Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-01
EXCISE FIGHT IS ON ENTERS Upon DUTES'
House Rejects BurIeson Sub
stitute, III to 1923.
DELAY FOR DISTRICT BILL
Friends of Jones' Works Amendment
Insist on Direct Vote on
That Measure.

BY Il vote of III to 129 the compromise
suggested by Representative Bureson fol
the Jones-WorkS excise amendment to
the District appropriation bill was de-
feated III the House yesterday afternoon
When the vote had been announced il
was found that the District bill, with its
various amendments. occupied the same
position as before Mr.. Burleson made his
motion TO discharge the appropria tons
committee from its further consideration
non-concur in the Senate amendments
except the excise amendment. and to con-
cur in that with an amendment.
The friends of the Jones' Works excise
measure. however, were much elated at
the result of the vote They claim that
it had become evident ,the House would
pass the Jones' Works measure as soon
as it was given an opportunity to vote
upon il.
Immediately after Mr. Burieson had
moved to suspend the rules and adopt
his resolution Mr.. Webb of North Caro-
lima asked if il We're in order to move to
concur in the Senate amendment. and
the Speaker ruled in the negative. saving
the motion must be accepted or rejected
as whole. second TO the motion of
Mr.. BurlesOn was considered as ordered.
with forty minutes of debate ON the mo-
ton to suspend the rules.
Need of Immediate Action.
Mr.. Burleson said that every member
realized the necessity of sending the bill
to conference at once if action is to be
expected within the limited time remain
Ing He said there was only one amend
ment to the bill causing trouble. the ex-
else amendment. He declared he believed
the House could settle this question. but
unfortunately there were two elements
outside of the House unable 10 agree and.
for his part, he would not try to bring
them to agreement In the amendment
offered by the committee, he said, there is
an effort to give the District an effective
regulation of the liquor traffic.
Mr.. Burleson said the amendment did
not affect the saloons now within the pre-
scribed limits until the expiration of their
present license and licenses herea fter to
be granted. He said this amendment
would reduce the number of saloons to
about 30 from the present number of $50.
Not a Prohibition Measure.
Mr.. Webb. taking up the cudgels for
the Jones-Works measure, declared that
il had been falsely called prohibition
measure, that it was merely intended
TO restrict and supervise more carefully
the traffic in liquor in the District. He
insisted that the compromise suggested by
MIR. Burleson would not bring about
changes in the excise law which We're
desired
Mr.. Cannon strongly opposed the enact
ment into law of the Jones' Works BILL
particularly as il came in the form of an
amendment to the District appropria ton
bill He declared that the House had
had no opportunity to consider this meas
ure and would have no opportunity to
consider ii at this session.
Mr.. Willis of Ohio demanded that the
House be given an opportunity 10 vote
on the Jones' Works measure. II do
not propose" he said. lit shall be suf-
located even i'm the daylight by the gen.
tiemen Who have reported this amend
ment. If | know of any way to prevent
it, 1t has been said that there are
not fifty men on this floor who are in
favor Of the Jones-Works bill. If this
is true. why not give the membership of
the House q chance to vote on il in
stead Of strangling it by this PROPOSE
ton"