The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-09
NETS FALL, DOWN AFTER
EFFORT To CHTOROFORM

preventative Burke of Wisconsin
on the conveninE OF the committee in
executive session, offered substitute
for the Lloyd motion. this substitute
reading as follows.
Resolved That the committee on
the District Of Columbia proceed with
hearings on bill $ ns2 until Wednes-
day. the 2lst day of February. when
the committee shall take mp said bill
and amendments for final ,onsidera
ton and action"
When vote was taken. the Burke
substitute prevailed bysa vote OF 10
30 j, but when an attempt was made
by Representative Cary, OF Wise sin.
to clinch this decision by moving that
she vote by which the substitute was
adopted should be reconsidered and
that motion laid on the table, the
parliamentary way OF effectually
chloroforming any measure, the vets
fell down by "a vote Of 10 TO 8.
As result II will he possible at
any time in the future before the
9lst day of February for any mem
her OF the committee to move that
action he taken on the prohibition
amendments Immediately. II so de-
sired. and the motion would .e in
order The vote on the Burke sub
stitute was as follows:
cas- t7fttS~fNf. tffttts ttAhfftts New
Jersey: Lobeek Nebraska Burke.
Esley. Pennsylvania; Wilson. Florida !;
Cary Wisconsin,; Focht, Pennsyl-
vania Wheeler. Illinois barrow.
Pennsylvania: Oakley. Connecticut:
Could New York-ls
NAYS Ragsdale, South Carolina
Ninson Georgia; billiard. Colorado:
Mapes Michigan: Johnson, Kentucky
s.
pairs--Loyd. dry. with Tinkham.
District bill.
Representative Aiken. of South
Carolina, was absent.
The vote on the Cary motion was:
Yeas--Crosser. Hamiil. Lobeck.
burke. Dooling. Wilson. Cary. Oar
rows.
Nays--Ragsdale, vinson Bailey.
Willard Mapes, Focht Wheeler.
Oakley. Gould. Joi1nson--to.
VETS MOVE WITH FEAR
DURING STORMY SESSION
The session OF the committee was
a s.nrmy one. but most Of those who
were there evidently determined to.
IL possible. defeat the dry measure
went about their work with consider
able trepidation. fearing the results
Of their own actions. There was a
disposition on the part Of some of the
members Of the committee, it is un-
,icrstood, To substitute for FEBRUARY
81 in the Burke substitute February
1s. the same date as provided in the
Lloyd motion. hut with the difference
that the committee would not have
Heen bound TO report the measure
without recommendation. Had this
substitute to the substitute been act
ed anon. there Is every reason 30 be-
lieve II would have prevailed.
As il is, however. the dr. forces
have every reason to feel that they
will yet get action in time tn pass
the bill ut teis session of congress.
as tho apparent motive back Of the
Burke substitute was to delay consid-
Grafton of the measure and amend
merts until February 81. in the hope
that consideration could he continued
Indefinitely thereafter in committee.
The failure of Representative Cary's
efforts 10 c,inch this however, proved
that a majority " the committee Is
opposed to having it's hands tied on
the measure until a date which would
possibiy be too late to make action
on it by the house possible before
adjournment
The committee will meet again at
10 o'clock tomorrow to continue the
hearings. The chances are. though,
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