Arizona republican., 1913-12-12
Representative HobsOn is Championing Prohibition Constit u tional Amend ment Resolution Drags
 Enemy into Controversy
AMID WILD CHEERS
 IN HOUSE GALLERY
Hobson Declares That Issue Between Them is Not Personal, But Contest Be tween Liquor Interests and Moral Forces

1 WASHINGTON. December H. Shatering the rules of the house of lrepresentatil es. the champions of pro- hibition who packed the galleries late I today broke into repeated outburst- l of aplause and actually shouted from tbeir seats as Representative Rich ard Pearson Hobson of Alabama 1 rleaded for a resolution that woull i submit constitutional prohibition tarlendment to the states.
 1 The extraordinary demonstration i continued unrestraneG for many minutes while Hobson discussed the 1 I1 ohibition question. and was not i checked until the speaker had drawn 1 into controversy his colleague. Repre- sentative Underwood who is now op- posing him in the race for the sen ate The injection of personal poli- l tics into the situation brought the majority leader to his feet with i reply to Hobson. that precipitated ap- i rlause from members on the floor 1 Quiet was restored when Representa- i tive Mann Of Illinois insisted that the i house rules be observed.
 ! In the course of his speech. MT.
 I1obson had said: We ought to have our party understand now while tho war is on that it was never intended fa~ an alliance with the liquor in terests. Yet there is q great demo- crat. great Alabamian, who is present today who recently amour ced that at least the way I read the reports. if prohibition continues to be injected into democratic poli- ties. either prohibition will be ground 10 dust or the democratic party must die I take second place to no man ho loves his party and let me tell you that if the democratic party can cnly live by joining with the liquor interests to debauch the American people then in Gods name net die MT Hobson's words drew from
 Inc packed galleries prolonged cheer ing. The stamping of feet in the gallery increased the din. Before the
 tUmult had subsided. Representattv UnderWoO who had been listening quietly up to this time arose. and cheers and hand-clapping from dem ocratic and republican members on the floor greeted him
 T wish to gay 70 the gentlemen rl om Alabama" Mr. Underwood be- gan, that I regret exceedingly that in presenting this petition for the
 cause of prohibition 10 the house that
 he should have drawn into his speech q partial utterance of mine that mis- interprets my remarks. At some oth- CT time in the proper place, I will
 Interpret my own remarks"
 MT HObson replied that he thought
 he had been Justified in his remarks
 that he had correctly quoted AIr. Un- derwood. suggesting that the latter be
 given all the time he wanted to ir
 terpret his remarks to the house Cheers came from the gallery and MT.
 Underwood again rose
 "I shall do nothing to detain this
 house now" he said, the gentleman
 from Alabama has made partial
 statement that did not reflect my
 views do not think that the floor
 of this house with public business on
 hand will be the proper place for the gentleman and myself to drag out
 rersonal differences I occupy the
 position of the leader of my party in
 this house. l can not. occupying that
 position, engage in a personal con
 troversy with the gentleman from
 Alabama. as it might work injury to
 the party.
 When the gentleman attempts to
 introduce a personal issue here he
 injures his own cause in the estima- tton of many of our own people. hope for the remainder of the time
 that we are engaged in a personal
 political conflict that he will let it
 he fought out in the fields of poll
 tics and let us devote our time here
 to the discussion of public business
 without the injection into it of our personal differences
 Applause from the floor followed
 Then MT. HobsOn declared that the
 personal issue had become national
 question and that the senatorial fight
 in Alabama was such that the liquor
 interests on one side and the moral
 forces on the other had made it national question: