The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-10-28
PROHIBITION
| BILL REPASSED
Senate Follows House in Dis
regarding President VIII
II sons Veto.
,yorE STOOD e5 TO 20

Washington, Oct. 2s.--By a
vote of 43 to 38, the senate to-
day laid aside the peace treaty
temporarily to consider Presi-
dent Wilson's veto of the prohi-
bition enforcement bill immedi-
ately upon it's transmission to the
state department by the clerk of
the senate.
Rollcall in the senate on an ef-
fort to override President Will
sons veto of the prohibition en-
forcement bill began at $3.50
pm. and the vote resulted in re-
passage of the measure.
The section relating to war
time prohibition becomes effec-
tive Immediately upon signature
of the bill by the presiding ofh-
GERS of the senate and house.
The vote was 65 to 20, eight
more than the necessary two
thirds maj jority. Before the SEN
ate acted, announcement was
made at the White House that
President Wilson would annul
wartime prohibition as soon as
the senate had acted on the
peace treaty. That is expected
to be some time next month.
How Vote Stood. =
The rollcall follows:
For overriding the veto:
Repuplicans-Ball, Capper, Colt
Cummins, Curtis, Fernald, Freling-
huysen, Gronna, Hale, Harding, john
son of California, Jones of Washing
ton, Kellogg, Kenyon, Keyes, Knox,
Lenroot, Lodge, Mccormick. McCum-
ber, McNary, Moses, Nelson, New
Newberry, Norris, Page, Phipps,
Poindexter, Sherman, Smoot, Spen-
Ger, Sterling, Sutherland, Townsend
Wadsworth, Warren and Watson-3S
Democrats-Ashurt, Bankhead
Chamberlain, Dial, Fletcher. Gore
Harris, Harrison, Henderson. Jones
of New Mexico, Kendrick, Kirby, Nc
Kellar, Myers. Nugent, Overman
Owen, Pomerene, Sheppard, simmons
Smith of Arizona, Smith of Georgia
sEwansorfy Ffafnnfeff@ waisff Of Mon-
tana, Williams and Wolcott-27.
Total for, 65.
Against overriding veto:
epublicans-Borah Brandegee
Calder, Edge. Fall, France, La Fol-
lette, Mclean and Penrose-9.
Democrats-Gay, Gerry, Hitchcock
King, Phelan, Ransdell, Robinson
Shields, Thomas, Underwood anc
Walsh of Massachusetts-11.
Total against, 20.
The department of justice will i'm
'mediately set in motion all Of the
government machinery for the en-.
forcement of wartime prohibition.
The bill prohibits the manufacture
sale or transportation of any bever-
ages containing more than one-hal
of / per cent. of alcohol.
Became Law maticaIly.
Senate parliamentarians of years
experience, said that although the
question never had been raised be-
fore, they believed the prohibition
enforcement bill became law from thu
moment of the senate action at 3:4t
O'Clock today. -
Won't Delay Treaty.
Prohibition forces in and out o
the senate will not attempt to della!
ratification of the peace treaty be
| cause of the White House announce
| ment that wartime prohibition will
| end with formal ratification of th
l pact, officers of the antisaloon league
l announced today.
Eleven Not Voting.
II OF the eleven senator's not voting
Senators Elkins, republican. Yves
4 Virginia, and Johnson. democrat
H South Dakota, were paired for tn
motion. with Senator Stanley, demo
crat, of Kentucky, opposing, and Sen
ator Beckham, Kentucky. and Mar
tin, Virginia, democrats, for, wer
paired with Senator Reed, democrat
of Missouri, against. Other senator
absent or paired and not voting
were: Culberson, democrat, Texas
Dillingham;, republican. Vermont
Pittman, democrat, Nevada; Smitf
democrat. Maryland; Smith, demo
crat, of South Carolina.
f. c. Dinwiddie, in charge Of tn
antisaloon league fight before con
gress, said dry forces adhered to tn
belief that wartime prohibition woul
stand until the senate had rattle
the Austrian treaty, but regardles
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