The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1914-03-20
COLUMN
The BILL FOR NATIONAL PRoHI.
6ITION

Mr.. Norris Sheppard, one of the
senators from Iexas, presented the
bill for national prohibition in the
senate on the afternoon OF December
10. Nr. Sheppard is small man, of
attractive personality, with intellect
ual and clean-cut features, and he has
the courage of his temperance con-
victions. To him the temperance
people will look for more or less lead
ership in connection with the prog
ress of this bill at Washington. The
bin reads as follows:
Joint resolution IS. J. Res. $50 pro-
posing an amendment to the consti-
tuition OF the United States.
Whereas. exact scientific research
has demonstrated that alcohol is a
narcotic poison. destructive. and de-
generating to the huamn organism
and that its distribution as a bever-
age or contained in foods lay a stag
gorfng economic burden upon the
shoulders of the people. lowers to an
appalling degree the average stand
ard OF character of our citizenship.
thereby undermining the public
morals and the foundation of free in
situations. produces widespread crime
pauperism, and insanity, inficts dis
eases and untimely death upon humid
reds of thousands of citizens, and
blights with degeneracy their child
rem unborn, threatening the future in
tegTlty and the very life of the nation.
Therefore be ii
Resolved by the senate and house of
representatives of the United States
of America in congress assembled
(twothirds of each house concurring
therein) that the following amend
ment of the constitution be, and here
by is, proposed to the states, to be-
come valid as a part of the eonstitu-
ton when ratified by the legislature
of the several states as provided by
the constitution.
Article
Section 1.-The sale, manufacture
for sale. transportation for sale, i'm
portation for sale, and expectation for
sale of intoxicating liquors for bever-
age purpose in the United States and
all territory subject to the jurisdic-
ton thereof are forever prohibited.
Section 2.-Congress shall have
power to provide for the manufacture
sale. importation, and transportation
of Intoxicating liquors for sacramen-
tai, medicinal. mechanical, pharma-
ceutical. or scientific purposes, or for
use in the arts. and shall have power
to enforce this article by all needful
legislation.
Senator Sheppard's Attitude
mir. Sheppard in introducing this
important bill into the upper house
prefaced the introduction by the use
of the following words that show all
the more clearly his attitude and rec
ord on the matter of prohibition;
Mr.. President. in my recent cam
paign for election to this body / an
nounced from more than $50 plat
forms before the people of Texas that
favored statewide. nationwide.
worldwide prohibition. / was, there
fore, especially gratified when a few
hours ago committee of 5000 Amer
lean citizens representing every Sec
ton of the union summoned Repre-
sentative Hobson. of Alabama, and
myself to the steps of the capital and
requested us to introduce in the
house and senate, respectively, an
amendment to the federal constitu-
ton prohibiting the sale, the manu-
facture for sale. the transportation
for sale, importation for sale. and the
expectation for sale, of intoxicating
liquors for beverage purposes. |
intend during my service in the SEN
ate to exert every effort at my COM
mand to establish every principle and
every measure to which / gave al
legiance in my addresses to the peo-
pie during my candidacy for the SEN
ate. | now introduce a joint resolu-
ton proposing an amendment to the
constitution, and ask to hsye 1t read
al length. The Way of Faith.