The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-06-27
LAWFUL To Store
LIQUOR IN HOUSE
Ultra 'Drys" Fear Going
Too Far-Soften At
Last Moment.

Washington. June IA mans
right to store liquor in his home for
the long dry period after July 1, stood
up today against an attack on that
provision of the prohibition enforce
ment bill before the House Judiciary
Committee.
Near the end of an all-day session.
the committee voted down an amend
ment which would have made it un
lawful for citizen to have liquor in
his possession; struck out a section
which would have prevented "use" by
n citizen of liquor in his private dwell
ling and decided that in the matter
of general enforcement there would
be no difference between wartime and
constitutional prohibition.
Even with this and other changes,
the bill as II will be reported out to-
morrow or Thursday is considered as
allen bracing So drastic are its pro-
visions. members of the committee
said, while man may put a key Of
beer in his cellar he may be convicted
and fined If, for instance, he wears
watch fob on which there Is a pic
ture of the keg as an advertisement.
Fight Over Home Storage.
In general consideration of the
measure the committee made a NUM-
her of minor changes, but the princi-
pal fight was over the question of the
right of home storage for personal
use. Representative Morgan, Demo
crat. of Oklahoma, endeavored to
have stricken out the section reading
that 1T shall not be unlawful TO pos /
sess liquor in ones private dwelling
while the same Is occupied and used
by him only as his dwelling"
Ardent prohibitioni,ts on the COM
mittee voted against the Morgan pro-
posal for the reason they said, that
nothing was to be gained by enacting
a law so drastic as to arouse the hos
tility Of people who rejoiced that the
day OF the saloon had ended.
Prohibition members supported an
amendment eliminating the proyiso
that the liquor must be obtained and
placed in storage prior to date the act
would become effective. As amend
ed the section reads that such liquor
need not be reported. provided the
burden of showing that possession is .
legal upon the possessor."
Gard Leads Fight.
u Cord
Ohio led the fight to strike from the
bill the word use" as applied to the /
right of home consumption. His mo-
ton to amend also included the strik-
ing out of the words give away" re-
ceive" and possess" but the commit I
tee insisted that these should stand.
1t was said there was no particular
fight on MIR. Cards proposal, and as
amended. the section reads:
THAT no person shall on or after
the date when the eighteenth amend
ment to the Constitution Of the Unit /
ed States goes into effect, nor while
the war prohibition act shall be in
force, manufacture, sell barter, give
away, transport, import, export, deliv-
er, furnish, receive or possess Pny in
toxicatlng liquor except as authorized
in this act, and all the provisions OF
this act shall be literally construed to
the end that intoxicating liquor as a
beverage may be prohibited. Liquor
for nonbeverage purposes and wine
for sacramento purposes may he pur-
chased. sold. transported and used IS
herein provided
Every person legally rermitte &c
pave liquor Is Ie1rirel t. report to
the proper authorities within ten days
after the passage of the act, and pos
session after that date "by any person
not legally permitted under this title
TO possess liquors" shall be regarded
as evidence that it is kept for pur-
noses of sale. This, however, does
not apply to home stocks
The bills definition Of what Is in
toxicating ilquor-any beverage or
product containing more than one
half of / per cent alcohol-was re-
tanned. 1t was said that members OF
the committee discussed this section
at length. some contending that II one
Congress sundertoOk to define intoxi-
eating liquors as one-half of l per
cent another Congress could come
along and make it 4 per cent, or any
figure it chose There was just
danger, members said, that prohibi-
fion would get into politics.