The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-08-02

u that offered by Stone. OF Missouri and
providing for compensation. was de-
Heated, 81 to so. The vote on it was
jsas follows:
For the Northumberland
y 0roussard, Calder. France, Freling-
4 Auysen, Gerry. Gore. Harding, Hard
wick. Hollis. James. Johnson, Cali
Il fornia: IaFollette. Lodge, New, New
lands, Penrose. Phelan. Pittman. Pom
erene, Ransdell, Reed. Salisbury.
i sherman. Stone, Underwood. Wads-
worth. Warren. Watson. Weeks. VIII
4 hamA--3l.
3 B Asains, the amendmen;--Ashurs
DAnkhead, Beckham. Borah. Brady.
Chamberlain, Colt Culberson. Cum
minis, Curtis. Fernald. Fletcher. Gron-
nA, Hale, Hitchcock. Jones, New Mex
i leo: Jones. Washington. Kellogg, Ken
drick. Kenyon, King, Kirby Knox,
NcKellar, McNary, Martin. Myers,
Nelson. Norris. overman' owen PAss
b poindexter shafroth, sheppard.
Shields. Simmons. Smith, Georgia;
Il Smith. Michigan; Smith. s Carolina
smoot, Sterling Sutherland, Swanson,
Thompson. Trsmmel, Nardaman,
& Walsh, Wolcott--50
d The Borah amendment TO the Hard
ing amendment. under which ten
years instead OF six years would he
allowed the states in which 70 rat!fy
Defeated. - to 81.
n The Phelan amendment to submit
two resolutions. one providing for the
prohibition OF distilled liquors, the
other for beer and wines, was defeat
Cd, 20 to So.
The Newlands amendment. provid-
Ing that the word distilled" be sub
etituted for Intoxicating" liquors, in
line 10 OF the Sheppard amendment,
was defeated. ~ to 81.
Would Have Made Vote Sc.
On the final passage OF the Shep-
pard amendment, as amended by Sem
ator Harding. the following pairs were
noted. the ratio OF 10 l being OBJ
served except In the case OF Senators
Dillingham;, of Dillingham, Vt. and
Smith, of Maryland, these having a
single pair II was explained on be-
half OF Senator Dillingham; that had
L he been present he would have vote /
Tor the resolution, increasing the to-
.stAl to Sc. No explanation was made
a. to where Senator Smith stood The
others were: Fall. New Mexico, ana
Thomas. Colorado, aye, as against
AeLaan, of Connecticut. nay; Goft, Of
West Virginia, and Townsend. OF Mich
igan. aye. AZ against Tillman. Of South
Carolina, nay. Gallinger, Of New
Hampshire. and Johnson, OF South
Dakota, aye, as against Hughes. of
New Jersey, nay.
Speeches Made by Many.
Speeches we're made during the day
*on the resolution as follows; For the
observation-disclosures Cumnins. Iowa;
Kenyon. Iowa, Kirby. Arkansas; My
! ers. Montana: Norris, Nebraska, Shep-
pard, Texas. sherman, Illinois: Ster-
4 ling, South Dakota. Beckhana, Ken
lucky. Borah. Idaho; Gronna, North
Dakota; Johnson. California, LaFol-
lstts. Wisconsin; shafroth, Colorado;
vardaman, Mississippi.
Against the resolution-Hardwick
OF Georgia; Penrose, OF Pennsylvania
Pomerene, Of Ohio. Weeks. OF Msssa-
chusetts; Warren. of Wyoming.
Senator Harding, OF Ohio. spoke in
4 favor of his amendment, and later
voted for the resolution as amended
by him. -.
4 :. 4senater Curtis. hi speaking for the
resolution, explained that there were
many reasons why he was for IT. He
I Also said he favored the Hard ns
Amendment because he believed that
4 it, Adoption would cause several sena
tors to support the resolution who
Nigh, otherwise oppose II. Senator
Curtis speech, as usual, was strong
!, one, and he made telling arguments
4 IA behalf OF the prohibition principle.
4 He was interrupted by Senator Nor
! ris, who saiG ne was afraid the adop-
Il ton Of the Harding amendment would
operate against the ratification OF the
& Amendment as II was suspicious 10
! him that so many who were known
enemies of prohibition were backing
the Amendment He said he feared
either defeat or delay amounting TO
4 defeat If the Harding amendment was
y adopted Later Senator Norris MADE
strong speech In favor OF prohtbI-
& tion OF the clear-cut. no comPro d1ist
kind.
Cnadulterated Prohibition.
One OF the strongest speeches for
pure. unadulterated prohibition was
h made by Senator Kenyon. who said
IN part: -,,.,,- u,, -,
4 uniess they get their beer. will he
temperance people rebel unless they
eeg temp erance?'
why do not the temperance peo'
pie claim that they will rebel also
No one has heard any such thing from
them. nor will anybody hear such
thing"
The temperance people will be
for the nation no matter II beer and
whtskey be forced on them. Their
y patriotism does not depend on having
Z, their own way"
Els patriotism purchased by beer
worth while anyway"
IF some one were taking as much
foodstuH as goes into booze and
dumping It into the sea. what would
B the people OF the nation say
III some one should advance the
d argument that this was necessary N
order to appease certain people who
& believed In dumping fodstuffs into
y the sea, and that 1. they did not &c
4 Il, II would arouse riots. would we &C
n cede to their request"
mo one rises on this floor or else
q whore TO defend the American saloon
! directly"
THE American saloon has TO con-
science. 1t never did a good act. or
failed to do a bad one.
A Trap and DESTROYER.
1T IL trap for the youth, de-
d stroyer for the old. a foul spawnlng
Ill place for crime; a corrupter of poll
tics; knows no party; supports those
Il men for once whom il thinks can he
easiest Influenced: has no respect for
n law or the courts: debauches city
councils. iuries. and every one Il can
Il reach: IA powerful in the unity OF Us
Il vote, and creates towards In office.