Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-07-22
P PROHIBITION
BILL FINALLY
PASSES HOUSE
Many Drastic Provisions Are
Adopted, But Possession
of Liquor in Own
Home Allowed.

of intoxicants. In one Mr.. Volstead
| offered, and the house accepted, the
time specified in the proclamation
by the State department as to the
effective date of constitutional pro-
hibition January Is, 1920, was &C
cepted without discussion.
Representative Rubey, democrat
of Missouri, got the floor after
Chairman Volstead was through
with the section and Immediately he
announced intention to throw the
Searchlight on American wine Gel
lars, where there were stocks of
liquor enough to last for months.
His amendment provided that per-
son should not possess more than
$50 worth of liquor. which a mem
Der likened to zone white chip in a
steamboat poker game considering
the high cost of the product in the
closing days of the bar. The house
did not take kindly to this proposal
and defeated it.
Evangelist An Opponent
With this out of the way, Repre-
sentative Raker, democrat, Califor-
MIA, offered an amendment to make
it unlawful to have liquor in ones
own dwelling Chairman Nolstead
opposed it, saying this section had
been given every serious considera
ton by friends of prohibition. When
the vote was called, only three
members, and all of them demo-
Gratis, supported the amendment
Mr.. Raker and Representative Blan-
ton, Texas, and Upshaw, Georgia,
the latter an evangelist.
This section was amended, how
ever, so as to provide that such
liquors must be for personal con-
sumption by the owner of the
dwelling or his family or bona fide
guests. This restriction, put in by
Representative Steele, democrat,
PENNSYLVANIA, was aimed at the man
who might turn his dwelling into a
saloon.
Sacramento Wine.
Several amendments were added,
including one by Representative
Ogoe, democrat, Missouri, making
provision for the handling of sacra-
mental wine which the bill had
failed TO do. Representative Esche
republican, Wisconsin, offered one
which would require the govern
ment in picking its agents to en-
force the prohibition law to give
due regard to civilian service rules,
while Representative Siegel, repub-
lican, New York, put through one
providing that men discharged from
the military and naval service be
given first call in making appoint
ments.
Many amendments were defeated |
and some were ruled out on points
of order. A fight was made against |
the section permitting the manufac-
ture of beverages containing less
than one-half of one per cent alco-
hol, after the house had adopted an
amendment to include liquid such
40 DNNi, oiS, DOt III VI WHY.
Amendment Defeated.
An amendment by Mr.. Igoe
which would make valid the defense
Of a person charged with violation
Of the prohibition law if he proved
that such liquor or beverage was
not Intoxicating was defeated, 70 to
Sc.
There was not as much speech
as on previous days, the
temper of the house being such that
it was not inclined to listen to argu-
ments. The one speech since the
beginning of debate which was
listened to by the entire house was
~ Representative Mann, former
republican floor leader, who op-
posed the elimination of the pro-
vision permitting person to have
liquor in his possession for private