The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-16
THE final BATTLE
AGAINST SALOONS
Iowa Dry Forces Figure on Making
Attack on the Wet Trenches To-
morrow Morning at Nine
5fs O'Clock.
CLAIM OF TWO TO ONE
Some Talk Of Waiting Until Washing
toms Birthday In Order to
Add Touch Of Sentiment
to the Repeal.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Serv1ce.J
DIES MONIES. Iowa, Feb. 16.-Dry
leaders will caucus this afternoon over
the Crozier bill to repeal the mulcs
law and the plans to pass the const1-
tutional amendment making Iowa pei
manently "dry,' following the failure
OF Representative Crozier today to
get through his resolution in the house
to force the committee on suppression
of intemperance to report out his
mulct law repeal bill. Speaker Atkin-
son was apparently helping the vets
trifie. but the special order to allow
former United States Senator FRANK
Cannon to speak on Mormon1sm also
took up time. !,
The drys claim IS votes and will
not concede the vets all Of the re-
naming 43. They assert they will
have better than two to one vote
when the two temperance measures
come up at 9 O'Clock tomorrow morn
ing. The Clarkson mulct repeal bill
closing all saloons Jan. i, 1916, will be
substituted for the Crozier bill tomor.
row morning and the final battle to
GUST the saloons from Iowa VIII pc
staged. e - So
unexpected 0PP0olSs0u.
DIES MONIES, Feb. 16.-Unexpecteo
opposition of several dry members OF
the house to the repeal of the mulct
law bill is causing some concern to
dry leaders. several Of whom admitted
last night that it was not altogether
improbable that the vets might sue
coed in mastering enough votes to
defeat this proposition.
The dry forces do not fear Tor the
success of the resolution to submit
the prohibitory amenlment to vote
Of the people. They claim not less
than seventy-five votes in favor of it.
But many OF the members, they say.
will not line up on the dry side OF
the mulct law repeal bill.
The vets in the house became &C
tive in their, campaign Immediately
after the senata's historic session
Thew offered a compromise PROPOSE
ton to many natural dry sympathizers
that they would vote for the submis
sion IL the drys would vote against
the repeal bill, Yesterday it was re-
ported that their quiet work had been
SO far successful that they believe
they have from twelve to fifteen OF
the drys lined up to vote against the
repeal bill.
As soon as the most active dry men
realized what was taking place they
shifted all of their attention to the
bill to repeal the mulct law. They
had seen enough members OF the
house by last night that they were
sure that the situation has not yet
gone against them, though they be
lieve now that they have hardly more
than five votes to spare !.
When Crozier OF Marion did not cal
up yesterday his resolution to recall
his repeal bill from the committee or
suppression of temperance 1t became
likely that nothing is to be done OF
the matter until the committee has
had time to report out the Clarksor
bill. It came over from the senate
yesterday and was referred to the
committee.
It is being quietly talked amone
members of the house that they
should put OF the test on the wet and
dry bills until next Monday, which !:
Washington's birthday. The temper
ance leaders wish to add to the sen
timent connected with passage OF the
measures by having the house take
action on that day Of historic signif
canoe. The senate passed the bills
on Lincoln's birthday
Representative Roberts announced
yesterday that he would not ask nov
that his resolution to submit the pro
hibitionary amendment be brought
out by the committee on constitution
al amendments The bill by Robert:
is an exact duplicate OF the Wilson
Thomas bill passed by the senate. tt
avoid extra work, the house will drol
the Roberts bill and take up the sen
ate bill for passage. When the house
has passed It, 1t will have gont
through the legislative mill and vii
be ready for the signature OF the gov
eTnor.