The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-02-24
HOUSE ADOPTS
DRY AMENDMENT
II Next General Assembly Approves,
Then People VIII Vote on
the Question Of
Prohibition.
FOURTEEN VOTED No
Sawyer Of Lee is One Of the Minority
decision in Favor Of Sub
mission Stronger Than
Repeal.

SSSIciu dy the WlSOn-ThOmas
Dill 20 submit to the voters an amend.
msnt TO the constitution which would
proh1blt forever the sale and manu-.
lacture I'm Iowa Of Intoxicating liquors.
me vote was 80 to IA.
The only opposition offered by the
vets was an amendment by Jamison
or Des Moines which proposed for.
bidding also the US, of liquor. Jami.
son declared he wanted the amend
ment adopted in order that the user
or liquor under prohibition might be
made the partner in crime OF thu man
who shoulG sell liquor
Representative Ring called the at.
tentlon of the house to the fact that
all the trouble which ended in de-
stroying the prohibitory amendment
passed by the eighteenth general as.
sembly was over clause similar to
that proposed by Jamison. Without
saying SO directly, he implied that the
members had better stand together on
the bill as proposed. They did so by
voting the amendment down 70 to 25.
How They Voted.
Brady of Dallas stopped further dis
cussion by moving the previous ques-
ton, and, after being read, the bill
went to roll call which showed the
members voting as follows:
Ayes-Anderson Of Davis, Anderson
OF Greene, Anderson Of MONTGOMERY.
Anderson of Winnebago, Ball. Barry,
Bauman Bingham, Brady, Bronson,
Bruce. Buxton, Clark, Coakley. Coast,
Ccchrane, Chaven, Darrah, Doze, Du.
rant, Egsleston, Elwcod, Freeman. Gar
ton, Gilbert. Gilmore, Crason, Gray,
Greene, Hadley, Hale, Hall, Helming,
Herman, Holtert, Horchem, lessen,
Johnson OF Humboldt, Johnston OF
Lucan. Jones of Cerro Gordo, Jones
of DickinsonS. Kelso,. Kepple. Kopp,
Lee. Lenocker, McDermid McFarlane,
McFerren. Mackie, Michael, Moore,
Munro, Murray, Neff. Nicholson. Nor
dye, OlGenburg, Peterson, Pitt,
iPurdy. Rayburn, Rees, Reese, Rich
ards. Ring, Roberts Rome, Rowles,
Schmedika. Shaeffer. Shortess,
slaught, Smith, SPOTS, steelsmith.
Stokes, Stone, Sullivan. Swain, Tay-
Tor. Thomas. Turner, Wayman, Wen
strand, Wigdahl, Wilson of Cherokee,
Wilson of Louisa. Wilson Of Mahaska,
Wilson of Mitchell, Witthauer, Speaker
Atkinson-Total 80.
Noes-Bailey, Becker, Griffin, Ing
werson, Jamison, Kane. Kimberly,
Klinker, Lueders, Miller, Rogers, Saw
yer. Swenson. Tucker-Total ~.
Absent-Brammer, Crozier-Total 2.
Roberts Makes Statement,
The bill had come before the house
at 1880 o'clock in accordance with
the special order arrangement. Rob-
erts Of Ringogid called the measure
up. He spoke briefly In its favor, re-
calling the fact that prohibition had
been voted by the people in 1882 by
so, 900 majority and had been defeat
ed by court proceedings only upon a
technical error in the records. 1.-THE
question We have before us is not
whether we want constitutional pro-
hibition or not he declared, ''but
whether we want to submit that ques-
ton to the people to decide"
The senate had passed the bill on
Feb. ~ The governor, it is known,
will sign it. The first of the three
stages in getting constitutional pro-
hibition, therefore, is practically COM
pleted. The bill will have to pass
another session of the general assem-
DIV anu LuSu 81 " thC pCOplS lol d
referendum vote Should it succeed
in both these steps, constitutional pro-
hibition could become effective some
time between 1917 and 1919, depend
ing upon whether it were voted at a
regular or a special election.
Stronger Than Repeal.
The decision in favor of submission
was 10 votes stronger than the vote
for the repeal of the mulct law. If
Brammer and Crozier had been pres
ant it would have been Is votes
stronger for both voted for mulct re-
peal, and it is known would have
voted for submission of the question
Of prohibition. The fifteen who had
voted against mulct repeal but were
for submission are: Bronson, Coakley,
Hale, Helming, Herman. Holbert,
Horchem, Kelso. McDermid, Michael,
Peterson, SPOTS, Steel
smith and Stokes.