Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-02-04

gued that the Navy ands thef nsahu-
featuring concerns had demonstrated
that tefficieney and alcohol were not
remted- ie ~ ~ Nt4iF
HarrisbuE' railroadhen.f an. ior-
ganized. petitioned Congress. 1900
strong. for sthe passage. Of the
amendment said the FIagrence
Arguments by the liquor people
now contradict those of the last
| Legislative session, said Mr.. Wallace.
Arguments that, looked good some
months ago, he said, are nonsense
now ~.u
/ The speaker assailed a pamphlet
| by d. Clarence Gibboney. of Phila
delphia. When referendum was
! asked few years ago it was denied
| and prohibition was said to be the
! remedy. Now they don't want ma
tional prohibition" said he. "They
/ say II is n state matter"
Men who vote against the meas
ure to-day will be sorry ten years
! from now that they ever did ii.
/ Senators In HcGco l1i o.
| During the arguments most of the
/ Senators came into the House and
| people fiocked from Capitol offices
INTO the hall, filling the galleries
and the Hobbies. ''aFch -s'''-F
William Davis, Cambria. made the
plea that the desires of soldiers
should be considered. Many of them
are out of the country and must not
be ignored. Mr.. Davis charged in
consistency by advocates of the
measure and said that big state rev
enues were being wiped out without
anything being done to replace it,!
why should We follow the ex-
/ a r,of nj 1a.s ~ la ~
Cambria county. man.
Mr.. Jordan. Lawrence, one OF the
minister members of the House,
made the concluding address. speak
ing for the resolution. He asked that
| when the vote is over all members
| would stand shoulder TO shoulder for
all other good legislation. The Gov
| ernor, he said. had DECLARED for
ratification and members should vote
to uphold him. My county is over
whelmingly Industrial overwhelm-
ingly dry" said he. Don't tell me
labor has no ideals. Don't tell me
, the laboring man has ideals lower
i than lawyer or a DOCTOR
, Mr.. Gordon said men were putting
money not into booze but automo-
!, biles, "and I'd rather ride in an
automo obile than in the most beaut-
; full patrol wagon" he remarked. The
speaker said a vote for ratification is
, good politics" and pleaded with the
'wets" to look into the future" He
asked If Pennsylvania in this time
is going to turn its back on the spirit
of 1916 and 1853. -...,.S ....,.-
The Vote
: The vote was as follows:
For the Amendment-All Arm
: strong. Barnhart, Bechtold. Beckley.
/ Bell, Benchoff, Bennett, Bidelspach-
er, Bigler. Bolard. Bower. Bowman.
Brooks, Bucher, Bungard. Campbell,
Catlin, Clutton. Goldsmith, Collier,
Colville. Comerer. Cook, Corbin. Cox,
Crum, A. T.. Curry. d. f. Davis, j.
T. Davis, Day, Dewey. Diehm. Eph-
rain, Finney. Fitzgibbon, Foster, A.
r. b. Fox, ], NJ. Fox. Franklin, Cans.
/ Goodnough, Graham, Griest, Grif-
fifth, w. j. Hamilton, Hampson, Har-
err. Harvey, Helt, Hoffman, Hollings-
, worth, Horne, Huntington. Jennings,
, Jordan. Kennedy, Kinsnan. Kooser.
Kunkel, Lanitis. Magill, Mallery,
Marshall, Martin, McCurdy, Nc
McGeary, Mckay. McKim, Nc
, Vicar. A. d. Miller, d. d. Miller, Mil
: lin, Morgan, North, Norton, Patter-
son, Phillips. Pidgeon, Pike, Quigley.
/. c. A. Reber, H. F. Reber, Rhoads.
4 hOThe, SCoIlt -. ~. oCIldlltItt oHelleH-
berger, showalter, SNYDER. Stark.
) Ulsh. vfckerman. G. r. walker, j.
. A. Walker, r. L. Wallace W. r.
Wallace. Wells, whiteman,F willert,
f williams, Woner. Wood, Woodruff,
lZook. Speaker Spangler-110.
: t. Against the Amendment-Ale
t ander. Aran. Bardi, Baldridge,: Ben
ninger Blanck, Brady, Brendle, Bris-
lin, Clements, Conner. Crawford
= Crockett, Gurran, Richard Curry
e William Davis. Dawson, Di' Lemnfo
r Dilsheimef, Dithrich, Donneley
e Drinbhouse, Dunn, Ehrhardt, J. r.
r Evans. s. J. Evans. Flynn, Fowler,
a Geary, Glass, Gohring, Haines,
Haldeman, Jacon, Hamilton, Heffer-
nan, Hess, Hepburn. Hickernell
a Hough, Hutchinson. Ingham, Jones,
Kantner. IT. S. Krause, William
/, Krause. Rrugh. Lafferty !, L1aule",
= Lewis, McCallum. Mangan. Marcus
= McCaig. Mcintyre, Mehring, Michel
: Albert Millar, c. G.. Miller, ID. /. Mil
: Ter, Miner, Murphy, Neary, Palmer
Perry, Powell, -Ramseyi RINGER
Rim. Robertson, Rothenberger
IS Ruddy, Sarig, A.,C. Schaeffer, .Schill.
8 ing, Skunk. Simpson, Sinclair, +.
a Smith. SoffeI. Sewers, SpBowls. 'Stadt
3 lander, Steedle, Sterling, Sullivan
h Todd, Trach, Wagner. Wettach
+ Wilson, Wynne, zanders, thinner
s man-93. ,,,,,.-s .,5 a... ..el.s.e..
d Absent or not voting-Golder,a E
: R. Smith, Snowden and West--4.
: Those who filed statements ex.
e planning votes were Hess; Mangan
? Simpson and Sterling. All of then
h voted no."
= Bills Reported Out
= The law and order committee last
= evening reported out two bills deal.
= ing with the liquor 'question. The
!, first by Senator Shantz, Lehigh, pro
vides that liquor license fees be paid
u monthly, instead of yearly as is now
e the case. This measure would pro.
: tect the liquor dealers from. loss o.
n fees paid in advance in case the
n state should go dry on July 1. The
d second bill, of which Senator Whit
n ten, Allegheny, is the author, pro
n vides that should the state go dry
all fees for licenses paid in advance
= shall be refunded.