Evening journal., 1915-01-20
making efforts
FOR NEW VOTE
ON LIQUOR SALES
Wet Men Are Circulating
Petitions, But Fail to Get
Required Number SignerS
Will ALSO Defeat
ANTI-SHIPPINC BILL

staff Correspondent of THE EVENING
JOURNAL.
STATE HOUSE, Dover, Del Jan. 20
Petitions for resubmission OF the ques
tion of the license or no license for the
sale OF intoxicating liquors in Kent and
Sussex counties 10 thc voter, at the
general election in 1915, were circnlated
in the House yesterday afternoon and
this morning but thus far neither petit
tion has been signed by enough menu
bcrs to make resubmission mandatory.
Representative Joseph W. DALEY,
Democrat, OF Kent county and Repre-
sentative Frank Allen. Democrat, OF
Seaford. Sussex county, arc circulating
the rcsubmission petitions. Under the
constitution. six representatives aud
/ three senators from Kent county must
sign petition to get resubmission in
/ that county, which is a constitutional
district. and similar number of repro
scntativcs aud senators from Sussex
county must sign a petition 60 get re-
submission in that county. Thus tal
no effort has been made Tor rcsubmis-
sion in Wilmington and rural New Cas-.
+, tie county which are separate local op.
tion districts.
Petitions Fall Short.
/, II was said this morning that M
,, more than five Representatives one
short of the required number. can be
gotten to sign a Kent county petition
, and that IL will be difficult. if pos.
sible at all. to get more than five
r members OF the House to sign a Sus.
Sex county petition. The Ave Ken
, men who will sign. II Is said, ar,
/ Representatives Daley, Jones. Cub
buge, Hoch and Salevan. Those who
3 will not sign. Il is said. are Repre-
/, sentatiyes Hall, Carey. Mabroy, Mil
, boune and Short II also wai
!, stated that Mr. Hoch will not sigr
unless he makes the sixth man. Il IL
said that but three Sussex count.
Representatives have promised Il
sign thus far. the others asking tim
for consideration. Those willing Il
sign, il Is said. are Representative
Allen Kenney and Roach Some @
tie others, II is said, are IN favo
OF resubnhssio0sbui are not prepare
+, 10 sign as yet The petitions hay
not been presented 10 the Kent an
Sussex county Senators. II was sal
today.
While the petitions read that they a.
for resubmission of the liquor lcen
question at the election in Novcmbe
, 1916, Representatives Allen and Dale
say il is the intention 10 provide in
statute for rcsubmission in 1916 an
then for another rcsubmission eigl
years later.
Under the constitution, il maior
Of the members of the Senate aI
House from any constitutional distri
1 sign a petition for submission of the
cense question 20 the voters. il is ma
= datory upon the legislature to prosil
J for such submission As the petition
now being circulated make mo- rcfcren
10 a rcsubmission eight years followii
/ the next election. doubt was EXPRESS
here today a. to whether the petitio
, could make mandatory rcsuhmission b
yond that two years hence
Efforts VIII Fail.
Predictions were made here toda
by men who are classed as "wel
that efforts at resubmission will fai
and that aside from repeal of n
Hazel anti-shipping law there wi
be no far-reaching legislation a
fecting the liquor business. Predi
tion also was made that the Hill bi
20 to prohibit shipments of more tha
d one gallon of liquor or eighth of
barrel of beer a month TO any ind
vidual in Kent or Sussex cOuntil
would be defeated.
Al The temperance workers, Il VI
l. said here today, will offer a bill pr
viding for Statewide submission
70 The license question should the Ike
= and Sussex county resubmission pei
]. tions be pressed.