Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-02-13
STRENGTH OF TEMPERANCE
FORCES SURPRISE TO BOTH
SIDES.
MULcT LAW REPEAL
PUT THRU EASILY
Both Amendment and Repeal Certain
TO Be Passed by House-Adoption Of
Suffrage Resolution Foresone Con.
cIusien-Senate Vote on Three Cues
tions-To Watch Dry Des Meines.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. 13.-Nobody was
more surprised than the drys over the
big vote secured for the prohibitory
amendment and the mulct law repeal
In the senate yesterday. 1t upset all
calculations of both friends and OPP
ponents. But it means that little
less than year hence all the pro-
visions, of the mulct law under which
saloons operate in some places in the
state will be repealed; and that two
years later the matter of putting pro-
hibition into the constitution will be
up to the voters-for the calculation is
that the house will pass everything
that comes along that is labeled tenn
perance.
The dry forces in the house i'm
mediately set about to have the mulct
law repeal bill passed today, but they
ran against snag right away. Ihe
,rozier bin for repeal is in the hands
of a sub committee headed by Sawyer
of Lee county. The committee wanted
o report the Crozier bill and then sub
stitute the Clarkson bill and pass 1t
4. once, but Sawyer gave notice that
his sub committee was not thru with
Il. So the committee can not report
today.
The amendment will have to go to
a committee in the house before 1t
can be acted on.
Get Into Band Wagon.
1t is stated that where the situation
changed was when Voorhees,, OF Cass
went over to the dry side and decided
on the passage of the lmulct law re-
peal. If the passage of the bill had
not been certain, several other votes
would have been against it.
But whatever the cause or the situa-
ion or the motives of men, the fact is
that very soon both the proposed
amendment and the repeal bill go right
down to the governor for his approval.
The senate rejected the plan of
granting additional time for the going
into effect Of the amendment but
adopted the plan Of deferring for six
months the going into effect of the re-
neal bill, The amendment, as framed,
will go into effect when adopted and
declared.
There were no notable speeches on
the temperance matters. Clarkson
talked in generalities. Perkins made
he only real plea and thatswas plea
to remember the conditions which ex-
.sted under the prohibitory law be-
tore the temperance people placed the
mulct law on the books. Thomas re-
heated the familiar arguments in
favor Of the amendment. There was
at the close little talk about the poll
teal phases Of the question and Clark
son pleaded for men to rise above their
parties. There was goodly audience
present After the vote on the amend :
ment there were flowers distributed
and bouquets in evidence. But there
was neither spirited debate nor any
manifest feelings one way or another.
How the Senate Voted.
The votes on the three big things pe-
fore the senate yesterday afternoon
are easily stated. All senators voted
except Chase. who is absent because
IF illness. To give the negative vote
zach time therefore discloses the entire
vote for the bill, with the exception OF
the one absentee. The negative votes
were as follows:
On the prohibitory amendment res
olution:
Nays-Frailey. Greene. Hageman.
Henigbaun, Quigley, Realm, Schrup.
sheean Thompson, White of Iowa
10. Ayes 80.
On the bill to repeal the mulct law:
Naws-Caswell Eversmyer. Enger,
Farr Frailey, Gillette. Greene. Hage-
mann, Helmer. Henigbaum. Hilsinger,
Jackson, Kimball, Perkins, Quigley,
Ream, Savage, Schrup, Sheean.
Thompson, White of Benton, White OF
Iowa-o2. The ayes were 81.
On the resolution proposing woman
suffrage:
Nays-Caswell, Doran, Greene, Hage-
mann, Henigbaum, Quigley, Savage,
Schrup. Sheean, Voorhees,. White OF