Bisbee daily review., 1916-03-03
TEMPERANCE FORCES PROPOSE LAWS FOR
 KEEPING STATE DRY
Delegates Conclude their Con- vention with Proposal to ln- itiate Measures Which Will Prohibit Traffic in Liquor.

! PHOENIX. March 2.-Without sur rendering any of the trenches hereto
 fore possessed by the advocates of prohibition. in this state the state
 temperance convention decided to strengthen it's position by recommend ing to it's executive committee the in
 corporation in a law to be initiated and submitted to the voters al the next election tho following provisions: l. For the destruction of liquors seized by sheriff or other officers.
 ?. For forbidding intra-state trans portation.
 2. For making possession of a fed eral license prima facie evidence Of
 law breaking.
 4. For forbidding the advertise
 ent of liquors in any way within the state. or soliciting orders for same.
 ,. For the declaring of any place where liquor is sold, given away or delivered. a public nuisance. and clos ing same for one year.
 In a general discussion. the senti- ment of the delegates was very clear ly indicated that they had no desire to take any backward step or to re- cede in the least from the provisions of the amendment as adopted.
 Every speaker who took this posi- tion was cheered vociferously while those who suggested some modified tion of the provisions of the amend ment were listened to respectfully, but their utterances were received with but slight applause.
 The announcement that the railroad attorneys had decided that they would not attempt to ship liquor into the state was received with the greatest applause in which the delegates rose to their feet waving handkerchiefs and cheering and singing the doxology
 Dr. Hughes said he wanted 10 see Arizona the dryest state in the union, while another speaker said that this state had broken all precedents in the cause and it proposed to establish some new ones.
 Law never made any place dry and never will" said Grady Carnage. in prefscing his report from Tucson. "The best law" he added, "is of no effect unless it is enforced" He said he believed that Tucson is now the dryest place in the state though there was some delay in getting action on the enforcement of the amendment
 "The most despicable thing I know is the officer who takes an oath to enforce the law and then never turns a hand to perform his duty he said.
 Andrew Kimball reported from Ora ham. his own county, also for Green l lee and Apache, whose delegates were | unable to attend In Graham there | had been six arrests and four convic- 1 tions for violations of the amendment 1 Drunkenness. he said. is almost un- known in Graham county. as they have ! had the benefit of local option there | for several years.
 Attorney General Wiley E. Jones. | who was in the audience was called to ! the platform. He said he took the [ law just as he found it and did the i best he knew how to enforce its pro visions
 The remainder of. the evening was | devoted to discussion in which any | delegate who had anything particular | " on his mind was given an opportun- ity to express it but each speaker was limited to five minutes. While there | was some diversity of views expressed | in reference to details there was |