The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-02
RESOLUTION NOW GOES TO HOUSE,
WHOSE FAVORABLE ACTION IS ASSURED
Penrose Attacks Constitutonaly of Proposal, While
Underwood Continues His Futile Opposition.
Senator Kenyon Makes an Old-Fashioned Prohi-
bton Grafton, In Which Hide Is Literally Lifted
From John Barleycorn
(By staff correspondent

Washington D. c.. Aug lon the prohibition calendars
of the country date should be uderscored that date We'd
nesday August l. 1917, it short time after o'clock
that day when the of the United States voting
the first time in its history the submission the
states of national prohibition resolution on record IS ia
20 in favor of such submission The enthusiastic
Gates of the prohibition resolution including Senator Norris
Sheppard Texas the author predicted to vota al
the best The result showed just better than to vote
Therefore, Wednesday, August 1917 should go down in
b1 as mat the
of representatives the supporters themselves believe IL
though they may not admit it.
Text of Resolution NJ
Here is the joint resolution adopted by senate and
the votes for and against it,
Joint resoluonproposing amendment to- he constis
tuition of the United States: "
Resolved by the senate and house of
United States of America in congress assembled
Of each concurrng heren That the following amend
the constitution be- and hereby u.s. proposed to the
states to become valid part of the when rati
fed by the legislatures of the several states provided the
constitution:
Article Section l. The manufacture SALE or Transports
ton of intoxicating liquors within the importation thereof into
the expectation thereof FROM the United States and all terri
subject to the thereof for beverage
Gs) prohibited.
Section . This article shall be imperative unless it shall
have been ratified amendment the constitution by the
legislatures of the several states provided in the constu
ton within six from the date of the submission hereof
to the states by the congress.
Section The shall have power to enforce this
article by appropriate legislation.
THE VOTE
For the resolution: Ashurst Arizona Bankhead Alabama
Beckham Kentucky Borah Idaho; Brady Idaho Chamber
lain, Oregon Colt Rhode Island Cummin Iowa. Curtis Kan
sas Fernald Maine; Fletcher, Florda Freinghuysen New
jersey Gore Oklahoma Gronna North Dakota Hale Maine.
Harding Ohio Hollis New Hampshire Johnson CALIFORNIA;
Jones' New Mexico JONES' Washington; Kellogg Minnesota
Kendrick Wyoming Kenyon Iowa; King Utah Kirby Arkan
sas Knox, Pennsylvania LaFoette Wisconsin; McCumber
North Dakota Mcclellan Tennessee McNary Oregon Martin
Virginia; Myers Montana; Nelson Minnesota New Indiana
Newlands, Nevada Norris Nebraska Overman North Caro-
lima; Owen Oklahoma Page Veont Pitman, Nevada; Poin-
dexter Washington; Rande louisiana Robinson Arkansas
Salisbury Delaware Shafroh Coorado Sheppard Texas;
Sherman, Illinois; Shields Tennessee Simmons North Caro-
lima; Smith, Arizona Smith, Georgia; Smith, Michigan Smith,
South Carolina; Smoot Utah; Sterling South Dakota Stone
Missouri; Sutherland West Virginia; Swanson Virginia;
Thompson Kansas; Trammel Florida; Vardaman MISSISSIPPI
p Walsh Montana Watson Indiana; Williams Mississippi;
Wocott, Delaware.-65.
Against the resolution Brandegee Connecticut Brous-
sard louisiana Calder New York Cuberson Texas France
Maryland; Gerry Rhode Island; Hardwick Georgia. Hitch
cock Nebraska Husng Wisconsin; James, Kentucky; Lewis
Illinois, Lodge Massachusetts, Penrose Pennsylvania Phelan
California; Pomerene, Ohio; Reed Missouri Underwood Ala
bama; Wadsworth New York; Warren, Wyoming; Weeks,
Massachusetts-20
Fixes Six Year Term.
Votes during the day taken also amendments 81
fered by Senators Harding of Ohio this amendment being
adopted Stone of Missouri Phean of California Newand
Nevada and Borah of Idaho The Harding amendment which
fixed six years within the amendment to the constitution