Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-08-02
SENATE ADOPTS
DRY RESOLUTION
Prohibitionists Have Eight Votes
More Than Necessary
Two-Thirds.
BALLOT STANDS 65 TO 20
Agitation to Danish Alcohol
From Country Now Will Be
Transferred to House.
BALLOT STANDS IS TO &c

" A'SIi i->N ioN, august line sem
ate voted for nationwide prohibition
to-day. The Sheppard amendment to
the Constitution was passed by vote
Of 6S to 20. This was eight more votes
than the required two-thirds majority.
The vote stood:
Ayes: Democrats = Ashurst. Bank
head. Beckham, Chamberlain. Fletcher,
Gore. Hollis. Jones. of New Mexico;
Kendrick. King, Kirby. McKellar. Mar
tin. Myers. Newlands. Overman, owen.
Pittman. Ransdell, Robinson. Sauls-
bury. Shafroth. Sheppard. Shields. Sim
mons. Smith. of Arizona; Smith. OF
Georgia.; Smith, of South Carolina:
Stone. Swanson. Thompson. Tram,ncll,
Vardamar. Walsh. Williams. wolco.t
tse).
Republicans = Borah, Brady. Colt.
Cummins. Curtis. Fernald. Frelinghuy
sen. Gronna. Hale. Harding. Johnson.
of California: Jones. of Washington:
Kellogg. Kenyon. Knox, La Toilette.
McCumber. McNary. Nelson. New. Nor
ris. Page. Poindexter. Sherman. Smith.
of Michigan; Smoot, Sterling. Suther-
land, Watson t29). Total. 65.
Noes Democrats-Broussard Gull
berson. Gerry. Hardwick. Hitchcock.
Husting. James. Lewis. Phelan. Pome-
rene. Reed. Underwood (12).
Republicans = Brandcgee. Calde er.
France. Lodge. Penrose. wadsworth,
Warren. Weeks (S). Total. 20.
Senator Sheppard. of Texas. author
of the amendment. was delighted.
CONFIDENT THAT 1T
WILL PASS IN HOUSE
But 1t was 10 more than I expect
Cd" he said. I'VE will push 1t in .he
House Immediately. and 1 am confident
it viii! be passed there. too"
The amendment as adopted by the
Senate reads:
The manufacture. sale or transpor-
tation of Intoxicating liquors within.
the importation thereof into. or the
expectation thereof from. the United
States and all territory subject to the
jurisdiction thereof for beverage pur-
poses is hereby prohibited.
This article shall be lnopers tive -un.
less 1t snail have been ratified as All
amendment TO the Constitution by the
Legislatures of the several States. AS
provided in the Constitution, within six
years from the date of the submission
hereby to the States by Congress.
THE Congress shall have the power
10 enforce this article by appropriate
legislation"
The Sheppard amendment applies not
only 10 distilled spirits, but to beer
and wines. Attempts to change this
were defeated to-day So was an at
gia, to prevent the purchase or sale
of intoHicants. as well as the manu-
facture. sale or transportation" set
forth in the bill. Only Hnrdwick.
Broussard. Reed and Harding voted for
this idea. siXty-two Senator's voting
against It.
Senator Harding inserted the proviso
that the amendment should be null and
void it the States did not ratify IL with
in six years
NO LIMIT PROVIDED
BY CONSTITUTION
Senator Borah held that to attach
of the measure. He said that as the
Constitution provided no time limit N
which an amendment must be voted
upon. the Senate would exceed its au-
thcrity by doing SO. Senator'S Pom
creme and Harding disagreed with him.
The Harding amendment was finally
adopted by this vote:
Ayes-Ashurst, Bankhead, Beckham.
Broussard, Calder. Chamberlain. Colt.
Curtis. Fernald, Fletcher, France, Free
linGhuysen. Garry. Hale. Harding iIol-
lis. Hitchcock, James. Johnson, of Cali
fornia: Jones, of New MEXICO: Jones.
of Washington: Kendrick. King, Knox.
La Toilette. Lewis, Lodge, McIlellar.
Martin, Myers. New, Newlands, Over
man. Owen. Penrose. Phe!an, Pittman,
Pomerene. Ransdell. Salisbury, Shep-
pard. Shields, Simmons. Smith. of Ari-
Zona; Smith, OF Georgia.; Smith, of
South Carolina: Stone, Swanson,
Thompson, Underwood. wadsworth.
Walsh. Watson. Weeks. Williams. VOL
colt (56).
Noes-Rorah, Brady. Brandegce, Gull
berson. Cummins. Gronna. Kellogg.
Kenyon. Kirby. McNary. Nelson, Nor.
ris Page. PoindeXter, Shafroth, Sher-
man. Smith. of Michigan; Smoot. sterl-
ing, Sutherland. Trammell. Vardaman,
Warren (23).
have the time limit changed from six
to ten years. But the Senate refused
this by vote OF 81 to 10. Then by
a parliamentary move Borah had
another record vote taken on the adop-
tion Of the Hardwick amendment. The
result was this time SO to 23 No Sem
ators changed their votes. Three of
the former ayes" were absent
An attempt to have Congress provide
machinery by which distillers and
brewers and SO forth would be COM
pensated for loss when their plants
shut down was submitted by Senator
Stone. This. too. produced debate.
Senator John Sharp Williams said:
No man or group Of men have the
right to take from another a piece
of property without compensat tion.
Whether or not you agree that this
man should have had property rights
is another. But these rights have been
regarded as property rights. And as
such they should be compensated for