Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-07-11
DRYS WIN TEST
IN u. S. SENATE:
VOTE Is 36 TO 33
Passage of the "Bone Dry
Amendment by Congress
Now Is Forecast

Washington, July 11.-Nation-wide
prohibition for the duration of the
war was forecast yesterday by Of
fetal developments.
In what might be regarded as a
! test vote in the Senate, an appeal
rom the fdecision of Senator Sauls-
bury, Delaware, president pro tenn
pore, ruling out the bone dry" rider
from the emergency agricultural ap-
vote of SO to SO.
| This means that the rider will be
included as an amendment to the
! appropriation bill. Prohibitionists
regard the result of the vote on the
appeal to overrule the president pro
tempore, a forerunner to victory for
the cause of prohibition for the dur
alton of the war at least.
Another serious blow was struck
the brewers yesterday when Fuel
Administrator Garfield ruled that
breweries will not be able to count
upon a supply of coal beyond that
needed to utilize the materials now
in the process of manufacture, in
cluding malt already manufactured"
The order is construed as untieing
the knot that has entangled Congress
on the nationwide prohibition ques-
ton.
Technically the vote was on the
( question of sustaining a ruling made
by Senator Salisbury, of Delaware,
upholding the point of order made
against the prohibition amendment
by Senator Penrose on the ground
that it was general legislation at
tached to an appropriation bill. In
the test vote both Senators Penrose
and Knox voted to sustain the rul-
ing.
The passage of the amendment by
Congress would put an end to the
manufacture of beer on November l,
and would prohibit manufacture of
wines and sale of wines and distilled
liquors after December 81.
Fight to Finish Indicated
The prohibition issue will now be
fought out to a finish in the Senate.
The members of the upper branch of
Congress have tried to dodge a show
down on the question for years. but
the victory of the drys will force
the Senate to go squarely on record
on this issue.
The vote yesterday was taken
after a two hours debate on the
question whether the food-produc-
ton bill, to which the "bone-dry"
amendment is a rider, is a special
appropriation measure or a general
appropriation bill.
a hurry call was sent out to the
absentees by both the vets and drys,
and as many of the Senators who
were out of the city as could get here
in time for the test vote rushed back
to Washington.
Thirty-nine Democratic Senators
and thirty Republicans were present
when the roll was called. Eighteen
Democrats and fifteen Republicans
voted to uphold the decision of the
Chair, while twenty-one Democrats
and fifteen Republicans voted to
overrule it.
Bankhead's Vote a Surprise
Senator Ashurst, of Arizona;
Bankhead, of Alabama, and Myers,
of Montana, Democrats, and Fer
nald, of Maine, Republican, left the
Senate floor when the calling of the
roll started, but rushed back and
voted when completion of the roll
showed a vote of 33 to 80 against
prohibition. Senator Bankhead had
been classed with the vets and his
vote was a surprise. Senator Smoot,
of Utah, a dry, voted to sustain the
chair and announced that he intend
ed to vote against the amendment,
insisting upon a special bill.
A long debate on the "bone-dry"
amendment is looked for before an
actual vote on the issue is held. 1t
was started Immediately after the
test vote yesterday afternoon by
Senator Phelan, of California, who
offered an amendment to the pro-
hibition rider eXempting wines from
its provisions.