district attorney's action in the past we feel that he stands ready at all times to do his whole duty."

South Carolina.-In South Carolina the Lide bill providing for an election on the question of re-establishing the dispensary system in certain "dry" counties passed the House lately in an amended form. The time of the election fixed by the House amendment is the "Tuesday after the first Monday, 1913." The bill was further amended to apply only to those counties which held an election on the dispensary question in August, 1909.

The bill will not prevent certain counties which voted out the dispensary under the Carey-Cothran act from holding another election this year on the question of "dispensary" or "no dispensary” upon petition of the required number of qualified electors. It has yet to pass the Senate.

There is trouble over the disposition of the dispensary profits. The "dry" counties want to have half put into the State treasury, but the "wets" cannot see it that way-what have prohibition counties to do with the receipts from sale of liquor? To this the "dry" advocates retort that a large part of the dispensing is done to slake the thirst of unregenerate inhabitants of the "dry" counties. For the present the issue has been tabled.

South Dakota.-In mid-April, two-thirds of the cities and towns in South Dakota voted on the license question. In many places the contests were close, but the majority of the towns voting adhered to license. Not a single town in the Black Hills went "dry." Sioux Falls declared for license by a large majority.

Tennessee.-Prohibition has proven as great a farce in Tennessee as in Maine or Kansas. Governor Hooper, the first Republican Governor of the State elected in three decades, owed his election to a fusion with the Prohibitionists in both parties. Hooper has now been in office sixteen months and the results as to enforcements of the "dry" laws are thus summarized by the New York Commercial: "He controlled the Legislature, and every part of the fusion bargain was carried out, with minor exceptions. And in the meantime 'bootlegging' has flourished, 'blind tigers' have grown more and more numerous, while the larger cities, led by the capital, Nashville, have defied the State authority by enacting licensing ordinances, regulating the traffic in liquors just as prior to the

swinging of the State into the 'dry' column. Mayors and Aldermen have been elected on platforms calling for defiance of the State liquor laws-not merely assurances of 'liberal' interpretation, but straight-out promises to legalize and regulate the selling of spirituous, malt and vinous liquors. And it was not the lawless spirit which placed such candidates in office, but the sober judgment of decent citizens, who were appalled and horrified by the orgy of secret liquor selling, the multiplication of 'dives,' the debauchery of the young, and the trail of evils attendant upon unregulated trafficking in intoxicants, by men drawn from the lowest moral stratum of the community."

Texas. There have been no new laws passed in this State affecting the brewing industry since the passage of the RobinsonFitzhugh measure, a few years ago.

Under the initative referendum and recall clause of the city charter, a vote was taken in Dallas on the 1st Tuesday in April, 1912, on the question of closing saloons at 7:30 p. m. The proposition was defeated by about 750 votes.

A local option election was held in Bowie county in April, and the vote was in favor of the pros, the county being "dry" at the time of the election. Llano county also went "dry" by 26 votes.

Utah.-A compulsory election was held June 8th, 1911, and at this election many of the smaller towns and many counties voted "dry." The principal cities of Salt Lake City and Ogden, Park City, Bingham and other mining camps, as well as Farmington in Davis county and Carbon county, voted "wet."

In Ogden City an ordinance was passed closing the saloons at 9 o'clock in the evening, but in Salt Lake City the closing hour is left at 12 o'clock. No important action was taken by the brewers of the State except to resolve to uphold the officers of the law in the enforcement of the law in every way possible.

Virginia. The Senate of the Virginia General Assembly by a vote of 24 to 16 turned down the Jordan enabling bill which passed the House by a majority of 32 votes.

The Jordan bill provided for referendum of the State-wide prohibition question to a vote of the people, upon a petition of 25 per cent. of the qualified voters who cast their ballots in the last Gubernatorial election.

The only local option election of any importance in the State was in Staunton, voted "wet" in 1911 by a good majority.

The biennial report of the State Auditor of Virginia shows that the "dry" counties for the most part draw more from the State Treasury than they contribute to it, while the "wet" counties. practically support the government. It is shown that the twentyfive "wet" counties (five of which are pauper counties) paid into the State's Treasury in 1910 the sum of $1,133,611,27 or 88 1-3 per cent. of all of the taxes collected by the State; while the ninetyfour "dry" counties (seventy-nine of which are pauper counties) paid $150,290.46, or 11 2-3 per cent.

In 1911 the twenty-five "wet" counties paid into the State's Treasury the sum of $1,450,688.81, or 87 per cent. ; while the ninetyfour "dry" counties (of which number seventy-four are pauper counties) paid $212,975.50, or 13 per cent. of the total amount collected by the State.

Washington. There was no liquor legislation at the last session of the Legislature of 1912. The next session will begin early in January, 1913. At the last session of the Legislature the usual number of bills were introduced including the County Option, a law to prohibit brewing companies from delivering their own product, a law to prohibit the delivery of liquor in “dry” units, etc. The Washington Supreme Court upholds Tacoma's antitreating ordinance. It seems that the Mayor, who was thought responsible for the measure, was subsequently recalled.

The local option law in this State provides that the question may only come up at the general election which occurs in November, every two years, on the even date. There will be local option

elections generally this fall throughout the State.

Beginning the first of this year there were three special local option elections held, in all of which the vote was "wet" by a large majority. The matter was taken into the courts and the Supreme Court ruled that no special elections could be held.

Wisconsin. There was no regular session of the Legislature during the past year, but a special session was held. Excise matters were not considered.

There has been a general clean-up tendency during the past year, following the radical move of the joint bodies of the Wisconsin

Brewers' Association, State Retail Liquor Dealers' Association and the State Wholesale Liquor Dealers' Association in sending. out, last year, notices to all of the licensing bodies of the State calling attention to their responsible function. In many cities wine rooms have been abolished and reasonable regulations imposed. Particular notice has been drawn to the action of the new governing Commission at Janesville, where very severe regulations have been imposed upon the retail trade, emphasizing the oft-made contention that this form of government is acceptable only when the right kind of men are chosen to membership, but presents a possible danger, as these men rule without reserve.

The result of the license elections in April show that fourteen villages and towns voted from the "dry" to the "wet" column, while but three changed from "wet" to "dry." The election was generally satisfactory.

The Wisconsin Brewers' Association continues in its effort to impress upon the various boards of the State the great necessity for careful inspection of the standing and reputation of all applicants for license. The renovation of the retail trade is doing more than any other thing to remove much of the prejudice and ill-feeling against the business. As this inspection is continued from year to year, the undesirable are certain to be weeded out and the general personnel of the retail trade improved. Already marked improvement is shown.

A referendum granting equal suffrage to women will be voted upon in this State on November 5th.

West Virginia votes on State-wide prohibition this fall. Organized labor has already aligned itself against the proposed law, the State Federation of Labor declaring:

"Whereas, Prohibition in West Virginia would mean the total destruction of industries wherein thousands of our fellow unionists earn their livelihood and we believe it to be the highest function of the trades union movement to render all possible support and assistance to its constituent parts whenever and wherever they may be threatened with grave economic injury; therefore, be it

"Resolved, By the State Federation of Labor in annual convention assembled, that we hereby declare against the ratification of said constitutional amendment and hereby appeal to all tradesmen and their friends to use all honorable and legitimate means to

defeat said constitutional amendment at the general election to be held in November next."

[On November 5, 1912, West Virginia adopted State-wide prohibition by over 60,000 majority.]

THE PRESIDENT:-Gentlemen, I now call for the report of the Committee on Condolence, Mr. Hupfel, Chairman.

THE SECRETARY:-The Chairman of the Condolence Committee has submitted the report, which he has asked me to read. Thereupon the Secretary read the report as follows:

REPORT OF CONDOLENCE COMMITTEE.

GENTLEMEN: In fulfilment of the mournful duty devolving upon your committee, we have to announce with profound sorrow and regret the decease of the following named members of our Association since the last Convention: