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ANOTHER VITAL DECISION.
A Part OF the Iowa Prohibition Law
nertarcd Uncon StttutiOuol


Declared constitutional.
WARRINGTON, March 10. Especial D"-
patch One ot the most imporiant points
mt touched by the decinnn ui the Quilted
Stairs Supreme Cont IN the Kansas cascr
wus decided TO -day. and decided adversely
IN The Prohibilionis,s. The points upon
that part oi the Inwa pnhibltury law iur-
bidding u railrNd bringing intoxicating
liquor into the State except under stringent
regulations.
She Court decides that whilta State may
regulate or rrnhihl the traffic within IT.
own burier, ~ it aces fit, II cannot, without
the consent Of Cong'ea-, expressed or im-
piled, regulate comiperce between its own
peonle aud those Of niher Ststes in order to
tffru i,s end, hawever desirable anch n
regulation might he. The part of the
Iowa statute in question Ia therefore un-
constitutional.
Justice Harlan, Wsito md Gray dissent
ed. The csse in which the decision IL gwen
ia that Of Bowman ct nj, NgRinst the Chi
caso aud Northwestern Railway Company.
This decision puts the liquor question
permanently into National Politics, where
Il must come for Hnal settlement. II a
State has no power to keep out the poison
Gus malt and corn liquors, then there il a
very urgent call for All amendment to the
Rational Constitution prohibiting the man.
ufacture, importation, expectation, trans
portntion and sale Of all alcoholic liquors
aa a beverage.
The Supreme court by this decisslon has
driven another nail in the coffin Of the
Rum Power by showing the folly Of all
local option measures, or State Prohibitory
lave, while the United States holds out il
broad shield over the business.
We never knew stalled team 10 draw
its load while one horse pulled back and
the other undertook the work Of two, and il
seems that some at Washington are getting
ready for this National work. Providence
proYides workers where work 10 to bs
done, and such providential worker seems
to be the suthor Of the following minority
report, which puts Senator Blair's amend
ment before the House for discussion:
A new prophet of National Prohibition
has arisen In the person Of Congressman
A. X Parker OF the 22d District Of New
York. Mr. Parker comes to the front NJ
the champion of the House of the jDint res
olution proposing Prohibition Amend
ment 10 the Federal Constitution, This II
of course the moat extreme OF all temper
ance bills. Here ID the text OF Amendment
resolution;
"Resolved-By the Senate and House o
Representatives of the United States o
| America IN Congress assembled (twoihird
OF each House ooncurring therein.) Tha
the following Amendment TO the Cunstil u
tion of the United States be, and hereby Is
proposed to the States. TO become valid
when ratified by the Legislatures o. three
fourlhs oil the several States, az provided
IN the Constitution
| ARTICLE-.
"SEc. /. The manufacture. imDor tation
expectation, tram sportatiou, and sale of al
alcoholic liquors az n beyernge shall be
and hereby is. forever prohibited In thu
United States apa IN every place suhjec
to their Jurisdiction.
| "SEc. 2. Congress shall enforce this Ar
| tlcle ny all neeuIui ieShHNoh.
This is the resolution Just as il WAS draw
up by Senaipr Blair with The approval O
the National Temperance Society and al
Prohibltionists. In the House it was take
in charge by Mr.. Dingley, sent TO the Ju
dietary Committee, and from IL reporte
adversely with only one dissenting vote
The dissenter was Mr.. Parker, and lie mad
, minority report which is worth quoting
in full. Here it is:
The undersigned, dissenting from the re
port made by the majority Of the Commit
tee herein, respectfully submits
THAT the question of the sale OF alco
holic liquors as beverage, according to ex
Isting Customs. has become recognized a
one oi national scope and importance.
"rhat il il a matter OF com mon Infor
nation that religious societies numbering
many millions in theiS membership urg
the supprs-sion Of the liquor traffic, an,
that extensive aud powerful labor organi-
cations are proclaiming that the dramshop
are the ioe OF the workingmans family, an,
that temperance "a the very corner stone U
prosperity, ard call for the Congressions
aciiun upon the aide of reform; while tn
social industrial and reform societies whicl
exist in almost every community in th
land, and unite the contributions and la
hors Of multiiudes OF earnest and inffusn
tisl men and women, denand natiopal act
ion.
"Ii the people thus speaking are mist~k
en- In their views they may be di-regnrded
but il they are right they ahona br heed
ed.
at Ia not necessary 10 make argument n
to whether they are right or wrong, m il
u matter Of observation or experience wit
almost every one that alcoholic beverage
are injurious to mankind.
i "rltrefore it 10 respectfully nbmitte
that Congress should adopt the resolution
By SO doing il will properly respond to III
jus, requirements Of millions Of America
ciii5enS.
"Ii will also nationalist the tsmpeyAnc
movement and attach Il to the very foun
dation Of our civil organization; 1t wi
challenge the mtientiop. Of tho people from
the most exalted platform from which the
can be add5essed and will deSignate III
States as The battle helds for hnally de
cldins this impending eonaicl."
"a x. PARKER"
The Amendment resolution. by reason
Mr.. Parkers action. is on the calendar, an
nav be considered In the House some tim