Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-24
REFUSES TO AMEND lYTlE
MEASURE AND ADOPTS IT
As PRESENTED.
PERMITS MANUFACTURERS
TO BRING IN LIQUORS
Whtmore Makes Strenuous Effort to
Amend Privileges Out Of BiIl-Senate
Refuses to Restore Circle to Austral-
ian BalIot-Demoerats Almost Solid.
ly Opposed.

Des Moines, Feb. 24.-The prohibi-
ton barometer in the Iowa senate
dropped with a thud yesterday as a
reaction against it's flight of the day
before under the influence of national
arid fluctuations, and the Lyle bill,
permitting wholesale manufacturers Of
patent and proprietary medicines to
purchase liquors under permit, passed
the senate with a bang.
With Senator Whitmore, leader and
spokesman Of the bone drys' in the
senate, it was almost case of If this
passes il shall be over my dry bones.
Eight times the senator from Wa
peIlo came up TO bat with bone
dry amendment 10 the Lytle biil
Eight times he struck out. His last
amen dment, Endorsed by the author OF
the bill, Senator Lytle himself, was
voted down with a louder thud than
the seven which had preceded it.
Prospects For Industry.
Senator Whitmore opposed the bill
because he declared that ii opens the
gate TO the millionaire manufactured
into Iowa and make more millions in
the sale Of his near liquors to thirsty
thousands, with nothing hanging over
him as a penalty except a fine Of from
$50 to 5000 for the first offense and
slightly lal ger fine for subsequent Of
lenses. There il no provision for d
prison sentence any place in the bill.
After trying seven times to so cir
cumscrlbe the laws as 10 make them
practically impossible of evasion, Sem
ator Whitmore proposed final amend
ment which he said was merely TO take
the author Of the bill at his word and
make vIolators of its provisions sub
ject TO the penalties imposed upon vio-
lators Of the liquor laws. Senator Lyle
agreed TO the amendm ent
No Chance For Whitnore.
The humor OF the senate was by
that time too far sunken into a de-
structive attitude toward Mr.. Whit
more's propositions to listen TO sug
gestion. The chance looked good for
the amendment and no roll call was
asked A thunder of nays from the
right side OF the house put an end TO
all attempts by the bone dry leader
TO amend the bill.
Indications that It was the fact that
the amendments took their origin in
the bone dry camp was the reason for
their slaughter came when viva
voce on technical amendment by
Kingland including the word "corpo-
rations" in the title, was put thru with
a mighty shout Of ayes"
Upon its final passage the bill re-
ce.ved vote of AZ TO 4. the faithful
minority being Proudfoot, Ratcliff,
FTeck and Whitmore.
Not to Restore Circle.
Preservation Of the nonpartisan
judiciary law. refusal TO restore the
circle 10 the ballot and amendment Of
the primary law to throw state offices
except governor and United States
senator back to the state conventions,
were the accomplishments Of one days
work by the Iowa senate yesterday.
The restoration Of the circle 10 the
ballot included in bill by Senator
kimball which provided also for the
removal Of the names Of the presiden-
tiai electors from the ballot was killed
by an amendme nt introduced by Sen
ator Schrup, Oldest democratic member
Of the senate. The vote on the :Schrup
amendment taken after a debate pro-
longed from the morning into the
afternoon session was carried with just
half Of the voting strength Of the
senate TIE roll call showing twenty
FIVE against the circle, twenty three
for il and two not voting.
Democrats Against Circle.
The ten democrats in the senate
were unanimous against it.
The vote On the Schrup amendment
follows:
Ayes-Arney. Broxam, Byington,
Caswell Chase, Evans, EversmeyeT,
FIeck, Foster. Frailey, Greene, Hale
Helmer, Jackson, Kingfand, Indy,
Mitchell. Parker, Rule, Schrup,
Stephenson, Thompson, Voorhees,,
White and Wilson'S.
Nays-Adams, Balkema- Coburn,
Edwards Enger, Fellows. Foskett, Glib
son, Grout. Haskell Holdoegel Kim
bail, Latter, LeCompte, Lyle, New
berry, Price, Proudfoot, Ratcliff, Smith,
Taylor Van Alstine and Whitmore
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Absent or not yoting-Baal and
Henigbaum.
The bid as amended then passed by
vote Of Al TO 0. 1t merely takes, the
presidential electors off the ballot and
provides that vote for president car