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Amendment Submitted
to States
A WafcUinefon illanatclu dated Dec. 17. says:
isjatipna'l prohibition won In the house today
with t)id passage of tho resolution submitting to
thq stale legislatures an amendment to the fed
eral qqnslitution forbidding the manufacture, sale
or. imporj; of Intoxicating liquors for beverago
purposes In tho United States or its territories.
Tho vote In tho House taken after a day of
debate bbforq crowded galleries, was 282 to 128
With the parties dividing almost evenly. Tho
margin for prohibition was oight votes more
than tho two-thirds voto of tho membership of
ttho house required for adoption, and 2G more
,than twothlrds of thoso voting.
Both, wots and drys had been predicting vic
tory all day, and It was not until the last few
names had been called that tho anti-prohibition
forces conceded thoir defeat. When Speaker
Clark announced tho result the victors wero
jolnod by tho galleries in such a demonstration
as Is raroly permitted in tho house. Former
, Secretary Bryan, an Interested spectator nearly
all day, appeared on tho floor and Joined in re
ceiving congratulations with Representative
Webb of North Carolina, who had led tho fight.
Tho resolution adopted by tho house was
changed by committee amendments somewhat
from tho form In which it was adopted by tho
senate August 1, 1917, by a vote of 65 to 20.
Tho houso amended tho resolution so as to put
, nation-wide prohibition into effect one year
,; from tho tlniqtho necessary number of states
ratified thq proposed amendment, gavo congress
, apd thq Mates 'concurrent powers for legislation
, to onforco tho amendmqhl when it becomes of-
fqctlvo, anil extended tho time 'limit for ratifi
cation tosovon ,y5ars. As it passed the senate
, this tlrao Hijmwas six years.
An amendment by Representative Lea of Cal
ifornia providing that prohibition should not
apply to light wines and beer, was rejected by
a rising voto of 232 to 107.
TEXT OP RESOLUTION
Following Is tho resolution as adopted:
"Resolved by tho senate and house of repre
sentatives, that tho following amendment to the
constitution bo, and hereby is, proposed to tho
states to become valid as a part of tho constitu
tion when ratified by tho legislatures of tho sev
eral states as provided by the constitution:
"Articlo Section 1 After ono year from the
ratification of this articlo the manufacture, sale
or transportation of intoxicating liquors within,
tho Importation thereof Into, or the exportation
thoroof from tho United States and all territory
subject to the jurisdiction thoreof for beverago
purposes Is hereby prohibited.
"Sec. 2. Tho congress and tho several states
shall hayo concurrent power to enforce this
articlo by appropriate legislation.
Sec. 3. This articlo shall not be in opera
tion unless it shall havo been ratified as an
t amendment to the constitution by the legisla
s tures bf the several states, as provided in the
. coristltutlbn. within seven years from the date of
-the submission thoreof to tho states by the con-
it
gross.
SENATE ADOPTS AMENDMENT
. . The Sonato on Tuesday, December 17, com
pleted congressional action by accepting tho
.resqlutlon fls .passed by the houso, 47 to 8, with
out' a rplt-call.
Immediately after tho senate convened Sen
ator Sheppard of Texas called up the national
prohibition amendment and moved that the
senate concur in tho house amendments. Vice
President Marshall ruled that a two-thirds vote
would bq required for concurrence.
TILE ROLL CALL
DEMOCRATS TOTING AYE
Yeas, Democrats Adamson, Alexander, Al
mon, Ashbrook, Ashwell, Ayres, Banlchead,
Barkloy, Barnhart, Beakes, Bell, Beshlin, Black!
Boohor, Borland, Brand, Brodbeck, Brumbaugh
Burnett, Byrnes, South Carolina; Byrnes, Ten
nessee; Candler, Mississippi; Caraway, Carlin
Carter, Oklahoma; Clark, Florida; Claypool!
Collier, Connolly, Texas; Connelly, Kansas'
Cox, Crisp, Decker, Denton, Dickinson, Dill,
mxon, Doolittle, Doughton, Drane, Evans, Fer-
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MISSISSIPPI FIRST TO RATIFY THE
AMENDMENT
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A Jackson, Miss., dispatch, dated Jan.
8, says: Fifteon minutes after the sub-
ject was presented in Gov. Bilbo's mess-
age to tho state legislature both houses
today ratified the proposed prohibition
amendment to the federal constitution.
Only eight dissenting votes were cast.
The Mississippi assembly is the first to
act on the proposed amendment.
In tho lower house the vote was 93 to
3, and in the senate, 32 to 5. Represent-
atives from Warren county, in which
Vicksburg is located, cast the only neg-
atlvo votes in the house. In the senate
the votes were from scattered districts. '
VIRGINIA FOR DRY U. S.
A Richmond, Va., dispatch, dated
Jan. 11, says: Virginia's ratification of
the federal prohibition amendment was
completed tonight when the house of
delegates endorsed the measure by a vote
of 84 to 13. The senate by a vote of
30 to 8 approved the amendment yester-
day.
KENTUCKY FOR PROHIBITION
A Frankfort, Ky., dispatch, dated Jan.
14, says: Both houses of the Kentucky
assembly today ratified the proposed
prohibiticn amendment to the- federal
constitution. '
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ris,. Fields, Fisher, .Flood, Foster, Gandy, Gar
rett, Tennessee; Garrett, Texas; Glass, Godwin,
North Carolina; Gregg, Hamlin, Harrison, Mis
sissippi; Harrison, Virginia; Hastings, Haydem,
Helm, Helvering, Hensley, Hilliard, Holland,
Hood, Houston, Howard, Hull, Tennessee; Hum
phreys, Jacoway, Johnson, Kentucky; Jones,
Texas; Jones, Virginia; Keating, Kehoe, Kelly,
Pennsylvania; Petner, Kincheloe, Kitchin, Lar
son, Lee, Georgia; Lever, Ltttlepage, Lobre,
Lunn, McClintic, McKeown, Mays, Montague,
Moon, Nichols, South Carolina; Oldfield, Oliver,
Olnoy, Overtreet, Padgett, park, Polk, Price,
Quin, Radsdale, Rainey, Baker, Rayburn, Rob
inson, Romjue, Rubey, Rucker, Russell, San
ders, Louisiana; Saunders, Virginia; Sears,
Shackelford, Shallenberger, Shouse, Sims, Sis
son, Snook, Steagall, Stedman, Stephens, Mis
sissippi; Sterling, Pennsylvania; Stevenson,
Sumners, Taylor, Arkansas; Thomas, Thompson,
Tillman, Venable, Vinson, Walker, Walton, Wat
kins, Watson, Virginia; Weaver, Webb, Welling
Whaley, White, Ohio; Wilson, Louisiana
Wingo, Wise, Young,- Texas. Total democrats,
141.
REPUBLICANS IN FAVOR
Ayes, RepublicansAnderson, Anthony, Aus
tin, Bland, Bowers, Browne, Browning. Bur
roughs, Butler, Campbell, Kansas; Cannon, Car
ter, Massachusetts; Cooper, Ohio; Cooper. West
Virginia;. Cooper, Wisconsin; Copley, Costello,
Cramton, Currie, Michigan; Dale, Vermont
Dallinger Harrow Dempsey, Denison, Dillon
Dowell , Dunn, Elliott, Ellsworth, Elston, Em
erson, Esch, Fairfield, Farr, Fess, Focht, Penn
sylvania; Fordney, Foss, Frear,-French, Fuller
Illinois; Good, Goodall, Gould, Graham, Illinois'
Green, Iowa; Griest, Hadlay, Hamilton. Mich!
Hersey, Hicks, Hollingsworth, Hutchinson, Ire
land, James, Johnson, South Dakota; Johnson
Washington; Kearns, Kelley, Michigan; Ken!
nedy, Iowa; Kiess, King, Kinkaid, TCnutson
Kraus, Kreider, La Follette, Langley, Lenroot'
Little, Lundeen, McCormick, McCul och Mc
Fadden, McKenzie, McKinley, McLaughliS
Michigan; Mapes, Miller, Minnesota HK3'
Moores, Indiana; Morgan, Mott, Nebon, Norton'
Osborne, Paige, Parker, New York PetersPlatt'
Powers, Pratt, Purnell, Ramseyer, MIsBlsSim! '
Rankin, Reavis, Reed, Robbins, Rose, Rowe
Rowland, Sanders, Indiana; SandfersNew York;
Scott, Iowa; Scott, Michjgan Sells; Slhnott,
Slemp, Sloan, Smith, Idafio; Smith, Michigan;
Snoll, Steenerson, Sterling, Illintils; Stiness,
Strong; Sweet, Switzer, Temple Tlmberlake;
Towner, Treadway, Vestal, Volstead, Wason,
Wheeler, White, Maine; Williams Wilson, Illi
nois; Wood, Indiana; Woods, Iowa; Woodyard,
Young, Nprth Dakota; Zihlman Total repub
licans, 137. " - '
Ayes, Independents Baer, Fuller, Massachu
setts, 2. Prohibitionist Randall;: 1; Progres
sive Schall, 1. Total independents 4. , -.
Total for the amendment 282.
THESE OPPOSED IT
Nays, Democrats Blackman, Bruckner,
Buchanan, Caldwell, Campbell, Pennsylvania;
Cantrill, Carew, Church, Coady, Crosser, Dale,
New York; Dent, Dewalt, Dies, Dominick, Dool
ing, Doremus, Dupre, Eagan, Estopinal, Fitz
gerald, Flynn Gallagher, Gard, Garner, Gordon,
Gray, Alabama; Griffin, Hamill, Hardy, Heflin,
Huddleston, Hulbert, Igoe, Key, Lazaro, Lea,
California; Lesher, Linthicum, Lonergan, Mc
Andrews McLemore, Maher, Mansfield, Oliver,
New York; O'Shaunessy, Overmyer, Phelan, Pou,
Riordan, Rouse, Kentucky; Sabath Sherley,
Sherwood, Slayden, Small, Charles B. &mjth,
New York; Thomas F. Smith, New York; Steel,
Sullivan, Talbott, Vandyke, Welty, Wilson, Tex
as. Total democrats, 64.
Nays, Republicans Bacharach, Britten, Cary,
Chandler, New. York; Claik, Pennsylvania;
Classon, Orago, Davidson, Davis, Drukker, Dyer,
Edmonds, Benjamin Fairchild, New York; Fran
cis, Freeman, Garland, Gillett, Glynn, Graham,
Iowa; Gray, New York; Greene, Massachusetts;
Greene, Vermont; Haskell, Heaton, Hull, Iowa;
Juul, Kahn, Kennedy, Rhode Island; Lehlbach,
Longworth, Lufkin, MeArthur, McLaughlin,
Pennsylvania; Maden, Magee, Meeker, Merrett,
Moore, Pennsylvania;, Morin, Mudd, Nichols,
Michigan; Nolan, Parker, New Jersey Porter,
Ramsey, Roberts, Rodenberg; Sanford, Scott,
Pennsylvania; Siegel, Snyder, Stafford, Swift,
Templeton, Tilson, Vare, Voigt, Waldow, Walsh,
Ward, Watson, Pennsylvania; Winglow, Mass
achusetts. Total republicans, 62. ,,,,, i-l
. ' Kays, . Independents-T-SocialistLondqn, 1.
Progressive Martin, Louisiana, 1. Total In
dependents, 2.
Total against the amendment 128.
NOT VOTING
Democrats Bathrick, Blantqn, Gallivan,
Goodwin, Arkansas; Neely, Scully, Stephen's,
Nebraska; Tague, Taylor. Total democrats, 9.
Republicans -Capstick, Chandler, Oklahoma;
Curry, California; Eagle, G. W. Fairchild, Hayes,
Heintz, Husted, LaGuardia, Mann, Mason, Miller,
Washington; Rogers, Tinkham. Total repub
licans, 14.
Total not voting, 23.
PAIRS OF ABSENTEES
Stephens, Nebraska, and Neely, West Virginia,
for amendment, with Gallivan, - Massachusetts,
against it; Goodwin, Arkansas, " and Miller,
Washington, for amendment,' . with Tague,
Massachusetts, against, ana Taylor, Colorado,
and George W. Fairchild for amendment, with
Curry; California, against jt. !
CLOSING SCENES ''".
A. Washington special to the New ork World
' under date of December 17, contained the fol
lowing: -.,;. .i;..
"A great demonstration followed; the an
nouncement of the vote in the house. Advocates
of temperance o the floor and in the glllerils
yelled and applauded As the storm of reJoicine
began, Willfam Jennings Bryan entered the haH
Representative Webb, who led the hosts of the
total absta ners, arose and gave the former sec-"
retary of state his seat. ra" sec
"Mr. Bryan had worked hard during the dav
wearing a smile that could not he efflced He
unSthfinw bUt tajlng no dances. S checked
up the debaters and sent out final hurryr calls
nn'f ioSe I? mift become absent He did
not leave his post until thd final announcement
gave him a respite." v . "-"""uncemeni;
BRYAN AGAIN PARTY LEADER'
The following is taken from a special Wash
ington dispatch to the New York S !ZiEZ
date of December 17: - Sun' Hnd.eP'
"With the amendment adopted made nart nt
the constitution not an alcoholic dHrifccid hi
made, sold or transported in this Sbunto Pro
hibition leaders 'from William iSSSlwS' BrvZ.
down declared 'that within reFS.gSS
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