The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-08-02
Senate Passes Dry Amend
ment with SiX-Year Limit
for Ratification
sen. BORAH CLAIMS
MEASURE IS ILLEGAL
Necessary Two-Thirds Resolution
Goes to House, Where It's Adoption Is
Predicted.

Necessary TWo-Thirds Resolution
Goes to House, Where It's Adoption Is
Predicted.
WASHINGTON, Aug. "A resolution
Tor submission to the states al a prohib
ition amendment to the federal constitu-
tion was adopted late yesterday by the
senate. The vote was e. to %. eight more
than the necessary two-thirds. The vote
surpassed predictions OF the proponents
ui the resolution.
As adopted the resolution contains
provision that the states must be asked to
fatify the amendment within six years
The house still must act on the resoIu-
ton
Senators voting for the resolution were,
Democrats Ashurst, Bankhead, Beck
ham, Chamberlain, Fletcher, Gore, Hollis,
Jones Of New Mexico, kendrick, King,
| Kirby, McKeller, Martin, Myers, New
| lands, Ovcrman, Owen, Pittmar. Rams
| dell, Robinson, Salisbury, Shairoth, Shep-
| and Shields, Simmons, Smith of Arr
coma, Smith of Georgia, Smith Of South
| o., lima, Stone, Swanson, Thompson,
| hlmm,a, NardamIu, Walsh, Williams
| r1d Nslcott. Total, ~.
Republicans Borah Brady, Colt Cum
minis, Curtis, Fcmald, Freinghuyscn,
| Gronna, Hale, Harding. johnson Of Cali
| lorna. Jones of Washington. Kellogg,
Kenyon, Knox, La Toilette, McCumber
NcNary, Nelson, New, Norris, Page Poin
dexter, sherman, Smith OF Michigan
~moot, Sterling, Sutherland and Watson
Total. ~
Grand total for. So.
Senator's opposing the resolution We're
| Democrats Broussard. Culberson, Ger
Nv Hardwick. Hitchcock, Husting. James
Lewis. Phean, Pomerene, Reed and tn
dcrwood Total T.
Republicans Bandegec, Calder, France
l.Jd4c, Pcnrose. Wadsworth, Warren an,
l. Weeks. Total, s,
Grand total against, %.
The text OF the resolution follows:
Joint resolution proposing an amend
Wcnt To The constitution of the Unite,
! States
Resolved by the senate and house il
/, eonguossil a aeU4lbed t1a oithHss al eeacI
house concurring thereinl that the follow
ny amendment to the constitution he am
q hereby is proposed to the states, to be
come valid as a part Of the constituuo
when ratified by the legislatures of tn
several states as provided by the constitl
: ton:
Article -. Section l. The manufa,
urc, sale or transportation OF intoXica
J my liquors within, the importation Their
of into, or the expectation Their
: oi from the United States and all teri
tories subject to the jurisdiction there,
: Tor beverage purposes is hereby prohiI
d tied.
y Sec .. This article shall be inopcr
{ tive unless it shall have been ratified
z an amendment to the constitution by Il
e legislatures. of the several states as pr
vidcd in the constitution within six yea
- rom the date of the submission here
ye to the states by the congress.
q Sec. 3 The congress shall have Il
power to enforce this article by apr
], pirate legislation.
i Section , Of the resolution as passed
: the so-called Harding amendment pro
II posed by the junior senator from OH
7 and it was on this moderating clau
= which imposes upon the states of Z
It Union the obligation to make their {
eision one way or the other within s
m years on the question OF a bone dr.
nation that the support of many CO
!, -crvativc senators, men who would und
Vi no circumstances have voted for a re,
p luton without the time Imitation W
' obtained
!. There was an effort made by Senat
~ Borah to have this limiting section stri,
:, en- from the measure Mr.. Bolah warn
NJ the senate that the limitation feature
~ the proposed enactment endangers t
constitutionality Of the entire resolutic
W lie said that such form of submission
the states was a thing outside the cons
w tuition of the United States and that s.
Ct. ators in supporting it were TAX
chances with having drafted law VIII
all would not stand the test of court exa
sln nation