Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-12-20
HOUSE PASSES DRY
AMENDMENT; IS
UP TO STATES
DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
ALMOST EVENLY DIVIDED ON
wET-DRY VOTE
Goes TO LEGISLATURES
Measure Would Stop Manufacture or
Importation of Intoxtcants for
Beverage in u. s.

Nationwide prohibition won in the
house Monday and only the adjustment
OF a slight difference in resolutions be-
tween the house and senate now stands
i'll the way of submitting to state legis-
latures an amendment to the federal
constitution forbidding the manufacture,
sales or importation of Intoxicating
liquor for beverage purposes in the
United States or its territories.
The vote in the house, taken after
day of debate before crowded CALLER
les, was 2s2 to l2S, with the parties
dividing almost evenly. The margin
for prohibition was just eight votes
more than the necessary two-thirds of
the membership of the house required
tor adoption and % more than two
thirds of those voting.
Both Sides Expect Victory.
Both vets and drys had been pre-
dieting victory all day and it was not
until the last few names had been
called that the anti-prohibition forces
conceded their defeat. When Speak
er Clark announced the result the
victors were joined. by the galleries in
such a demonstration as is rarely per-
mitted in the house. Former Secre-
tary Bryan, an interested spectator
nearly all day, appeared on the floor
and joined i'll receiving congratula-
lions with Representative Webb of
North Carolina, who led the fight
The resolution adopted by the house
is identical with that passed by the
senate last August, except that it gives
the state seven years instead of six
in which to ratify the amendment.
The president 5 approval is not re-
CURED and the state legislatures may
act as soon as they please after the
signatures of the vice president and
Speaker Clark have been attached to
the resolution.
Every attempt to put on amendments
to except light wines and beer was
beaten, and 141 democrats stood align
ed with 1877 republicans and four indie
pendents to win the final victory
for the prohibitionist forces.
Text of the Resolution.
Following is the resolution as now
adopted:
Resolved, by the senate and the
house Of representatives, that the fol
lowing amendment to the constitu |
ton, be and hereby is proposed to the I
states, to become valid as "a part of /
the constitution when ratified by the |
OF the several states as
provided by the constitution:
Article |, Section After one year !
from the ratification of this article, |
The manufacture, sale or transporta- |
ton of intoxicating liquors within, the |
importation thereof into, or the ex- |
portation thereof from the United |
States and all territory subject to
he jurisdiction thereof for beverage |
purposes is hereby prohibited.
"Section 2. The congress and the
several states shall have concurrent
oower to enforce this article by APP
oropriate legislation.
Section 3. This article shall be in
operative unless it shall have been
-atified as an amendment to the con
by the Legislatures of the
several states, as provided in the con
within seven years from the /
late of the submission thereof to the
tatas by the congress. =