The Cordova daily times., 1915-07-30

send to the next Assembly for ratif , cation. The legislature. however. in creased the cost of retail liquo ; licenses 66 2-3 per cent and for tn, , first time placed social and fraterna organizations serving liquors to mem bers, under excise regulation. IT Indiana statewide measure died ir a committee of the lower house.
 In Michigan the question promised to be one of the features of the ses sion, but nothing came of it. A bill was introduced into the senate pro. viding for the submission of 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 fac. tion had attacked certain amendments to it which, in the opinion of the "drys.' defeated the purpose of the bill.
 While strong effort was made in the New Mexico legislature to secure action on a constitutional amendment resolution, the issue was not allowed to come to vote in either house Tn New York, all measures designed to have statewide effect on the liquor traffic were killed, and fin Wyoming the issue was twice before the legis- lature in proposals for a constitutional amendment, and twice defeated.
 Both wet and "dry" measures failed of enactment in Illinois. They were all killed by the house. The temperance measures introduced provided for residence district option. for stricter enforcement of the anti. liquor laws in prohibition territory and against treating. The vets" did not push their bill providing for home rule in the handling of the liquor prob lem and their bill repeating the town ship option law
 In New Jersey and Pennsylvania county local option met defeat. but was established by Minnesota. The latter state also enacted road. house. bill, prohibiting the issuance of saloon licenses to establishments outside of cities and villages.
 The only action taken by the Ohio legislature was the passage of law making state and county liquor Ii censes to establishments outside of cities and villages.
 The only action taken by the Ohio legislature was the passage of a law making state and county liquor licens- ing of officials elective instead of ap- pointive, thus "decentralizing" the licensing system. The law was op- posed by the so-called "hBeral" in- terests. The Massachusetts law makers passed a bill to prevent the shipment of liquor from license to no license communities. but it was vetoed by the governor A bill forbidding the use of enclosed booths in restaurants where liquor is sold became a law.
 California, a local option state passed a measure forbidding the sale of liquor to persons with Indian blood in their veins or white persons associ- ating with them. The legislature de feated, however, bill creating a mile dry" zone around normal schools and universities.
 Governor Ferguson of Texas, having been elected on a platform opposing all liquor agitation. the question was left practically untouched in that state. He vetoed the only Iiuuor bill passed. The measure would have re- duced the tax on wholesale druggists selling alcohol. Tn Delaware the anti shipping law passed in 1913, which prohibited the shipment of liquor into Kent and Sussex counties which were dry" was repealed. The court hay ing decided that the law could not keep out interstate shipments, the re- suit was that dealers outside the state could make shipments into Delaware's dry" territory. while dealers in New Castle county. which is license terri tory, were prohibited Delaware has only three counties. An attempt secure the enactment of a more rigid law affecting the two counties failed. Failure also attended an effort to obtain favorable license legislation.
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