Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-11-05
MANY MEASURES
RECEIVING TAPS
Of LOWER HOUSE

ATLANTA, Ca, Nov. SIT became
apparent yesterday that the plan de-
cided upon by the opponents Of prohl-
bition to prevent the passage Of prohl--
hition legislation at the extra session
is to split the prohibition ranks.
The opposition is doing all in its
power to encourage and precipitate 4
split the prohibition ranks.
The opposition is doing all in itx
power to encourage and precipitafe u
division between what it pleases to
term the conservative" prohibition
lists and the radical" prohibitionists-
The opposition hopes to be able To
consolidate with this so-callea cor-
servative element, the straight-out OPP
pcnents of prohibition and the indfffer-
ort members, and thereby organize q
substantial, if not dangerous major
lily.
The opposition entertains very littis
hope of preventing the enactment oil
any legislation whatever unless ifs
plans and maneuvers should prove uu-
eXpectedly successful, but it does NOT
county on being able to force comDro
misses from the so-calIed radfcaE
forces. That the opponents of proh:-
bition have succeeded already in win
ming the support of the so-called con-
servative prohibitionists was demon
strated yesterday when this elemen.
stood solidly with the opposition in an
effort to preeyEt the referenc Of on OF
the majority prohibition bills to the
general judiciary committee No. 2, in
stead of the temperance committee.
Representative H. ]. Fullbright, OF
Burke; Representative w. w. Stark.
CT Jackson, who is chairman of the
committee, and numerous
ether members who claim they want
effective prohibition laws enacted, be-
came very much exercised over what
they characterized as the Unnecessary
reflection upon the temperance COM
mlttee implied in proposal to refer
the bill in question to judiciary com
mittee No 2.
The vote of the house on an aye anu
nay call was SO to 70 in favor of re-
ferring to judiciary No. 2. The sup
porters of thorough going Legislation
claimed this did not represent their
full strength, as twenty-one members
did not vote for one reason and an
other. The passage of the bill re-
4uires 95 votes and the prohibitionisfs
claimed they will get more than the
additional six votes out of
he 21 non-voting members.
The temperance committee got very
nuch offended at the action of the
house and when they met yesterday al
ernoon they retaliated by sending
9&ck to the house without recon-
endation, and with the request that
he house recommit them to general
committee No. 2, the three
majority prohibition bills that were
Introduced and referred to the tenn
'erance committee before the bill came
II that the house sent to the judiciary
The latter was the anti-sbipping bfn-
General judiciary committee No.
met yesterday afternoon and voted te
'eport the anti-shipping bill. 1t is said
Q be the most carefully prepared and
most completely effective bill of its
kind that has ever been proposed 10
'r enacted by state legislature. Cen
aral judiciary comfittee No met
yesterday afternoon and voted to re-
port the anti-shipping bill back to the
.ouse with a recommendation that IT
20 pass.
The three bills on which the tenn
perance committee, in their umbrags
refused to take action. are the genraI
bill. stop the sale OF beer