Evening journal., 1915-03-11
Effort TO Substitute Hill
Bill for Repeater Fails
in Senate, Lacking Two
Vofes-RuIing Chokes
off Debate
OTHER BILLS COME OUT
OF HOUSE COMMITTEE

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL.
DOVER, Del, March 11.-voting
down the Hill gallon-a-month liquor
shipping bill that was offered as
substitute by Senator Frazier. the
Senate yesterday afternoon passed the
Rash repeater of the Hazel anti-ship-
ping law. There was no great fight
over the bills and the vote
was taken without discussion
from either side. What was
expected to develop into a spirit
cd fight was forestalled by ruling Of
Lieutenant Governor Ferguson, who
was in the chair, who shut off debate
on the measure. The Hazel law re-
pealer was passed by vote of II
yeas to nays, with Senator Carter
not voting. after the gallon-a-month
shipping substitute was defeated, 10
nays to yeas.
The Rash bill to repeal the Hazel
law had been made the special order
Of business in the Senate for o'clock
and the lobby was filled at that time.
Senator Webb called up the bill for
passage and after il had been. read
Senator Frazier offered the gallon-a-
month bill as a substitute. It would
automatically repeal the Hazel law
but limits the amount of liquor that
could be shipped into Kent and Sus-
sex counties to one gallon a month or
one-eighth of a barrel Of beer in any
one month TO one person.
After the substitute had been read
Senator Frazier moved its adoption in
lieu of the original bill. Senator Corn
Icy Immediately called for a roll call
vote, and the chair instructed the
clerk to call the roll Senator Frazier
objected, declaring that the merits Of
the bill had not been discussed.
Senator Furniss remarked that all
the Senators had heard the merits Of
the bill G discussed when it was before
the House.
Lieutenant Governor Ferguson
again ordered the clerk to call the
roll. whereupon President Pro TEN.
Walker protested against the ruling
of the chair which would cut OF dis
tcussion on the bill. I'VE all have a
right TO be heard before we vote" he
asserted.
Senator Frazier also claimed he had
a right to discuss the bill before a
vote was taken.
"The chair rules that the clerk
shall call the roll" said the lieuten-
ant-governor, and Clerk Ball proceed
ed to do so.
The vote on the gslion-a-month sub
stitute was as follows:
.Yeas-Senators Frazier, Harris
Hickman, Hoffecker, Newton, Whar-
ton and Walker.
Noes-Senators Anderson. Barnard
Carter. Furniss. Gormley, Hart, JOS
eph, Mitchell, Webb and Williams
10.
The original bill to repeal the Hazel
law was then called up and was voted
upon without discussion. The vote
was as follows:
Senators Anderson, Barnard
Furniss, Gormley, Hart, Joseph
Mitchell. webb, Wharton, Williams
and Walker.-11
Noes-Senators Frazier, Harris
Hickman. Hoffecker and Newton-5.
Not voting-Senator Carter.
SiRners TO Own $500 Property.
In the Senate, after passage OF the
Hazel anti-shipping bill, Senator Har'
ris' bill relative to signers Of licenses
for the sale of Intoxicating liquors
by providing that "freeholder" mus
be a person holding property value'
at $500 free of all circumference wa
passed.
In calling up the bill Senator Har
ris stated that he felt it was vast
of breath to say anything against an,
liquor legislation, as evidenced by tn
attitude OF the members on the pre-
vious measures earlier in the after
noon. However he desired TO call at
tention to his feeling that a signer L
a license should be a substantial free
holder and not anybody or everybod
who might hold property, which wa
heavily mortgaged. He said he lef
the passage of the bill to the Judg
ment Of the Senators. The bill wa
passed by vote Of 9 yeas and 8 nays
with two not voting and one Senate
absent. Senator Hart.
BILLS Reported Out.
Three bills affecting the liquo