The daily banner., 1919-07-21
NAY PASS DRY
Bill THIS WEEK
Action Of Drys Causes UprOar.
in House.
PROusONs TOO DRASTIC
Even Rrohibitionists Object to Pro-
posed Ban on Homemade Wine and
cIderDrys Try to Shut OFF Debate.

posed Ban on Homemade wine ano
cfderprys Try to Shut OFF Debate.
Washington, July 21.-The prohi-
bition enforcement bill will probably
be passed by the house this week.
If promises to be drastic act II
the drys continue their policy OF vot-
ing down amendments.
While the house was knocking down
amendment after amendment designed
to liberaIize the measure, Represen-
tative Igoe, Democrat, of Missouri, an
nounced he would offer substitute
that could be enforced without the
annual expenditure of $5O,OOO,O0O and
without a standing army"
There is no provision in the Igoe
bill for enforcement of wartime pro-
hibition, nor does it define intoxicat-
ing liquors, and persons manufactuf-
ing, selling, importing or exporting
liquor would be subject to 5000 hne
and one years Imprisonment for the
hrst offense.
There was the utmost confusion at
times during the day and often half
dozen were asking recognition with
so much ciatter some members COM
planned they did not know what the
house was doing.
Several amendments offered by
Chairman VOlstead, Of the judiciary
committee, in charge Of the bill, went
through. The house also accepted one
BY REPRESENTATIVE Miller, Republican,
Washington, requiring doctors Issuing
whisky prescriptions at drug store OF
Gces to have maintained such offices
for period of one year prior to pas
sage of the bill.
me attitude of the dry forces was
Indicated by Chairman Volstead dur
ing consideration of the section relat'
ing to liquor drinking on trains and
boats Representative Gard, Demo-
erat, of Ohio, insisted that the word
apublicly'' should be added, because as
She section stood it would be crime
Eor sick or dying person to Begiye4n en-
drink on train.
No occasion ever arises when liquor
really needed as a medicine" said
Mr. Volstead.
The house defeated the amendment,
SIT later, upon Mr.. Yolstead's motion,
lnended the section to make it Hun-
Il La f0k person tosstiffnk ffzslofss
on a public conveyance.
The dry leaders in the house gave
notice that they would not permit any
other measure to obstruct the prohl-
bition enforcement bill.
When Representative Bland, Demo
crat, Missouri, wanted to amend one
Of Chairman Volstead's provisions re-
lating to the manufacture of faVor1ng
extracts he ran afoul of the determin-
alton of the drys to shut Off debate.
After speaking five minutes without
time to. explain fully what he wanted
to say he failed to get consent Tor
three minutes more.
After the chair had ruled out an
amendment by Representative Fftz-
gerald, Democrat, of Massachusetts,,
which would have permitted a man to
make wine and cider in his own home,
Chairman Volstead tried to close de-
bate on the pending action. An up
roar followed. A dozen members,
most of them on the Democratic side,
were on their feet cIamoring for recog-
milton.
sIf we are to be throttled in this
way make the point Of no quorum"
shouted Representative Clark, Demo
crat, Florida.
An amendment to extend debate If
teen minutes was adopted, 81 to 81,
which showed less than a quorum vot-
ing.
Representative Baer, Republican,
North Dakota, who said he would not
raise his boys in a state where liquor
was sold, declared agitatOrs who were
trying to do away with cigarettes, to-
bacco, picked peaches and the like,
were going too far.
"Out west" he said, "there Is firm
manufacturing near beer, which prints
on the label of each bottle the warn
ing not to mix yeast with the con-
tents, because it would make it intoxi-
eating. Pretty soon these agitators
will try to have congress prohibit the
sale of yeast, and then we will have
no bread"
Former Speaker Cannon, who has
stood with the prohibitionists. warned
the house it could not enforce a law
which said a man could not make :,
barrel of cider at his own home or
7rink Il