New Britain herald., 1917-07-07
BONE DRY MEASURE
 IN SENA7E'S HANDS
To Drink, or Not to Drink, That
 Is the Question
SOME LIKE IT WET, SOME DRY

OVIMa u1Au II NulJ OVllu Dnl Senate Votes, A to 39, to Reconsidep
 Action of Yesterday in Deciding
 Not to Withdraw Hard Liquor From
 Bond. a".
 Washington, July 1.-The battle over the prohibition issue involved in the food control bill is beinr fought out in the senate again today. this time on the question whether con- sumption as well as the manufacture of distilled liquor shall be prohibited during the war.
 The contest has narrowed down to this phase today, following the defeat of the bone dry amendment, which action makes it certain that all le9is- latlon stopping manufacture of in- toxicants will be limited to. distilled beverages.
 The senate today voted, A to 39. to reconsider its action yesterday in tentatively adding to prohibition leg lslatlon proposed to the food control Dill the amendment of Senator Cum m1ns prohibiting withdrawal of dis titled beverages from bonded ware houses. ..t-a
 Defeat of the "bone dry" proposal last night tnsures that legislation pro- h1b1t1ng manufacture of intoxicants will be limited to distilled beverages whether consum ption, as well as manufacture, of distilled spirits. shall cease during the war. new element injected into the contest at tho eleventh hour, completely disrupted the leaders well laid plans and caused the recess for conferences on a com promise.
 After roll calls showing consider able majority against stopping man. ufacture of beer and wines or giving the president power to suspend their manufacture, the senate voted to pro- hibit the importation of distilled bev- erages, and then by vote of 45 to 40 tentatively adopted a provision prohibiting withdrawal of distilled spirits now held in bond for beverage purposes.
 The question before the senate was the substitution of an amendment to the pending food bill prepared by Senator Robinson of Arkansas, framed to take the place of the com
 
 for fhe forced discontinuance of the use of foods. food products and feeds'' in the manufacture of distilled spirituous liquors and leaves to the Judgment .of the president the stop ping of the use of such materials of malt, or spirituous liquors. The Rob- l inson amendment read as follows:
 Section 12 That from and after 30 1aU ho dot nf a f1f this act no person shall use any food. fruits, food materials or feeds in the production of distilled liquors or spirits, except for governmental in dustrial, manufacturing, scientific or medicinal purposes.
 Any person who wilfully violates this section shall upon conviction thereof be punished by fine of not exceeding $5,000 or. by Imprisonment for not more than two years or both" To this amendment Senator Myers, Montana, offered an amendment pro- viding that malt and vinous liquors should be included in this legislative ban. This precipitated the test of strength on the bone dry question. For three hours the debate was earn est and intense. Then came the test vote and the Myers amendment was defeated by vote of 34 to 52 as follows: ,. How They Voted.
 Ayes-Ashurst, Beckham, Gore, Johnson (S. D.), Kendrick, McKellar, Myers, Shafroth, Shields, Thompson, Trammel, Vardaman and Wolcott, Democrats: Borah, Brady, Cummins, Curtis, Dillingham; Fernald, Gronna, Hale, Jones (Washington), Kellogg, Kenyon. McCumber, Nelson, Norris, ! Page, Poindexter, Sherman, Smith (Michigan), Smoot, Sterling and Townsend, Republicans-34.
 Noes-Bankhead, Broussard, Cham berlain. Culberson, Fletcher, Gerry, Hitchcock, Hollis, Husting, James, Jones (New Mexico), King, Lewis. l McNary, Martin, Newlands. Overman, Owen. Phelan. Pittman, Pomerene. Ransdell, Read. Robinson, Sheppard, Simmons Smith (GeorgiaD, Smith (Maryland), Smith (South Carolina), Stone, Swanson, Thomas, Tillman, Underwood. Walsh and Williams, Democrats; Brandegee. Calder, Colt, ; France. Frelinghuysen Harding, Johnson California;, Knox. La Fol 1ette, Lodge, Mclean, New, Penrose, Wadsworth, Warren and Watson, Re- publicans-52. . But this did not serve to settle the question. The prohibition radicals were not satisfied that the prohibition of the manufacture of spirits for the 1 war period would suffice. Senator