Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-08-30
ADOPTS AMENDMENT TO AGRl.
CULTURAL BILL CALLING
FOR PROHIBITION.
WILL CONTINUE IN EFFECT
UNTIL ARMY plsBANDs
Amendment Ado ted Without Roll Call
House Expected to Concur Speed
lily and Nation Will be Dry July 1
Next Unless President intervenes
With Veto.

Washington. Aug. 30.-The nation it
scheduled to go bone dry" on July /
1919, unless President Wilson exercises
his veto power against the will of con
gress, the senate having adopted the
Sheppard substitute for the Jones pro
hibition amendment to the agricultural
extension bill. The house is expected
to concur without delay.
The chief provisions Of the amend
ment are:
Prohibition Of the sale of any kind OF
alcoholic beverage after June 80, 1919
Prohibition of the manufacture oil
beer and wine after May, 1, 1919.
Authority to the president to pre-
scribe prohibition zones around mum
tons plants and coal mines Immediate
~.
The amendment will continue in eff.
feet until the demobillzation OF the
army. BY which time the "drys" ex-
pect the Sheppard constitutional
amendment Will have been ratified by
three-fourths of the states.
Adopted Without Roll Call.
The amendment was adopted by the
senate without a roll call. BY pre-
arranged gentleman's agreement, no
one demanded a record vote. Some
senators weer a. bit timid about the
possible effect Of their votes on their
political future with the fall campaign
SO close at hand Out Of consideration
for their feelings there was tacit I'M
Outstanding to settle the question by a
viva voce vote.
The proceedings leading up to the
adoption Of the amen dment today were
as devoid Of interest as the considera-
ton Of routine appropriation bill The
prohibition question has been thrashed
over 80 much IN congress during the
last few years that most senator's re-
garded further talk a waste OF time.
Before the final vote was taken. Sem
ator Trammeh. OF Florida, sought to
modify the amendment by making It
effecti--' Jan. next This was voted
down also without a roll CALL
Wilson Wanted Jan. I, 1920, Fixed.
In the debate which preceded the
vote Senator Sheppard told the senate
that the president had asked for post
ponement of prohibition until Jan. l..
1920. but that canvass OF the senate
revealed that the drys did not favor
postponement beyond July 1. 1919.
Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania,
asked Senator Sheppard whether. un-
der the bill It would be possible to OBJ
tain a bottle Of wine with physicians
1T think 1t would be possible" Sem
ator Sheppard answered.
Then I see a ray OF hope" said
Senator Penrose. II know a couple of
physicians who are pretty good sports
Stops Manufacture for Export.
Senator Penrose then asked whether
tho bill would permit manufacture Of
for export Senator Shep-
pard said 1t would not. but that bev-
eragcs already manufactured could be
exported after July /, 1919.
That nullihes the whole plan. to my
mind" said Senator Penrose. by July
l. 1919, we will nave 100000 Ameri-
can soldiers In France. and there will
be no prohibition against shipping this
liquor to them"
Senator Sheppard explained that it
would be impossible for congress to
impose prohibition upon France and
added that American soldiers in uni