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over by the government. as herein pro-
vided shall be discharged from all obli-
cations for any and all taxes levied and
assessed against said distilled spirits: pro-
vided, however. that the owner of the dis
titled spirits shall not withdraw any part
thereof without the payment of the excise
tax in force.
Any person who willfuIly violates this
section shall. upon conviction thereof. be
punished by a fine of not exceeding 5000
or by Imprisonment for not more than two
years, or by both.
VOTE ON SMOOT AMENDMENT.
The vote on the Smoot amendment pro-
viding against the removal of distilled
spirits from bond. was:
For the amendment: Republicans Boz
rah, Calder, Cummings. Curtis. Dilling-
ham, Fernald, Frelinghuysen, Gronna.
Hale, Harding. Jones of Washington, John
on of California, Kellogg, Kenyon, LaFol-
lette. McCumber, McNary. Nelson. New.
Norris, Page, Poindexter. Sherman.
Smith of Michigan Smoot, Townsend
Wadsworth, and Watson-2S.
Observation-Disclosures. Beckham. Cham
berlain, Fletcher. Gore, Hollis. Kendrick.
King, Mcclellan. Martin. Myers. New
lands. Owen. Phelan. Pittman. Ransdell.
Shafroth. Sheppard. Shields, Swanson,
Thompson, Trammell, Williams. and Wal
GOTTA Total for the amendment. SO.
Against the amendment: Republicans
Brandagee, Colt, France, Knox, Lodge
Mclean. and Penrose-7.
Democrats--Ba nkhead. Broussard. Gull
berson, Garry, Hitchcock, Husting, James,
Jones of New Mexico. Lewis. Reed. Sim
mons, Smith of Arizona. Smith of Geor-
gia. Smith of Maryland. Stone. Tillman,
and Underwood-17. Total against the
amendment "a.
Among the Senators on both sides
voting for the Smoot proposal were seven
who voted FRIDAY against the ban on'wine
and beer. The final vote on the substi-
tute section. with it's various amendments
gave a clear idea of the lineunp as be-
tween the "wets" and the "drys." This
vote came at the end of the day. after
nearly seven hours of debate. during
which amendments came no fast that u
looked as If the Senate would become IN
volved in an inextrcate tangle.
THE FINAL LINEUP.
In detail here is the vote. Is to 81. b,
| which the Senate adopted the substitute
Z to Section r. which will remain a par
of the Food bill as it will 60 back to tn
House.
| teas. ftepuOIlCdnS - bTdnuAkccs (oIt
France. Frelinghuysen, Harding. johnson
= Of California. Knox. La Toilette, Lodge
( Mclean, McNary. New. Penrose. Wads
h, worth. Warren, and Watson-l6.
Q Democrats Bankhead. Broussard. Cul
r berson, Gerry. Hitchcock. Hollis. Hustins
, James, Jones of New Mexico, Lewis. Mar
i tin, Newlands. Overman. Phelan. Pittmar
S Pomerene, Ransdell. Reed. Robinson
!. Sheppard, Simmons. Smith of Arizona
: Smith Of Maryland. Smith Of Georges
e stone, Swanson, Tillman. Underwood
It and Willams-29.-Total yeas. y.
$ Nays. Republicans--Borah. Brady. Cum
It minis. Curtis, Dillingham;. Fernald. Grou
= ma, Hale. Jones of Washington. Kellogg
70 Kenyon, Nelson, Norris. Page, Poindexte
It Sherman. Smith Of Michigan. Smoot. an
Townsend-19
# Democrats-Ashurst. Beckham, Chan
d berlain. Fletcher. Gore. johnson of Sout
It Dakota, Kendrick. King, McKella
is Myers. Owen. Shafroth. Shields. Thony
It son. Trammell. Vardarman. Walsh. an
N Wolcott-1s. Total nays. 81.