Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-05-22
NO VOTE ON LIQUOR UNTIL
AFTER FALL ELECTIONS
Constitutional Amendment for Ma
tion-Widc Prohibition Not to BE
Pressed at This Time.
POLICY OF wATCHFUL WAITING
Program Sanctioned by !Anti-Saloon
League, Which May independently
Seek Platform Expression Both
at Chicago and st. Louis.
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WASHINGTON, May 21.--The Consti-
tutional amendment for nationwide
prohibition pending before the House
Committee on Judiciary will not be
pressed for action until after the fall
election. which is understood to be the
program sanctioned by the antiliquor
forces. This delays prohibition in the
House until the December session.
when the advocates expect to secure A
report from the Judiciary Committee
that Will place the amendment before
the House for Il vote.
Prohibition Is not to be made an is
sue in the national campaign this year,
with the consent of the Anti-Salo loon
League. although it is anticipated thar
some independent effort will be made
both at Chicago and st. Louis to OBJ
tain Il favorable platform expression.
nh" league members have adopted the
policy OF watcHful waiting over poll
tical events, and believe that their
sentiment is growing in all sections Of
the country. II is admitted that un-
-ss ''.N "-iCihtiShA phSStC III 'oHS IeSs
III the meantime. national prohibi-
ti"n will be made full Pledged issue
IN the campaign of 1920. Shortly after
the two national political conventions
the AntiSaloon League Will hold a
big convention in indianapolis for the
purpose OF giving further impe.nr to
the movement.
GLAD TO PUT OFF FIGHT
UNTIL AFTER ELECTION
The decision to sidetrack the Shep-
pard Webb amendment until December
is particularly pleasing to many mem
bers Of the House who have hard
fights for reelection. and whose
chances for success might further be
endangered by their votes cast in the
House before election time. This feel
ing is said to obtain on both sides of
tho chamber. After the fall election
some of them admit. they will he ready
to face the issue. While there is no
intention to dip into national politics
with the prohibition question. it has
been the purpose Of the Anti-Saloon
League all the time to exert itself in
the congressional elections with the
expectancy OF increasing its forces in
both the House and Senate. The lead
ers frankly admit that they probably
VIII not secure the necessary two
thirds vote in the next Congress. Prac-
tically every one realizes, however
that the issue cannot be avoided for
great length OF time. and II is an
parent TO those who have observed
the trend of events that sentiment for
the amendment is growing among
members Of Congress
In the Sixty-fourth Congress eighteen
bills and joint resolutions have been
introduced in the Senate and thirty
ono in the House, all Of which bear di
rectly upon the liquor question. rails
ing many schemes for dealing with the
traffic. and come from both Democrats
and Republicans. Eleven of the meas
ures propose amendments to the in
ternal revenue laws. which affect the
special tax on alcoholic liquors Four
o item would prohibit transportation
IN interstate commerce of Intoxicating
liquors for use contrary to the laws
OF the State, or deny the transportation
of liquors in interstate commerce en-
tircly