The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1919-10-31
WILSON VETOES
PROHIBITION ACT
Presidents Annulment Hits
Country Like-Unto a
Thunderbolt.
HOUSE RESENTS ACT
In 3 Hours Repass Bill Over
Veto By Vote OF
176 To SIS.

washington, yOct. Si.-ITesluent
Wilson Unexpectedly vetoed the pro
hibition enforcement bill today ami
within three hours the House had re
passed 1t over his veto by a vote Of
176 to So. The total vote was bare
ly more than a majority.
DRY" leaders in the Senate i'm
mediately began laying plans to re-
pass the bill there. They expect to
ask unanimous consent for its cor
sideration tomorrow claiming CROUCH
votes to put IL through. They ex-
pcct to act on it by Wednesday at the
latest.
The President refused to sign the
bill because it included the enforce
ment of wartime prohibition.
The objects of wartime prohibit
ton, the President said in his veto
had been satisfied. and Sound pub
lie policy makes clear the reason anu
necessity for its repeal"
Dry Sentiment Overwhelming.
1t would not be difficult the Presi-
dent held for Congress to deal sep
arately with the two issues"
The veto hit Congress like a crack
of lightning The House getting on
its feet again. deserted it's leaders,
who wanted to defer consideration
until Thursday so as to round up all
the dry members. Eut the dry"
swept into the chamber and showed
there was an overwhelming sentiment
among them to give the government
weapons for dealing with the liquor
traffic, now outlawed throughout the
land.
Nobody had really professed to
know that the President would veto
ihe bill. Republicans and Democrats
alike-and the countless multitude
that had sorrowfully watched the
passing of the thought IL would
become a-law without his signature.
Attorney Genefal Palmer IL was
said, had declared u constitutional.
Means "rars" For Earleycorn.
But the President, propped up in
bed, dictated and then signed veto
message and sent it along to Con
gress, without worrying, apparently
about what Congress might do.
with repassage of the law by the
Hbuse, and the prospect of the same
thing happening in the Senate, hope
of the big "wet spell that would run
over the Christmas season vanished
into thin air.
Prohibition leaders tonight pre-
dcted that the refusal of the House
to accept the Presidents veto meant
that the sale of liquor would not be
permitted again in the life of this and
many other generations.
.. Act To BE Law Immediately.
The prohibition enforcement bill
now becomes law Immediately upon
its passage by the Senate.
Originally. it would have become
effective Tuesday midnight If the
President failed to sign it.
But with his veto, it was sent back
to Congress to be voted on again
Prov ded 1t secured a sufficient ma
jority in both houses 1t becomes law
despite the veto.
The House having passed 1t, the
bill now goes to the Senate, where,
it is claimed, 1t will be passed the
second time today or tomorrow.
Senate Goes Over Veto.
Washington, Oct. 2S.-In accord
ance with predictions made yesterday
when the Presidents veto of the pro-
hibition enforcement measure was re-
ceived in Congress, the Senate today
followed the example of the House
and passed the bill over the veto by.
more than the requisite two-thirds
majority.
The vote In the Senate was 90 to
90, the majority having seven more
votes than were needed to override
the veto. The vote In the House by
which the veto was oyerriden yes
terday was 176 to So.
The bill will now become a law as
soon as the clerks of the two Houses
certify to the secretary Of state that