The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-01-27
PROHIBITION
BILL PASSED
ONLY THREE VOTES IN
SENATE AGAINST IT
Amendments to the Measure
Were reVotedDown-Capltal
Punishment Bill Passed.


CHARLESTON. W. Va, Jan. 20
With only Senators Rosenbloom. Coal,
ter and Hough dissenting. the senate
today passed its bill, No. 116. relating
to prohibition, the same measure on
second reading in the house as House
Bill No. 1875, which was today made
special order for II o'clock next
Wednesday morning.
When this bill was up as special
order in the senate today. Senator
Coalter moved TO make it further
order for Monday morning but mis-
motion lost S 10 Is. Senator RoSen-
bloom moved 10 amend by eliminating
the "one quart" provision. saying that
that would give West Virginia practi-
cal prohibition. Under present con.
ditions, it 2has been flat failure, "
he declared. He was asked by Sen.
Duty ii he would support the bill if
so amended and the answer was
Yes, sir" Senator Burgess said that
such an amendment was intended TO
Carter declared that West Virginia
voted for prohibition in 1912 and now
it is the duty OF the Legislature 10
abolish the importation OF liquor.
Senator Lowe said he believed with a
gradual reduction of the amount al
lowed to be carried that eventually ii
could be cut off entirely. The RoSen-
bloom amendment lost. 9 to IS. Sen.
RoSenbloom then offered another 10
make it felony for any bootlegger TO
sell a quart of whiSkey for more than
FIVE dollars. Ii lost, as did another
he offered to strike out the thirty-day
provision. The constitutional rules
were suspended and on passage OF the
bill Senator Parrish declared that the
limit Of thirty days would result in
fractures OF the statutes every day.
The people want a more stringent
law adopted" he said.
Passed, "a to 3.
Senator Hough said he's would not
vote for any new legislation on the
subject until the present laws are
enforced. The vote for passage was
"a to 8.
The vote on Senator Duty's bill
24-3. The vote on Senator Duty's bill
to abolish capital punishment for muir
der was IA to 13. it having passed the
upper branch Of the legislature by the
margin of one vote. 1t is the declara-
ton of leading members of the house
that the bill will be given earnest con-
sideration before it is passed there.
"A great Qedl VI OppOSillOIi W IL udo
already developed about the capitol.
While the senate did not finish the
work on it's calendar, it is SO far ahead
of the house in its operation that but
little objection was raised when mo.
ton to adjourn until next Monday was
made and carried. Bringing the total
number Of bills up to 258, the house
having no measures on third reading,
advanced large number of those on
second reading so that passage will
be possible Monday. .
House Bill No. 1874, originating in
the judiciary committee and relating
to marriages, was made the subject
|of discussion in the house while it
was on second reading. Delegate
Septimus Hall, Of Wetzel, who was a
member Of the constitutional conven-
tion of 1872, said that the bill would
not be constitutional If passed as it
provides against the marriage Of first
cousins in West Virginia. which, &C
cording to his way of thinking, could
only be brought about by a constitu-
tional amendment because such mar
riages are legalized by the constitu'