The Fairfield News And Herald

NO. 29.
LIQUOR QUESTION.
Is Fully Debated and Decided by the State Senate.
THE ARCHER BILL PASSED.
The Different Counties in the State May Decide by Vote as to Dispensary or No Dispensary.

When the senate met Wednesday night and took up the liquor question for consideration these three general propositions were before it.

The Archer bill, under whose terms a county now having a dispensary may, on presenting a petition signed by one-fourth of the electors of that county, have an election ordered to determine whether or not the dispensary shall be removed and thus secure prohibition.

To the Archer bill Mayfield had offered an amendment by which the people of a county should vote for high license, dispensary or prohibition. The ordering of the election was to be in same manner as proposed by the Archer bill.

The Henderson substitute bill, intended to take the place of the two above propositions, simply provided for a reference of the whole matter to the people of the State at large to be voted upon in a general election to be held next July on the three questions of license, dispensary or prohibition.

The Mayfield amendment was rejected by a vote of 9 to 26, the Henderson substitute by a vote of 8 to 27, while the Archer bill passed its second reading by a vote of 20 to 14.

After a long debate—participated in by a number of senators the matter was decided by the votes as recorded below.

The first proposition was to strike out the enacting words of the Archer bill. By the following aye and nay vote senate refused to do so:
Yeas—Aldrich, Alexander, Appelt, Dennis, Graydon, Gruber, Hay, Henderson, Ilderton, Mauldin, Mower, Ragsdale, Wallace, Williams—14.
Nays—Archer, Barnwell, Blakeney, Bowen, G. W. Brown, W. A Brown, Dean, Douglass, Glenn, Hough, Love Manning, Marshall, Mayfield, Sarratt, Scarborough, Sheppard, Stanland, Suddath, Sullivan, Waller—21.

Senator Livingston announced that he was paired with Mr. Griffith. He would vote "no" and Mr. Griffith would vote "aye" were he here.

The next vote was on the adoption of Mr. Henderson's substitute bill. The senate rejected the bill by the following vote.
Yeas—Blakeney, Graydon, Gruber, Henderson, Mauldin, Scarborough Wallace, Waller—8.
Nays—Aldrich, Alexander, Appelt, Archer, Barnwell, Bowen, G. W. Brown, W. A. Brown, Dean, Dennis Douglass, Glenn, Hay, Hough, Ilderton, Love, Manning, Marshall Mayfield Mower, Ragsdale, Sarratt, Sheppard, Stanland, Suddath, Sullivan, Williams—27.

The next vote was on the adoption of Senator Mayfield's amendment, which resulted as follows:
Yeas—Appelt, Barnwell, Brown G. W., Dean, Marshall, Mayfield, Sheppard, Stanland, Sullivan—9.
Nays—Aldrich, Alexander, Archer, Blakeney, Bowen, Brown W. A., Dennis, Douglass, Glenn, Graydon, Gruber Hay, Henderson, Hough, Ilderton, Love, Manning, Mauldin, Mower, Ragsdale, Sarratt, Scarborough, Suddath, Wallace, Waller, Williams—26.

The Archer bill was then ordered to a third reading by the following vote;
Yeas—Archer, Blakeney, Bowen, Brown G. W., Brown W. A., Dean, Douglass, Glenn, Hough, Love, Manning, Marshall, Mayfield, Sarratt, Scarborough, Sheppard, Stanland, Suddath, Sullivan, Waller—20
Nays—Aldrich, Alexander, Appelt, Barnwell, Dennis, Graydon, Gruber, Hay, Henderson, Ilderton, Mauldin, Mower, Wallace, Williams—14.

Senator Appelt's bill similar to Senator Mayfield's amendment was also killed.