Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-01-17
COUNTRY IS VOTED
! DRY; s. STATES
FOR AMENDMENT.
Liquor Traffic to Meet Its Death
on July !.
DEPENDS ON PEACE PACT

!
Forbids the Manufacture, Sale or
transportation Of Intoxicating
Liquors Within the Uni
ted States
Washington. Jan 16.-The legisia-
lures of SO states have ratified the
prohibition amendment TO the United
States Constitution.
This ratification puts the nation on
the water wagon. giving the neces-
Sary threefourths vote.
The action of the following states
completed the required number:
iowa Oregon
Utah. New Hampshire.
colorado. Missouri
Twelve states have not decided the
issue They are:
Minnesota Connecticut
Nebraska Pennsylvania
Nevada Rhode Island.
New Jersey. Vermont
New Mexico. Wisconsin
New York. Wyoming
These Are Certified.
OF the 36 states that have taken ac-
ton, only Is have certified their ac-
ton TO the federal state department.
They are:
Virginia Montana
kentucky. DELAWARE
North Dakota Massachusetts,.
South Carolina Arizona
Maryland Georgia
South Dakota louisiana
Texas Michigan
This action. however, is merely per
functory and the other states are ex-
pected TO send in their certificates inn
mediately-
Dfy Nation July II
The amendment, under its provi-
sions, becomes effective one year from
the date of its final ratification If
ratification is completed this month
many officials here believe the coun-
try win become permanently dry next
July /. the date ON which the special
wartime prohibition recently enacted
by congress goes into effect
This law prevents the manufacture
and sale of intoxicants for beverage
purposes and remains in force until
the disqualification of the nations war
armies Is completed
While the law thus becomes effec-
tive. additional legislation by congress
is necessary to make it operative and
ground work for this already has been
laid This legislation viii prescribe
penalties for violations of the amend
ment and determine how and by what
agencies the law shall be enforced
Mississippi Was First
The resolution providing fo. the
federal amendment was passed by the
United States senate g 30 20 on Az
gust l. 1917, and by the house 2S2 to
12S on December II. 1917. Missis
sippi was the first state TO ratify the
amendment. It's legislature acting on
January s. 1918 The text Of the
amendment follows:
Section 1--Affer one year from
the ratification OF this article the
manufacture. sale. or transportation
of intoxicating liquors within. the i'm
portation thereof inro. or the exporta-
ton thereof from the United States
and all territory subject TO the juris-
dictlon thereof for beverage purposes
is hereby prohibited
Section THE congress and the
several states shall have concurrent
power TO enforce this article by ap-
propriate legislation.
"Secfion 3-This article shall be in
operative unless il shall have been
ratified as an amendment to the Con-
stitution by the legislatures of the
several states. as provided in the
Constitution. within seven years from
the date Of the submission hereof TO
the states by the congress"
States to Fight Ratification.
San Francisco, Jan. 16.-Following
the obtaining here Of an order tempo
rarily restraining Gov. William d.
stephens from signing ratification of
the federal ohibition constitutional
amendment ii was indicated that SINH
lar action may be taken in certain
other states. II was said at the office
of the California Grape Growers as
sociadon that such action is possible in
j. other states.
The states, according to the associa-
ton, are: Arkansas. Colorado. Maine.
Nevada. New Mexico, Oklahoma. Ore
gon, Ohio, Utah. Washington, Nilsson
ri and Nebraska.
In these states, It was said, all legis-
lative actions can he under the law re-
ferred 10 the people and that in many
of them the people have 60 days in
. which to take a referendum.