Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-07-10
WHISKY IS BANNED
BY SENATE SOLONS
DURING WAR TIME
BY Decisive Vote Upper House
of. Congress Places PrOhibi-
ton on Both Manufacture
and Importation,

WASHINGTON. July The senate
went on record today in favor Of bone
dry" national prohibition during the
was So far as whisky and other distill-
ed beverages are concerned
Liquor legislation was written into
the food control bill in one Of the SEN
ste's bitterest contests. which would
strike at consumption OF distilled intox-
,cants bv Communicating stocks in bond
:, addition to absolutely prohibiting
their manufacture or importation. IL,
Reef and wine industries would De leA'
undisturbed-
In lien of the section Of the mouse
biu TO prohibit the manufacture OF 1000
stufrs into beverages of any descTlp
80, the senate substituted, by VOC
- AZ 70 81. a provision prohibiting
manufacture and importation OF u4Ssll
"a beverages during the war. ana aut 80
s5 TO ls. a further clause olreS.ss
90 =, r.l,a over all distilled spir-
49, .,o,-ernment bonded warehouses
rs Co. a. on the basis of cost pIus
10 per cent ,., ,.rtsla
v-hira the final prohibition leglsta-
--;,r he evolved in conference Dc
-, the two houses. II Is geiiei .--.I,
@-s.5 as r.robable that the house VIZ
s--,. tba senate's change after a rs"
n behalf of its original secI1CH
IN TExT OF PROVISION
,,HSor,ed the senate's prohi-
-. s1,bsrftute for the house proNAS-
ion reads; II. ,bsrtv days
-. date OF the approval OF TINS
-, No person shall use any fooos, II .I'S
food materials or feeds In tne Pr -
go ~ distilled liquors. except LOT
srnmeutaI industrial. riAnu "a g
scientific. or medicinal - T-,,te5
-SsII tbsre be imported into the unite
sr'o.s- 5Trinp said war any distilled lq-
- provided. that the president OF the
I.t,s5 states be and hereby is directed
=. 80. over for and in behalf OF the
s,,..-,,,,ent Of the United States all dis-
styIaE Tiouors that are held in BOND AZ
the time this act goes into eHecl' s -,
he &c hereby authorized 70 pay 70 lHe
owners of such liquors the actuaI cos
of the same plus proft not AceeOiiiS
10 per centum- - .,r,a.-
49,, % all excise tax on distilled Spirits
;, bond AT the time of the passage OF
this act shalIsbe suspended SO long as
,bfs act is in force. and the oisOiler IN
srsrt that said distilled spirits shall be
taken by the government as herein pro
vidad- shall be discharged from All oo-
LEGATIONS for any and all taxes IeVled
and assessed against said oistilleo SPIT
fts p-ovfded. however, that the owner
~ the distilled spirits shall not with
draO- auy part thereof without the pay
rnant Of the excise tax in force
ANY person who wilfully violates this
Ssctfor shall. upon conviction thereof.
he punIshed by a fine Of not exceeding
$4,000. or by Imprisonment for not more
than two years. or. both
HOW THEY VOTED.
The provfsfon for government pur-
chase of distilled beverages in bond. OF
fared by Senator Smoot, was added TO
the Robinson substitute by a vote OF 50
To f2 after many senators had vigorous
" denounced as confiscation OF distil-
Iers' property a provision by Senator
Cummfns Of Iowa. which proposed to
prohibit withdrawal of the warehouse
stores.
The twelve senators voting against
the Smoot amendment were:
Borah. Chamberlain. France. Hitch
cock. Owen, Reed. Simmons, Smith. OF
Georgia. Stone. Trammell. Vardaman
and walsh-comprfsing both VETS
and "drys" opposing the plan for diver
gent reasons
On Senator Cummins' amendment the
senate reversed itself. After having
neEn lQQE1 yesterday 10 TIE INOoAAACbAA
substitute by a vote Of IS to 40. IL was
struck out today. IS to- 80.
With the addition of the Smoot amend
ment. deletion Of the Cummins pro-
vision. and adoption OF an amendment
by Senator James exempting distilled
beverages bought by the government
from taxation. the senate decided. IS to
81. against adding provisions offered by
Senator Pittman. Of Nevada which were
Oklahoma and approved by the senate
agriculture committee, authorizing
the president TO suspend manufacture OF
beer and wine and to limit their al
coholic contents
WINE AND BEER.
The vote. decisive as 10 beer and wine,
follows:
For Pittman amendment:
Democrats - Beckham, Chamberlain,
Fletcher. Gore. Hollis, Husting. John
son, South Dakota: Jones. New Mexico;
lands, Owen. Pittman. Shafroth, Shep-
pard. Smith. Arizona; Stone. Thompson
Tillman. Trammell, Walsh, Wolcott. To-
tai %
Republican-Colt. Cummins, John
son. California; Kellogg. Kenyon. Nc
Nary. Nelson. New. Norris. Poindexter
Total 10.
AOt1A LOr-34
Against the amendment: Democrats
-Ashurst, Bankhead. Broussard, Gu.
bersOn, Gerry. Hitchcock, James, Mar
tin. Myers. Overman. Phelan. Pomerene
Ransdell, Reed, Robinson, Shields. Sim
mons. Smith. Maryland: Swanson. I'm.
derwoOd, Williams. Total 81
Republicans-BOrah. Brady. Brande-
gee. Curtis, Dillingham;. Fernald. France
Frelinghusen. Gronna, Hale. Harding.
Jones, Washington: Knox, LaFoIlette
Lodge, Mclean, Page, Penrose. Sherman
Smith, Michigan; Smoot, Townsend
Wadsworth. Warren. Watson. Total
%.
Total against-4s.
Several prohibition advocates voteC
sgainstothe Pittman amendment beins
loath TO vest the president with any au
thOrity in the premises
ROBINSON AMENDMENT.
As amended after the two days str1g.
gle. the Robinson substitute then wa,
adopted upon a final vote of IS TO 81.
The vote follows:
For the Robinson amended substitut,
Democrats: Bankhead. Broussard
CulbersOn. Gerry. Hitchcock. Hollis
Husting. James. Jones of New Mexico
Lewis. Martin. Newlands. Overman, Phe
Ian. Pittman. Pomerene. Ransdell. Reed