, acted as chairman of the
meeting and commissioned every one
OF the seventy-five or more hotel men
from all parts of the state who were
present to begin Immediately the cir.
culation of the petitions.
Former Judge Hanford, as consult
ing attorney. instructed the hotel men
In the legal procedure of circulating
the petitions. He also made a short
address, in which he outlined the pur
poses of the proposed measure.
4 Judge Hanford's Remarks
1T is realized at this time thai
the majority of the voters in this
state are in favor of eliminating sa
loons,' said Judge Hanford. "Wheth
er this feeling goes farther we do net
know. We do know, however, that
not all of those who voted for the
prohibition measure are in favor OF
the stringents provisions of the law
and that not all who voted against
the measure are in favor of retain
Ing saloons.
This new measure, as drawn, Is
not a bill authorizing saloons. 1t Is
Just as much an anti-saloon bill as
anything you ever saw Three OF Its
principal points are:
To overcome the invasions ol
homes to preserve the rights o.
brewers to manufacture beer in TINS
state and to reserve the rights of no
tells to serve their guests.
1T would involve a complication o.
Affairs to amend the prohibition law
and it would be almost Impossible
10 repeal it if submitted to specla
election"