The sun., 1918-03-11
GOOD MAJORITY
FOR DRYSSURE-
IN ASSEMBLY
Speaker Sweet Counts on 70
Votes, Perhaps 81, for
Measure Tomorrow.
LIQUOR MEN FIGHT HARD
Last Hope to Beat Prohibition
in Senate Now Seems
Doomed to Failure.
LIQUOR MEN FIGHT HAR
Sp,eioi DespascA to TIE srS.

ALBANY, March 10.--The much worried
advocates Of the retention Of the saloon
II. this state. It became known here to-
gh, are basing their last hope for
beating the Federal prohibition amend
men. resolution on their ability to keep
the measure bottled up IN the Senate
committee on Taxation and Retrench-
ront.
This committee il controlled by pro-
.uor coterie and It Is now believed It
lover voluntarily would report tho reso-
.ynamited out Of the committees reposi-
;l.y for dead and dying legislation by a
r.o..on to discharge made on the floor Of
the Senate. The vets arc confident
mat several Senators who might vote
for the resolution were II out Of com.
.,.ttee and on the Senate calendar would
Lot stand for a motion to dischargs tho
cnmittee.
Gena,or George Il. Wellington Of Troy.
80 OF the cold water champions, had
'-rded to move to discharge the COM
n'tee next Thursday. but at the re-
t.sst OF Senator Elon r. Brown, the
lusjori,y leader. he agreed to postpone
,t;on until the following week. Senator
11own said the stress Of business in the
jssislature made this necessary.
IN any event 1t will add another week
rcr the preliminary skirmIshes in the
ty prohibition fight. During that time
t;e brewery and liquor interests, find
iag themselves in a life and death strug-
gle, can be relied upon to call every
force at their command to Albany to
help save the saloon.
claias Made on Both sides.
/: the saloon men tonight insist on a
vote on the ratification resolution they
can depend on twenty-six Senators to
'ae last ditch. This Of course would
prevent the adoption, Of the measure,
but the temperance forces declare that
4, least five Of these men are vesf
shaky and expect any moment to WIN
them over. The vets sEdAceds only
seventeen votes for q nSeefonE 10 dis
csarge the committee. The dtys de-
clare this Is pyeposterous and insist
that every man favoring the resolution
would vote for such . motion.
The paransUuot lpc0hibtion event OF
the week win be the vote on the ratif-
alton resolution I'm the Assembly on
tuesday. Speaker Thaddcus c. sweet
confident the lower house will adopt
by at least seventy-ei9ht votes, and
''ys it may get eighty-four. without
ine Socialists. who are expected to vote
against the resolution.
Speaker Sweet always has been a
temperance advocate. both In practice
and belief. and the drys are depending
o. him TO hold the prohibition forces in
'Ae Assembly in line 30 they can with
sand even the most desperate on
.sughts Of the legions gathered by the
Hfeweries, the distilleries and the
tsioons.
The Anti-Saloon League has an
bounced that 1t will not oppose the
rlssage Of the diluted war prohibition
~. exempting beer and wine. intro
6lced by the vets in the Senate" How
ever, the league will try TO strike out
te beer and wine exemption. This does
not interfere with the leagues position
o. being for the ratification resolution,
f's', last and all the time.
Hearings on Two Measures.
Before the Senate Taxation and Re.
rtnchment Committee tomorrow after
noon hearing will be given on the
d'nted prohibition bill as well as that to
onend the State Constitution making
fae state dry. The Antl-Saloon League
a. hr-t looked upon these measures
merely as efforts on the part Of the
vets TO befog the main issue. but in
'tw OF the present position Of the
'"agu" il is not believed anything will,
"ard in the way Of the reporting and
tassing Of both bills during the coming
veea
The effort TO delay the vote In the
a,ssemhly on the prohibition ratification
'hrough the Tuckerman resolution call
Nr uron both houses Of Congress for a
statement OF their vote on the amend
fosht Is now believed to be sidetracked.
senator Wellington has announced that
,NG such inquiry would be fruitless. I'm
COY the law. he maintains, the certifica-
Won by Nice-President Marshall, presid-
lnG officer Of the Senate. and Of Speaker
,&'H OF the House that the amendment
vas properly passed Is conclusive and
cannot be questioned.
Speaker sweet said tonight he ex-
Iected to have the statement on the vote
'u Federal amendment by both houses
y congress from Washington by to-
borrow night anyway.