The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-12-23
BUT MAY BE ISSUE
IN 1915 CAMPAIGN
Hobson Resolution Had Ma
jority But Was Far Short
of Needed Two-Thirds

! tul piOIIulllbil Ntlt I'NAiNN''iS'
d to. day that the defeat by the House last
: night of the Hobson resolution to submit
the constitutional amendment of nation
r al prohibition to the state legislatures
+ meant that the issue was dead so far as
action at this session of Congress is CON
/, cerned
On the other hand, the prohibition
| leaders were triumphantly pointing to
the majority of eight votes for the reso.
luton and they assert that their expec
tations have been fulfilled. They de-
clared that despite their temporary de-
feat they would continue the fight.
Although a resolution of like nature IS
pending in the Senate, having been intro
duced by Senator Sheppard of Texas ad-
mnistration leaders in Congress ex
pressed the belief that it would not reach
a vote As a result of the action of the
House, Prohibition leaders predict that
prohibition will be made national is
sue in the 1916 campaign.
The vote by which the House resolu-
ton was defeated was l97 in favor of
and 1870 against it, An affirmative vote
of two-thirds was required to adopt the
| resolution.
! Party lines were wiped out in the
struggle. Democratic Leader Underwood I
and Republican Leader Mann fought |
shoulder to shoulder at the head of the |
forces opposing the resolution. And I
when the vote came OF the 1877 standing |
for the resolution. ia We're Democratic /
and 6s were Republicans, / were Pro-
gressives and four were independent Re
publicans.
Immediately after announcement OF the
vote the House adjourned and the crowds
which had packed the galleries through
out the prolonged debate dispersed with
mingled expressions Of regret and jubila
tion.
Notwithstanding repeated public as
sertions that many members Of the
on the issue. the rollcall disclosed a
heavy attendance, larger than the aver
age throughout the session. On the final !
ballot 1856 votes were recorded To have ,
carried the resolution would have re- :
quired 2is Affirmative votes. Thus ii 7
failed by 81 votes
As a vote was ordered on the resolu- :
tion itself Representative Hobson made a =
final and dramatic move. a
"Mr Speaker he said Il wish 10 ask I
whether any member Of this House who :
has financial interest in the question .
now pending. who owns stock in distil. r
eries or brewcrcs who owns saloon. =
Dr who has property leased TO liquor in i
-erests can under the rules vote on this ;
question" IA
The speaker explained that the precc. /,
Tents held that IL member was affected
l. one Of class the rule would not pre-
.ent his voting, but that such questions
we're usually left 70 the member himself. n
Those for Resolution.
Voting for thc IIoh.an resolution were
Democrats Abcrcrombie. Adamson.
Ikcn. Alexander Baker. Barkley. Bell =
Georgia. Rorchcr. Rorand. Brodbeck =
burnett Rvrnr South Cardinal. Ryrus "
Tennessee Gambler Nississippil. Cara. ~
.ay Carr Carter Clark Florida Col -
cr Connolly tkansasi. Crisp Decker Il.
lietrick Dcfshcm Dickinson. Offender y.
r. Doolittle. Evans. Fairson. Ferguson. Il
erris Fields Finley Flood Foster. Pow
r. Francis Garrett fTerasB. Glass
Goodwin. Gudgfr Hamlin. Harrison. Uay y.
ayden Helm Hclyerinr Heuslev. IIob.
IN, Holland, Houston Howard. Hox-
orth. Hughes Georgia. Hull. Hum
twys mississippi Iaooway. johnson -
NentuckyI johnson south Carolina ~
lnes. Heating. kiH8elt Krkpatrick
itehen. Lever Lewis MARI 'an1I Llovd
Ckellar Moon Murray NaaiV iWeet
irrinia 01Inir 0l8e1l pnHrett. Page
North Carul'ua Park P1st Q4in Raj.
.v. Raker Ruhev Rucksr RuszeI. =
Iunifrs. ~eli1mriire. shaakleforI
ms Siss0n smith fMarrlan8 smith
reR8s ~rarkman etedman ~taphens q,
.i,s. .i.siTp stephens Texas Stout. vi
sRcart Tavrruer TaFior lAlnhama 49,
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aiker Natkrs Watson. Weaver. rsq
tah Nhsir VINCE. Young Teas i
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