Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-08-01
SENATE To VOTE
ON LIQUOR TODAY
BaIIoting on Nationwide Dry
Measure to Begin at
a O'Clock.
LINEUP is VERY CLOSE

At o'clock this afternoon the SEN
ate will vote, without further debate
upon the Sheppard resolution propos-
ing constitutional amendment for ma
tion-wide prohibition. Any amend.
ments which may be pending will be
disposed of first.
The dry" forces still are confident
that the resolution will get the neces.
sary two-thirds vote to carry. The
vote undoubtedly will be close, and the
vets" have not given up hope that
they may defeat it.
The debate was continued today
with each senator confined to speeches
not exceeding ten minutes. A strong
effort will be made to have the resolu-
tion amended SO as to provide for COM
pensating the liquor manufacturers
and dealers for any property which
nationwide prohibition may destroy.
Opposition Speakers.
Senator Calder of New York, Senator
Penrose of Pennsylvania and Senate,
Pomerene Of Ohio spoke in opnositior
to the resolution, and Senator Kenyor
OF Iowa defended it. Senator Calde,
said that "a number of the states rem.
resenting minority Of people might
determine whether the Fundamental
law of the land might be changed.
The men WHO framed the Constitution
he argued. had no conception that such
a state of affairs might arise But ow.
ing to the wide difference in the pop.
ulations of the various states. this is
the case, he said.
why do we prohibit the boys ir
the Army and Navy from having boozt
and insist that those who remain al
home shall have it?" asked Senator
Kenyon. IF liquor is a bad thing TO,
the boys in the trenches why is it q
good thing for those at home? Wher
they are willing to die for us should
we not be willing to go dry for them
viii sober nation not win the war
quicker than a drunken nation?"
Sherman Whacks Liquor Traffic,
On the eve of the vote on the Shep-
pard resolution, Senator Sherman Of
Illinois bitterly arraigned the liouor
traffic. He announced that he would
vote ior the resolution in whatever
form it was put up for final passa ee
but said that he would support an
amendment desged to give reasona ble
compensation to the liquor men for the
property which they must lose.
Just before Senator Sherman began
told the Senate that if the constitu
tional amen lment was adopted with
out compensation clause 81 600 oOO :
600 worth of property would he de-
stroyeu arbitrarily without compensa.
ton, 100000 men would be tbrow,
out of employment and a great finan-
clal upheaval was sure to follow He
said he proposed to offer an amendma
providing compensation for the nronl
erty rendered useless by nation wide
An amendment offered by Senator
Harding of Ohio provides that the mo.
hibition amendment to the Constitn-
ton must be ratified within six ye.rs,
IT is expected this amendment will be
said he would support it,
Senator Stone said that if the How'd
ing amendment and the compeps.tin,
amendment, which he proposed to OFF,
were adopted he might be willing t6
thought he was opposed to the fan; n;
governments taking over police no,.s
ers that belong to the states.
In announcing that he would summons
a compensation amendment Senator
Sherman said that it must he "in So
reasonable form" He pointed ont tha.
many distilleries can be conyerted We
manufactures fon munitions and for
purposes. 1t would not be reasona BILE
th1i eAois ~ pa! 'i'e owners the entire
value of these plants, he said.
Lodge Opposed to Measure.
Senator Lodge of Massa chusetts. after
declaring that he earnestly wished that
all alcoholic beverages might be winad
out because every human being wnuLi
be better morally, mentally and physi-
cally if he never touched alcohol an
nounced that he would vote against The
resolution because he believed 1t wo,,id
be ''ir the highest degree damaging tn
the real cause of temperance, not to Thai
temperance which contents itself with
a clamor for statutes and is satisfied
with an unenforced law.
II do not think that the people of
this or any other country are as vet
prepared in opinion or by education to
accept in good faith the extreme legis-
lation carried in this constitutional
he commented.