Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1919-03-20

AA| motion was agreed @.
lie PRESIDENT: The Chair LAYS
before the Senate. : D. sl3. Al ACT
10 amend Section II a Cha pier ~
OF the Revised Statutes relating to
sale OF intoxicat ting liquors prohibited
tabled by the senator from York.
Senator Deerins. pending It's passage
to be engrossed
Mr. DEERING: M President. this
IS ciii which pertains to the dedni-
tion OF the term intoxicating liquors
Now | suppose the committee on
temperance has rad this DILL before II
and listened 10 the evidence which
has been adduced before the commit
tee. and | desire 10 say that am ore
OF those people VINO believe IL the
enforcement Of the prohlbito-y law II
all the WAYS that il can De enforced
ana nave taken quite large part IL
this legislature and the last lesisla-
ture IN writing and helping 10 pass
laws that put teeth into that paCtic-
Ular law BUi now We have before
US a proposition 20 declare that a..
liquors containing one-haf Or one
per cent. Of alcohol shall be Geenad
intoxicating. That is. no matter what
the LIQUOR Is. If it has BY ANALYSIS
one-hdlf Of one per cent We max
law that that Is intoxicating New #
that should be-and think II IS as
matter OF tact not intoxicating =
We are making ld~ to e.tah.isn
something that Is not so Tn. ols-
lnal law does not include this par
ticuia- phrase. ou- i reads that winA.
ale porte. s.ron- beer lager beer
ana all other malt liquors. aud CIDER
when kept or deposited with intent
20 sell the Sc ne 70. tipping purposes
Or "a bevers ce-and the last par
or he section says that ms en0msra-
ION shall not prevent any otner pug
or mixed liquors from beng coIsid-
cred Intoxicating
Now that. i. seems 70 me. IS aoo1t
as strong legally rs Il can POSSIBLY
be. do not know whether there are
any lawyers on ne committee of
temperance bit # there had oeen
any practlclng lawyers -pon II. 1hey
would have recollecteu that Iht
courts q This state fcr Years md
wears nave laid down tne PRINCIPE
shat the question OF Nhe,ne or Ipt
any liquor - intoxsCa-,nz - Il ma
ter Of tact for a !ury 20 DE- erm ae
An0 when they say ma mat -
81 fact fol jur! for Z. jury 20 defer
mine hey have t.Xed t.e !4N tetteT
han any way y. can TX II by t-e
passage CT statute NL.-n enaC-s
something Which = not - And
therefore move that This b.ll be n
definitely postponed.
NJ WALKER - Somerset Lr.
Pres.dea-. . 60 20 ca.e t. enter Il -
snv discussion e 1h.s h.il. beccts-
when YOU ente. INTO -l> discussion Il
things N relation 10 pronioI;icn goa
don't JUS, KNOW now YOU Will come
ou, SPEAK from experience. l ~!
simply MAKE i sta1-lne-t.
II he inaugural message - oci GOV
ernor he stalled that be would ugg=
prompt legislation making ,Ae 2-t-
nttion 4 l-3-oxicaUng l.quor uniform
with that Il The United states gov
eminent. ana suggested thu Il
rece<sart triol nation becomes 81 A.
able before 1oI adjourn .o4 ~nt-t
suitable safe laws 70 supp, eEnc.--
me federal code. which viii put u
t:onaI prohibition into %ffs-t n
the press comments Of March y. ~.
IN me kenneoec Journal. read Jnis
Brewer. cef! beer ruiins And NJ
ruling " tne revenue department.. =
/ understand y. = tfat "Ce- MAJ -
one PEI cent
Therefore, 10 conform % tAa. ruling
and 20 meet the -eQLest Of or SoF-
eruor II his Inausural message re
1cmmlItee on temperance made -
repur- unicn paS been submitted .
-hiS o.d
Nj. DEERIEG NJ President
feel bout the same IN regard % The
sentiment # these things a. me u.s.
-!nsuisred senator from Somer<e-
county feels HUt think ;hat he las
read not from the law defining n
toxicatins liquors a : defined ~ ne
United States government in regard
% the enforcement Of the proi!lbitory
law. bu. from the revenue act which
declares that shalt he intoxicating
liquors. 50 that the revenue ma* be
asse sseC UPON ii by the United States
government
Now 90 not propose 20 say any
,hirg dsroga tory 20 tie United States
government. hut I do wish to remind
ms serate that the state Of Maine
has IN practice and by Law tor the
last fftv or sixty Years been pro-
nlbitory state. ana We do not need
BODY who is Just teglnning and
VINO has not Yet passed any rules
and regulations in regard to what IS
Intoxicating and what - not To tell
Us n his state Just what portion If
alcohol in a certain liQuor makes i