Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-09-24
Other Amsudments Beaten.

The other amendments voted down
Yere by Representative, Igoe of Mix-
sourt. who aought to limit prohibition to
the declaration Of peace instead OF to
the Rehabilitation Of the Army, and by
Representative Cannon of Illinois. who
tried to have stricken out the provision.
recently enacted into law, authorizing
the President to establish dry" zones
about mines. munition plants and other
factories.
been allotted for. impatient cries Of
vote! Vote" were shouted late in the
session by many representatives.
Slight delay. brought about by oppo-,
nents of prohibition, marked the be.
evening an unsuccessful effort was
made to postpone hnal action until
today.
Slayden and Gallagher spoke against
while REPRESENTATIVES. Rainey. Decker
and Mondell urged its adoption. Rep
resentative Cannon of Illinois express
ed doubt as to the wisdom Of the act.
grain being made into beer until next
May /. while the President had an
nounced the intention Of prohibiting
such use after December 1.
Does Not Repeal Presidents Power.
"Does this amendment repeal the
authority given the Presidentw asked
"Well, this is later act, and does
it not by implication repeal the for
Mer one?'' asked the Illinois member.
Representative Longworth Of Ohio
said Mr.. Cannon's interpretation was
incorrect and that the brewing Of
Nh Cannon also argued that it
would be impossible to sell before
next .hIly'i the l40.o0o.000 or 10000
900 gallons of distilled spirits now
held i'm bond.
Debate on the bill was enlivened by
la clash between Representatives
Meeksr and Decker, both Of Missouri,
as q result of an attack by the former
on officials Of the Anti-Saloon League.
Makes Plea for Prohibition.
a plea for prohibition was made by
Representative Rainey Of Illinois,
means committee, who declared the
had reached the conclusion
that the government can be conducted
without the revenues received from
the liquor traffic The 100000 drug
users in the United States have devel-
oped to a greater extent in the i'm
mediate neighborhood of saloons. Mr..
Rainey declared. He praised the Anti
Saloon League for it's part in further
ing tho prohibition movement
Replying to Mr.. Rainey, Represent
alive Meeker OF Missouri, republican.
charged the Anti-Saloon League with
being financed by drug firms and with
fostsrtng tho use Of drugs.
I He also asserted that its leaders arc
not engaged in war work because
they are too busy looking after legis-
latfon in washington. and that they
attempt to have candidates for Con-
gress sign secret pledges to vote for
Representative Decker vigorously
defended the Anti-EAloon League, de-
claring its members are war workers
and that any statement to the con-
trary was. to be resented. He adj
yanced to. Representative Meeker's
people who are professional anti-pro-
|hibitionists." and added that Mr.. Meeker
represented n s'brewery' district In St.
Louis.
Discuss Brewers and Newspaper.
Recent disclosures that representa-
tives Of brewing interests .syndicated
asloan Of ss76. 900 to Arthur Brisbane
for the purchase Of the Washington
Times also were discussed during the
Representative Blanton of Texas,
defending the Anu.Saloon League,
said the league never had contributed
funds to the purchase Of q Washing
ton newspaper to carry on Its propa-
ganda-
sin. republican. in defending the pur-
chase Of tho Times, declared the pro-
hibitionists had attempted to reflect
on Brisbane's loyalty by attempting
to discredit a business transaction.
He also charged that A. Mitchell Pal
mer, alien property custodian, used
the Brisbane incident to further the
League and Mr.. Palmer not only at
tempted to besmirch Mr.. Brisbane.
Mr.. Stafford declared. but also reAect-
ed on. the loyalty Of brewers. The
Wisconin member also asserted that
MI. Palmer had gone out Of his way
bers Of the House who did not sub
scribe to his views on the prohibition
question
California grape growers. who pro
duce IS per cent Of the domestic wine.
will Be unable to liquidats their bust
ness before wine sales are prohibited
nent That sa later I he K 1a1a re am
amendment extending the time to De-
Mr.. Kahn SAID sales Of habit-form.
ing drugs arc Increasing in prohibi-
ton territory. and complained the
present law does not stop the sale Of
medicines containing large quantities
The charge Of drunkenness % not
borne out by statistical" commended
the California representative,
'Wh9n you WYit1 this into The law
yo1 mdict tha-vhol3 na6nnr and Z rel