The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1919-11-07
How Illinois Men Voted

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illinois Representatives voting to
override the Presidents veto were:
Brooks, Cannon. Denison, Fuller,
Graham, King, Wheeler. Williams and
Wilson. To sustain the veto: JUL,
Madden and Gallagher. In the SEN
ate both Senators-McCormick and
Sherman-voted to override the veto.
There was considerable excitement
in the House Immediately after the
reading of the Presidents message.
Representative Volstead, who had the
Dill in charge, moved that the con-
sideration OF the message vetoing the
bill be postponed until the following
Thursday. The vote on this motion
was not taken until several hours
later. The point of no quorum was
raised several times, making it neces-
sary to close the doors and notify
sbsentees. Several times the motion
to adjourn was made and voted down.
After sevsral roll calls on subsidiary
motions the motion to postpone con-
sideration was voted down. thus
bringing the Presidents veto up for
immediate action. There was no dis
cussion on the merits OF the bill.
Senators Debate Prohibition
The Senate was debating the peace
treaty when the enforcement bill was
received from the House. Several
Senators objected to taking up the
Presidents veto message on the
ground that to do SO would delay
consideration OF the peace treaty.
After considerable discussion, led by
Senator Underwood, by the vets and
by Senator Sterling in favor of imme-
diate consideration, the Senate pro-
ceeded to debate the bill. In reply
to Senator Underwood's remarks in
which he spoke OF the Presidents
recommendation to repeal the war
Prohibition law, Senator Sterling said,
"The Congress did not see fit to act
upon the Presidents recommendation
and the silence of Congress and the
failure of Congress to respond TO the
recommendation OF the President, !
am satisfied. met with the approval
OF the people of the United States,
and no act or failure to act OH the
part of the Senate or the Congress OF
the United States has met with
greater approval than the refusal to
comply with the request OF the Presi-
dent to repeal the war Prohibition
act" Senator Jones called attention
to the fact that each branch of Con-
gress by large majorities voted down
the proposition to repeal war time
Prohibition. Senator Sterling also
read from a letter by the Attorney
General in which he said, referring
to the passage OF the bill: Il do not
think the wisdom of such action on
the part of Congress admits of a
doubt"
A Question of Enforcement
Senator Sheppard said that the
Presidents veto could not repeal the
wartime Prohibition act. THE only
question before u.s." he said, "is the
question of its effective enforcement.
There never was time when Prohi-
bition was more imperatively needed
than in this hour of general unrest
and economic confusion"
The question OF whether or not the
war is over was debated at length.
Senator Norris summed UP the argu-
ment in support of his contention that
war Prohibition is still in effect as
follows: The President has no au-
thority whatever to issue his procla-
nation until two things occur. One
must be the conclusion of the present
war and the other must be Uemobili-
zation.
Senator Lodge. who has always
been opposed to Prohibition laws, de-
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