Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
BONE DRY" BILL
IS BEFORE HOUSE
ON SPECIAL ORDER
Fifty Minutes Required To
Read New Prohibition
Law Today
DR.. ANDERSON EXPLAINS
PROVISIONS TO MEMBERS
Scrap In Senate Over
Delinquent Tax List
Publication

Decks were cleared this morning in
the house of representatives for action
on the far-famed Anderson ''bone dry,
bill regulating the sale and importation
of alcohol and intoxicating liquor into
the state of Oregon.
Refreshed from the work of last week
by an over Sunday rest and trip up the
valley to the state university, the mem
bers OF the house assembled this morn
ing primed for going after the bill.
fhat the measure would receive some
opposition developed before much head
way was made in the discussion.
1t required Ben Huntington, reading
clerk, just 90 minutes to read the meas
ure from start to finish, which. at the
average rate of reading 100 words q
minute, makes the document about fife
thousand words long. The members and
"a large number of the visitors were sun
piled with extra copies of the bill so
that the reading could be followed.
Long before the time for opening the
morning session, the people began to fiji
the lobby until when the session was
called to order by Speaker Stanfield the
lobby was filled. Much interest was
manifest in the fate of this measure al
though it is practically certain Ia PASS.
Ii tho discussion progresses this after
noon at the rate it did this morning il
VIII be late today before final vote
is taken.
Or. Anderson Explains.
After the reading of the hin. DR.. An
derson, father of the bill, explained its
provisions
The problem of the liquor traf-
fic, said DR.. Anderson, sthaa direct
or indirect effect on every man. wo-
man or child in the state, ri this bin is
passed it will have beneficial effect
on the children yet unborn. The meas
ure demands unbiased consideration.
In 1914 the people passed law pro-
hibiting the manufacture and sale of
intoxicating liquor. In the 1918 session
of the legislature I had the honor of
presenting the measure that became the
low operating to put the will of the peo-
pie IN effect. In 1916 the people passed
an amendment to the constitution pro-
hibiting the importation of liquor, and
this bill is the machinery TO put that
amendment into effect. believe the
bill expresses the will of the people az
expressed at the last election, and I
hope it will pass. /"
In explaining further the portions OF
various sections, he said that the five
days Of grace allowed after the bill goes
into effect was inserted so that ship
ments ordered before the bin went into
effect could be delivered This was d
concession to the large number of peo-
pie who have ordered shipments that re-
quire from three TO five days to be de-
Iivered after ordered However, after
that term Of grace, common carriers
that have shipments that cannot be de-
Iivered legally are required to transport
the same outside the STATE.
Mr. Lafferty Objects.
Representative Lafferty, Of Benton
county, said that two years ago he was
IN the committee on alcoholic traffic
md he appreciated the high character
md integrity of Dr. Anderson but diff.
'ered from him in many respects con-
'erning the present bill.
One of Mr.. Iafferty s objections. to
he provisions Of the bill was that il
Qualified all portions of its statements
Ncept regarding religious and fraternal
riders In his opinion the lack of def
mite definition concerning the religious
riders and fraternal associations was q
erious defect and opened UP q loop hole
whereby brothers in maternity
ould use liquor to their hearts con-
ent. The same way with saeFamenfal
purposes. He thought the right to pro
ure for saeramental purposes ought to