Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-05-13
Against the Amendment.
Not Recorded on Amendment.


rider which provides for the doubling
Of the rate Of taxation, the resolution
on submitting to the people the state
wid" prohibition amendment was
passed by the senate Wednesday aft
crnOon by a vote Of % to S, two sen.
ators not voting.
The senate also eliminated the
clause in the amendment making the
change effective in 1913.
The amendment will be operative
Immediately if adopted by the people.
The resolution now goes to the
house. IT is generally believed that
the lower body will disapprove of the
plan to increase the rate of taxation,
and, owing 10 the short time the lcgis.
laturc will be in session, action Is
not considered likely.
Dry advocates are much chagrincd
by the vote Of the senate.
Members of the house said they
would no, agree to either OF the
amendments. The house is expected
TO refuse to concur In these amend
IH''lllS anu 'h' Sflldle VIII I'luSt w
rrccdc, leaving the submission meas.
urc up in III" air.
Wednesdays battle In tn" senate
was a surprise to both sides, for
neither had II correct poll of the sen
ate. The prohibitionists expected a
substantial victory. They figured that
both committee amendments would
BE- lost. The opposition estimated that
the Conran proviso would be adopted,
but that the tax rider would be de-
icatcd.
The surprise of the day was the
speech and subsequent vote of Senator
Peek of AtchisOn county, who. two
years ago, Numbered for submission,
and then. as at this session, was the
author of the only submission measure
pending in that body that bore the
official stamp of the prohibitionists.
Hut it developed that Ii" had been
converted to the belief that wide
prohibition should not be submitted
To the people without a tax rider that
would insure the return by direct tax
alton of the q that would GER
tainly be lost In The event Of The pro
hibi,ion being adopted. II was only
AT the end of n long speech that the
senator expressed this view, and that
gave the anti.prohibtionists their first
genuine hope Of a victory, which later
fell easily to their lot,
Most of the speeches were made IN
the taX.rider amendment. There was
no debate on the measure after the
two amendments submitted by the com.
mittcc were adopted. The debate
took in n wide scope, as usually hap
pens when such questions are under
consideration and the speakers are
not held down strictly to the question
Immediately before them.
Greene SWINGS the Hammer.
This later argument left a %loophole.
which Senator Greene of Kansas City
was quick to take advantage Of and
use with telling effect. lie contended
that IL the people should adopt con
stitutional prohibition in November,
1910. there would no longer be any
power vested I'm the state, counties or
municipalities to collect dramshop II
Ccnsc. He made the closing argument,
he did not forget to hammer on the
fact that 1t would be impossible to
collect any dramshop licenses follow
ing the adoption Of prohibition. and
and. although he talked considerable
about the evil result that would fol.
low In Jackson county and Kansas
City II prohibition should be adopted,
that every part Of the state would suf-
fer. even the dry counties. because
they would be derived of their share
OF school one a%ccruing to the state
from dramshop license,