Omaha daily bee., 1919-06-25
IN
OWN HOME
WILL, B {.
ALLOWED
Amendment Making Its Pos
session Unlawful After July
| Voted Down by House
Judiciary Committee.

Washington, June IA mans
right to store liquor in his home for
the long dry period after July l
stood up against an attack on that
provision of the prohibition enforce
nlent bill before the house judiciary
committee.
Near the end of an all-day ses-
sion, the committee voted down an
amendment which would have made
it unlawful for a citizen to have
liquor in his possession, struck out
a section which would have prevent
ed "use" by a citizen of liquor in his
private dwelling and decided that in
the matter of general enforcement
there would be no difference be-
tween wartime and constitutional
prohibition.
Even with this and other changes,
the bill as it will be reported, out
Wednesday or Thursday is cohsid-
cred all-embracing.
So drastic are its provisions.
members of the committee said, that
while man may put keg of beer
in his cellar, he may be convicted
and fined if. for instance, he wears
watch fob on which there is a
picture of the keg as an ADVERTISE
ment.
Some Minor Changes Made.
In 4 general consideration Sf the
measure the committee made minor
changes, but the principal fight was
over tLe-.questio of the right OF
home storage for personal uses.
Representative Morgan, democrat,
of Oklahoma endeavored to have
stricken out the section reading that
'it shall not be unlawful to possess
liquor in ones private dwelling while
the same is occupied and used by
him only as his dwelling"
Ardent prohibitionists on the COM
mittee voted against the Morgan
proposal for the reason, they said,
that, nothing was to be gained by
eracting a law so drastic as to
arouse the, hostility of people who
rejoiced that the day of the saloon
had ended. Prohibition members
supported an amendment eliminat-
inr the proviso that the liquor must
be obtained and placed in storage
prior to date the act would become
effective. As amended the section
reads that such liquor need not be
reported, provided the burden of
showing that possession is legal is
uoo:. the possessor."
No Particular Fight.
Representative Gard, democrat, of
Chic led the fight to strike from
tn, bill the word use" as applied
to the right, of home consumption.
His motion to amend also included
the striking out of the words "give
away" receive" and possess" but
the committee insisted that these
should stand.
1t was said there was no particu7
la fight on Mr.. Cards proposal and
as amended the section stands:
That>ho person shall on or
after the date when the 18th
amendment to the constitution of
the United States goes into eff
feet, nor while the war prohibi-
ton act shall be in force, manu-
facture, sell, barter, give away,
transport, import, export, deliver,
furnish. receive or possess any in
tcxicating liquors except as au-
thorized in this act and all the
provisions of this act shall be lit
orally construed to the end that
Intoxicating liquor as beverage
may be prohibited. Liquor for non
beverage purposes and wine for
sacramental purposes may be pur-
chased, sold. transported and used
as herein provided.
Every person legally permitted to
have liquor is required to report to
the proper authorities within 10
days after the passage of the act
and possession after that day "by
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