The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1914-12-15
PROHIBITION
ISSUE GOES
BEFORE HOUSE
WILL REPORT RULE FOR CONSTl-
TUTIONAL ENOMENTS-ON-
LY EIGHT HOURS DEBATE
HENRY OPPOSES ISSUE.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE issues of
national prohibition and woman suf-
frage will be placed squarely before
the house of representatives as a re-
suit of action taken today by the house
rules committee, when it decided to
report special rules for the considera-
ton of constitutional amendments on
both subjects. Incidentally the com.
mittee puts an end to all hope of an
| extended holiday recess.
Representative Henry, chairman of
| the rules committee, asserted the rule
on the Hobson prohibition resolution
would be presented Dec. %, and that
their resolution, after eight hours of
debate, would be pressed to a vote
on that date. The suffrage resolution,
he said, will follow Immediately
Means Brief Holiday Rest.
Members of the house who we're
anxious to get away for a Christmas
recess construed the committees ac-
ton as evidence of determination by
democratic leaders to limit the Christ
mas holidays to two or three days.
Prohibition and suffrage supporters
Immediately began to line up their
forces for the coming encounter. Mem.
bers who had determined TO go home
for Christmas whether congress ad
journed or not, revised their program
Representative Henry issued state
ment asserting he would vote against
both of the proposed constitutional
amendments.
1t was generally believed in the
house that the special rules would be
adopted as majority vote only is
required. II was also predicted, how.
ever that the suffrage amendment
would be unable To secure the neces-
sary two-thirds vote in the house, and
confidence that it, too, would be de,
feated.
As framed by representative Hpbson,
the prohibition bill would prohibit the
sale, manufacture and importation and
expectation for sale of Intoxicating
liquors for beverage purposes in the
United States and all territory subject
to the jurisdiction thereof forever"
The suffrage amendment would de-
r1., tIuf -s..l,N .
the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged, on account of
sex
During the day.. the council of one
hundred, organized for united temper.
ance education work last year at Co
lumbus. Ohio, held It's first annual
meeting. The name of the organiza-
tion was changed to the National Tenn.
perance Council and plans considered
to establish a national temperance
exhibit in this city. Daniel Poliny of
Boston was elected president
Senate Democrats Caucus.
Senate democrats in caucus late to.
day decided to speed up the legisla.
tive program to avoid the necessity
of an extra session at the end of the
SiXty-Third congress, March next.
IL was decided to abandon a long
holiday recess, the senators agreeing
to confer with house leaders on
plan to recess over Christmas from
December 22 to Dec. 2S, and to remain
in session New Years week except for
New Years Day 1t also was decided
to hold night sessions of the senate at
least once a week and oftener, If in
the opinion of the steering committee.
It should be necessary.
Appropriation bills will have the
right of way in the senate as rapidly
as they come from the house." said
senator Kern, chairman of the caucus
"The legislative program will not be
extensive otherwise.