Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-01-08
pR0H|, AMENDMENT
 RATIFIED BY MONE STATES YESTERDAY
Dry Amendment New Has Nineteen
 States on Its List of Those Whici:
 Have Accepted Federal Provision.

Chicago, Jan. 7.-Three more states today ratified the proposed amend
 ment, making total of l9 states that have inaorsed the proposal of con rress. The house of the Idaho legis- lature voted today for the amendment and if the senate follows suit, the proposal will need to be passed by only Is more states.
 While the proposed addition to the basic law was ratified today by the legislatures of Ohio, Colorado and Oklahoma, representatives Of the dis tillery companies of the country met in Chicago and decided to oppose the amendment and the war prohibition law, which is to go into effect on July 1st by every legal means possible. The states which has ratified the prohibition amendment thus far are:
 Kertucky, Virginia, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Dakota, Mary land, Montana, Arizona, Delaware, Texas, South Dakota. Massachusetts, Georgia, Louisiana Florida, Michigan, Ohio, Colorado, Oklahoma.
 Resolutions adopted by the liquor interests declared that the time had come for members of the industry to make "a most determined resistance 10 such revolutionary methods" re ferring to the war time prohibition | law and the proposed federal consti- tltional amendment. The action taken today also provide that power to make liquors fight shall be vested n a of Chicago, was appointed chief coun- sel
 Although MT. Mayer would make no ! statement for publication regarding the coming court battles, which will he taken to the United States Su- orene Court for the final outcome,( it l was learned that the distillers will not quietly submit 10 enforcement of 1 the war time prohibition act, whicl, | becomes effective next July 1st. It | is said to be the plan to allow the gov ernment to make the first move by charoing violation and upon the nroe-
 ec,7tion therof the liquor interests will wage their fioht.
 The resolution adonted today stated
 that there are 800 distilleres in the i country with an aoeregate investment l in plants and products of at least $1.- , 900 00O.000: that the industry actual
 lv antedates the constitution adopted :, in 17So. and that the business has
 heretofore been recopnized. encourage
 cd "nd protected bv the United States government itself.
 ] The resolutions declared that car 1 rv;no ont of the war time prohibition leoislat;on and the nroposed a'nend-
 n'ani would dae+rov the propnrtv n- vo1vnd ana wn,rld "vioIate avery nrin> oir1a of An, n,nricnn i1s+ioc ard of con. e4;+r+ 'ornl p,1nronteoe
 Oklahoma City. Ian 7-Ratifice- tiOn of the Federal nrohihitinn amend- nent was voted unanimnnslv hv Inc
 Senate of the Seventh Oklahoma 1eo's- latnre late today when 2 resolution
 asking ratification was introduced hv
 Senator Cosdeu The resolution was
 written hv Governor Williams.
 Forty three Senators voted for the resolution Two were absent
 With practically the entire mcm- hership of both houses answering ''present" to roll call, the seventh Ok lahoma legislature convened prompt ly at noon today.
 After the ratification of majority caucus selections for various posi- tions in the organizations of house and senate plans were made for a joint
 session, mandatory, by constitutional provision, for canvassing the returns of November elections.
 Governor Williams final message to the lawmakers will be transmitted to the join session late this afternoon. l Both branches of the Seventh
 Oklahoma general assembly are to
 be called to order shortly after noon today, the senate by Lieutenant Cover nor Tram and the House of RepreS-