The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-06-05

for the New Orleans Brewing Ex-
change, and various representatives
of the whiskey interests. narrowly e.
caped amendment at the hands of the
house judiciary committee.
The committee met on adjournment
of the house. Col. Sullivan presented
the compromise measure which in the
main follows the Mississippi statute.
Shipment of liquor into dry territory
is prohibited except In accordance
with the restrictions OF the bill.
Shipments are limited to one gallon
of whiskey; FIVE gallons Of wine and
twelve gallons or onequarter keg OF
beer. Notification of the district at
torney Is required of the common car
rier or individual making the deliv-
| cry. The time limit on shipments,
contained in the original bill, was
stricken out.
Jake Block, Monroe liquor dealer,
appeared before the committee object
ing to the inclusion of the word per.
son" in the section of the bill requir-
ing notice to the district attorney
where "any person, firm or corpora
ton" carries liquor into dry terri
tory for delivery to another. He con-
tended that a man taking quart OK
liauor to a friend would be required
to tell the district attorney about 1t
under the act
Col. Sullivan told the committee
that all the liquor interests had agreed
to the compromise bill as written;
that to amend the bill as asked would
destroy it as an efficient weapon
against the blind tiger" He asked
the committee to stand by the meas
ure as written. Rev. DR.. Turner made
the same appeal.
Carl C. Friedrichs moved to amend
by striking out the word person
. from that clause Of the bill. The
, amendment was lost by five to four.
, A favorable report On the compromise
. bill then was ordered.
1t is probable that the fight will be
carried to the floor. The proposal tc
, restrict liquor shipments into dry
!. territory has numerous opponents
among the solons from the prohibition
!. belt. On the other hand the New Or
> leans delegation and many OF the rep
resentatives from wet parishes are Ia
y voring it in response to the appeal Of
the AantiSaloon League for protec
n ton against the blind tiger"
, Three new bills were introduced II
the House and under suspension o
X the rules were referred to commit
s tees.
r BY Mr.. Observation-Disclosures mar
D ried women to sign paving petition
Is without the consent of their husband
or the court.
10 By Mr.. Butler-Prohibiting corpc
rations from contributing to campaign
n funds Of candidates Cr constitutions
n. amendments.
IS BY Mr.. Bryant-To appropriate $50
,e 600 for an administration building
N modern dairy barn and steam laundr
n fer the Louisiana Training Institui
.. at Monroe and to authorize the Poar
N CT Liquidation to borrow .he money
or The following bills were advance
or to third reading In the Senate an
passed finally:
. Bowling blind tiger bill. We
= bill for municipal appropriations {
2 IL mills of general revenue for pa
ment of debts incurred prior to Me
- 1, 1915; Well bill providing for lev
IT ing on property owners Of special t.
rt for payment of repairs and improv
We ments to streets, Byrnes bill. provi
10 ing for payment of the expenses
" the legislature.
Sc
es- The legislature, In special sessi,
OF at Baton Rouge, in q few days prob
nt- bly, will be asked to take the lead
ro- an international question. The matt
lte at issue is whether foreign COUNT
or because 1t has such q law on
books. can claim sovereignty over
American born citizen whose faith
on happened to be born In that countr
'nt also, IL such q native citizen Wis
rs, the country Of ancestral orig
re- whether he can be forced to perfol
n" military service despite his Americ
'py nativity and citizenship.
ge,
lne The Supreme Court OF New Orlea
the in the suit of the State of louisa
ms. VS.. the American Sugar Refine
amended Judge SINNERS decision
nd as to dismiss the suit on the exc
nal tion to the capacity of the district
OF torney to sue and stand in judgm,
en- for the state, and as thus amended
on sustained the decision, reserving
to defendant the right to renew its otl
exceptions in any future litigat
with the state.
are Representative Heintz Of st. Ts
CT many, in the House, offered a resc
Au- ton directing the governor to auth
&c. ize the State Penitentiary Board
the transfer to the Monroe reformat
all Juvenile delinquents between
ages of 1S and 20 now in the penit
fed tiary excepting those convicted
as rape, murder or manslaughter.
eral
con- Mr.. Howell sent up a petition n
en- citizens of Jefferson Davis parish 9
ing for good road appropriations.