The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1933-02-14
HOUSE PASSES
BEER BILL AND
VOTES REPEAL
Wright Bone Dry Law Is
RELOCATED to Discard;
Bar Draught Brew.

Administrator forces scored a
complete, but not easy victory late
Monday, when the house of repre-
sentatives passed beer control bill
without accepting a draught beer
proposal, and then repealed the
Wright bone dry law, enacted in
1925.
Both measures were to be taken
up today in the senate, where sew
eral wet measures have been shelved
and are to be passed this week.
To accompaniment of cheers
from the house galleries, RepreSen-
tative Lenhardt E. Bauer (Dem.,
Terre Haute), led a vigorous fight
for inclusion of draught beer pro-
posal in the beer bill He won
twenty-three votes, despite the de-
termined opposition of administra-
ton leaders.
When the beer bill was handed
down for final action, Representa-
tive John F. Ryan (Dem., Terre
Haute), chairman of the public
morals committee, said the measure
is in accord with the Democratic
state and national platforms.
1T will permit the poor man to
buy a glass of beer for a nickel, he
asserted.
Bauer Challenges Statement
Bauer, only %, the youngest mem
Der of the house, challenged this
when he spoke on his motion to in
clude draught beer.
when they tell you bottled beer
can be sold for a nickel a glass,
they do so from Interior motives or
because of ORANGE" Bauer
shouted.
Ryan objected, on the ground that
no member can impugn another's
motives.
81 think one of you probably is
about as wrong as the other, "
grinned Speaker Earl Crawford
Il didn't mind his contradicting
me-" said Ryan, but he has no
right to hint at Interior motives"
Waving a sheaf of kilograms,
Bauer declared he had messages
from every labor union in the state
asking draught beer for the work.
lngman.
Whip Is Cracked
Representative Edward H. Stein
Dem., Bloomt1eld, majority floor
leader, cracked the administration
whip over the heads of the recalci-
trant vets, when he told them that
Governor Paul V. McNutt would
veto bill containing a draught
beer clause.
We're going to put you on the
bottle for couple of years." he
said IF, at the end of that time,
there is a genuine demand for
draught beer, there's no reason why
you can't have it.
There are lot of people in this
state not dripping wet, you know
and We represent them, as we'll as
others. If the draught beer amend
ment is written in, I can promise
you this:
THE measure will never be print
ed on the statute books of Indiana"
Representative Wilfred Jessup
Dem, Centerville), another admin
istration leader, asserted the mea-
sure is frankly unconstitutional"
but voted for it. on the premise that
more workable bill can be put
together in the senate.
Held as Unconstitutional
Representative Charles P. Tighe
Dem, New Albany, a former as
sistant district attorney here, also
joined in the unconstitutionality
view.
Final vote on the beer bill was
80 to 10 and on the Wright repeater,
IS to II.
The beer control bill, as it goes
to the senate today, legalized brew
up to 305 by weight, the same as
provided in pending federal legisla-
ton. Bottled beer up to three pints
may be served with meals in bona
fide restaurants and hotels.
There will be approximately
twenty-one breweries through dis
trict division Of the state and an
excise director would govern dis
tribution. A graduated scale of Ii
censes and taxes is set up. Medical
whisky would be taxed Is cents a
pint.