Arizona republican., 1915-02-19
DRACHMAN BILL
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him that it would remain glued for ever to that article of furniture. Mr. Drachman renewed his warning to the democracy and MT. Goldwater said that what was needed in the senate at the moment was a Maxim silencer.
 In reply, MT Martin said that he had one and moved the previous question. He did not like the bill which he said was made up of the ''ravings of prohibitionist maniacs,' but he did not want the bill post poned Some good might come out of it by eliminating about two thirds of the measure including the more objectionable features. Various sug gestions were made by Messrs. Webb, Campbell and others and finally the Lovin motion to postpone indefinitely went to a vote with the following re- suit:
 Ayes-Bacon. Campbell, Chase Crabb. Goldwater, Karns. Kinney, Lovin. McNilen, the president-1o,
 Nays-Claridge, Colter, Drachman. Garvin, Martin, Munds, Riggs. Stapley, Webb-9.
 MT. GoldWater moved to reconsider the vote by which the bill had been indefinitely postponed and and when that was adopted, to clinch the mat ter. he moved to lay the motion on the table and so dispose of it for ever. But here the ma ajority baked and the motion was lost. This leaves the resurrection of the bill possible within the next two days.
 One feature of the discussion was the first set speech of Senator Chase of Greenlee in the course of the ses- sion. While the excitement was at it's height MT Chase arose and de- livered himself in this wise, conclud- ing with the remark that he had kept nothing back of his views on the question of prohibition. The re- marks of Uncle George:
 As long as human society has eX- isted, the opinions of men regarding that which is most vitally essential to human morals and human happi- ness have probably differed. The so- c;al fabric we live in today has not been built up by the thought, the opinions. or the achievement of one man, one set of men, or one race of men in these modern days. When the principle of the rule of the ma
 jorty IS recognized throughout the civilized world as the most equitable. if not the most perfect form of gov ernment. It is well to bear this fact in mind. It is scarcely necessary to say that unless this rule of the ma iority were subject to certain we'll defined limitations it would prove as tyrannical in principle and as de- structive of human rights and human happiness as the most despotic form of ancient government which is based on the so-Called divine rights of kings Startling as the assertion af this doctrine would mean the first step towards general relapse of
 mankind into state of barbarism. "The notion of some men that the life of the savage is an example of perfect and unrestricted freedom is complete fallacy, as a mere glance at man in his primitive state will 1 prove. Consequently. the savage knowing no liberty knows no crime. It is true he kills. burns, and robs whenever opportunity offers, but | these acts are not the exercise of ! individual liberty because they are
 committed as a matter of might not
 of right. There is nothing strange
 in all this. the history of the human progress, the evolution of the sense l of individual human right, has proven | the truth of this. There is no rec
 ord in the history of mankind which | would indicate that these laws were | established otherwise than by the
 common consent of all men who do net regard them as an infringement | of liberty of action and law. Then | if it conforms to our established mo-
 tion of the equal rights of men. ex-
 press not a rule of action which is 1 prescribed by a superior, and which | the inferior is bound to obey. I do 1 not say all men are subject to the equal restriction or constraint of the
 law All men are entitled to the
 equal protection of the law. l want
 no protection against my own folly
 nor am I willing, as a matter of equity to concede to any man the right to he protected at my expense 1 against his folly.
 | "Our latter-day prohibitionists af- l ford the strongest proof that this fact is recognized. even by those who
 are today promugating the doctrine
 that individual man must yield up
 what we call his personal liberty for | the benefit of what certain class l If men say a majority consider to I Ge the need of the community at | large. Arizona is the fourteenth
 state in the Union. On November ,. 1914, by majority vote, prohibition came to the state. This was an in itiative act and to be tested fot' two years and it is the opinion of
 many that it will prove beneficial
 to the individual, and bring pros perity to our commonwealth.
 Three years have elapsed since Arizona was admitted to statehood
 Legislatures have convened. laws
 have been enacted, our public in
 stitutions have enlarged, and edu-
 cation has proven to be a great foun
 dation for the enterprise of our com
 munity at large. Our agricultural land mineral resources compare favor lably with those If any state in the