French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-12-27
L o TO GREAT EVE.

Liquor has long been recognized as
the greatest enemy Of society and tho
home, but it is altogether likely thu
the traffic will be only a memory liz
the course Of a few years. Mt never
should nave had any rights in aciVi-
Iized community, state. or nation, and
the United States House of Represent
iatives covered itself with glory on De
cember 18th when, by a vote OF 282 TIC
128, it decided to submit to- the states
an amendment to the, Federal. CO1sti-
tuition prohibiting the manufacture,
sale or Importation of Intoxicating
liquors in any state or territory of the
American Union. The Senate, by a
larger vote than was necessary adopt
ed the resolutions last August, SO that
the action by the House makes the
submission of the resolution to the
states a. reality.
In sthe form passed by the Senate
the resolution provided for ratffIca-
ton within six years and gave no pc
riod of grace for its taking effect. It
would have become, law Immediately
upon proclamation by the Secretary of
State that thirty-six of the forty
eight states had ratified it. As
amended in the house the time within
which the resolution calls for ratiffca-
ton is placed-at seven instead of six
years, and one years grace after rat
ification, is allowed the, liquor inter-
ests before the measure becomes op-
The Senate concurred In the
House amendment by a practically
unanimous vote and the matter now
with the states for approval or
rejection: II
Thirty-six states will have to ratffy
the amendment before it can become
a part of our organic law. Twenty
seven of the forty-eight states are al
ready in, the dry column and the tenn
perance7 advocates are relying upon
each of these to take favorable action
the resolution as o as their
respective legislatures convene. North
Carolina is one of these and there is
little doubt that her senators and rep
.esentatives in the next General AS
will ~cheerfully- place their
Of approval upon the PROPOSE
ion for a dry state and a boozeIess
The states which now have
constitutional or statutory prohibition
re: Alabama, Arizona, Colorado,
Georgia, idaho; Indiana. Iowa, Kan
as, Mississippi, Michigan, Montana.
Iaine, North Dakota, North Carolina,
Jebraska, New Merico. New Hamp-
hire, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Da-
:ota, Arkansas, South Carolina. Tenn,
Jtah, Virginia, Washington and West
Large areas in many of the
emaining states are dry. Alaska and
'orto Rico have voted to- Danish the
raffic, the District of Columbia is dry.
the first of November, and with
he tremendous majority given the ma
prohibition resolution by both
ouses of Congress the temperance
orces will go into the nationwide
ampaign for ratification with zeal and
nergy and twenty-seven states as a
The prospects for ratification by
lany near-dry states like Ohio, Mis-
ouri, Texas and Wyoming is ex-
remedy encouraging to the dry cause,
ut +ha advocates Of the amendment
lily realize that a tremendous strug-
lie is ahead Of them to secure the me-
thfrty-sfx. The great victory
I Congress has, Of course, inspired
cal and courage, for the victory is
half won. The resolution
'on> in the House by a majority of 154,
ecefvfng twentv-seven more votes
han the necessary two-thfrds requir-
d under the constitution. ALI or
'hfeh shows the growing sentiment
Or a saloonless nation during the last
ew years
You're Next. Sir.