Evening star., 1914-12-22
DEBATE
PROCEEDS IN HOUSE
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cient unit in the enforcement of pro-
| hibition law
| Representative Kelly of pennsylvania
| progressive member of the rules com
| mittee, supported the rule and the
| resolution. He said that the country
was prepared to vote on prohibition.
| and Congress should give 1T opportu.
nifty This resolution is national
| solution of a national problem, said ne
| Favors State Control.
| Representative Kent of California
argued that the states were competent
| to deal with the question without fed
eral interference.
| Representative Coady of Maryland
opposed the proposal because of loss
| of revenue.
Representative Howard OF Georgia
| announced his intention of supporting
both the rule and the resolution. The
loss of revenue will be more than made
up by the money saved in the admin
istration Of justice by sobering up the
people of this country from one end to
the other" said he.
Representatives Linthicum of Mary
land. Madden of Illinois and Go1dfogle
of New York opposed the resolution.
The latter quoted from President Will
sons book.
Representative Connolly Of Kansas
supported the amendment. declaring
that prohibition had been success IN
Kansas. Representative Morgan of
Oklahoma also supported it, citing the
experience in his state.
Underwood Favors Vote.
Democratic Leader Underwood made
it clear that the democratic leadership
in the House was in favor Of meeting
the issue with a vote
This is not a temperance question:
said he. 1T never has been. Prohibi-
tion has not produced temperance in the
lands where it has been tried. l re-
gard this question as an attack on the
fundamental principles Of our govern
ment If it is allowed to go on, with
out being met, it will mislead many OF
the people. If allowed to proceed
without being combated the day may
to the principles of government which
you and I believe in. When the time
comes to face a great question there
Is but one way to face it. That is in
III you are right you should have
the courage of your convictions and
stand for the right. Therefore, ! say
to the members, who. like myself. are
only your right. but your duty to face
this question in the open, and give
the reasons why we believe it should
not be written into the fundamental
law of the land"
Hobson Flags Traffic.
Representative Hobson, in opening
the debate on the prohibition amend
ment resolution, Immediately follow
ing the adopting of the special rule,
declared that a state has a right to be
hn mr.
LIQUOR business is an Interstate nui-
sance" He said there has never been
a serious conflict between federal and
state laws for protection OF the morals
of the people.
the devastating effect Of liquor on the
brain, habit-forming drug whose
shackled victims, he said, today num-
Der 100000 people. 1t shortens hfe
and b1ights the offspring. he said, and
brings hundreds of thousands OF people
to drunkards' graves each year.
"It blights the lives of people before
they are born" he said. in arraignlng
this awful monster" as he character
lied liquor.
Representative Hobson referred in
detail to the numerous graphic charts
portraying the evils of the liquor tra1-
fic. He confined himself to a ten-min-
ute discussion and then began to par
Gel out time to many members who
smoke in support of his amendment.
During the day a flood Of kilograms
and special delivery letters addressed
to members swamped the telegram
pa ges on the floor of the House. Both
sides of the pending controversy were
represented in the communications
which were addressed to every member
of the House.
Underwood Decries Prohibition.
Mr.. Underwood told how prohibition
would cost the American people total
Of s325,000.000 in the way of lost rev.
enue He said that of the $734,673,000
of ordinary receipts of the government
the past fiscal year. 100000, or 33
per cent, was from internal revenue and
customs taxes from malt and vinous
LIQUOR State taxes, he said, produced
*2l 100000, county taxes $6,600,00o
more and the revenue from the same
sources in incorporated places OF 2,aOO
population or more aggregated S52,-
U00, 900.
n ther" was anything to be gained
b, s.criticing all this revenue, he said,
il " Juld be one question. To sacrifice
all this for IA shadow is another ques-
! tion He pointed out that III Georgia
with it's statewide prohibition there is
as much liquor consumed as in Ala
bama.
| "BootlegginS, they say, is the great
est evil of the liquor traffic. he said.
I'm prohibition Georgia there were
500 cases of bootlegging last year; In
non-prohibition in Alabama only 300
cases. Prohibition does not prohibit