Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-08-02
SENATE Votes FOR
B0NE-ORY NATION
SUBMITS AMENDMENT TO PEo-
PIE, WHO MUST RATIFY
WITHIN six YEARS.
BALLOT RESULTS IN
VOTE OF IS TO 20
Dry Leaders Confident House Will
Ratify Action by Necessary Two
Thirds NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Not
Defined in Measure-Iowa Senators
Favor Amendment.

Washington, Aug. 1.-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 IS 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 dr.ys 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.
J 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. If
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 have 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 as might he 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 all they have in stock and as much
more as they can manufacture ina linn
tied period. besides giving them an OPP
portunity to adjust their business and
change over their plants.
Change For John 6areycorn.
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-
tntionai amendment is going to fare,
and if 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
ident would give the word he was will
ing to start on a shredded wheat basis
next week.
The breweries have more difficult
pl otlem, but they think they can
over to ice plants and coda
water bottling. }.
There were some surprises in the
vote on the passage of the amendmcnt.
Sc r..:or Stone voted for the passage
after having fought the legislation con-
sistently for years He withheld his
vote, however. until he s:iw that the
was certain to win. Sena
to-. ~: colleague of Senator Stone,
from Missouri, voted against it.
Bay State Against It.
Senators Lodge and Weeks both voted
the amendment. Massa chnSetts
buns the only New England state TO
rrest mt solid front against tire legis-
latior.
10th of Iowa's senators, Curnmins
and Kenyon, voted for the amendment.
The two New York senators, Calder
and Wadsworth, vI'tsl against it. Sen
at,r Calder is from Greater New York.
where saloons are plentiful, and Wads-
wt,tl, is from 'lp state, where the
grape industry is considerable.
The wine producing states, However,
were not opposing solidly 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 Sem