Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1913-01-28
Accident Nav Pass Kenyon Bill.

happv accident. twist of potstles
and nersonal ambitions may deal
terrific blow to the liquor trati1e. me
ereeiaI correspondent Of the Boston
Transcript wires his paper that the
Kanyon- Sheppard bill the object o.
which is to enable the Federal Govern
ment to prevent the shipment ct haues
in interstate commerce into states
whore the sale of liquor is forbidden
is likely to pass. He says The whole
sale liquor interests are discouraged
and gives the following lively sum
mary of the situation:
two N eeks ago it seemed almost
certain that things were sc airahse 90,
in the Senate as to prevent ltlis oilt
from coming to vote. 10y a"eiueii''
however.s a unanimous consent asree-
ment was entered upon, when the OPP
Moments Of the bill have fonha urn
selves unable to break. So. on fep- "
1T three O'Clock in the afternoon etie
hin will be voted upon. Its frlends be-
lieve that they will be able TO secure
ma iority for the measure
-. canvass of the Senate shows that
sonoe senator's at least who nave peei'
irving to block a vote ere now slahe.i't9
aside and will support the blh- II Is
aiso stated that the House commune
on the Judiciary, of which MI. oias
~, ~ Alabama is chairman. Is pfepaf-
80 IN reno,.t out the bill. Repfeseh-
.ati,.as If the wholesale liquor inter-
osts are discouraged. and there Is d
- -, ,,,bicb the bill may be modlhed
in the House committee or IN eoiltei
onca one thing which is operating u
- +ba massage Of the bill at TINS
Session is that the friends al Mr. /" ~
son would prefer not to nave nm en-
Ia ssed by the liquor question d.
tba outset of his Administration. nv
hin embodies an important pflheiPi,,
,,d ono whose constitutonaiatY Hlii
doubtless be seriously contestcd III ~
ao,,t The principle is eXactS ,us
came as that upon which the so"..e,
conviet-made goods bill IS based ai,n
tho massage of the Kenyon bill No1 u,
,,ota the passage of the Boei4ef oiii
practically certain.
.rrhe unanimous consent as1etiie''e
n vote upon the Kenyon Dill cum
abont in curious way. senator 7a1
aars of Tennessee arose in MS seti,
I'D as was his almost daily custom
cent 10 the desk to be read by the clerk
No resolution ordering vote on tfle
1ron1,on hill on such and such DAY.
r,to presiding officer of the senate WI"
10 n,.ned 1T that moment To be Sena-
tor cIanu of Minnesota, asked II t'iefe
Voc objection and, hearing no oplec7
he resolution aSTttb w.
x,rha,an,op Senator Smoot. WHO had
,,sar conyersing with a colleague. IN
en;red what had passed. the ohail
LA hin, and senator Smoot protested
,,igorously. declaring that he had no.
,,aord tho question and That he hao
bean intrusted by the opponents OF the
hill with the task of oplec'lIs " @tis
a agreement to vote upon II. ne '
ate. which always loves close a
ment talked on the technlcahlies u
unanimous consent agreement lor hioi
than three hours. -
..Some senators maintained .ha,
unanimous consent agreements EQUIV
mot be broken: others that unanimous
consent a greements coulo be broken ~
I a twp-thirAs vote still othefs hei"
that unanimous consent agreements
could be broken only DS hldiili'AVs
consent This last view prevailed anu
much To the chaeriE of certain ieSlsia
tors the Senate soon must 90 ON iee
ord on very important quesuon-a
ouestion which is really two questlohs
since If includes the constitutional pro
position and the question of prohini-
ton. :.
1t is pointed out here that after all 1t
may be for the best that TINS matte,
should be settled speedily SO that II
NAV be as speedily forgotten by the
various reform organizations who pa
tiently follow and publish the record III
congressman just before eleetloh INN
Since the next congressional election
is more than year and a half away.
il probably will be to the advantage OF
some politicians to have their vote
on the Kenyon bill far behind them.
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