The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-06-21

ND for consideration this year. Vir-
,ginia, which goes into the dry col
umn in November, 1916, held no
Legislative session this year.
Statewide prohibition proposals
met defeat in Connecticut, Indiana,
Michigan, New Mexico, New York
and Wyoming. The question was
before the General Assembly OF
Connecticut as proposed constitu-
tional amendment which the legisla
tors declined to send to the next
assembly, for ratification. The legis-
lature. however, increased the cost
of retail liquor licenses &C 2-3 per :,
cent. and for the first time placed |
social and fraternal organizations |
serving liquors to members, under |
excise regulation. In Indiana
statewide measure died in COM
mittee of the lower house.
In Michigan the question prom
ised to be one of the features of the
session, but nothing came to 1t. A
fbill was introduced into the senate
providing for the submission or
, statutory prohibition to the vote OF
: the people at a general election next
year, but the prohibition leaders
themselves voted against it after the
! liquor faction had attached certain
t amendments to it which, in the opin-
!, ion of the "drys,' defeated the pur-
e pose of the bill.
While a strong effort was made In
:. the New Mexico legislature to Sc
!, cure action on constitutional
amendment resolution, the issue was
:, not allowed to come to vote in
: either house. In New York all
:, measures designed to have state
!, wide effect on the liquor traffic were
:. killed, and in Wyoming the issue
:. was twice before the legislature in
PROPOSALS for constitutional amend
+, ment. and twice defeated.
= Both wet" ard dry" measures
= failed of enactment in Illinois. They
= were all killed by the house. The
80 temperance measures INTRODUCED pro-
-. yided for residence district option,
for stricter enforcement Of the anti
liquor laws in prohibition territory
-, and against treating. The "wets
~ did not push their bill providing for
home rule in the handling of the
- liquor problem and their bill re-
a.. pealing the township option law.
~ In New Jersey and Pennsylvania
=, county local option met defeat, bu'
- as established by Minnesota. The
80 after state also enacted a road
~ house" bill, prohibiting the issuance
=. of saloon licenses to establishments
:. outside of cities and villages.
he The only action taken by th'
nd Ohio legislature was the passage o
YES law making state and county IL
ug ouor licensing officials elective O
,er appointive, thus "decentrallzlng
px. the system. The law was oppose
ION by the so-called liberal" interests
The Massachusetts law makers pass
nd ed bill to prevent the shipment Q
aw LIQUOR from license to no licens
the communities, but it was vetoed b
ave the Governor. A bill forbidding tn
his use of enclosed booths in restaurant
one where liquor is sold became a Law
an. California, local option stat
,me passed a measure forbidding the sa
ace of liquor to persons with India
her blood in their veins or white pc
sons associating with them. III
,hi- legislature defeated, however, bi
de- creating a mile dry" zone arour
normal schools and universities
he Governor Ferguson, of Texas, ha
as ing been elected on platform o
the posing all liquor agitation, Il
md question was left practically u
law touched in that state. He voted Z
law only liquor bill passed. The mea
oxi- IRE would have reduced the tax
it's wholesale druggists selling alcoho
rim In Delaware the anti-shipping IL
| or passed in 1918, which prohibited I
,ited shipment of liquor into Kent a
eads Sussex counties which were "dr!
was repealed. The court having
was cided that the law could not ke
-ohi- out interstate shipments. the res
fleet was that dealers outside the ST.
law could make shipments into DE
CIV wares "dry" territory. while deal
oedi- in New Castle county, which is
and cense territory, were prohlpit
from Delaware has only three count
state An attempt to secure the enactm
$ in of a more rigid law affecting
indi- two counties failed. Failure
that attended an effort to obtain fa'
. law able license legislation.
pro- At this writing the Wlscon
$40. legislature was still in session.
prohibition bill was penang
gton. either house, but several restric
We in measures were waiting action.
ernor those states that have not been n
ation toned, either no action was ia
on the liquor question or the legl
,ns,s tures were not in session.