The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-11
Senate Refuses to Strike Prohibition Amendment i From Money Bill
ALABAMA MEMBERS
 DIVIDE ON QUESTION
Saulsbury's DecisOin That Rider Is General Legisla-
 tion Not Sustained 36 to B

Washington, July 10.-Sup- |porters of national prohibition
 as a war emergency measure
 won their first fight tonight,
 when the Senate refused to
 sustain q ruling by Senator
 Saulsbury of Delaware, presi-
 dent pro tempore, that the pro- hibition amendment to the $11, 100000 emergency agricuI- tural bill should be stricken from the measure because 1t Is
 general legislation.
 Consideration of the amendment followed immediately with Senator Phelan of California offering mo- tion to strike out all reference to wine. The motion will come to vote tomorrow and prohibition leaders ex- lpect to reach final vote on the
 amendment within a few days unless more pressing Legislation displaces the lagricultural measure.
 | The point of order was raised by Senator Penrose of Pennsylvania, who claimed the amendment which prohib- its the sale except for export of in- toxicating liquors after January l, next.
 and the manufacture of beer and wines after November l. is general legisIa- tion attached to an appropriation bill in violation of the Senate rules Although the chairs decision was overrJled by narrow margin--36 to 33-pohibition leaders declared their 1 full strength was not marshaled | against the ruling, as many senators who favor prohibition voted to sustain
 the chair, and that the amendment will be adopted by an overwhelming ma | jority.
 HOW THEY VOTED The vote on the question of sustain | ing the chair on the point of order, fol- lows:
 TO sustain the decision: Democrats-Gerry. Gore, Hitchcock, Jones of New Mexico, King. Lewis,
 Martin, Phelan, Pomerene, Ransdell. Reed. Simmons Smith of Arizona, I Smith of Georgia Smith of Maryland, swanson, IJnderw ood and Walcott- total, IS.
 | Republcans--Baird BrandeGee, Cal
 der, France Frelinghuysen Harding,
 Johnson of California, Kellogg, Knox,
 New, Penrose, smoot, Wadsworth. Warren and Watson-total. Is. 1 Total for. 33,
 | Against sustaining the decision: !, Breckhanl. Benet, Chamberlain, Fletch-
 CT. Henderson. kendrick, McKeller Myers, Nugent, Overman, Pittman
 Shafroth Sheppard, Shields, Smith of South Carolina, Thompson. Trammcll vardaman and Walsh-total. 2t. | Republic:tns-Bo Colt, Curtis Fernald, Hale, Jones of Washington
 Kenyon, Lenroot. Nelson, Norris. Fcin-
 dexter, Sherman, Smith of Michigan.
 Sterling and Sutherland-total. 15.
 Total against, @6
 l The vote on this motion was the first | cast by Christie Benet, the new sem
 ator from South Carolina appoitned 10 succeed the late Senator Tillman. 1 PHELAN FOR WINE l Immediately after the Senate's re-
 fusal to sustain the ruling eliminating
 the prohibition amendment senator | Phelan of California moved that all l reference to wine be stricken from the prohibition amendment. che measure prohibiting the manufacture of wine
 after November l, and it's sale after , California grape growers would lose 1 S14000,000 by the amendment. says q telegram from the California horti- cultural commission, which was read by Senator Phelan.
 This present amendment is simply confiscation of the crop now on the vines" declared the California scna- l tors.
 PARLIAMENTARY FIGHT
 Practically the entire day was spent | in parliamentary discussion. Senator l Penrose in calling up his point of or der, insisted that the amendment is general legislation and should be stricken out under the Senate rules, prohibiting the attaching such legis- ilation to appropriation bills. lie vas supported in this argument by .Sena- tors Phelan of California, Simmons of North Carolina. smith of Georgia. and others while Senators Jones of Wash jington and Sheppard of Texas visor- ] ously opposed it, arguing that the food production bill is special appropria- tion measure and that consequently the rule did not apply to it. il While the argument was in progress, I senator Saulsburv interrupted to say I that further discussion was unneces- i sary. as he had made a decision and hs1 then announced the ruling.