The Washington herald., 1919-01-16
NEED BUT ONE
STATE TO MAKE
U. S. BONE DRY
Thirty-6ve Of Ihirty-six
States Ratify Congress
.sional Amendment.
D. G. LEAGUE JUBILANT
Passage of Law Will Mean
Creation of Many New
Jobs.

Chicago, Jan. 15.-Thirty-five of
the thirty-siN States necessary have
ratified the bone dry" constitutional
amendment today. Four more States
were to vote on ratification today
and these four were confidently
claimed by the dry workers.
No State as yet has voted against
the amendment. although two at
tempts have been made to attach
referendum riders to the measure
Distillers. however. through a re-
Gently formed organization here
announced they would fight 1t in
every way possible.
I'VE will surely put the prohibi-
ton amendment over tomorrow,
said f. &. Dinwiddie. a Legislative
superintendent of the Anti-Saloon
League, last night.
May Have Surplus.
1t is expected that when the final
count of the States is made tonight
it will be found that the ''drys'
have a State or two to spare, and
that no matter what action may
BE- taken in those States where the
vets have resOrted to inunctions
by the courts to stay the ratih-
cation. the amendment will be safe
ly fatified and there will be no ques-
tiOn as to the will of the people on
the question.
The great drive by which the
leaders Of the temperance move
mont have brought, ,abOut the rati-
tiCatiOn Of the amendment in less
than thirteen months from the day
il was finally voted upon by Con-
Eress is one Of the most remarkable
features of the success of the cam
paiEn. When the amendment was
before Congress, the vets" forced
the adoption Of a clause which pro-
viGed that if the requisite number
of states did not ratify the amend
be lHoDerstiEe.
Nssrs Many New Jobs.
LL we5 tEe. hope of the ''wets" at
.--. Eius tElt they would be able to
Frsssnt rstiicatiOn in a number of
N .a.ea. 20 that the amendment
F,Juif Sal during the seven years, and
u-,u ne rllvement would have to be
st7r1ad al over again.
Eow iu l"ss than Thirteen months
rau6cs bon is all but accomplished
Tire -as iment was passed by tho
~-rate rF Iguse l, 1917, and passed
$500 year. 1t was passed by the
Senate with the House amendments
on December 1S The vote in the Sem
ate was g. to 20, and in the House
2S2 to rs.
The amendment will become effect
i've one year after the ratification is
proclaimed. During the intervening
period Congress and the several States
will be called upon to pass legisla-
tion to enforce the amendment and to
provide penalties for its violation.
II is probable that a large force Of
agents under the direction of the
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
will have to be appointed to enforce
the law. Each State will have to pro-
vide machinery for the enforcement of
the law in addition to the machinery
provided by the Federal govern
ment-
The text of the amendment is as
follows:
Although no definite plans have been
formed by the temperance leaders for
a celebration of the ratifCations OF the
amendment. it is probable that the
event will be observed in some char
acterishc manner to reflect the opinion
Of the people on the question. Super
intendent Dinwiddie said tonight that
when the ratification is finally accom-
plished the leaders will turn their at
tention to thoughts OF a fitting cele-
bratiOn. He said:
7 have no doubt that there will be
a celebration that will sweep the
country and take the nature of a jolli-
fCatiou in every town, hamlet and
city in the entire United States. In
all probability a date will be selected
TO have the celebration so that the
whole country will unite in honor of
tho glorious victory"