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-r.r- xi'WBPPgigwf'Wf.y'TnT The Commoner Y.OJi. 15, NO. 1 8 fF t & fc. r Record Vote on the Hobson Bill Tho vote in tho national house of representa tives on tho Hobson resolution to submit a con stitutional prohibitory amendment to tho state legislatures, as compiled by tho Temperance so ciety of tho M. B. church, is a follows. AS tho nows reports of the vote on tho Hobsori resolution contained inaccuracies which failed to do justice to some states, some parties, and somo individuals, wo give below a review of tho record on tho vclto for national prohibition De cember 22. It is classified by states and parties, and is mado accurate by reference to tho Congressional Record and tho Congressional Di rectory. ALABAMA Democrats for: Abercrombie, Burnett, Hob eon, Taylor. Total, 4. Democrats against: Blaclcmon, Dont, Heflin, Mulkey, Underwood. Total, 5. Democrats not voting: Harris. Total, 1. ARIZONA Domocrats for: Haydon. -oV:al,' 1. ARKANSAS Domocrats for: Caraway, Floyd, Jacoway, Oldfleld, Taylor, Wingo, Goodwin. Total, 7. CALIFORNIA Domocrats for: Baker. Total, 1. Progressive republicans for: Boll, Stephens. Total, 2. Domocrats against: Church, Kettner. To tal, 2. Republicans against: Curry, Hayes, Kahn, Knowland. Total, 4. Independent against: Kent. Total, 1. Progressive not voting: Nolan. Total, 1. COLORADO Domocrats for: Keating, Kindel, Seldom rldgo, Taylor. Total, 4. CONNECTICUT Democrats against: Donovan, Kennedy, Lon srgan, Mahan, Roilly. Total, 5. DELAWARE Democrat against: Brockson. Total, 1. FLORIDA Democrats for: Clark, Sparkman. Total, 2. Democrats not voting: L'Engle, Wilson. Total, 2. ' GEORGIA Democrats for: Adamson, Bell, Crisp, How Hrd, Hughes, Park, Tribble, -Walker. Total, 8. ' Democrats againsV. Bartlett, Leo, Vinson. Total, 3, Domocrats not voting: Edwards. Total, 1. IDAHO Republicans for: Fronch, Smith. Total, 2. ILLINOIS Domocrats for; Borchers, Foster, Fowler, Hoxworth, O'Hair, Tavennor, Rainey. Total, 7. Republicans for: McKenzie. Total, 1. Progressives fori Hinebaugh, .Thomson. Total, 2. Progressive republican for: Copley. To tal, 1. Democrats against: Buchanan, FitzHenry, Gallagher, Graham, Hill, McAndrows, Sabath, stringer, Williams, Stone. Total, 10. Republicans against: Britten, Madden, Mann. Total, 3. " Democrats not voting: Baltz, Gorman. - To tal, 2. ' INDIANA ' Democrats against: Adair, Barnhart, Cline, Oox, Cullop, Dixon, Gray, Korbly, Lieb, Morrison, Moss, Peterson, Rauch. Total, 12. IOWA Democrats for: Kirkpatrick. Total, 1. Republicans for: Good, Green, Kennedy, Prouty, Towner, Woods, Haugeu. Total, 7. Democrat against: Vollmer. Total, 1, Republican against: Scott. Total, 1. Democrat -net voting: Connolly. Total, 1. KANSAS Democrats for: Doolittle, Helvering, Tag gart, Connelly. Total, 4. Republicans for: Anthony, Campbell. To tal, 2. Democrat not voting: Neeley. Total, 1. Progressive not voting: Murdock. Total, 1. KENTUCKY Democrats for: Barkley, Johnson, Helm, 1field8, Thomas. Total, 6. Republicans for: Langlqy, Powers. Total, 2. Democrats against: Cantrill, Rouse, Sheriey," Stanley. Total, 4. ff () RECAPITULATION OF THE VOTE THE VOTE BY PARTIES For Prohibition Democrats, 114; re- publicans, 67; independent republicans, 4; progressives, 12. Total, 197. Against Prohibition Democrats, 141; republicans, 46; Independent republican, 1; progressive, 1. Total 189. . 0 THE VOTE BY STATES Solid for Prohibition Arizona, Arkan- sas, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South .Carolina, South Dakota, Tonnessee, Vermont, Washing- ton, West Virginia, Wyoming 18. Gave majority jjor Prohibition Ala- bama, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia 12. Delegation evenly divided Nebraska i. Gave majority against Prohibition California, Louisiana, Maryland, Minne- sota, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tex- as, Wisconsin 9. Solid against Prohibition Connecticut, Delaware, Indiana, Massachusetts, Ne- vadtt, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Utah 8. . Total for prohibition, 30; against pro- hibition, 17; evenly divided, 1. 0 . LOUISIANA Democrat for: Watkins. Total, 1. Democrats against: Aswell, Broussard, Du pre, Estopinal, Lazaro, Morgan. Total, 7. ' , Democrats not voting: Elder. Total, 1 MAINE Republicans for: Hinds, Peters. ' Total, 2. Democrat against: McGillicuddy. Total, 1. Republican not voting: Guernsey. Total, 1; MARYLAND Democrats for: Lewis, Smith. Total, 2. Democrats against: Coady, Linthicum. Price. Talbott. Total, 4. MASSACHUSETTS Democrat for: Dietrich. Total, 1. Democrats against: Gallivan, Gilmore, Mit chell, Phelan, Thacher. Tptal, 5. Republicans against: Gardner,. Gillette, Green, Paige, Roberts, Rogers, Treadway, Win slow. Total, 8. MICHIGAN Republicans for: Crampton, Fordney, Ham ilton, Kelley, Lindquist, McLaughlin, Mapes, Smith J. M. C, Smith, Samuel W. Total, 9. Progressives for: rMacDonald, Woodruff. Total, 2. Democrats against: Beakes, Doremus. To tal, 2. MINNESOTA Republicans for: Anderson, Lindbergh Steenerson, Volstead. Total, 4. ' Democrat against: Hammond. Total, 1. Republicans against: Davis, Manahan, Mill er, Smith, Stevens. Total, 5. MISSISSIPPI Democrats for: Candler, Collier, Harrison. Humphreys, Quin, Sisson, Stephens. Total 7 Democrat against: Witherspoon. Total 1 MISSOURI 4 ' Democrats for: Alexander, Borland, Decker Dickinson, Hamlin, Hensley, Lloyd, Rubey Rucker, Russell, Shackelford. Total, 11. Democrats against: Booher, Gill, Igoe. To tal, 3. Republican against: Bartholdt. Total i MONTAN.A ' " Democrats for: Evans, Stout. Total 2 NEBRASKA ' ' Republicans for: Barton, Kinkaid, Sloan Total, 3. oan' Domocrats against: Lobeck, Maguire, Steph ens. Total, 3. NEVADA Republican against: Roberta. Total. 1 NEW HAMPSHIRE Democrats against: Reed, Stevens. Total ? NEW JERSEY VT ' Democrat for: Baker. Total, 1, Democrats against: Eagau, Hamill, 'Hart, Kirikead, Scully, Walsh. Total, 6J Republicans against: Browning, Drucker, Parker, Tuttle. Total, 4. Democrat not vdting: Townsend. Total, 1. NEW MEXICO . Democrat for; Fergusson. Total, 1. NEW YORK Republicans for: Dunu, Hamilton, iv&llln. Total, 3. Democrats against: Brown, , Bruckner, Can tor, Carew, Clancy, Conry, Dale, Dooling, Dris coll, Fitzgerald, George, Goldfogle, Goulden, Griffin, Levy, Loft, Maher, O'Brien, Oglesby, O'Leary, Patten, Riordan, Smith, Talcott, Under bill, Wilson. Total, 26. Republicans against: Danforth, Ms'tt, Park er, Piatt. Total, 4. 4 . Progressive against: Chandler."" Total, 1. Democrats not voting: .Gittins, McClolkin, Metz, Taylor, Ten Eyck. Total, 5. Republicans not voting: balder, Fairchild. Total, 2. ' ; ' NORTH CAROLINA ' ' Democrats for: Faison, Gudger, Kitchin, Page, Ktedraan, Webb. Total, 6. ' Democrat against: Pou. Total, 1. Democrats not voting: Doughton, Godwin. Total, 2. NORTH DAKOTA Republicans for: Helgesen, Norton, Young. Total, 3. OHIO Democrats for: Francis, Fess, Post, White. Total, 4. Republicans for: Switzer, Willis. Total, 2. Democrats against: Allen, Bathrick, Bowdle, Bulkley, Crosser, Gard, Goeke, Gordon, Key, Sherwood, Whltacre. Total, 11. . Democrats not voting: Ansberry,, Ashbrook, Brumbaugh, Claypool. Total, 4. OKLAHOMA Democrats for: Carter, Ferris Murray, Thompson, Weaver. Total, 6. Republican for: Morgan. Total, 1. Democrat not voting: Davenport. Total, 1. Republican not voting: McGuire. Total, 1.- OREGON Republicans for: Hawley, Sinnott.JTotai,.,2. -Progressive republican' for :Daffe'rty." -Total, 1. .-. PENNSYLVANIA Democrats for: Brodbeck, Carr, Dershem, Dlfenderfer. Total, 4. Republicans for: Butler, Farr, Griest, Kiess, Keister, Kreider, Langham,' Patton, Shreve. To tal, 9. Progressives for: Hulings, Kelley, Lewis, Rupley, Temple, Walters. Total, 6. Democrats against: Bailey, Casey, Donohoe, Lee, Lesher, Palmer. Total, G. Republicans against: Barchfeld, Edmonds, Moore, Morin, Porter. Total, 5. Democrats not voting: Logue, Rothermel. Total, 2. '. Republicans not voting: Ainey,- Burke,- Gra ham, Vare. -Total, 4.- . , RHODE ISLAND ' Democrats against: Gerry, O'Shaunessy. Total, 2. ..' Republican against: Kennedy. Total, 1. SOUTH CAROLINA ; Democrats for Aiken, Byrnes, Finley, John son, Lever, Ragsdale, Whaley. Total, 7. SOUTH DAKOTA " Republicans for: Burke, Dillon. Total, 2. . Republican not voting: Martin. Total, 1. TENNESSEE Democrats for: Byrns, Houston, Hull, -Mc-Kellar, Moon, Padgett, Sims. Total, 7. Republicans for: Austin, Sells. Total, 2. Democrat not voting: Garrett. Total, 1. TEXAS Democrats for: Garrett, Smith, Stephens, Young. Total, 4. Democrats against: Buchanan, Burgess, , Cal loway, Dies, Eagle, Garner, Hardy, Henry, Ray Durn, Slayden, Sumners, Vaughan. Total, 12. . Democrats not voting: Beall, Gregg. . To tai, 2. t UTAH Republicans against: Howell, Johnson. To tal, 2. , VERMONT Republican for: Plumley. Total, 1. Republican against: Greene. Total, 1. VIRGINIA Domocrats for: Flood, Glass,' Hay, Holland. Jones, Saunders, Watson. Total,' 1.: . . Republican for: Slemp. Total, 1. n jgAyj,tty.,. r Hl