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against said distilled sp,ri.s. provided.

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against said distilled spirits. provided. |
however. that tho owner of tho dis
titled splrits shall not withdraw any
part thereof without tho payment of
tho excise tax In forco.
Amy person who wiilfully violates
this section shall. upon conviction
thereof, be punished by q hne OF not
| exceeding $1,000. or by imprisonment
for not moro than two years. or both"
SHOOT ADDS PRovisIoN
5TO ROBINSON SUBSTITUTE
Tho provision for government pur-
chase Of distilled beverages in bond,
offered by Senator Snoot, was added
to the Rpbinson substitute by q vote
of SO to -, after many Senators had
vigorously denounced as confscation
Of distlllers property provision by
Senator Cummins, OF Iowa, which pro-
posed to prohibit withdrawal of tho
warehouse stores.
Tho twelve Senators voting against
the Smoot amendment were Borah.
Chamberlain, France. Hitchcock, Owen,
Reed. Simmons, Smith, of Georgia:
Stone, Trammell, Vardaman and Walsh.
| comprising both "wets" and "drys" OBJ
posing the plan for divergent reasons.
On Senator Cummins' amendment the
Senate reversed itself. After having
been added yesterday to the Robinson
substitute by vote Of Is to 40, 1t
was struck out to-day, ~ to 80,
With the addition of tho Smoot
amendment, deletlon Of the CummIna
| provision and adoption of an amend
! ment by Senator James exemptine from
taxation distilled beverages bought by
tho government, the Senate decided, As
to o. against adding provisions offered
by Senator Pittman, of Nevada, which
wero originally drafted by senator
core, OF Oklahoma and approved by
the Senate Agriculture Committee, au-
thorizing the President to suspend
manufacture OF beer and vino and to
limit their alcoholic contents.
VOTE OF SENATORS
AS TO BEER AND WINE
The vote. decisive as to beer and
wines, followsi
For the Pittman amendment;
Democrats-Beckham, Chamberlain.
Fletcher. Gore, Hollis. Husting, John
son. South Dakota; Jones. New Mexico;
kendrick, King. Lewis. Mcclellan, New
lands. Owen. Pittman Shafroth, shep-
pard, Smith. Arizona; Stone. Thompson
Tillman. Trammell. Walsh, wolcott
Total. "a,
Republicans-Colt, Cummins, John.
son, California; Kellogg, Kenyon, Nc
Nary, Nelson. New. Norris. Poindexter.
Total, 10. Total for, "a.
Against the amendment,
D. m o crats- Ashurst, Bankhead.
6foussard, Culberson, Gerry, Hitch
COCK James, Martin. Myers. overman,
Pheian. Pomerene. Ransdell. Reed, Rob-
inson' Shields. Simmons, Smith, Nary
land; Swanson. Underwood, Williams.
Total. 81.
'Republicans-Borah. Brady Brande-
gee. Curtis. Dillingham;, Fernald.
France, Frelinghuysen, Gronna, Hale.
Harding. Jones. washington; Knox.
LaFollette, Lodge. Mclean, Page. Pen
rosei Sherman. Smith. Michigan: Smoot
townsend. Wadsworth, Warren, Wat
SON. Total, IS
! Total against. Ie.
Several prohibition advocates voted
| against the Pittman amendment, being
| loath to vest the President with any
authority in the premises.
ROBINSON SUBSTITUTE
ADOPTED. As TO 81
| AS amended after the two days
struggle. the Robinson substitute then
| was adopted. upon n final vote OF IS
to 81.
Tho vote follows:
For tho Robinson amended substi-
tute:
| Democrats - Bankhead, Broussard,
Cuiberson. Gerry. Hitchcock. Hollis.
| Husting, James. Jones' New Mexico
Lewis. Martin, Newlands, Overman,
Phelan. Pittman. Pomerene. Ransdel,
Reed, Robinson, Sheppard, Simmons
Smith. Arizona: Smith. Georgia; Smith
| South Carolinai Stone, Swanson, Till
man, Underwood, Williams. Total, 80
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Colt, Ere
llnghuyeen France, Harding. John
son, California;; Knox, LaFollette,
Lodge. Mclean. McNary. New. Penrose,
wadsworth. Warren. Watson. Total.
lis.
Total for. As.
| Against the amendment;
Observation-Disclosures, Beckham, Cham
berlain. Fletcher. Gore. johnson, South
Dakota: kendrick. King, Mcclellan.
Myers. Owen. Shafroth. Shields, Thon1p-
son. Trammeil, Vardaman. Walsh. VOL
colt Total. is.
Republicans-Borah. Brady, Cum
Minis. Curtis. Dillingham;. Fernald.
Gronna, Hale. Jones, Washington; KeI-
Iosg, Kenyon. Nelson. Norris. Page.
PoInderter. Sherman, Smith Michigan;
Smoot Townsend. Total. 49,
Total against 81.
Representative Barley, Of Ken
lucky, father OF tho House absolute
beverage manufacturing prohibitory
amendment said tonight that he dis.
liked the Senate bill. but declined to
forecast what action the House would
take on 1t.
II am sorry" he said. "that the SEN
ate separated whisky and beer. They
have been close friends SO long that
don't think they should be parted