The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1917-12-21
CONGRESS PASSES
DRY RESOLUTION
Senate Accepts Measure as
Passed by the House.
FINAL VOTE WAS At TO 8
Resolution Provides That Amendment
Must Be Ratified by Necessary
Number of States Within
Seven Years.
FINAL VOTE WAS At TO 8

Washington, Dec. 19.-The Consti-
tutional amendment for national pro-
hibition was finally submitted by con-
greSs to the states for ratification OF
rejection within seven years. The SEN
ate completed congressional action by
accepting the resolution, as passed by
the house, AZ to s, without roll call.
Vote in House Was 282 to 1913.
Washington, Dec. 1S.-The resolution
to submit to the states d national pro-
hibition amendment to the federal Con-
stitution was adopted on Monday by
the house.
With vote of two-thirds required
for its approval the vote of the house
announced by Speaker Clark was 2S2
to 12S, or % more than required.
wild demonstration took place in
the house. w. J. Bryan appeared on
the floor and took a seat with Repre-
sentative Webb as corecipieat OF con-
gratulations.
An amendment by Representative
Lea of California, providing that pro-
hibition provisions should not apply to
light wines and beer was rejected by
rising vote of 232 to 107.
What Dry Amendment Provides.
The resolution for dry amendment
to the federal Constitution adopted by
the lower house of congress provides
that the amendment must be ratified
by the necessary number OF states
within seven year. The senate already
has adopted q similar resolution, but
specifies that it must be ratified within
six years. Only an agreement as to
the number of years now is necessary
to put the question before the states,
SO states must ratify the amendment.
Twenty-seven states already are dry.
DEMOCRATS AGAINST BILL.
Blackmon, Bruckner, Buchanan,
Caldwell, Campbell (Pa), Cantril, Ca
rev, Crurch, Coady, Crossier, Dale
IN. ", Doremus, Dupre, Eagen, Es-
topinal, Fitzgerald, Flyn, Gallagher,
Gard, Garner, (Tex.), Gordon, Gray
(Ala.), Griffin, Hamill, Hardy, Heflin,
Huddleston, Hubert, Igoe, Key CO.,,
Lazaro, Lea (Cal.), Lesher, Linthicum,
Lonergen, McAndrews, McLemore, Ma
her, Mansfield Oliver IN. 70,
O'Shaughnessy, Overmyer, Phelan,
Pout, Riordan, Rouse (Ky.), SABBATH,
Sherley, Sherwood, Slayden, Small,
Charles B. Smith, Thomas f. Smith,
Steel, Sullivan, Talbot, Van Dyke,
Welty, Wilson, Wilson (Tex); total,
GA.
REPUBLICANS AGAINST.
Dr;f low
IN. ", Clark (Pa), Classon, Crago,
Davidson, Davis, Drukker, Dyer, Ed
monds Benjamin L. Fairchild, Francis,
Freeman, Gillett, Glynn, Graham (Pa.),
Gray IN. j., Greene (Mass.), Greene
(Vt.), Heaton, Haskell, Hull (Ia.), JUL,
Kahn, Kennedy OR. L., Lehlbach, Long
worth, Lufkin, Macarthur, Madden, Nc
Laughlin Pa.), Magee, Meeker, Mer-
rett, Moore (Pa.), NORM, Mudd, Mich
bis (Mich.), Nolan, Parker IN. j., Por-
ter, Ramsey, Roberts, Rodenberg, San
ford, Scott (Pa.), Siegel, Snyder, Stat
fard, Swift, Templeton, Tilson, Ware,
Voight (Wis), Waldow, Walsh, Ward,
Watson (Pa), Winslow (Mass.); total,
INDEPENDENTS AGAINST.
London (Soc.), Martin (Prog.); to-
tai, 2.
PAIRS OF ABSENTEES.
Stephens (Neb.) and Neeley (W. Va.)
for amendment with Gallivan tMass.)
against it; Goodwin (Ark.) and Miller
(Wash.) for amendment with Tague
(Mass.) against it; Taylor (Colo) and
George W. Fairchild for amendment,
with Curry (Cal) against it.