Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1918-08-15
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APRIL | IS
! BELIEF
Governor Sanders Feeling
Mighty Good Over Ratifi-
cation of Amendment

States will be of interest to the citi-
zens of Washington Parish.
Baton Rouge, La, Aug. 9.-"The
greatest prohibition victory in Ameri-
ca" was the estimate Of ex-Gov. J. Y.
Sanders of the action of the Louisi-
ana legislature in voting to ratify the
national prohibition amendment to
the constitution of the United States,
and thereby adding Louisiana to the
dry column, it being the fourteenth
state to ratify.
Il always have believed Louisiana
would ratify and there was never
time when / believed the issue was in
actual doubt" said DR.. A. w. Turner,
of Shreveport, superintendent of the
Louisiana anti-saloon league, ending
his labors in Baton Rouge.
Gov. Pleasant likewise was graft
fled and he congratulated not only
the legislators who voted ratification
but also the State that it has met
and settled thee issue.
Sees Little Bitterness.
II am glad the issue has been dis
posesd of and for ratification" said
Gov. Pleasant. "In my judgment, it
is wise State policy in reference to
q great national question Of the kind,
and ] am glad to see that there is so
little, if any, bitterness as a result.
IF thirty-six States Of the union
ratify, and ! believe they win, then
Louisiana win be fortunate in hav-
ing been spared a terrific fight over
State prohibition within the next six
or eight years.
II believe enough States viii have
ratified the national amendment to
give US national prohibition by April
/. 1919".
''We never will have national pro-
hibition-the United States never
viii go dry" asserted Senator A. o..
Boyer, leader of the 'Wet" forces of
the senate, commenting on the final
result.
~It's bitter pill, but I'm glad to
get it DONE" said another of the
wet" leaders Thursday night.
And most every one breathed a
sigh of relief. Whether they were for
ratification or against ratification
they we're truly glad the battle was
over, and SO expressed themselves.
Louisiana now has joined the rati-
ficationists, this being the proposed
eighteenth amendment to the consti-
tuition. By vote of SO to Al the
House of Representatives, Thursday
afternoon, wrote the Pelican State
down as the fourteenth among the
sisterhood Of states to add its ratifi-
cation.
The senate previously had ratified,
81 to 90.
Judge George Wear, of Columbia,
eletced from the 9th senatorial dis
trict, to succeed s. J. Henry, turned
the trick. He cast the, one vote that
made Louisiana dry.
Status of Prohih;tion.
Here is the national status on rati-
9ication;
It will require SO states. There are
"a dry states in the Union, all certain
to ratify.
Only nine Of wet states are requir-
ed to complete the deal. Louisiana is
the seventh of the nine required
They are;
Maryland, Delaware, Massachu-
sets, Texas, Kentucky, Montana, and
Louisiana.
Here are some of the apparently
sure ones;
Florida, in which there are only
three wet count.es remaining.
Wyoming, in which both parties
have made ratification part Of their
platform.
Ohio, Iowa and Nevada are regard
ed as certain. Their legislatures will
meet next January.
BY April !, in the opinion Of both
Governor Pleasant and Congressman
Sanders, the country win be dry.
Congressman Sanders, who is re-
ceiving much credit for the victory,
believes ratification by this state will |
be regarded in Washington as the
greatest accomplishment yet recorded
in the nationwide campaign. The
fact that Louisiana is one of the old
Napoleonic states of the Union,
coupled with the cosmopolitan nature
and temper Of the city Of New Or
leans. gives this triumph Of prohibit
ton added significance in the eyes. of
the world.
May BE Deciding Factor.
Louisiana. in my opinion. has set