The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-08
CHALLENGER FATHER
OF JOINT MEASURE
Republican Floor Leader Introduces
Resolution Calling For subnnis-
sion OF Dry Amendment 70
States.
LEADERS ARE CONFIDENT
Executive Committee of Anti Saloon
League of America. Meeting in
Quarterly Session. Has Much I'm
poffant Business.
tBy STAFF Correspondent

Washington, ID. c.. Jan. 7.-Sena tor
Jacob III. Gallinger Republican floor
leader and one of the strongest men
in political life in the country, has
Introduced a resolution calling for the
submission of a prohibition amend
mont to the States. Senator CALM
gers measure will be companion
measure to that OF Senator Morris
Sheppard, of Texas. The Willingness
of Senator Gallinger to father q reso-
luton. which is aimed to bring about
dry nation not only will have a
marked effect upon the country. but
1t Will serve to bring 10 the support
Of the Sheppard Gallinger measure, as
the measure ultimately will be known.
such influence as wonderfully to
strengthen 1t.
The text of the GallinEer resoiu
ton, which differs slightly from the
Sheppard measure is as follows, after
Introductory phrases;
The sale manufacture for sale,
transportation for sale and the inn
portation of Intoxicating liquors for
beverage purposes in the United
States and territory subject to the
Jurisdiction thereof, and the expor-
tation of Intoxicating liquors" etc,
are forever prohibited.
The Congress and States shaft have
power. independently or concurrenIy,
to enforce this article by all needful
legislation
Up to Judiciary Committee.
The resolutions introduced in the
House by Representative e. Y. Webb.
North Carolina, and A. D. Smith,
Idaho, these resolutions being identi
cal. have gone TO the Judiciary Com
mittee, of which Mr. Webb il chair
man. Therefore. 1t is certain that
prompt committee action on the joint
measure is assured, once the Commit
tee On Rules brings out rule under
which the dry resolution can be con-
sidered on a certain day.
All In all, the real work of the SEES
sion of Congress has started with pros
poets so bright for prohibition legis-
lation as to justify the friends of this
reform In predicting that the year
1915 will witness great victories all
along the line.
Senator Morris Sheppard has al
ready requested the committees of the
Senate. before which his two Pro-
hibition measures are pending. to ap"
point subcommittee as promptly as
possible. that hearings on these meas
lures naap-hegin- The national pro-
hibition resolution Is before the Com
mittee on judiciary. The District OF
Colu mbia measure is before the Com
mittee on District OF Coiumbt
These are the subcommittees that
will handle the prohibition amend
ment resolutions in the Senate and
House:
Senate Judiciary: Chairman, VIII
liam f. Chiffon, West Virginia: Dun
can l. Fletcher. Florida; John X.
Shields. Tennessee; William E. Borah,
idaho. and John y. Works. California.
House Judiciary: c. C.. Carlin. Vir-
ginia James Taggart, Kansas: War;
rem Gard. Ohio; r s, Whaley. South
Carolina: A. J. Volsted. Minnesota:
D. NJ Nelson. Wisconsin, and Dick I.
Morgan, Oklahoma.
Prohibition advocates are confident
that these subcommittees will act
promptly and favorably on the resolu-
tons and that the full committee in
each instance will report them.
Sheppard Optimistic.
Senator Sheppard said today that
he believed the chances are bright for
securing subcommittee in the very
near future. thus affording an oppor-
tunity for the prohibition advocates TO
push their measure early in the ses-
sion Ii this be done valuable
progress could he made before other
important propositions before Con-
gress could he advanced to such an
extent as 10 monopoiize interest The
formal lining up OF Senator Gallinger
for the prohibition cause is expected to
aid the efforts of Senator Sheppard
In bringing about an early considera-
.tion of the national and district meas
ures.
Similar optimism II felt as to thei
prospects on the House side OF the
Capitol
The Executive Committee of the
Anti-Saloon League of America is in
quarterly session here. The commit
tee members will transact a great vol
ume of business and incidentally, give
all aid possible in connection with
pushing of prohibition measures be-
fore Congress