The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16
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spill az r4rtrrss provided guarantees
wiesti as free speecil; ratified IA nlhe
months.
Eleventh amendment established
spvaraigntv OF states ratified IA la'ii
years
rwesrsii amendment clianEed meth
ID ar ,rssidential elections ratified ID
one year
rhirraa,lts1 amendment prahlDiteo
slavery. ratified in slightly less man
a sear
Fourteenth amendment nnde ne
g1z8es citizens: ratified IN Two years
Fsifsaerlr.n amendment, esIfE-luchise't
negroes, an same basis as @ilite peiN
SONS. ratified in one year
sixteenth amendment, allowed cnn'
ssess To levy income tax Ratified N
t31ree ami haif years.
Seventeenth amendment, Drorided
TOR popular election or senator's; ESlgi-
Eea in slightly less thar year
Eighteenth amendment makes cnllr'
E-v;; ratified i'm one year, Jour weeks
Ss1d one day
A5or1r one hundred amendments
have Esfa1 proposed IN cnngrsss 5us
only -FOUR besides those ratified were
submitted 70 the states
Race For the finish.
WASHINGTON Jan. I5s-A raEa
was on TO-DAY for credit for putting
over the prohibition amendment
Thlrtgfive states aave already
ra4sfssd the eighteenth amendment
to- rsie constitution. and only one
more was needed IN give the ra-
aliired rsirse.Sourtns vora 20 make
vlaotiibition a part OF the basic law
Of the land.
NesoraSiSa, Missouri and Minnesota
were in the running for tsirty-si.ztif
place today OF the rdtrtT-fiTs sfSasss
that have already acted. only four
nesn have notified the staIa depart
msrU OF their ratification.
National dry leaders he,,s today
wers confident that dlst1lIerS at
tempts To force a referendum on the
Legislature ratification Of The federal
dry amendment IN California and a.
dozen or mora Of other states are
aoamed to failtirs.
The constitution prorides that an
amendment must be ratified By the
legislatures OF thrse-fourths Of the
states
1T Isl hard 10 conceive how any
state law or any section OF a state
constitution giving the right OF ref
srandtim to the voters cnuld over.
ride a specific provision in the fed
eraa constitution Representative
wsbb said. He is chairman OF taa
house Judiciary committees and CO.
+t,x.. ryTat,t, Low
Representative Randall ct Call
fornia, pointed out that the laws of
most OF the staras which had the
referendum provided thar tae votsra
might pass upon acts OF the state
legislature"
The dry amendment "a mt an
act OF any state Legislature. because
81 originated In congress-" Randall
said. The only chance the drys see
for possible wet success ia for the
cDrrts 10 declare thai IN refsr-
eudiiln state the Legislature is made
mp OF the whole hody 81 voters, wac
IN effect constitute a third house
when mag pass UPON all measures.
If tire wet attract. should succeed,
drys say that they can easily win
tBree-fourtIis OF rne states through
referendum.
New Mexico IN furry.
SANTA FEE, 81. ", Jan T5.--En an
effort 70 make New Mexico the thirty
sfxrh stare ratigYing the federal dry
amendment, republican leaders
planned 70 rush the ratification -eso-
IISson through the Legislature befors
noon today. Governor Larrazdio VIII
wait in the cloak room Of the senate
chamber TO sign the. resolution as
soon as Il passes both houses
Nebraska cIircnes H.
LINCOLN, Web, ian ls.--Ne,
hrssira. home state OF William len
rl7igs Bryan, today rafided the fed
eraI prohibition amendment, being
the tairtyssfxrI aud anai state neess-
gary under the federal constitution 70
acs IN making prohibition part 0r the
rensrisy-1on 70 act in making prohfDf-
ZION part OF the constitution
Nsas Nexico rsous.
sSAeSFrT F'F, ~, ~. jan. I5--Ths
RCew Mexican house Of representatives
racfgted the prohlBlaon amendment 70
day BY a vote OF - 20 !. Senaes ap
proFal OF TIE amendment was 20 re 70.
corded shortly after the resolution wa
received from tie hou5e
Quiet a. Sunday School
LINCOLN, Neb jan 1S-Q9 heu
ehe final roll was taken On me FED,
er:sI dry amendment n the Nebraska
state senate this morning. Nebraska
soions answered 70 their names with
a simple AYE" or TO Everything
was as quiet and solemn "a a Sun
day school.
As The name Of Senator Tanner ~
Douglas, was called, he made no
BIG SHOE BILLS