Norwich bulletin., 1917-05-04
especta1 to The Bulletin,

Aln6f10In6IL IO LHt SO4ASCil0I4Oa NOA-
 corning statewide probitiou. which
 come from the committee with major ity and minority reports. The reports were made the order of the day at
 noon Thursday. and the text of the
 bill Is as follows:
 That the following be proposed as an amendment to the constitution of the state, which, when approved and
 adopted in the manner provided by the ] lconstftution, shall to all intents and | purposes become a part thereof:
 | Section i. From and after the nrst l Monday of January, A. D. 1922. the | ma nufacture, ccmpou nding, bartering, l sale or keeping for sale of any spirit | uous, vinous, malt or alcoholic liquors | is prohibited except for sacrauae1ta4, l medicinal. scientific, mechanical or art 1 purposes.
 Sec. 2 The general assembly Is au 1 rhorized to enforce this article by ap
 propriate legislation
 Resolved, That the foregoing pro- | posed amendment to the constitution 1 be continued to the next session of the ] general assembly and be published with ] the laws passed at the present ses- sion
 i MT. Barker Of Braucord, chairman of 1 the committee said the matter ought
 to be submitted to tf1e people and that 1 he personally was in favor ot granting 1 the p1IVilez6- ana moved LnS[ LtlS ma i jority report be accepted, but that he would vote against it.
 l MT. Bowers Of Manchester after
 reading the bill, urged it's passage and even the liquor dealers were given
 chance to engage in other business,
 ample time being supplied for the dis | position of their present business. He
 said the prohibition question was one of the burning questions of the time 1 Tn support of the bill he cited the pop uIation of Jails that were charged to 1 the use of intoxicating drinks. He i said the state had become dumping ground for the products of the saloon. 1 He cited the progress of prohibition in other states and told of empty jails 1 and empty alrashouses as the result.
 MT. Bowers poured forth stream of l statistics in substantiation of his l claim that prohibition would be for the 1 public good. It Is a, question that con 1 cerns the people, and the people of | Connecticut ought to be given oppor | tunity to decide this question. He quoted the high prices of foodstuh and attributed their rise to the nnanufac- ture and use of intoxicating drinks. He said statewide prohibition was sure to come and all the powers Of hell can
 rot stop 1t. He said the members were not called upon to act upon the merits of the bill but to allow the constitu- ency to vote on the question. After 1r. Bowers concluded Speaker
 Healey announced that the ten minute rule would be enforced during the
 balance of the discussion.
 MT. Smith Of Plainville, the minister of the house said the bill did not pro- vide for statewide prohibition but per mitted the use of liquors for specified and necessary purposes. He said alco- hol was never intended for the inside use of man. He favored giving the people opportunity to vote as to whether or not they want prohibition. Tn the name of all that is right and just, he asked that the matter be sub mitted to the people.
 MT. Shaw of Bedding said this is just the kind of a question that should be submitted to the people, as it is | mighty big question. He did not use l intoxicants himself but knew well of it's evil facts, which are being realizeI now more than ever before. It is Q question the people ought to decide. MT. F'oord of Stamford said he had known of instances where prohibition does not prohibit and told of pocket peddling'' in prohibition states, which is now ended by the dry bone'' law. The liquor element has no respect for the law and are not good ctttzens-in made by MT Back recently in regard to the town court of kTllingly in effect that the cases of iutoxication in the court had increased from 150 to 400 from license to no-license, and MT. Foord said kiIiingly was no worse than Stamford, or any other place in the state. It was time to wipe out 1 the saloons of the state, he said. MT. Martin of Orange said that IT the question were submitted to the people Of the state of Connections the state would go into the prohibition
 ranks, as indicated in the fact that 91 Of the 165 towns were for no-license. He said it was the duty of the 1egisla- tors to submit the matter to the people
 and that prohibition was sure to come lie told Of his success in the passa ge Of the high 1ican VI a-Jff a seem to lessen the use and the abuse of liquor. Prohibition is to come for
 the people who do drink are willing to give 1t ID for the sake of the other
 fellows. He said he had statistics that were true and in marked contrast to
 the unrelie ble figures sent out by the ] liquor interests. Russia, Germany and
 other countries and educational insti-
 tutions everywhere favored prohibition
 and it was time Connecticut fell into line.
 Mir. Dillon of Shelton hoped the leg lslature would do something great, and
 if the matter IS submitted to the peo-
 pie the legislature will have done
 something great and noble He said
 this question vas debated fin China. 800 years before the coming of Christ and
 prohibition prevailed He told of the
 terrible results Of the use of fntoxi-
 cants and derided the personal liberty
 claim IS used against prohibition He
 said the way to settle the question
 was to settle it right. and he stood
 ready to vote for prohibition at tl-e polls when opportunity is given. He said the young men, and the young
 women, too, needed protection from the Demon Rum
 MT. Coe of Cromwell spoke tn favor of giving the people 9 chance to vote
 on prchib ibition.
 MT. Wilcox of Stoninztor moved that when ths vote be taken on the
 bill that it be by yea and nay, and the
 motion prevailed.
 Mir. Ca-ndee of Eor71aTk saad fife people of the state desire the rtfyht to vote on the prohibition question ard
 the house ought to give the people a
 chance.
 Mfr. Miner of Somerg spoke in advo-
 cacy of the adoption of the bill and said + was time the prohibition ques-
 tion vas settled. and the people want ed to settle it. He said 1t was 9. dis
 grace to the state to sanction the sale Of Intoxicating drink.
 Mr- Caine of Nauzatl,-lc sroIrs l-.