The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-07-22
Right to Store Liquor in Home Withstands All At tacks, Only Three Voting for Amendment Making
 Home Possession Unlawful
By Associated Press

By Associated Press
 Washington, July 21.-The prohibition enforcement bill, drastic provisions and all, was , adopted today section by sec tion by the House, but a mans right to store liquor in his home stood up against all attacks. | On the final count only three votes were recorded in favor of an amendment to make home | possession of intoxicants un- l lawful.
 After all perfecting amendments had been adopted and others designed to make the bill less severe were bowled over in a chorus of ''noes," an attempt was made to adjourn overnight. This l prevailed, but there was a demand for a roll call and the prohibition forces. 1 summoned from all sides by their lead CTS. piled into the chambers in suffi- l eient numbers to keep the House in ses- | sion tonight for the tedious soll call vote l on half a dozen amendments in dispute which had to be passed on before vote was taken on bill as a whole. | Demand for a formal reading of the engrossed bill. which was not in shape for that purpose, forced adjournment of the House tonight and delayed it's passage until tomorrow.
 The first fight of the day was over l the section giving courts the right to put under bond a person convicted under | the liquor law This was stricken out | after Representative Gard democrat 1 Ohio, had pointed out that 1t provided double punishment for the poor man. who might be sent to jail. The vote was l.Ss to 6e many prohibitonists opposing its retention.
 ALL WANT TO SPEAK l When the House reached section 5 Nf | the bill dealing with enforcement of ea | stitutional prohibition and which tained the opinion that 1t was nc sfs lawful to store liquor at hone for 2 sonaf use. the scene was not unlike t14 | on d stock market high sales q lay Everybody wanted to speak or .offar amendment, fully @ score elamoriIs sr recognition at once.
 First consideration as a matter of ,se- liamentary right, was given Cha sian \ Volstead of the committee in cha the bill, to which he had two ap.,,a uents. These fixed the time for r 9ft I ing possession of intoxcants. IL cre Mr. yolstead offered, and whici t4a House accepted. the time spec.fist 'H the proclamation by the state drv~Fi ment as to the effective date of con stitutional prohibition, January Is se', was adopted
 Representative Body of Missouri deir ocrat, got the floor after Chairman stead was through with the sectior Nsf immediately he announced intentiVr i5 throw the searchlight on American cellars. reported to be stocked liquor enough to last for gener; rlv,,A lad hot should not have more than $50 wo lquor which member ikened to white chip in a steamboat poker considering the high cost of the proAtlet in the closing days of the bar as House did not take kindly to this pt0- l posa1 and defeated It.
 l With this out of the way, Represe ta- tive Baker. democrat, California, offered l what the House had been waiting sns ] an amendment to make 1t unlawed to have liquor in one's own dwelling. Ghaif- man yolstead opposed it. saying th section had, been given very serious gsn- sideraton by friends of prohioitlan. ! When the vote was called only tsFae members. and all of them demo ert4ts. supported the amendment-Mr. 5s kar and Representatives, Blanton, Texas, and J'rshaw. Georgia. the latter an eeaa- gelst.
 1 This section was amended hov ssr
 
 be for personal consumption by the 9'aia- CT of the dwelling, for his faplllr CT bona fide guests. This restriction plt lin by Representative Steele, dem st. l Pennsylvania was aimed at the man who might turn his dwelling into B sA-
 loon.
 OTHER AMENDMENTS
 Several amendments were added shase including one by Representative Igoe. democrat, making provision for the handling of sacramental wine, which the bill had failed to do Representative Esch republican. Wisconsin, offered one which would require lhe government in picking it's agents to enforce the prohi- btion law to give due regard to civil service rules, while Representative Sie- gel republican. New York. put through one providing that men discharged from the military sand naval service be given first call in making appointments. Many amendments were defeated and some were ruled out points of order A fight was made against the section permitting the manufacture of beverages containing less than one-half of one per cent alcohol. after the House had adopt ed an amendment to include any liquid such as beer. ale, porter or wine. l An amendment by MT. Igoe. which 1 would make valid the defense of a per- son charged with violation of the pro- | hibition law. if he proved that such liquor or beverage was not intoxicating, was defeated 7S to 36
 | There was not as much speech mak- ing as on previous days. the temper of the House being such that it was not inclined to listen to arguments. The one speech since the beginning of debate was by Representative Mann, former repubr lican floor leader, who opposed the elin3- ination of the provision permitting perA son to have liquor in his possession for private use
 By preventing the manufacture. trans portation and sale of intoxicating li- quors." Mir. Mann said. we are enforc- ing the amendment it should be. But when we say what a man should do with bottle of beer in his home we are go- ing too far
 MT. Manp provoked great applause by declaring that while the government went long way during the war in send ing it's agents into private homes, tho country wanted no more of that. with a bottle of beer as the object of such in vasion."
 MAY HOLD UP LAW
 By Associated Prsss
 l Sacramento. Cal, July I.-Referendums on file against ratification of the fed-