Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-22

shackled Victims" he said, today
numbered FIVE million people.
1T shortens life and blights the
offspring" he said, land brings
hundreds of thousands of people TO
drunkards' graves each year. 1t
biights the lives of people before they
are born"
Hobson Yields to others.
Representative Hobson referred to
the graphic charts portraying the
evils of the liquor traffic, and after
speaking ten minutes himself, began
to yield time to other members who
spoke in support of his resolution.
Representative Connolly supported
the amendment, declaring prohibition
had been a success in Kansas, and
Representative Morgan, Of Oklahoma,
also supported it. referring to pro-
hibition in his State.
Representatives Decker Tribble,
Langley, Logue and Bell. Of Califor-
MIA, made brief speeches in favor OF
the amendment. Representative Fer
ris, of Oklahoma, made a vigorous
plea for 1t.
.'I am for national prohibition, be-
cause l believe 1t will do most good"
seid he. (which tugs the stronger at
your heart strings, the churches that
are trying to save your boy or the
liquor interests that are trying to
ruin your boy?"
Mr.. Underwood then, speaking on
the resolution directly, opposed It.
This is not q moral issue, ne
said. mo great progress In the
worlds morality was ever made at
the point of the sword or with the
force of government behind 1t. we
are here today to consider a pro-
posal as to whether certain police
regulations should be turned over TO
the Federal government instead OF
being allowed to remain in the gov
ernment OF various States, where the
founders of the nation placed them.
l believe a man should be as tenn
perate in his mental attitude as In
the treatment of his body"
Charts before the speakers desk
bore prohibition slogans and draped
along the gallery over the speakers
chair was a great strip Of paper upon
which were pasted printed names or
signers of prohibition urging the
adoption of the constitutional amend
ment. There were thousands OF
names and the strip was about 100
feet long.
He declared he favored county
option and that the plan had worked
in Alabama.
II cannot commit myself" he said,
"to a proposal to rob the individual
States of police powers guaranteed
them under the constitution"
Representative Henry led off, ex-
planning that the rule made liberal
provision for debate and amendment.
Mr.. Henry said he would vote for
the rule, but against the resolution.
Representative Campbell, of Kansas,
ranking Republican Of the rules com
mittee, spoke for the rule and the
resolution.
Argument against the rule and
against the resolution was made by
Representative Cantrill. of Kentucky
Incorporate Measure.
sI think this is the most intemper-
ate measure that has come before
this House for years." said he.
Representative Kelly. of Pennsyl-
vania, Progressive member OF the
rules committee, supported the rule
and resolution. He said that the
country was prepared to vote on
prohibition and Congress should give
il opportunity. This resolution is a
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lem,' said he.
Representative Hobson, author OF
the resolution, spoke supporting the
rule. He said more than six million
people had petitioned Congress for
the submission of the amendment.
~If the details of this resolution are
not satisfactory" he said, ''let us
amend 1t. What we seek is scien'-
tific remedy for deep-seated scien-
tific organic disease We see a dis
ease which Is debauching our youth,
through the national organized liquor
traffic, in its search for profits. and
we seek q remedy
More than six million persons and
twelve million organizations have pc
titioned Congress for the referen-
dunn" said Mr.. Hobson. To-day four
teen States are dry and five more are
expected to be In 1918. Today IS per
cent. of all the people of the United
States live under prohibition law en-
acted by their own votes. Seventy
six per cent. Of all the United States
Is dry. No one need talk Of a minor
ity debating TO a majority--a major
ity of the people are dry today. Let
no member imagine this Is a tempo.