The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-01-10
DRY VICTORY IN GtkIE
District Of Columbia Prohibi-
ton Bill Now Goes Be-
fore House.

= IL
% to 81, the senate late today passed
the Sheppard bill to abolish saloon.
IN the national capital after Novem.
Der !, 1917 The measure now goes Il
the house and it's friends say it i.
| assured Of victory.
Ihe measure permits the impor.
tation Of liquor for personal use. Jus
before the passage an amendment
! which would have submitted tn,
proposal to referendum Of citizen.
| Of the district. was defeated by tn.
tic vote. 43 to 43.
Neither the vote on the referendum
amendment nor that on the passag,
OF the bill was on party lines. Their,
were rs Democrats and II Republic
| ans voting for the referendum and .:
Democrats and Il Republicans voting
agains it. Most of the Republicans O.
the so-called progressive group votet
against it.
For the bill itself there were q
Democratic and - Republican votes
with % Democrats and 10 Republican.
| against it, All the Propressives votet
for passage.
The prohibition language OF the bill
| says that after November 1:
No person, or persons or any
house, company, or association,
club or corporation. his agents.
officers. clerks or servants. direct
" or indirectly, shall in the Dis
trict of Columbia, manufacture for
sale or gift, import for sale, Of
fer for sale, keep for sale, traffic
IN. barter. export, ship out of the
District of Columbia, or exchange
for goods or merchandise. or So
licit or receive orders for the pur-
chase Of any alcoholic liquors, for
beverage purpose or for any other
than scientific. medicinal, phar-
maceutical, mechanical, sacra-
mental, or other non beverage
purposes.
Another section says the meas
ure shall not be construed to pre-
vent the manufacture, importa-
ton. expectation or sale,'' of de-
natured, methyl alcohol. or of
methyl alcohol for scientific, me-
dicinal and like purposes, but their
manufacture and sale are limited
to license druggists or manufac-
turers. The so-called locker system
is specifically forbidden.
Common carriers bringing liquor
into the district are required to
keep record of the shipper and
consignee, who must make affi-
davit that it is for personal use.
The law declares that no property
rights shall exist in alcoholic
liquors Illegally manufactured or
brought into the district, makes
every place that violates the law
"a common nuisance and gives
the right to any citizen to sue to
enioin such nuisance.
Heavy penalties are provided
for violations, including a pro-
vision aimed at physicians who
prescribe liquor for patients
without cause. a right to sue for
damages from the person who
sells liquor to a person who is in
jured. lin person or property" in
consequence of intoxication is Civ
en- to blood relatives.
Efforts to absolutely forbid manu-
facture in the district and export from
1t were beaten without record vote
An amendment by Senator Phelan
which would permit sale of wine, ale
beer and porter" also was defeated.
The vote was preceded by q little de-
bate on it's terms, but many explana-
tons were given by senators of their
reasons for voting for and against the
Underwood referendum amendment.
There was evident a spirit of Bit
terness on the part Of many senators
and a feeling of tension that was only
broken "A few times when amendments
were offered or suggestions made that
the senate and the galleries thought
humorous. The crowd was particular
~ pleased with an amendment pro-
posed by Senator MARITIME to forbid the
use or manufacture of tobacco in any
form in the district.
The crowd made only one real dem-
onstration, that Of hearty approval
when the final vote was announced.
While the Sheppard bill was under
consideration in the senate, legisla-
ton to prohibit liquor traffic in Ha-
wall was urged before the house ter
ritories committee by representatives
of the Anti Saloon League Of Ameri-
ca. and the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance union.
= The committee tomorrow will hear
arguments in favor of q drastic liquor
prohibition law for Alaska.
Among those voting ayes were:
Democrats-Johnson of South Da-
kota; Myers. Montana: Walsh, Mon
tana. Republicans Borah, Idaho;
Clapp, Minnesota; Gronna, North Da-
kota; Nelson, Minnesota: McCumber
North Dakota: Sterling. South Dakota
Noes: Democrats Husting, Wis
cnnSin. NaVyyla nd n,