The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1915-11-06
PLAN IS To SPLIT
RANKS Of PROHI5
THIS IS TIE FIGHT THAT Is OUT
LINED EY OPPONENTS OF
PROHIBITION

ATLANTA, November st became
apparent Yesterday that the plan de
cided upon b. the opponents Of Drohi-
b.tion legislation al the extra session
Is to split the prohibition ranks.
The opposition is C1nS ali IN It's
L,~er to encourage and precipitate
4 division between what it pleases
to term the conservative prohibit
tioniats aud the radical" prohibit
tionist5.
The opposition hopes TO be able to
consolidate with this sO-cailed con
servatiye element the straightout OPP
poncnts Of prohibition ana the indif-
fogent members, and thereby organize
a substantial If not dangerous major
ity.
The opposition cntcTtains very little
hope Of preventing the enactment Of
any Legislation whatever, unless its
plans and maneuyers should prove
unexpectedly successful, but it does
mot count on being able to force com
promises from the ao-callcd radical
forces.
That the opponcats d prohibition
have succeeded already in winning
the support of the sO-n1lled conservat-
i've prohibitionists was demonstrated
yesterday when this element stood
aolidly whit The opposition IN an eff
fort to prevent the reference Of one
Of the majority prohibitin bills to the
general judiciary committee No. ,, in
stead Of the temperance committee.
Representative H. } Fullbright Of
Burke, Representative w. w. Stark,
oG Jackson vino is chairman Of the
Temperance committee and numcrol5
other members, whc ci2'u they want
effective prohibition laws enacted be
came very much exercised y What
they characterized as tie "unneccs-
sary reflection upon the temperance
committee implied in . proposal TO
refer the bin in question 20 judiciary
committee No. 2.
The vote of the house on an aye
and nay cali was 50 to 70 in favor
OF referring to The judiciary No. >.
The supporters OF thorouEh-eoin5 .eI.-
islatiun ella: IrI this did not rrpr's ~
their full strength, as tw2ntE-rLa
members of the house did not vote
for one reason and another. Tho pas
sage of the bill requires IS woes, and
the prohibitionists claimed they vii.
get more than the necessary addition
al six votes out of the 81 non-Yoting
members. ....
The temperance committee got very
much offended at the action OF the
house and when they met yesterday
afternoon they retailiajti ny sending
back to the house without reCommeu-
dation. and with tire request shat the
house recommit them to genera, judi
cary committee No. >, the three ma-
jority prohibition bills that were in
troduced and referred to the temper
ance committee before the bill came
| in that the house sent to the judiciary.
The latter was the anti-shipping bill.
| II is said to be the most carefully
prepared and most completely eff
Elective bill OF its kind that has ever
been proposed to or enacted by 2
state legislature, General judiciary
committee No. met yesterday after
noon and voted to report the anti-ship
ping bill back to the house with a
recommendation that ii do pass.
The three bills on which the tenn
pcrance committee, in their umbrage
refused to take action, are the gen
eral prohibition bill, to stop the sale
of beer and close locker clubs; the
Ianti-adyertising bill, which prohibits
the advertising in Georgia in any
manner of any intoxicating beverage;
and the public nuisance bill. which
makes public nuisances s0bjec1 tc
abatement, all places where prohibit
ed liquors are kept in violation of the
| law