Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-02-25
$50 PER CENT beer
BILL PASSES HOUSE
AFTER BITTER FIGHT
DeVOe and Lyons Vote in Favor
Of Liquor Bill
WITH THE "DRYS"
Hurried Through to Aid Attor~
ney Generals Fight Against
Federal Amendment
By Special Correspondent,

By Special Correspondent.
| TRENTON Feb. 25-Ncw Jerseys
| plan to assert her rights under the
| concurrent power clause in the pro-
| hibltion amendment to the constitu-
! ton of the United States went for
ward yesterday in tho first round OF
| the fight when the House of Assem-
| bly, passed by vote of 81 30 81 the
| bill of Democratic Leader Barrett, OF
| Essex, after 1t had been amended TO
provide not four per cent. beer, as
i originally introduced. but beer con-
three and half by volume.
The passage of the measure
through the House was very materi-
ally aided by the support OF Repub-
lican Floor Leader Hershfeld, of
Passaic, who declared that Attorney
General McCran had requested the
House to take this action to aid him
when he goes to Washington next
Monday to begin New Jerseys fight
before the Supreme Court of the
United States to upset prohibition.
One of the bitterest fights on the
floor of the House of Assembly In
years, equal If not greater in its in
tensity to the recent passage of the
suffrage amendment ratification res
olution. preceded the final vote. Tho
vote on the third reading and final
passage Of the bill follows:
Ayes: Barrett. Blair, Bowen, Ca
sale, coppinger, corio, Cross. Devoe.
Freund, Fritts. Gaede. George. Guth-
rie, Hansen, Headley, Hetnzmann,
Hershfield, Hyland, Judge, Lewis,
Lyons. McAteer, Moore, Muro. Rog-
ers. Schultz, Shields, Siegler, Stanton,
Sullivan, Tattersall, Whalen and
David Young-37.
Nays: Agans, Appleby. Baldwin,
Blackwell. Blizzard. Boswell, Coles,
Dater, Eldridge, FODDER. Speaker
Glover, Hastings, Person Roberts,
Rowland, Stiles, Stout, Tozer. Wall-
worth, Warner and Dallas G. Young
--21.
The Barrett bill was reported ous
of committee by Mr.. Hershfield, ana
put through under suspension of the
rules after it's opponents had put
every obstacle they could think or IN
their power In its way Charges OF
unfairness in not giving tho Anti
Saloon League another hearing bea
fore the bill goes on the statute
books as the law of New Jersey Wero
answered by the statement that the
"drys" can put in their testimony in
the senate next Monday before the
judiciary committee of that body.
G.. Rowland Munroe, counsel for
the Anti Saloon League, announced
that they will have appear before
the senate committee next Monday,
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, the well known
chemist and food expert, who VIII
testify that beer of two seventy-fivs
alcoholic content is Intoxicating. Or.
Hobart A. Hare, of Philadelphia, DR..
Jelliffee, of New York, and other emil
nent chemists and physicians. said at
the former hearing that this per-
centage is not intoxicating.
The Pilgrim two seventyfive per cent
beer bill was reported yesterday with
an amendment making it three-five.
the same as the bill passed by the
House, and the Haines bill with the
referendum was reported with an
from five to three. These two biilS
together with the measure which
passed the House yesterday, will be
before the senate next week for hnai
consideration. 1t Is predicted that
the House bill will pass that body
The sharpest kind of parliament
tary tactics and fighting marked the
passage of the Barrett bill through
the assembly. The introdueer- juss
before the final vote declared:
"It gives me much pleasure to ac-
cept the bill of the attorney general,
said Mr.. Barrett meaning the bill In
its amended form. ~ know this meas
ure protects the rights OF the state
of New Jersey and protects her SOW
at once because the supreme court
of the United States waits for no
man Gentlemen you are today max
ing history and you viii be proud
OF It In the years to come.
The David Baird Camden assem-
blymen fought the bill to the last
ditch aided by several OF the Union
assemblmen and scattering support
from elswhere. Speaker Glover had
a hard job in preserving order as
each move was made and demands
were made for roll calls and points
of order.
Mr.. Wallworth and Mr. Roland.
both of Camden. charged Hershfield,
their own leader with breaking his
agreement to give the Anti-Saloon
League another hearing. Hershfield
replied that the hearing would take
place in the senate next week and
that the attorney general wanted the
bill passed in the House a N"ce IN
order to aid his fight at Washington.
Wallworth ATTEMPTED to tack on
referendum to the bill but it was badly
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