Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-07-22
CONGRESS WILL LET MAN STORE
 SOME LIQUOR Pro. Bill Does Not Make Illegal Keeping a Little at
 HOme." ENFORCEMENT BILL FINALLY ADOPTED Measure Fixes January 16, 1920, as Date on Which Constitutional
 Prohibition Becomes
 Effective.

Clon enforcement Dlll drastic pfOVlS- ion and all, was adopted today, sec tion by section, by the house, but a mans rights to store liquor in his home stood up against all attacks. On the final count, only three votes were recorded in favor of an amendment to make home posses sion of intoxicants unlawful.
 After all perfecting amendment had been adopted and others designed to make the bill less severe were bowled over in a chorus of "noes" an attempt was made to adjourn over night. This prevailed, but there was a demand for roll call and the pro- hibition forces, summoned from all sides by their leaders, piled into the chamber in sufficient numbers to keep the house in session tonight for the tedious roll call vote on half dozen amendments in dispute which had to be passed on before vote was taken on the bill as whole.
 When the house reached section 35 of the bill, dealing with enforce ment of constitutional prohibition, which contained the provision that 1t was not unlawful to store liquor at home for personal use, the scene was not unlike that on stock mar ket on high sales day. Everybody wanted to speak or offer an amend ment, fully score clamoring for recognition at once.
 Fixes DrOuth Date,
 First consideration, as a matter of parliamentary right, was given Chair man Volstead of the judiciary com mittee, in charge of the bill ,who had two amendments. These fixed the time for reporting possession of in- toxicants. In one MT. Volstead off, fered and which the house accepted, the time specified in the proclama- tion by the state department as to the effective date of constitutional 1 prohibition-Januarv 16, 192O-was accepted without discussion.
 Representative Rubey, democrat, of Missouri. got the floor after Chair man Volstead was through with the section, and immediately announced his intention to throw the searchlight on American wine cellars reported to be stocked with liquor enough to last for generations. His amendment provided that a person should not possess more than $50 worth of liq- uor. which member likened to "one white chip in a steamboats poker game" considering the high cost of the product in the closing days of the bar. The house did not take kindly to this proposal and defeated it.
 For Personls Use Only. With this out of the way, repre- sentative Baker. California, offered what the house had been waiting for an amendment to make it unlawful to have liauor in ones own dwelling. Chairman Volstead opposed it, saying this section had been piven very ser icus consideration. by friends of pro- hibition. When the vote was called, only three members, and all of them democrats, supported the amendment MT. Baker and representative Blan- ton, Texas, and Upshaw, Georgia, the latter an evangelist.
 i This action was amended, however, so as to provide that such liquors must be for personal consumption by owners of the dwelling or his family or bona fida guests. This restric- tion, put in by representative Steele, democrat, Pennsylvania. was aimed at the man who might turn his dwelling into a saloon.
 Several amendments were added, these including one by representative Igoe, democrat, Missouri, making pro- vision for the handling of secramental wine, which the bill had failed to do An amendment by MT. Igoe which would make valid. the defense of a person charged with violation of the prohibition law if he proved that such
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