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About The Alliance herald. (Alliance, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1902-1922 | View Entire Issue (May 17, 1917)
THE DRY LAW ltotory of the Flaht for Prohibition. -at on Tli' following statement hns the JBpprovitl of the lry DmMMlt of b OtMtf) . The Nebraska legislature has nd MHImmI. mitl tin- impression hit-1 POM 7ft oil III' State. I t vv- BtWBf liiill H etic houao of repreaeatattvaa or n HMlt, In I lit Isst diivs Un to psssod Hie Dry Kill. Women 'I iffri.f mill t Kill for s Constltu NtoMi convention. Ttila in all that Cvos Hie senate from universal iin pt. Voto on Dry Bill. The drj lull pitssed the house hy a eeete of S4 to 4. ar1 the senate Bf 30 0 3. Many if the wet senators voto) 4rj ami offered orplsuiilloiis of their to. Nearly all of these cxplHiin- benr interitnl evidence of hartiiK drawn bf one ersin, a lawyer, understood the measure hotter theso men could have. Theav el ation tiMik the position that e Hull 7!I.T the dry hill, aa It 1 the house, was defective and orknhle. and theae senators wnnt- the people to understand thut they boon holding out because they ateil to make a bettor hill out of It i no inci ii inn: tnese men were anil worked and voted for ti wi t I. Klghteen senators entered into m t wet caucus and they were pledged hy three separate roll call to Bland hy the wet program, which In- efarfril neiir lieer. the unlimited poS Ion of liquor and the lai enforce- of the dry law. The Wot Senators. Tho rr.rn who eritoixi ihis etQetM eaere Ms ties. tSntes. 'runner. Mormrl rfy, Penned. Str.lilovv. Wilson of loMtge. Nnt, Kohl. Henry. Holy. IjiIi or. Spirk, Knhrinan, ttainticlson. Jtobcrlaoii, Wilson of Frontier, Adams. Albert wus identified with tho weft in awme of their proceeding, hut did not attend tho eMMM Ton of them represented dry dia trtcta: Ciitee, Wilson if I.rige. Wll- oi iTontier. Sooat. Alherf. I.nh Knlirniaji. Siimnelstin. Robert AtlnniM. Tou of these men pledged I hem ohrs to the people of their dtttrlCU Baring their cniupuign that if taej ol.'eted, and if tho Ijieud.ueoi rrlod. they would fHvor legiolallou nmkif Die fliuondnioni effe tle fee. floex. Albert. Doty. Lulinera, rk, IVuVninn. ftuniiielsou. Jiolieit , Adams. The anion of these met, eetditute) a violation of their liifc t their constituents. The) 414 all in their power to destroy t ti tltal provision of the hotiat bill. The Bet Haul they voteil dry on final roll roll does not represent their real H aHtlon A law could not have been poaseil without Id. -ill. or ROOM of them yet their II. lions ilidiured all long I hn t they were wet. They did t field their fight until public pinion and political necessity drure them to It. Organization of tho Sonate. Kvery act of this legislature has re volved around to i i-booi . Thai lia boon the paratitouiit issue every day, nd its influence has extended to ail lejllalioli The scum,. urgaHlsed by 'tint J obit Mi l ics,. a liri'wer. pfeol' I pl'o LOMt, All of the wet xe'in lra on the llomorriitlf side voted for Mutli's. Later a Ntfttttg MMUUlll 1 00 ni m etmfarattot rowwlitoo mi tho try hill w. re mI . tod, the purpos .' abbh nii to allow the hreet to aonufai Mire near beer and niaiiiiaiti oar lieer saloons. Mattes ebowa obaii'iiuin of both roiumitlees. ami the oioi i ' f thoao 'oinmittees isos Np.'l.t wot. Tho Caao of Ntar Bear. Noor-)H'er Is a rfiutU for the htiotj;-fO0- K keeps i he brewer ami tho in-ill boor taaaw In biialwraa. nmimlllaig our 4wlitU'a M before. If bo .an make aioar-beer t h-y .an make sonn-iliiiu cronicei' that l.ioks like near lie ami BU It iutM .eac beer bottles with ear labels. Hislorv dis. luxes kWi r-beer karo fatoaao real boor ami ryiblng else. Near beer saln.ui nbl have bnuijilii iho law into ,11s nto and prom red ibe way f.r auta l iu ItCiB, It would liMe lloOII Oitb buiidruls of Sliousallds of do) aara t the hroarora to remain in iho Vsli . ,.f ituiklnu near-beer. Tho Lowor Houao. Tko house waa at all ttlMoa .i.iiisf il dry. It eleitf.l a dry aker. ho ugsnixatl..ii Mas dry, ami a : y atrong .-niiuitlee Waa plaixl in .oBargo of the preparation of the pro hibition bill. Noi t.m. Thomas, t lans Wrj Walie ami Hosteller. To tile labors of this . mi 1 1, aid1 by the ouiie dr enuillllttoo. enaalotlllg if oall 4"happell. Howell. Ranokll, Sa yor and Seal, is duo rUMMS Bl iBH, rhb-b is a maicntfl''ent plooo of log la fatton. Tho wot senators have tried lo givo SH tho iiupresaiou that this bill wua oWaotUo, but as originally passed It araa acceptable to tho dry for.es ami aa vary b.ei'iitnahto to tho et ala&atora. It aaa a bono dry law. miy tor tho right of tho posaoasion of or oro rwwrodod, were tho wof hMaaiora willing to voto for It. Tho Bill in tha Sonata. When the bill went to the aeaato. tor Jiohiuaon in,r. tto ondnienis !:! !, if adopted, would a had tho aArrt, lat. to allow ttnor of low aktiltolh- ttintoat to ! nianufMi-turod and sold. Vnd. tB allow linlllilltotl posaesslou of IntoXl rating tiuora In any place. 3rd. to lata) saloon. 30 dnya to sell out tholr tod of liipioro; 4th, to allow tho dis tilleries to keep unit aell HfBBft in liomled wBIBhBBBSB; fdh, to permit liquor advertising: ti, to destroy tlio rights of county attorneys to collect evldnre by Inquiry proceedings and otherwise; 7th, to allow anybody to ship liquor Into the stnlo for medicin al put poses; 8th. to loosen up tho shipping sections; Oth. to take away the rights of private citizens to proso ruto. bring Injunctions ami hire prl- 1 vale counsel in communities where of- Aetata pro Iraietlee; loth, to limit seurch ami slr.uro of premises to freeholders : to require the giving of Injun, i Ion bomla ami to render the en forcement of laws against bootleggers much more difficult than it would huro been tin. lor the hotiso bill. Kvery one of the eighteen wot sena tors voted for all of these amend ments except Albert. lle voteil for some iiml against some. Those amend ments would hnvo made prohibition Joko In Nebrnska, ao BMNB so that tho house determined to atanri firm and adjourn without a new law rather than accept them. Tho house figured that If would bo bettor to operate un der, tho Sloeiiinb law for two years than to pass n law crippled by Hie senile amendments, it was well un derstood by the wet senators that tho Slocutnh law prohibited near-beer and tho retention of that law would do test I heir purposes. Tho Conforanco Committee. Tim bouse appointed those stalwart rhampioai of tho dry cause. Norton, Thomas and Hanahurg. The seiiaia appointed those equally stalwart champions of booM. Mattes, and Moriarity. Tho wet uncus bad in duced Itobertsmi to violate hia pledges, and Introduce tho aenato amendments, snd they gave blm piaoe on Iho conference commit tee, Treasure from home had been terrille iKn him and he was now ready to got an agreement. He held out for ten lays In the Interests of near-beer, but finally signed the report prepared by the house members of the committee. This report pertain the MS of liquor In the home: without this concession no law would have been passed. Tho house conferees mnde no other es sential concession to the wots al though they did yield In many ameml piciifs of minor consriimMico, This posseaslon clause provides that any person may hare liquor in Ins home, providing he lays If In before May 1st. If (lo re is s,U' h evident ugalusl RDJ persou as. onuses the filing of a case against bigg for law viola tion, (lie possession of (iquor is prima facie evblenro that lie had it for till lawful purposes. After May 1st liquor cannot be bought, sold. Import ed or ahlptMMl for any purpose except to certain specified classes. Tho majority report was adopted by the house hy a vote of 81 to 4, lelen. Snxiler. Sogelko and Melscn berg voting "no." Tho Governor's Message. The house conferees stood as a unit ami tin- house stood behind them bke u stone wall. When the conference rat part was presented to the house, in d it being apparent that the wet sena tor would not yield, I lie house was prepared to adjoint) without a law. At ibis juncture the governor sent a message lo the legislature urging tho commit tee to continue .in confereiu o, HIMl he told Ihem that he would call hem back iu extra session if liny failed lo pass a law. The house still stood firm, and It h. ame necesaaiy for iho hard dying vvela to yield their position, which they did. The) waived the wheta near beer non enfoi . enien! program. Mattes ami Moriarity submitted a minority report, but U was too Uts Wei senators bad gone lo caucus an I demanded that they ho release! from their phdfces. Pressure from homo itad become irresistible. Tho minori ty report g. I only seen vote, iho majority, or dry report, was now xoi ed upon an 1 It receive rite votes of thirty Sena- rs, fmh Unites. Molari ty snd BtreNhtW going dona with tho wet ship. o - This og diawn-vitt Stht discloses the p..v-r of ino people, the pulpit ami (lie press. Tho power of public pinion was illustrated in a way lltat MetbtUg has dotto in a long Mast. First requests began lo ooate In bouse members iii voto for Helta Koll .Oil, then Iho sons tors began to bear frig boule. snd after the seuaro WOUl reeor.l favoring tho wot ameuditieMia, s altirm f angry protests expressed la hagaaga more forcible than po liio isnie up to tho senate from all over the atatB. Keerosnt senators were rHHluVd f solomii pledges wbl.1i rhoy had made to Iho people and broken, aid doioands wore made that sotiators resign. Tho pressur outd no longer b nrlihatootl, snd the senators hacked up. It is not likely that the wet sena tors have fooled Ibe people back, home or that the present senate will soon lie fn got ten. Nebt ssks needs s house cleaning iu ila upper loglslallrtg body. New men are coining forward lo contoet ibe seata of , wet sens tors, and it is expected thst Wen of klloMM dry and progressive snteeodenis will go before the primaries next yesr d btb psrtios. The dry pooplo of No brssks msy b assured thst the tsar as Anally passed is one of the boot la the Uataa and that it caa aad wlM ha forced. The Best Endorsement Tho larfro IIIUnbcT of our customers who hiiriR thnir frietldfl hero to liuy Khois isn aiiriiifieanl etnloiwtncut that i arorthy of BBtnflsont. HONEST SHOE VALUES Kvct v shoo wo kpII is carefully fash ioiicl ol the best materials. Tho many little quality featttfN that (DsUngtiiBli tho really well made shoes from tho ordinary kind will ho found thronjrhout our lino of hoth men 's and s omen 's sho. s Lowry's Shoe Store 206 Box Butte Avenue WE DO HIGH CLASS REPAIRING TRY US 1 ooo New Victor Records The largest stoek of new records ever received in a tingte shipment OMK IN AND HEAB OALLI-CURCI, CARUSO, McCOH M1CK, K RBYALBS aKd thk si ork OF mtor artists SELECTION IS NOW AT ITS BEST COME IN! The Wiker Music House OPPOSITE POSTOFFICE PROCLAMATION! THK nUMfUBJIT tF THE I'NITKD STATFJ hnvint doelarod that the aupromo tost of our nation has ronie. und bnvinc asked for tho earnest support of our people in the prosrru- uon oi tne war wntcn is now our war, I dom it my duty to caution all citixens against tho waste of food, and in mlvlm thof tho 1(1 to,., t tpoonorny bo exercised in the consumption of prooucts oi uncut, and of all other food stuffs. The gravity of the situation, which mattes ininoeativo a . it- .1 )nui..i. k. .. ,1 , . - - - iiupuaiiiiiiiK ui in- worm s food supply, is set forth in the following plea of Herbert C. Hoover rhalrinan of the American Commission for Relief in Belgium and recently appointed head of the American Food Board: "Onr Allies ram light without fo1. Our onomios arc mlctilHtJiiK that Amerira will full to suptilv them. anl that they will neel to gtve in. "The total stock of f.MM! toriav available In the Allied world is not .sufficient to lat until September, if America continues Its present rate of consumption. We are now face to faee with the result of last year's poor harvest, the diversion of man-power from agriculture all over the world, the unavailing efforts f the European women to plant available fields only, the Isolation of Russia, the sink ing of food shins, and many other causes. "England, France, and Italy are reducing consump tion by drastic steps, but even with all this reduction they must have fnSu us during the next three months more tluxn twice as much food as we should have exported nor mally or than we can send If we consume as usual. The only hope of providing the deficiency is bv the elimination of w-iwde and actual and rigorous self-sacrifice on the part of the American people." Thus, by the exercise of patriotic self-restraint and a judicious selection of only the most plentiful foods for use nvef Amoriccu man. woman and child can do his or her bit to aid America and US Allies in this hour of need. We are a nation of 102,860,000 persons, of upwards of twenty million families. If each family will reduce its consumption of food by but a pound a week there can be added to the food supplvOf Eur ope ten thousand tons of foodstuffs a week, or over one half million tons a year. Such a savins represents but a small part of that which may easily be made by the American people, and which it will be neces sary for them to make in order to brinj? the war to an early and suc cessful conclusion. Not only must the most rigid economy in the consumption of foodstuffs be practiced, but an enormous increase in their produc tion must be made as well. Therefore, 1 deem it my further duty to advise the citizens of this community to make extraordinary efforts to increase the culti vation of foodstuffs, and for this purpose to utilize all labor that can be spared from, other occupations, and nil cultivatable land that ia now idle. The labor and ground ordinarily given up to ornamental cultivation may well be dedicated for the time being to this patriotic and humane purpose. Let It not be said that in the adoption of wise and patriotic measures for the successful prosecution of the great struggle for the world's liberty upon which our nation has entered this community has not done its full part. CAL E. COX, Sheriff. Crow Elk-hart $850 F. O. B. Alliance The New Era $735 F.O. B. Alliance nave The Rumer Motor Co. Distributors For Crow Elk-hart & New Era Cars sjr- For Western Nebraska Agents Wanted In Unoccupied Territory DEALERS: Write or wire us at once. We have cars for immediate delivery. We deliver cars not promises. THE RUMER MOTOR CO. Dealers in Auto Tires and Accessories ALLIANCE, Phone 290 NEBRASKA