The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-02-23
Y e sterd a US Show
Down Will Force Com
mittee to Report 1t
BODY ESCAPES
VOTE OF CENSURE
But MOists Feel Weight
of Sentiment For
Real Prohibition

1
terday afternoon on the whole
liquor question. with the result that
the reDortinS nut OF a b q lra
liquor bill within a week Is n, eel
eral expectation now.
Both sides got out OF their sys-
tens" much OF the pent-up feeling
Of weeks duration and felt better
FOR IL when the battle was ended
And both sides felt victorious. the
bone-drys because the resolution OF
Rep. sigurd Nelson TO reprimand
the liquor committee was brought
before the house In the face az an
effort 20 squelch il. and the moists
because the resolution itself failed
I OF passage The bone-drys declared
/ that they cid not care so much
about the actual passage Of the res
olution. and many OF them voted
no" on II xecause they thought I,
was too strongly worded and hit
the liquor committee too hard
The resolution was offered b,
Rep. Nelson az sequel 20 his an
nouncement o. Wednesday that he
would bring IL In. II was rather
lengthy. reviewing the time that
THE liquor committee has had sine,
the session opened. without report
inR out a bill: the seven 20 two
vote taken by the committee IN
favor OF reporting out moist bill
and the suggestion OF the sub-com-
mi,tee las, Friday. after most OF
the members had gone home for
the week. that constitutional
amendment be submitted In April
asking the people how dry they
really meant they wanted 20 be
when they voted for prohibition
last November.
II then declared that the house
rerud 'ated the view 90 the sub
eouCfttee in favor Of an April
vote declared that the house senti-
lnent always was bone-dry ana mat
the house did not want - b.
charged hereafter with havln
passed bonedry bill only b ,ause
the Reed Amendment adopted b.
con- ess forced IL hand added
thst the liquor committee had never
ght 70 End the house sentiment
silleo Il began 70 consider the drv
bills. and directed the committee
10 speedily report out bill
L. 81 o -
noised about the capitol snd soon
the side alsles Of the house and
the galleries began 70 Ell with spec
tators
Rep. Hulse OF 81 Johns. a mem
Der ~ the LIQUOR committee. moved
that The resolution he laid upon tho
table, Rep. Nelson demanded that
a rollcall be had The vote was 4s
10 20 against tabling
Then Rep Lynn Lewis. OF Van
Buren,. chairman OF the liquor com.
mittee. white OF face. arose and
Numbered az the members who
voted not 10 table IL
You who are N good faith dry
are- being led into a trap By those
who are IN good faith wet, but who
are not In good faith dry This is
The most important legislation that
has been before this house IN %
years. We have two very long bills
20 consider. They we're not INTRO
luced here until Jan. 30. and the
Macarthur substitute bill came IN
Feb. 70. only nine days ago
You will be sorry " you pass
this resolution reprimanding com.
mittee that has been working on
these bills day and night. The law
that IL passed will not take Eject
until May 1. 1918 so why the haste
In getting the bill OUT regard
this an n slap a, me This move
ment was started BY the vets and
resent II. Why attack us In this
wry7"
lie declared that the resolution
was sprung" while Rep Wiley.
father OF one OF the dry bills. Ia
away az the bedside OF a sick child
In S1ult Ste Marie
do you charge me with being
aligned with the wet interests -
demanded Rep. Nelson as Rep
Lewis took HIS seat Lewis said be
did not Nelson then demanded ~
Lewis did not know that he. and
he alone, had introduced the resolu-
ton.
II am not a professional dry"
said Nelson. II do not produce
certificate OF dryness at every op
portunity."
He told OF preparing a resolution
more than a week ago 10 have the
committee discharged from further
consideration OF the liquor bills and
TO ask the a'torney.general 70 draft
bill 20 cover the needs ~ the
amendment adopted last fall Rep
Wiley asked him 20 withhold this
he said. az the committee would 70.
port out a genuine dry bill They
made a gentlomen's agreement. he