The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-02-08
District Committee Expected to
Agree to Report Dry Bill
Without Recommendation
DISCUSSION WILL
CONTINUE TILL FEB. l6
House Postoh1ce Committee
Begins Hearings On Senate
Mails Bill--To Expediate
Action

Washington. y. C. February T.
The house committee on District Of
Columbia. which is conducting
hearing on the Barkley district pro-
hthiuon measure, Will on Wednesday
vote on the question OF ending the
bearings FebFaars-le,-a and reporting
the measure to the house without
recomme ndation. This propositi on
was advanced by Representative
Lloyd. of Missouri. one of the ardent
supporters Of the dry bill
This was agreed upon today at an
executive session Of the district com
mittee before the public hearing
opened. The agreement followed the
introduction of a resolution into the
committee by Representative Lloyd
as follows
That tho chat IS authorized 10
report this bll 10 the house Friday.
February 10 without recommended
tien, th"t he committee row pro-
eeed "'th bearings Gor the use and
Information ot the house; that those
favorable to- the hill No allowed to-
day and tomorrow 10 present their
views. and that those opposed To u
inaS - heard Friday o. this weet aul
Tuesday apd Wednesdays IF WrNt week
aud tho~, favorable to tho hlI may
clos" 80" h"a l5Hg THURS la2 II nest
week.
No Further thanrg' to Dodge.
THIS nrlnEs the wet ana tre 4uev-
ton 10 polat where there can ne no
further dodsine. II the DR. votes win
tomorrow. ,ait the bill Is reported 10
tho house without reCoune udatien OF
Fehruar, &C. here IS scarcely any
atte~ttoa that IL viii pas- th+ hofise 10
an opportunity Is made to bring it
Ep. II the VT Votes prevail and hear
iugS arc prolonged there is less
chance az the passage Of the hill.
After thu executive session Aha
hearing proceeded with a room SO
crowded VITA twopl" jbat reathIuG
actually became dirirult The cN-
PLANTATION OF th~ h)l. started yester
day by Repre- sentative Barl1ley. Of
Kentucky, was concluded today, and
the discussion as to the propriety Of
getting a friend drink uudcr the dry
conditions staring tho capt al in tho
face became 3 leading topic Of dis
cnssion
Revenue Receipts Greater.
During the discussion Representa-
tive Focht, of PENNSYLVANIA. asked
Representative Barkley what explana-
ton he could give to the fact that
treasury receipts from liquor taxes
are greater than ever in spite OF the
TACT tTSt Bfpi}tiAtOnlNtN f831Ut ATNAi
doctrine is a success in twenty-five
states
IF prohibition is the real thing,
said Representative Eecht Il am fer
Il. but IL II is Il fake want to know
1t. II prohibition is a success how
can the consumption OF liquor be on
the Increase
II have no figures" said Mr.. Bark
ley. but I suppose that the treasury
IL.
are due In part to collections on all
distilled spirits. such as alcohol
There has been great increase in
spirits owing TO the European war"
w. G. r. T. Tcstifics.
A. e. Shoemaker. attorney for the
Anti Saloon league. took the floor af
ter Representative Barley In order
to direct the testimony, and his first
witness was Mrs. Emma Sanford Shell
ton, president OF the District OF Co
lumbia w. c. r. u.
For forty years" said Mrs, Shell
ton. this organization has worked for
clean cities for children. We want
the streets OF our cities so clean that
our children may walk upon them
without being subjected TO tenn ptation.
We are here today as the representa-
tive of the home. An enemy has in
yadei our home and we ask this com
the intruder. The saloon should go:
and the national capital should be
clean"
Robert H. Burbank spoke a word
for the Epworth League societies OF
the district. saying that the league
was an earnest supporter of the Shep-
pard- Barley bill
Opposes Referendum
Rev. Or. Clarence Vincent. pastor
nj Mount Pleasant Congregational
church. speaking for the temperance
committee of the Congregational
church. said that 1900 delegates to
the last annual convention OF that
church had endorsed the sheppard
hartley bill. DR.. Vincent urged that
no referendum on the liquor question
be held.
Rev. George NJ. Cummings, of the
Anacostia Federation for Social Ser
vice. endorsed the bill. and also the
following persons. all of whom made
short statements: Rev. T. d. Richard
son, OF Montgomery county. Md;
Harold Ramsey. of the Epworth
league: DR.. James Cannon. Jr.. chair
man Of the national committee of the
Anti-Saloon league.
Hearing On Mails BIZ
The house postofTice committee has
begun hearings on the senate mails
hill. the one which prohibits the send
ing through the mails OF any kind
If LIQUOR advertising matter. Repre-
sentative Ahercombie. of Aiabama.
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