The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-26
Beer and Wine Interests MIX.
ing Frantic Efforts to A.
sure Their Own Safety
SENATOR GORE SLOW
TO CALL COMMITTEE
Southern States Aroused "a
Vigorous Expression for Pro
hibition Through Work of
DR.. James Cannon. j.
(By STAFF Correspondent

(By STAFF Correspondent
| Washington. d. c.. Juno 25.-Tha
Lever so-called food control bill, q
IL passed the house on Saturday, 50
now formally before the senate. II
having been received In the senate ID.
! day and referred by the vico-rrent~
| dent to the committee on agricultura.
1t is possible this committee WIN meet
Tuesday morning to begin Considers
| ton of the measure, but up to Z latn
hour Monday evening senator corr.
| OF Oklahoma, chairman, had not IN.
| dicated when his committee would -
| called together
| Two things stood out prominently
today in connection with the food
! control measure as adopted BY thos
house with an outright war prohiht-
ton section One was the admissions.
on all hands. in congress, the pres
gallery, In the press, and In prtvate
dough-" as the Washington Star. Ell
! torially put It. The other wa tA4
/ very strong impression amcne the VII
i informed OF the senate AZ wen - ont
side the senate, that the upper houoa
OF congress, impressed by the tre-
mendous sentiment throughout tho
! country for real prohibition as a pres
| paredness for war measure" will ap.
prove the Lever bill as II came from
the house and add to It a prohibition
of the sale OF all intoxicants
| According to report here today. such
leaders as Senators Martin and Swan.
/ son. OF Virginia. Berkiaan, AZ KHn~s
lucky: Jones. OF Washington; Sheps
pard. of Texas: Thompson, OF Kansas
and others will strongly support the
house bill with the prohibition OF the
| for sale" feature added. That the
| house bill as 1t reached the sepat3
will certainly pass that body II be-
lieved by Senators George Chamber
lain. OF Oregon; Beckham. Of Kens
lucky. and others In a position to
sense the sentiment Of a majority az
/ the senate.
Beer and Wine Men Frantic.
The supporters Of the beer and wine
interests are working their heads or
these DAYS in a frantic effort to save
these products The truth Of the mat.
ter is the beer fellows are tickled that
whiskey is doomed Conferences are
being held at the Capitol in Wash.
ington hotels, and elsewhere by the
hour In connection with plans. forced
by the desperation OF the hour. look.
ing 70 the saving OF beer and wines
Naturally. an interesting time may
be expected in connection with the
deliberations of the senate committees
on agriculture. in view of the stand
taken by the chairman. Senator Core.
in behalf OF a prohibitive tax on d3a.
titled spirits in the revenue bill a. =
means OF providing wartime prohf-
bition.
Should Senator Gore succeed n
! getting report from his committee
which is not likely. substituting fo1
the prohibition section Of the L>vor
hat l@A ~
short Of even the requirements Of tho
house bill. minority report ID con
sidered as certain. Once the MT
Jority report reached the fioor OF tn
senate II would be apt to prevail n
1t carried straightout prohibition pro-
vision.
Editors and Advertisements
New York city and other newspa~
pers today carried editorials demand.
ing that beer and wines not b In
cluded In a prohibition measure n
this time. Naturally. these editorials
were carried as Advertisements II
some of the Washington papers. hut
this advertisement did not seem to ~
tract any particular interest
| The Washington Star in its edit0s
rial column, under the heading q
Prohibition and the Senate whilo
not declaring either way positively "
to the prohibition Of the manufactufG
! and sale of beer aud wines for tn
period of the war. declared aySuflEs
cantly that there is no sugxestto
of presidential veto should the seaaS
4 ate ratify the houses action In ~
editorial protesting against . tendAuG1
to load the president down with ~
thority, and thus centralize authOrifl
in the White House, the star DECLARE
that lin every case where conero1
can do IT. congress should do II. s
This declaration IL interesting IT
view of the repeated attempts G.
transfer to the president the authG43
ity to say whether or not there shou11
be wartime prohibition: whether a.
manufacture Of whiskey ~ wetl r.
lof beer and wines, should ~ ~
hibited In closing this particufxI
editorial the Star says: That h0
(congress) in enacting new
should make them most epme
where new tribunals are neceeG
should create them, and then
care pass upon the prestdenxse
lpointees to them"
League Expects SenAea vlc1o*
II 10 the hslief Of thu Anl1an
league leaders that the ao0a4a
lretain the prohibition provi11en