The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-07-16
COUNTRY WILL
BE TOTALLY DRY
PROHIBITION FORCES In
CONGRESS CARRY EVERY
THING BEFORE THEM
NO WAR REPEAL
Two and Three-Quarter Per
Cent Beer Defeated by
Isl to 90.

/ WASHINGTON, July I4-Pra15.
bition forces took full control u, a.
House today, refused to permfe. q
vote on a straight out motion to rzs-
peal the war time act, defeated osxz.
whelmingly an amendment provicazsg.
for the sale of two and three qrszz.-
ters per cent beer, and stood soa1Ey.
against all attacks on the general eva
forcement measure.
Just as fast as a liberal suaraaEs
ment was offered by opponents AZ
prohibition it was voe.d down wa.ys--
out ceremony, always by trinla
vote, for the minority, fighting. ssr-
cry inch Of ground demanded S5i-
vision after the ayes and uayp wHar
called, and then asked for te{asns
Before the House got through wskk
the first section Of the first part ST
the three-part bill there was ngure
disorder on the floor than at any t5Hpsa
this session.
This disturbance arose first duranv.
an attempt by Representative RlAn
ton, Democrat, Texas, to speak a ser
ond time against an amendnaaIz.
which would have given jury Ess
right to define intoxicants, and wHs
increased during an address by Rep
resentative Gallivan, Democrat, Mzs-
sachuetts, who declared memha-sa
voting "dry" should print in the sau.
gressional record exactly how mlasta
liquor they had stored in their hamE
and offices.
Would Define lnt0xicants.
The real battle Of the day. h0R
ever, was over the amendment to cie-
fine an intoxicant as a beverage erR1-
tanning more than two and thns2s
quarters per cent alcohol, instead ~
more than one-haf Of one per ceut,
as written in the bill Represents
tive Dyer, Republican, Missouri, au-
thor of the amendment, did naa zsiI.
for this definition in the constiuEr4ssn
al prohibition amendment, but Simply
in the war time law In pleading for
its adoption Mr. Dyer declared If wEs
what President Wilson had recoaa-
mended TO Congress and would per
NIT during the remaining period nt
war time prohibition, the sale Of a@1~-
wines and beer and might delay is
suance of proclamation by the pres
dent, which would restore the sa r.
of hard liquors y
There was round of speech-mak
ing on this resolution, with tisa
"drys" assailing il as an enteriNas
wedge and the "wets" asserting ri1z2r
it would merely permit the very thEuxF
the president, as commander inc f8s1
Of the army, had said was best fog-
the country for the next six nIouxs&z
After two and three-quarters bessr
had been bowled over by a recaro
vote Of l5l to 90-and this was abcut
the relative division on all nnealn-
prohibitionists went af1gs-
another amendment by RepresanzA
tive Igoe, Democrat, Missouri, wzlK-r
would have stricken out all defini1zsE
Of intoxicants, killing the propose.
1913 to SO.
There was the utmost confusion A.
times, despite vigorous whacks w5EhA..
a gayel, and some of the prohinfrSE8
leaders applauded every move in thssar
favor. The galleries, filed lstrs-e
With women and officers Of the sEE.s
liquor organizations. broke into zr~-
olause when the House roared ii-z us-
approval Of two and three-quar1era
Der cent beer
TO PLAY CONTESTED CANE