Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1919-11-05
WALHAIIIA, s. G.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 9th, 1910.
HOUSE AND SENATE OVEl,siDE
Presidents Veto OF Prohibition
Country Stays Dry.


Washington, Oct. 27.--President
Wilson SO unexpectedly vetoed the
prohibition enforcement bill to-day,
and within three hours the House had
rcpassed 1t over his veto by Il vote
Of 175 to 55 The total vote was
barely more than Il majority of the
entire membership.
Dry leaders in the Senate immcdi-
atcly began laying plans to rcpass
the bill there. They expect to ask
unanimous consent for its considera-
ton tomorrow, claiming enough
votes to put it through.
The President refused to sign the
bill because it included tho enforce
mcnt Of wartime prohibition. The
objects Of wartime prohibition, the
President said in his veto, had been
satisfied, and "sound public policy
makes clear the reason and neces-
sity for its repeal
Senate Acts Promptly.
Washington. Oct. 2S.-rhe Senate
passed the prohibition enforcement
act over the Presidents veto to-day
and made Immediately effective ma
chinery for preventing sale Of bcvcr-
ages containing more than Onc-half
OF pcr cent alcohol.
The vote was g. to 20. or eight
more than the necessary two-thirds
ma jority
While there was Il wranglc over
taking up the measure in place Of
the peace treaty, which had the right
OF way, there never was doubt as to
how the Senate stood. 1t was over
whelminly dry like the House.
which rcpassed the bill within three
hours after the President vetoed it,
Before Congress at $40 o'clock
finally clinched enactment OF the en-
forcement law, despite Presidential
objection to linking wartime and
constitutional prohibition acts, there
came from the White House the an
nounccmcnt that the wartime law
which was put into effect after the
cessation Of ,hOStiliticS-would be
annullcd the moment the Senate G
formally ratified the German peace
treaty.
Leaders, Disturbed.
1t was the most definite of all
official or scmi-otiicial statements
bearing on the wartime act. Pro-
hibition leaders were plainly dis
turbcd by the news, for they had
counted firmly upon the country
reaching the effective date Of consti-
tutional prohibition-Januar 49,
l'SU--"ltHOul rcOpenlnS the Sa-
looms.
Despite the clamor set up by wet
and dry forces over the White House
pronouncement, Senate leaders said
they would proceed with considera-
ton Of the treaty as heretofore. Sem
ators who have taken an active part
in the prohibition campaign branded
as unfair and absurd reports that
they would delay the treaty simply
to keep the liquor traffic from get
ting a foothold in the comparative
short period remaining before the
country will 60 dry for good.
Formal denial was issued from
headquarters of the Anti-Saloon
League that its officers would take
any part III any movement calCula ted
to delay the treaty. League officers
stuck to the opinion that it would be
necessary to first ratify the Austrian
treaty BEIGE lifting the wartime pro-
hibit!on ban. which was said to have
been the ruling OF Attorney General
Palmer, and they declared their po-
sition was not altered by the fact
that President Wilson was prepared
to cut through legal doubt and wipe
out 4 law the necessity for which
he believes to have passed
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