Evening star., 1915-03-19
LIQUORS. ENEMIES
REPORT PROGRESS
Point to Record of Recent Leg
isIation Aimed at the
Traffic.
THINK 1T FORESHADOWS
A NATIONWIDE MEASURE
Increased Sentiment in States Ex-
pected to Influence the Men,
bers of Congress

legislative enactments since Septem-
Der lali, in the way of PROHIBITION
victories most of them since ,lahuarE
/ 1915. are set forth by officers OF the
.nti-Saloon League of America as IT
dicating that the claims of that organ
::ation for national constitutional pre-
!,ibition by 1890 are well founded. -
e.on,piIa ton of states which up to TINS
time have adopted prohibition also may
gustifv the claim. it is insisted. th&e
more than one-half the country VIII Dc
dry by the end of 1916.
What might be termed the prohibit
sion situation brought down TO date
shows that since January ! Alahania
has enacted = statewide prohibition
aw; the Arkansas legislature mas
enacted a law similar I" Alabama =
iowa. not doing things by halves hE
tts legislature voted to submit CON
g;titufioual state wide prohlolticn
,neudrpent. To be voted on at the gen
rral election in 1917. provided the leg
stature of 1917 ratities. adopted
constitutional prohibition would pe-
..o,r effective January I, 1918. Fur
her. the legislature repealed tn" mnl"t
;av effective January ', 1!lh- therebS
making Iowa dry under statute nv
1fter the first of next year, rfsardle"s
Of the result of the vote on thc tph-
stitutional amendment
Idaho to Be Dry.
The Idaho legislature In February
last PASSED a statutory prohibition law
making the state absolutely dry Jan
mary l. 1916 Like low. Idaho also
,ltnched the proposi on y voting to
submit to popular Nt, ~ the election
in November, 1916. the question of con-
stItutionaI amendment, effective Jahu-
lry ] 1917.
The Montana legislature has voted to
submit to the people at the election III
November 1916, statutory measure
which if adopted, makes Montana a
prohibition state December ii. 1913.
The South Carolina legislature has
voted to submit to the people OF that
state September of this year stat
ute which, if adopted, will make the
commonwealth dry December 81, 1915
March . last the New Jersey senate
passed d bill granting to municipalities
the right to vote on the liquor question.
March l. 1915, the Utah legislature
voted to submit to popular vote on No
vember. 1916, constitutional prohlbi-
ton lnea sure, which. if adopted, would
make the state dry January l, 1917.
The lower house of the Vermont ieglS-
lature on the eth of this month voted
to submit a prohibition amendment
which. If adopted, will max that state
dry May !. 1916. The Minnesota iegls-
which is already in effect The South
Dakota legislature has voted to submit
a prohib. tion amendment to be voted
on at the November. 1916. election,
which, if adopted, Will make the state
dry January /, 1917.
Other Prohibition Laws.
In addition. during the present year,
West Virginia has amended the fost
prohibition law, to make it more strin-
gent, and the North Carolina legisla-
ture has voted to submit at an election
August I an anti-jug law which for
bids the shipment of liquors into that
state.
Bills, strongly backed, have been in
troduced in the legislatures of Michigan
and New Mexico, providing for the SUB
mission Of prohibition TO the peopie.
A drastic prohibition bill is before the
Minnesota legislature, bill has beeh
introduced In the Missouri legislature
providing for the submission every
four years of a sttae-wide prohlbition
amendment and, backed by Gov. Brum-
baugh stringent county unit law
is being pushed before the Pennsyl-
vania legislature.
Between September %. 1914. and jan
uary l. 1915, Virginia voted for con-
stitutional statewide prohibition, ef-
fective November !. 1916, Colorado
voters adopted statewide constitu-
tiOndl prOhibItlOn. enectlNe january L,
1916, and Arizona. Oregon and WASH
ington voters also adopted constitu-
tional statewide prohibition, the Art-
.ona decree going into effect January
!, Of this year, while in Oregon and
Washington the DEGREES become effec-
tive January !. 1916.
Those states, which adopted pro-
hibition prior to September %. 1914.
we're Maine. Kansas. Georgia, Missis-
sippi. North Carolina, North Dakota,
Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Vir-
Etnia.
Campaign In Other States.
Vigorous campaigns in a large num-
ber of the states of the Union now are
in progress to the end not only that
statewide prohibition may prevail. but
that sentiment IN behalf of prohibition
may become so strong that the mem
hers of Congress from these states will
support a joint resolution calling for
the submission to the people of an
amendment to the national Consti-
tuition.
Reports of these various statewide
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