The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-16

statement UuI merSiT ESspOHusl
no. Ee mad Expressed his SsI1r1-
nents IN private before thar he cnn-
siefersd he was vor1ng as his cnnst-
rueurs wished.
The senator's applauded loudly as
Lieutenant Governor p IL Earrows
signed the bill.
/ Considerable demonstration Tas
made IN the house yesterday Wien
members OF the Womsn's Christian
Temperance union sang several or
their songs fsnm the gallery Very
few outsiders we're present when the
votes were taken because the leg!sia-
u1l-e convened earlier than usual this
morning.
Perfect TfrirtY-si,s.
MASfalNssrDES, Jan. I5.-NenrasRa
tDday earned a new name 1v oei1g Tile
riisl-rF-sixesl state 10 raE.ry tie nar.ar--
al Drotlfh,uon amendment aeraxnr
Sheppard, Texas, author OF me amend
mend, coined THE na,ne.
''SeDrassa'' Sad Sheppsr1, IS the
persacr number raltrtE-si1 amons
the STAKES
/ Missouri Sar.fiea
.EEFFERSGN CITY. Mo-. Jan. Ia
Missouri. tnday ratified the federal
5rohibir4ou amendment, tle house
eoncurrtng. 1a4 10 So. IN tile resoIti-
ton passed ny The suaxa sartier by
vote OF - 10 10.
MHnnescez t-uuse
SIT PAIL Mimi IAN LSs-The
Minnesota ssnare tDtav ratified the
national pr8hibit1on amendment IS
10 II. The house vas sxJeg.sd u
follow shorty
ae TGs25 O'CLOCK
LINCOLN, Web, jan Ids-T-he Ne.
Jrzssysz house r7fzrsesf the national
prodfDitory amendment at Tg.35
A. H., tls vote nssug 80 u o. TIE
jni1t resolution went Daex 70 tie sem
a.s for concur-eu1s the Original
having been amended by the nnnsa
by the addition OF r&1e muse ngy1a,
tlrss
Dry Leaders, Rejoice
WJEgE4IStETC9,. Ja1. I6.--fTaug-ss-
siouai dry leaders, informed 5y The
Cniuef Press OF the ratification by
the LhirLysixth staSa,, we're militant.
Representative Randall. Of Cali
foruia, and Senator Sheppard Texas,
leaders IN the rshC for tile amend
menr, announced Ts ratification
wasn house and senate met
Sheppard and Randall planned 10
issue a statement la5sr commenting q
on the result Of their long fight fer
national prohibition
The next Gep rhey announced
VIII be preparation of a new e5Ee OF
, laws tn make proiIIhit5ou effective
This viii includes aew criniua. star
Ioss For puufsftag vi1lazars SIleD-
Dard said Development 0c Chis c0de
profanity viii have % sws4r the aT-ts-
ing OF conditions fadgcsd by 5r5,ri-
oit4ou 1e and OTHER dry ie4stsrs,
however viii prepare Iaws covering
prohibition and w3H sndear5r 20
have tflis passed by ne time Dr5iIl-
bition becomes effective a year from
today
California Legal ssrt,c.
BAN FRANCISCO. Jan 15--fs4y-
Gornfs, one OF the sfaEes whose Iegls-
-a1zlr. has ratified ne Sheppard dry
amendment IS the scene t5daF of a.
legal baETIe for a permanent ilJHnc-
sian to 1reven~ Governor Stephenson
informing the federal government t31aE
the amendment has been ratified. The
wess argued that r. the federal gov
eminent IL not informed officially that
CALIFORNIA; Legislature has acted, &
VIII never Know ailoHt IL Under tie
state constitution The governor "a the
only one WAC can communicates with
the federal government He Is nov
temporarily restrained rom doing
rhis
Thenoors Bell, attorney for the
California Wine Growers association
declared today the amendment has nor
been ratified by the necessary thirty
six states and VIII NOT have been un-
I'll the federal government Ia officially
informed 81 the scricu Of eash state
The liquor sorces are planning 70
get similar iujuuc1ious IN 5tf.r
states," said Bell.