The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-03-10
CONGRESS MAY
KILL LIQUOR AT
THIS SESSION
Prohibitionisfs Confident Thsy
Can Pass Amendment Barring
IT. Manufacture
VETS PIN FAITH 10
STATES RIGHTS DOCTRINE
Believe Measure WIN Re In
tenssly Repusnaat = DEM
oerats

wASHIN0Tots. March 1O.--Prohibi.
tion leaders in Warrington are con-
adsnt that the present congress will
ton which forbids the sale. manu-
facture. transportation, for sale or i'm
rortati0n Of Intoxicating liquors. Sem
ator Sheppard. Of Texas, who intro
duced the resolution providing for
this amendment In the sengte, u
equally conhdent that II will pass.
whtlc Representative Hobson. who In
troducad similar resolution In the
house. believes that II the matter ever
comes on the moor Of the house It u
certain to 60 through.
While the antiSaloon forces IN
Washington say that. while they may
not be able to get the required In
|dorsemeuta from the legislatures Oh
~ o.thirds Of the states just now, II
will only be- = matter Of time. Ten
years ID the maximum which they
allow themselves for driving hquor
out Of the United States: the extreme
optiinists make It ave.
Hearings on Senator 0heppar0's
resolution before the sub-committee
Of the judiciary committee. 70 which
| Il has been referred. are expected IN
the very near future. and II n be.
lieved generally that the report to
| the full committee will recommend
that the resolution will be sent to
the senate for an open vote.
On. the other hand the opponents OF
| the bill rely upon q certain degree OF
administration influence. They point
to the previous record OF President
Wilson, who, when he wa5 governor
| Of New Jersey, prevented al attempts
| to pass q state prohibition bill on the
ground that 1t was local legtslation'
| On the grounds Of States rights
the hold that the passage OF -
gheppard-Hobson resolution II repug-
unnti to the entire Democratic party
This, they feel. will be In itself enough
to defeat the resolution II It should
ever come to q vote.
Feel sure o. 10 Passaes.
Prohibition adherents are strong In
the belief that II the proposed resolll.
ton can be brought TO q vote Il II
eure Of passage. They point to previ
oms legislation along the same lines,
saying that they are certain Of their
own friends, which all those who are
lukewarm will be afraid to vote
against the resolution, as 1t will mean
their political death. They make no
secret Of the fact that they are
anxious to obtain the Views Of each
member OF the house and senate and
that they will wage the bitterest kind
OF q fight against any man who re.
fuses them support.
Senators Chiffon, Fletcher. Shields
rJllnsham and Borah. who form the
subcommittee which has the Shep
pard resolution In charge. are. - Z
result, In peculiar situation. II II
believed that Chiffon. Dillingham; and
Borah will form majority who viii
report In favor Of placing the 0hep
pard revolution before, the senate. The
Auti-Saloon league leaders IN wash
lngtor say that Fletcher and Shield
Will also take the same stand. Thsy
back this assertion By calling atten
tion to the fact that the passage o.
the resolution II yimply In the nature
Of . r6fefendun, plactnG the matter
IbeSors he state legislaturss. an1 thai