The sun., 1919-07-18
DRYS REFUSE RIGHT
OF TRIAL BY JURY:
Separate Vote on Amendment
Likely to Be Sought
Later in House.
DRASTIC TERMS REMAIN
Champ Clark Warns Too Great
Severity viii Bring About
Reaction.
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WARRINGTON, July 17.-Using steam
| roller tactics the "drys" In the House
again to-day routsd all attempts OF lib
erals and anti-prohlbitionists TO amend
/, the drastic provisions OF the enforce
ment bill. "Drys' repeatedly shut on
debate on Amendments by their ma
jority despite vigorous protests OF Rep
| resentatives who will vote for the act
Consideration OF tho bill was pushed
until late this evening. though there
| were at times fewer than nfty mem-
| bers present.
After q strong speech by Champ
Clark, minority leader, denounctng the
| Oppressive and irritating features of
| the BILL" the liberals came near win
! ming point They Unlisted that all
| violators Of the war time prohibition
should have the right Of trial by jury.
This view was upheld by Mr.. Clark
| and other Representatives. 1t was en-
| bodied In an amendment by Repre-
sentative Gard tohio).
Lest on Teller Vote.
On a standing vote the amendment
carried 20 to sc, but when tellers were
| asked 1t was defeated by rs to rs. A
| separate vote probably will be asked on
| this amendment when the bill Ia formally
! before the House. to-days action being
/ in committee of the whole. Under the
bill a. II now staryds the whole trial Is
left TO the Judge.
The "drys" accepted Representative
Stevenson's Is. c. provision that IN case
| illegal liquor IL found In q building the
owner shall not be held liable II the
place Is leased and shall have the right
| to terminate the lease. The only other
amendments adopted were those OF
'drys' intended to close technical or js-
| dietary loopholes.
The discussion to-day completed in
| committee OF the whole the provisions
OF the war time enforcement act, which
| 10 Title of the combined bill. They
stand practically the same as reported
| by the House Judiciary Committee.
These provisions are:
Beverages containing one-half OF
per cent or more of intoxicating
liquor are intoxicating.
Enforcement of the act 10 COM
| mitted to the Commissioner of Inter
nal Revenue and the attorney Cen
eral.
Any place where liquor Is manu-
featured. sold. bArtered or kept for
sale in violation OF the act 10 de-
1 Cl0red PUBIC nuisance ana al III
Junction can be issued against It
Punishment IL by a fine OF not less
than 800 nor more than $1,000. or
| by Imprisonment for not less than
| thirty days or more than one year.
United states Attorneys are charged
with prosecuting violAtors.
The amendment Of Representative
Igoe (Mo.) to eliminate all definition OF
Intoxicating liquor in the constitutional
section of the bill on the ground that the
| constitutional amendment gives Con-
gress no right to deflne what 10 intoxicat-
ing, was defeated II to IS. -,r ,a
Vote Down Commission Plan.
| The "drys" refused to allow q vote on
plan of Mr.. Haskell IN. " to leave
the determination Of what IL intoxicau ting
TO a commission of fve members to b.
appointed by the President The chair
ruled the amendment out OF der and
tho "drys' sustained his action on ar
appeal.
Champ Clark In his speech warned the
''drys" that the stringent provisions OF
/ the act would react on the prohibition
cause. He advocated testing whethe,
3.75 per cent beer 10 Intoxicating by
having every member drink quart ir
l HltHutCS. AoNONebhb u W
jury he said:
81 am willing to trust the American
jury There has never been devised BY
the wit OF man a better way to ad.
minister Justice than that. or course
| juries go wrong sometimes, but thu
same thing applies to judges. Every
body knows that who has practiset
law any.
Judges are Just as apt to 30 WRONG
as juries are. I lay that down as 6
proposition that I can prove by all tho
Supreme Court reports, not only of the
Supreme Court OF the United States but
Of every State in the Union.
Now I want to say to the gentlemen
who are running this thing that yoy
can make this law 30 stringent that yot
| will hurt your own case. There 10 moi
any question about that.
The average citizen out In the coun'
try and 4 good many legislators hav,
the idea that the severer you make tn,
penalty tho better law you get. Tha
is not true At all. You can make thu
penalties 30 stifr and severe that mer
| will get out of oonvicting a man. II the,
| can, without committing perjury.
"Ail these things that irritAte III,
/ people without contributing TO the MAR
cause Of reasonable endorsement OF tn,
prohibition amendment are simply hold
ing up and initiating against the en-
torcement OF the law.
Says He Has No whislkey.
THE idea that man should not hav,
a particle Of whisley or anything Of
that kind that will make a man drum
in his own house will prove to be a hin
drance to the enforcement OF this law.
IT do not want snys whiskey In my
house. have not got any. either. I dc
not need It. cannot drink It without
the risk OF getting drunk. 30 I quit 1t
I do not keep Il around. I never die
J keep Il around. except inside OF me.
Now ! repeat that every man In THU
House that Is honest Is In favor OF tn,
reasonable enforcement OF this law
'"rhey had great hullabaloo on the
question of whether half OF per cent II
| intoxicating or ATS. I do not believe
there Is any sense in Congress hxins
the amount Of alcohol In intoxicating
liquor. will tell you how TO md oul
exactly whether AIS beer Is Intoxicating
III these fellows will send every mem.
Der quart OF AIS beer. and require hin
to drink II In thirty minutes, then III
can tell whether II 10 Intoxicating or not
I'VE should take out OF this bill avery.
thing that was calculated to be oppres
sive and irritating and pass good law
/ and enforce II. The United States Gov
errment has plenty OF men roaming Over
the country to catch fellows who violat,