Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-02

BALLOT RESULTS IN
VOTE OF IS TO 20
Dry Leaders Confident House Will
Ratify Action by Necessary Two
Thirds Observation-Disclosures Not
Defined in Measure-lowa Senators
Favor Amendment.

Washington, Aug. 2.-The senate has
passed the constitutional amendment,
which if agreed to by the house and
ratified by three-fourths of the state
legislatures will forever stop the manu-
facture, sale, importation or transport
tation of intoxicating liquors in the
United States. The amendment went
thru with vote of 65 to 20.
This gives the vets and dryS six
years in which to fight out the issue
in the states. If at the expiration OF
six years the required number OF states
have not confirmed the amendment the
amendment dies.
Here is peace without victory, for
both vets and drys are convinced that
they have won and the biggest STUN
bling block in the way of the adoption
of the food bill that has tied up con-
gress for months is removed.
Intoxicants Not Defined.
A notable feature of the amendment
is that there is no definition of what
constitutes Intoxicating liquor. An
effort was made to limit the application
of the law to distilled drinkables, but
that was promptly showed under II
the states confirm the amendment 1T
would seem that some sort OF beer OF
low alcoholic content may still be
brewed, but the courts will nave to
have a shot at that phase of the ques-
ton.
There SENS to be no doubt that the
house will accept the amendment
Whisky men. beer men and cold water
men are all figuring on making the
fight before the state legislatures.
The whisky people are not so dis
tressed rs might be expected. The six
year clause gives them fighting chance
to bury the whole question and at the
worst they have ample time to dispose
of ali they have in stock and as much
more as they can manufacture ina lin
tied period, besides giving them an OPP
portunity to adjust their business and
change over their plants.
Change For John Barleycorn.
The big Peoria distilleries, for in
stance. mean to become cereal prod
ucts factories, and breakfast foods
bearing the brands that now come over
the bars In bottles are among the pos
sible results Of today's vote. In fact,
it Is by no means certain that whisky
will carry on the war.
It will not take the votes Of many
legislatures to indicate how the consti-
tn.ionai amendment is going to fare,
and II it's adoption is foreshadowed the
distillers will not wait for the final YER
dict but will convert their plants at
once. One Of the big distilling repre-
sentatives said today that II the pres
;dent would give the word he was will
ing to start on shredded wheat basis
next week.
The breweries have more difficult
p1 ohlem, but they think they can
water bottling.
There were some surprises In the
vU,e on the passage of the amendmcnt.
Scr...or Stone voted Cor the passage
after having fought the legislation con-
sistently for years. He withheld his
vote, however, until he saw that the
amendment was certain to win. Sena-
to-. H. colleague Of Senator Stone,
from Missouri. voted against It.
Bay State Against 1t.
Senators Lodge and Weeks both voted
against the amendment. Nassa chnsetts
b.,na the only New England state 70
prest mt a solid front against the legis-
latiop.
10th of Iow3's senators, CuInmins
and Kenyon. voted for the amendment.
The two New York senator's. Calder
and " ellsworth, vS..i against 1t. Sen
ato. Calder is from Greater New York,
where saloons are plentiful. and Wads-
wtytl is from up state, where the
grapc industry is considerable.
7 he wine-producing states. However,
were not opposing soJidly the amend
ment. From Ohio, Pomerene voted
against and Harding for the amend
ment. From California, Phelan voted
against and Johnson for the amend
ment. From North Carolina both SEN
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