The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1917-12-20
Has Margin Of Eight Over the
Necessary Two-ThiTts
STATES nave SEVEN YEARS
Nation VIII Sc Dry N Amendment, 80
Constitution 10 Ratified Within That
Perioo--Wiil Be Submitted TO Amer
lean People as "Chr,rtmas Present"
Says Sheppard

| Washington. bee. ~. Nationwide
! prohibition Won in the house aud ONLY
! the adjustment Of slight difference
IN resolutions between tie house AMI
| senate now stands w The way of sub
| miitng 20 state legislatures mn
/ amendment 20 the federal constitution
fnrhdding The Manufacture, sale of
| importation nf Intoxicating liquor for
| hca cragrs In the United States ar it,
| territories
The vote in the house. taken after
/ q day of DEBATE before crowded gal
| lerfes WAS ~ In l2s With the par
| Ties dividing almost evenly The mar
| gin for prohibition was Just eight
votes more than the necessary two
| thirds of The membership OF the honSp
required for adoption and twenty.siN
NOR, Than two-thr,is Of those voting
Both VETS AMI hrys nad been pre-
dieting victory nl day. and II was moi
until The last few names had beer
called that the il.prohihition forces
conceded their defeat When Speakcr
Clark announced the result The victor>
were Joined by The galleries In sucl
a demons IRA ion n is rarely permitted
IN the house
Former Secretary Bryan. an inter
ested spectator, appeared on the Hoo
and joined IN receiving eongra;uln
lions with Representative Webb 81
North Carolina. who had led The tigbi
The resolution adopted by the
house Is identical with thai passed hy
the senate last August. except thar
IL gives the states seven years instend
If six IN which To ratify the amend
inent
Senator Sheppard, author Of thu
resolution. predicted that The senate
would accept The amendments IL
said he bad assurances hat the soy
en-year period would be- approved and
that he did not believe roll call nee
ssary
The presidents approval Is not re
auired and the state LEGISLATURES may
act as soon MS they please after the
signatures OF the vice president and
Speaker Clark have been attached TO
The resolution.
1T will be submitted rs Christ
mas present Ia the American people
said Sheppard. and | believe II Will
he ratified within three years"
Every attempt Ia put on amend
I,,Lt MT MI
was beaten. and ltr Democrats stood
aligned with 1877 ltepuhlicans AMI -four
independents to win the final victory
fer The prohibition forces.
Following is The resolution as
adopted:
Resolved lay the senate and house
Of representatives, that the following
amendment 10 the constitution be,
and hereby Is, proposed 10 the states,
to become valid as n part of The con
stitution when ratified by the legisla
lures of the several states ny pro
vidcd by the constitution:
article Section AFTER one yea
from the ratification Of this article
the HhIlNld'lHT', Snlf OF tTansl'hftH
ton of Intoxicating liquors within
the importation thereof into. or the
expectation thereof from the United
States and all territory subject 10 the
jurisdiction thereof for beverage prr
poses Is hereby prohibited.
Section 2--The congress and the
several states shall have concurrent
power to enforce this article by ap
propriate Legislation.
"Section 3-This article shall be In
operative unless II shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the con
stitutioD by the legislatures Of the
several states. ms provided In the con
stltutyn, within seven years from the
date Of the submission hereof to IN.
states by the congress"