Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-03-03
FOR STATE Wide
PROHIBITION
Legislative Resolution Looks, to
Constitutional Amendment.
MOVE COMES As A SURPRISE

MOVE COMES AS A SURPRISE
Predicted That Resubmission viii
Carry In Lower House, but its Fate
In Senate Depends on Committee to
Which 1t is Referred.
Des Moines, March 2.-The Thirty
third general assembly OF Iowa has
troubles on its hands now, and the
question of how to dispose of the per.
picking problem is one that is max.
ing the members wakeful at nights
and restless and peevish in the day.
time. And it is all because the legls-
latiye committee on suppression of
intemperance In the house saw fit
last week, just before the body took a
six days holiday, to vote out for pas
sage the bill providing for submitting |
to the voters the question of state.
wide prohibition. The resubmission
is to come in the way of constitu-
tional amendment, which will eradi.
cate liquor from the states borders
To be sure it will take at least six
years to make the law effective should |
it be finally ratified by the people, but
in the meantime Iowa will be in the |
throes of one continuous campaign and |
all records for political excitement OF
the past will be surpassed every week
in every year of the six.
Vote in House Will Be Close.
The bringing out of the resubmis |
sion amendment came as woeful sur.
prise to the membership of the two
houses and very few have been will
ing to express an opinion on the ques-
ton. Tomorrow, however, the legis,
lators will return to the capitol after
They will have recovered their equilib
rum somewhat from the first shock OF
having the liquor bomb SO unceremoni.
ously cast into their midst and will |
be in position to take stand on the !
question. What this stand will be is. |
of course, all guesswork at present. |
hut it is pretty safe prediction that |
the resubmission amendment will pass
the lower house of the legislature as
/, it came from the committee. The vote |
will be CLOSE. but the friends of the
measure are insistent In their claims !
! that enough of the members are
| pledged to the reform to assure its
adoption.
M-v ee smothered in Senate
The fight will then be transferred to
the senate and the fate of the BIZ;
,hara will denena. IN = cons;der.hIe a.
TOW, IN tho eomm;ttee Ia which I,ien,
I ,ana,t ,.ovarror clarke NAV SOC Il,
1 -, refar i, n will be moro favorahIy
| received nv me COMMITTEES an 5unnres
I, e,on of intamnerance than any Other
! hrt there is arpument and reason IN
eurno.inn mat ,be nras,dins off;cs,
J ,yii, eend i, On the cons,it,t;n,o n
.mendpent committee shor,d he dc
e. ,hora is good nrosnect that TIA
,v,,,o ,,.+tar NIL, no smnthere FIR m.
,resant and in the closing rush os, ,h.
sssemh,v Inst sight Of altogether
! Eor m.ny Years tho nrohih;torv
amendment has been a ghost which
! hos ,nne,rad to trouble the Legislators
I az iowa hut heretofore it's upponents
have succeeded IN one way or another
n having II kent from omen view of
the nublic
e,,,.s Marshal, aiu Also
On tim of this movement on the
mort ~ the temnerance workers.
which is plaguinp the representatives,
there is tho state marshal bill, which
/ has tnr It's object the creation of a
,oroa ~ et.ta officials whose duty n
viii no IN SEQ that liouor laws are en-.
rorood IN ali narts Of The common,
wealth This I'LL has been before the
legislature for several years and two
vaars 400 was nassed' through the sen.
.ta MT failed IN the house Now i,
10 anna,ent the object of its introduc.
,ion';s 10 force the members to make
| choice hetween constabulary control
) =, No ,;,nor trafic ana actnal nrohi.
!, h;,inn rhe move is shrewd one and
mo-, he effect,ve
pefor. poin. into session tomorrow
a. &c announced tho democrats of both
honsae will, hold a caucus and agree on
: nro.ram M action regarding ,iouor
! Iaa,s,ation II ia nrobable their first
5 onen move IN defeat the nrohibttorv
naaasnra VIII no in an effort To have
: tho Nil, racommitted To The house
! oor,r,i,tae on constitutions, amend.
mants II thew fail in This thew will
" f,eht the question out on the floor
), though expecting to be defeated. AS
;, stated before the chances are that
/, they will be defeated and the real de.
cision as to whether Iowa will be