Republican farmer., 1919-01-17
36th State, Nebraska, Rati fies Prohibition Amend
 ment Today. CONNECTICUT
 DECIDES SOON Declared Greatest Piece of Moral Legislation in His
 tory of World.
FEDERAL AMENDMENT
Joint Resolution

* Proposing an amendment to , $: the Constitution of the United . S: States. X Resolved. by the Senate and : < House of Representatives of the : ;: United States of America in Con- : x gross assembled, (two-thirds of : * each house concurring therein.) ; * that the following amendment to : * the Constitution be, and hereby : * is, proposed to the Senate, to be- , * come valid as a part Of the Con- : 6 stitution when ratified by the leg ; * islatures of the several states as } s: provided by the Constitution: * Article * Section 1. After one year from ; * the ratification of this article the : * manufacture, sale, or transporta- i; tion of intoxicating liquors with : s; in, the importation thereof into, * or the exportation thereof from $: the United States and all territory * subject to the jurisdiction there ;: of for beverage purposes is hcrc- * by prohibited. * Section ?. The Congress and * the several states shall have con- * current power to enforce this !: article by appropriate legislation. * Section 3. This article shall be * imperative unless it shall have * been ratified as an amendment to * the Constitution by tho legisla- < lures of the several states, as * provided by the Constitution, !: within seven years from the date ;: of the submission hereof to the $: states by the Congress. < < < x 7 x < < < < <
 Chicago. Jan. i6-The Unite' States today completed the leg islative process of voting itsel dry. When word was flashe' over the wires that the thirty sixth state, Nebraska, had rati fled the prohibition amend ment, prohibition leaders de clared that the accomplish ment was the greatest piece o moral legislation in the. histor, of the world.
 The amendment to the Fedora Constitution prohibiting the manu facture and sale of intoxicating bev erages becomes effective one yea after the date of it's final ratification Meanwhile, the nation goes dry Jul 1 next, by Presidential proclaTatio as a war measure unless the Presl dent rescinds it before that date.
 Chicago, Jan. 16-Congress. passe the resolution submitting the amend ment to the various state legislature in the midst of the seething prepara tions for war in 1917. The Senat adopted the resolution August 1, by vote of 65 to 20. and the lowe house on December IT by 2S2 to 12'
 The legislature of Mississippi wa the first to ratify, taking this act4o on January 8, 1918. Fourteen othe states took similar action during tha year, the last of them being Louis jana, which ratified on August s. In the fall elections the wet or dr question was paramount in most ( the remaining states. but the vote lei no doubt that the United States wa destined to be the first great natio to veto liquor. The ban on vodka Russia was never completely effective nor did it interfere materially wit | the consumption of more eXpensiv tliquors by those who could afford i l Russian advices now state that tn Bolsheyists Have restored the vodk traffic.
 Michigan. having by a state la7 made itself dry in 1918, was the frs state to ratify in 1919, the legislatur voting on the second day of the ne' year. From that date to today, leg islatures have acted rapidly. Fiv i Legislatures ratified yesterday, bring 1 ing the number up to 35. Other leg islatures worked at feverish speed | be the 36th.
 Meanwhile distillers' committee through Levy Mayer, chief of thei counsel. announced that in 9 state the constitutions require a referen dunn vote of citizens in order to ratif a constitutional amendment. Mi Mayer today named these states a follows:
 South Dakota, Oregon. Nevada Montana. Oklahoma Maine. Mary land. Michigan, Arkansas. Colorado lArizona, New Mexico, California Ohio. Nebraska, Washington, Mort