The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-24
 PASSES HOUSE Submits Statewide Cues ton to People. TWO AMENDMENTS TO BILL Measure Now Goes Back to Senate
 For Concurrence. rsil.hassee Was sthi Crowded Yes terasy Win wo.-. Supporters
 of Prohibitiop--Lusehes ana
 aDryv Beverages Served.
TWO AMENDMENTS TO BILL

Tallahassee, Fla. April 23.-F1orida today took long and unexpected step toward statewide prohibition.
 The House of Representatives by an overwhelming vote. adopted the Me- Mullen joint resolution providing that in 1910 the voters shall decide whether they wish to have forever prohibited in the State of Florida" the .manu- facture, sale. exchange and barter of all Intoxicating liquors and beyerages."
 The story of the unexpectedly strong fight by the prohibitionists is told in the count of the teliers in tse Legis- lature during the past two days. Yes- terday the vote in the Senate on the McMuiIen resolution stood twenty four for and seven against and this after noon the House vote was fifty-three for and sixteen against
 The nti-prohibitiohists fought hard for i've hours on the floor of the House today and finally Speaker Ferris, of Jacksonville, left the chair in order to speak against the McMuiien meas ure. He pleaded for local option, for the carrying out of the platform upon which Governor Giichrist was elected which is local option. There were many tense moments during, the Fer ris speech aud they were made dou. bly dramatic by the knowledge of the fact that he had remained ct his post to lead the minority despite word from home that his small daughter lay dan Rerously i'll, and possibly at the point of death. The vote quickly followed the speakers appeal.
 Tallahassee today was still crowded with women supporters of prohibition prepared to furnish the moral support of their presence and campaign songs and physical support in the shape of tempting lunches and "dry" beverages to the legislators lighting the protract- ed Statewide battle on the floor of the House.
 The House adopted an amendment to the McMuilen bill making that inc strument read The manufacture, sale, exchange or barter of liquors is. pro hibited. Previously the bill read. Man ufacture or sale or other disposal"
 Representative McWiilianis of St. Johns. offered an amendment allowing voters to express their choice between the following: statewide prohibition, rtohshifanisfs opposed this Anendmept and d sharp dehata followed. N
 The NfcwiIiians anisndment wAs de-
 The House then voted to waive the rules and to pass the McMullen bill to third reading, and put it on hnal- pass age It was also voted to remain Tn AGAaN0n
 The Senate today postponed action on the Beard bill for the disfranchise- ment of negro voters untrl Wednesday Action on the Beard statutory prohi- httion bill also was postponed pending the outcome of the McMuiien bill.
 The Vote.
 Tailahassee. Fla- April 2s--(speciaLl } -.I,et Jacksonville clean herself of xt.s, a,, . ,,A xve will ,xilifnrIy vote her the capitol" shouts Hon. !. F. Rich bourg, representative of Walton coun-
 West Florida rebresentatives dis tinsuish themselves in prohibition fight. for out of the fourteen, only one lines up with the "wets" = Escambia county stood together. both wiggins and Stokes voting to submit the resolution to the people. The vote stood yeas: Alexander, Bo- land, Brown, Carter, Carn. Clark. Con way, Cox. DolSe, Durrauoe, Epperson, Godfrey. Grace. Hardee. Huiburn, Hodge, Hull. Kelly, King, Knight. Light, Litteli, Mahaffy, McCaskill. Me- Kenzie. of Washington. Miller. Moore, Nicely, Newton, / Ogelive, Pattishal1, Peaden, Registef. Richbourg. Robert son, Shepard. Stokes, strinser. Taylor. Thaggard Thornton. Tidweli. Tram nell. Wall, Watford, Wiggins. Wilson and Page. 62.
 Nays: Acree, Bianton. Butler, Bynum, Calkins, Chaires. Chase. Davis. Demp- sey. Dupont. Hatcher, Knowles. McWii- Hams, Smith, Stewart, Wells and Speaker Paris. 1T.
 McWilliams requested to change his vote with Representative W. E. B. Smith. of Jackson. the only wet" Rep resentative from West Florida