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Excerpt from Sober: By Act of Parliament
In the election Of 1892 the prohibition party showed great activity, and succeeded in Obtaining a majority at the polls. The question of the control of the liquor traffic occupied a foremost place at the meeting of the new Rgislature. Many members were in favour of out and-out prohibition, and a Bill was introduced to make the manufacture or sale of drink illegal. But, after con siderable debate on the subject, a new measure was hastily brought before the Senate, at the instigation Of the Governor, the Hon. Benjamin R. Tillman, as a compromise between the views Of the extreme prohibi tionists and those who held that, in the present condi tion of public opinion, prohibition would be largely inoperative, and consequently injurious to the temper ance cause. The measure was rushed through the Legislature with little or no debate, and at once received the sanction Of the Governor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
