The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-01
Measure Repassed Within
Two He--s After Veto
Message Was Laid
Before Senate
EFFORT TO OVERRIDE
| VETO WILL BE I
IN THE HOUSE TODAY
Little Time Is Taken by Senate in
Repassing Bill-Taft's Objection
to Measure Based on Consti-
tutiOnal Gr0unds-Confi-
dent Bill Will Pass
THE DAY IN CONGRESS.


Senate: Met at 10 o'clock
Passed resolution calling on Sec
retary of Treasury for all corre-
spondence relating to treasury or
der No. 5. requiring customs re-
ceipts to be deposited in national
banks.
Senator Sheppard introduced bill
to forbid change of size and color
of present paper money.
Considered private pension bills.
Passed military academy appro-
priation bill, carrying $1,125,00O.
Senator Owen introduced reso-
luton calling on Secretary of the
+ Interior for all correspondence on
proposed Usage Indian oil land
leases.
Passed over Presidents veto the
Webb bill to prohibit shipment of
liquor into dry states.
House: met at IL 80 o'clock
Passed resolution to present bust
of Representative Cannon for the
House office building.
Miscellaneous legislation.
Passed joint resolution to require
President to return a bill pre-
scribing an eight hour law for
dredgemen on river and harbor i'm
provements.
Refused to concur in Senate
amendments adding $7,000,000 to
House sundry civil bill carrying
s113.000.000 and asked for confer
ence.
Passed Senate bill to regulate
manning of coastwise vessels.
Adjourned at 1907 p. m. until
1880 a. m. Saturday
Passed naval appropriation bill with
an amendment to authorize the con-
struction of two battleships.
Adjourned at 1851 p. m. until 10
a. IN. Saturday.
Washington, February 2s.--The
vrhb iiauer hill. probihisinR the ship
,cnf Of iiauor into "dryv states was
rpnssed In the SENATE today over
resident Taft's veto within two hours
rom the time the Presidents message
h djsapproraI had been laid before
hat body.
a short debate. In which the advo-
ates OF the bill voted down a motion
o postpone action until tomorrow and
N which they reaffirmed their belief
lint the measure Is constitutional,
he large majority of 6s 10 Fl.
The Webb bill passed both Houses of
congress and went TO the President 10
lays ago. His veto message reached
iIse Senate about o'clock today, ac-
by an opinion from Attorney
General Wickersbam. Basing his de-
eision npon the Attorney Generals
findings, the President expressed the
belief that the measure WINS clearly un-
eonstitutionnl because 1t gave the
states the right to interfere with inter-
,tnte commerce.
Is Takes Up Bill at Once
\ The Senate took up the bill at once,
Attorney General Wickersham's opin-
pn was not read and Senator Kern
sked that a final vote on the over
iding of the veto be delayed until to-
borrow, so senator's might have the
opportunity TO examine the Attorney
;enerars arguments. A motion made
,y Mr.. Kern TO postpone the vote until
p o'clock tomorrow was defeated II
b 3.
Senator MeCumber declared both the
resident and the Attorney General has
hisconstrued the grounds upon which
congress had passed the prohibition
Aw. He said 1t had not attempted to
i've the states the right to interfere
kith commerce. but had simply 1e-
Jared liquor an "outlaw" and had then
Irescribed conditions under which 1t
light enter Interstate commerce. Sena-
Ige OF the bill; while Senators Payn-
er and Percy advocated support of
resident Taft's veto.
The vote follows:
Vote on Measure
4 TO override the Presidents veto
enators Ashurst. Borah, Brady. Bris-
ow, Bryan, Burnham. Burton, Cham
erlain, Chiffon, cIapp, Clarke tArkan-
as), Crawford. Culberson, Cullom,
tummins, Curtis. Dillingham;. Dixon
fall, Fletcher. Gallinger. Gamble, Gard
err, Gore. .Gronna, Jackson johnson,
ohnston, Jonessa * avananap, Kenyon,
kern. Lea. Lodge alcgfsnsber. Martin,
iytt - AScioois 4NtW idl0<t tJil ilfEI1 Ottt-,
pan, Owen, Page. Pittman. roindea ter.
lheppard, Shively. Simmons saith
Arizona). Smith (GeoIgta3 SniIts
Maryland), Smith (Michigan}. SsnltA
South Carolina), Snoot Swanson.
fhomas, Thornton, Tillman, Town
end. Webb, Williams, Works. total.
l3.
To- sustain the Observation-Disclosures,
Brandegee. Catron, Crane, Dupont, Fos-
ter, Guggenheim Mclean, MARITIME.
D'Gorman, Paynter, Penrose. Percy.
Perkins. Pomerene. Richardson, Root,
stephenson, Sutherland. Warren, Wet
more. Total, II.
Effort will be made tomorrow to
override the veto in the House. Rep
resentative Clayton of Alabama will
move 10 take up the veto for the pur-
pose Of passing the bill over the Presi-
dents head, as soon as the House con-
senes. Representative Webb, author of
The bill, declared he had as~olute( con-
- Aiies sns tpass
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