Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-07-22
Efforts to Make it Crime to
Have Liquor in Home Able
To Muster Only Three Votes
In the House.
GREAT UPR0AR MARKS
SHAPING OF BILL
DryS Are Unable to Get All
Amendments Agreed Upon
Passed and Action is De-
Iayed for Another Day,

SlOnS ana an, was duOp(eu lOudN sec
ton by section by the house, but a
mans right to store liqor in his home
stood up against all attacks. on the
final count, only three votes were
recorded in favor of an Amendments
to make home possession Of intoXi-
cants unlawful.
After all perfcCting amendments
had been adopted and others designed
to make the bill less severe were
bowled over in chorus of noes" an
attempt was made to adjourn over
night. This prevailed, but there was
a demand for a roll call and the pro
hibition forces, summoned from all
sides by their leaders, piled into ths
chamber in sufficient numbers to keep
the house in session tonight for the
tedious roll call vote on a half a dozen
amendments in dispute which had to
be passed on before a vote was taken
on the bill as a whole.
Bill Goes Over.
Demand for n formal reading of
the engrossed bin which was not in
shape for that purpose, forced ad.
iournment fthe house tonight and
delayed its passage until tomorrow.
The first fight of the day was over
the section giving courts the right to
put under bond a person convicted of
violating the liquor law, This was
stricken out after Representative
Gard, democrat, Ohio, had pointed out
that it provided double punishment
for the poor man, who might be sent
to jail. The vote was SO to &C.
When the house reached Section
35, dealing with enforcement of CON
stitutional prohibition and which con
tanned the provision that it was not
unlawful to store liquor at home for
personal use, the scene was not un-
like that on a stock market on a high
sales day
Jan. 10. 1920, Is Datc.
Chairman Volstead of the judiciary
committee. in charge of the bill had
two amendments. These fixed the
time for reporting possession Of in
toXicants. In one Mr.. Volstcad Of
fered, and which the house accepted
the time specified in the proclamation
by the state department as to the ef-
fectiVe date of constitutional prohibit
tior--Jannary 1G, 1920-was accepted
without discussion,
Representative Rubey, democrat
Missouri, announced an amendment
providing that a person should not
puSSISs more ,han lillE GoIIafs worth
oi mPuor' me mouse ola nor iake
h,IuN 10 'hlS proposal ana deieaL'
eu H.
Wlth lhls out OF the WaE' kepre-
ldV,Ne taher' "eiipctaE Iahl ofh'd'
OlIe.e" an ahlehG!ieht TO make II I'M
la"lul 10 nave hGuor IN one : own
uWeliinR' "hen the FoIe was calleH
Uny three members, ana al OF lhein
ueIIIocraIS' supported lne amehdmeh'
Mt' haher ana REPRESENTATIVES,
1'diitoI, leAaS' anu i, pShaW' georgia
'iir Iattei an eNahSehN'
mus secuon was aIhenued' however
so as 10 pIoVIue ttiat Such iIquorS nus'
ne lor PERSONA cohSulllption n.y. the
owner or the oWeIIIug or ms faifllIE or
poua lIue guests rms feStrlCtlon' put
IN ny Representative SteeIe' democrat
fehllsN wanna was alinea az the man
VINO might turn ms dWelllhg INTO a
saloon
tniorceihcht Scc'ion'
me sectlon OF the conS'ltutlon en-"
tofcenent measure relatlhg TO posses
sion OF liquor iolImWS;
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