Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-02-13
IOWA LIKELY To
BEAPROH|B|T|0N
STATE VERY SOON
Anti Saloon Element Appears
to Be in Control Of Both
Houses Of Legislature and
Moving Rapidly,

loon forces in the iowa general as
sembly today took decisive steps to-
ward placing Iowa In the ranks Of
the prohibition states The senate. al
the morning session. by an over
whelming vote Of 30 to 10. agreed to
submit to the people "a constitutional
amendment providing FOR statewide
prohibition. Flushed with this Sue
cess the dry" Lenders this afternoon
turned their attention 10 the propos-
ed repeal of the Iowa mulet law, aud
won again. although hy a reduced
majority
DRY Forces see Success.
The purpose Of this afternoons ac.
ton was in case the house ae-
auiesees and the governor signs both
bills 10 put the state under statutory
prohibition pending the submission to
the voters Of the constitutional pro-
hibition amendment. DRY" leaders
tonight claimed that there was little
doubt of the favorable action OF the
house, when the bills come up for
@RtAHAtNf0ttb meat NEths
The mulct law repeal bin was
amended In the senate this afternoon
70 make It effective January /. 1916.
The original measure. under the law.
would have become effective July /.
The general assembly in 1884 passed
a prohibition law, which the mulct
law, now In force, superseded.
Hardly had the senate settled the
mulct law in question when the sub
committee Of the house committee
reported In favor OF the passage of
the measure to it's superior body.
Followed Prohibition.
The present so-caIled mulct law,
which the senate BY its action today
agreed TO repeal, was passed By the
legislature in 1894, after ten years Of
statutory prohibition It provides
conditions under which persons who
manufacture or sell liquors shall not
be liable to the penalties fixed in the
prohibition law,
The most important feature Is that
at least 50 per cent Of the qualified
voters IN given community must
sign petitions Of consent before the
penalties Of the prohibition statute can
be escaped by those engaging in the
business In certain counties and
smaller cities the percentage Of those
who consent must be larger
In addition. the mulct law pre-
scribes regulations. such as early
closing hours, single exits in saloons
and restrictions under which manu-
facturers may operate. The last leg
stature changed the closing hour Of
saloons from 10 O'clock at night to .
o'clock and provided conditions un-
der which municipal permits to OPP
crate must be obtained.
Woman Suffrage.
less than twenty minutes We're re-
CURED this afternoon for the Iowa
senate to adopt a resolution submit
ting to the voters Of the state at the
general election in 1916. eonstitu-
tionaf amendment providing for woni-
ems suffrage. The vote was Ss to IT,
There was no discussion,
Immediately after the close of the
prohibition contest Senator Allen
moved the adoption of the COMMITTEES
report favoring the passage of the
measure He had contemplated ask.
ing that the resolution be made a
special order for some day next week,
but the approval of the senate that
the report of the committee be re-
ceived convinced him that the psyche :
logical moment had arrived, and he
the adoption of the resolution.
Under the rule the measure win 20
to the house tomorrow and lay over
for day, after which IL probably VIII
be made a special order for some
day next week The suffragist lead
ers tonight were confident of a large
majority in the house. Todays ac-
tion In the senate. however. was so
unexpected that few Of them We're
present In the senate chamber.
The resolution submitting the suf-
frage question 70 the voters was
adopted in the thlrty-fifth general as