Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-03-14
NEW YORK STATE
DRY LAW IS URGED
County Option Enforcement
Bill to Be Discussed by
G. O. P. Leaders.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
ALBANY, March IA county OPP
ton prohibition enforcement bill is
likely to be introduced next week in the
Senate as a Republican party measure
it was learned last night following the
defeat in the Assembly yesterday OF the
jerks State enforcement bill, both with
and without the rider limiting its APP
plication to liquor containing per cent
or more of alcohol.
AS result of preliminary conferences
of Republican State leaders, bill to
that effect is now being drawn up, 1t
was announced. The measure will be
submitted to conference Of party
chiefs within the next few days, &C
cording to the announcement, and IF
agreed upon we will have the support
of Republican leaders throughout the
State
In such an event, it was predicted.
the bill in all probability will be passed
with the solid support of the Repub-
lican legislative majority. Republican
leaders were inclined to believe Gov.
Roosevelt would sign 1t.
The bill as outlined provides for O
State enforcement act along the lines
OF the VolStead act, to be affective in
counties that vote by referendum for
enforcement.
Successive Statewide referendums on
the subject would be provided for. It
was uncertain whether the first should
be held this Fall If 1t were, a second
referendum on the subject would be
held two years hence, after which there
would be a referendum every four years.
The idea Is to make enforcement
responsive to changing public opinion.
Counties which elected this year to rely
on Federal enforcement exclusively
would have opportunity to bring about
State enforcement within their limits
two years hence. Counties that wanted
to change their State enforcement
status after that could do so at four
year intervals.
The plan came under serious consid-
Grafton among Republican party off,
cials. including H. Edmund Machold,
the State chairman. after the Assembly
had defeated two different proposals
for State enforcement and Speaker
Joseph A. McGirinis has appealed to
the House to give the jerks State en-
forcement bill fair chance.
The Republican majority as such,
turned against the rider tackled to the
jerks bill in the codes committee which
would have legalized the sale Of bever-
ages with alcoholic contents up to per
cent as far as the State enforcement
was concerned.
The defeat of the rider. despite the
detection of eight wet Republicans. left
before the Assembly the original jerks
BILL
In an effort to move the bill up to
the next stage toward passage, the drys,
lacking the leadership of Assemblyman
Edmond B. jerks, the introducer. barely
failed to muster enough votes to carry
their point.
The bill was recommitted to the codes
committee by vote Of "a to 70. Par
liamentary rules pronounced 1t dead.
Substantially the same kind of a
bill was introduced last year by Assem-
blyman jerks and received the passive
support of the Anti-Saloon League. but
the w. c. r. U. and the prohibition
party opposed it. on the ground the
referendums would be considered q,
question of whether or not to obey the
prohibition law.