Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1907-11-21
SEVERAL MEASURES READY TO
BE PRESSED.
NO CANTEEN REVOCATION
Hope to Make All Liquor Carried A.
Interstate Commerce Subject to
State Laws At State Lines-Oppo-
..sition On the Aler.-Heip Expected
From the South.

congress who have made I'D their
minds that a little legislation" pro.
gram will be easy to carry out at the
next session are counting withcu,
the prohibitionists. 1t may not be .
nard task to ignore the recommends,
tons of the president, but the total
abstainer's phalanx stays daily in the
held and is tireless in attack.
Ihe promise is that more than a
pnaianx is to put in the winter cam.
paignlng at the capital, and that a
thlrstless army is making ready for
the invasion. Save In the matter of
the anti-canteen law congress never
mas been generous in yielding to the
demands of the prohibitionsts. 1t has
been declared wickedly that time and
again that the senators and repre-
sentatlyes gave way on the canteen
simply because the soldiers are few
In number and never vote.
/ Inc experience of the past has not
unnerved or unmuscled the working
apostles of prohibition. Those who
live in the capital are saying with an
unusual freedom and words of the
same tenor come from without the dis
! trlct-that congress this year will pay
heed to mem as never in the past,
and that before another year has
gone there will be three distinct pro
hibition enactments on the national
statute books.
The advocates of dry measures
seem to be certain Of success, but
there are those who believe that the
congressman will find a way ID circum-
vent them without great danger of
loss of vote.- in districts in which pro-
hibition is the rule of faith.
The great Roadway prohibition has
made in the south, of course, has
given the abstainers their strong hope
that the victory in many states may
be repeated in the capital of the ma
ton. They are counting on the support
OF members OF congress from those
parts of the south hich voted the
the matter perfectly coldly, it seems
to be extremely doubtful if the Ala
bama and Georgia and some other
states members will vote in congress
as their constituents voted at the
polls.
Not many members from the south
are prohibitionists at heart. They
think compulsory dryness of throat is
a good thing for the negro, and they
gave sanction to prohibition as a
measure of safety to the white peo-
pie, and especially to the white wo-
men. When it comes TO voting for pro-
hibition in the District of Columbia
and all government reservations, it is
the belief of most of the officials in
Washington that the prohibitionists
will find the southerners less than
lukewarm.
Friends of prohibition hope for the
enactment of three laws and to pre-
vent the repeal of fourth. They will
have no trouble in doing TIE rest OF
the work Il, which they will set their
hands. This is what the prohibition
lists wish to do at the coming session
l. Procure the passage of the so.
called Hepburn-nolliver bill.
2. Stop the sale or liquor in the
District OF Columbia.
}. Extend absolute prohibition over
all government reservations.
4. Defeat every effort to restore
the canteen in the army.
The Hepburn-Dolliver bill is not
only first on the list, but first in ne
hearts of advocates of abstinence. The
measure is an old friend Of the pro
hibitionists, as it is an old enemy OF
members who have felt the necessity
of seeking shelter whenever the sub.
jeet has been up for discussion. Mem.
oers OF the house committee on inter.
state commerce especially have found
the bill thorn in every one of its
provisions.
In brief, this measure provides thar
all liquor which has been shipped in
interstate commerce shall become sub
| ject to the police laws of the state
into which it is sent AS the law now
is, liquor shipped into prohibition ter
ritory frequently is made an object of
sale by the person to whom il is ad-
dressed. The proposed law, it is said.
would give the local police a power OF
seizure which they do not have now.
and thus the Illicit sale of strong drink
could be prevented by eating it on
at the source.
in the fight for the interstate com
merce measure. which will be intro
6aeed anew as soon as congress opens
its session, the prohihitionits perhaps
viii be able to command considerable
southern support lacking for the other
measures. The southern members are
anxious TO make prohibition in the
home states where 1t has been adopt
ed OF kind that prohibits. But the
northern republicans, aided BY the
northern democrats, may prevent the
bill from reaching the stage where q