The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1921-06-17


the roll call was finished and showed
tional majority OF seventy yot,
On Wednesday, June l. the Enfc
House was desperately attacked b. t
various ways that would have destroy
I the amendments were defeated, seve
, therefore, the vets came within o
{ forcc1nont
The Defeated Amendments
The following are some OF the
thirteen amendments offered b. the
vets which were defeated.
! By O'Grady--To submit the bill t.
statewide referendum at the No
veinber, 1922, election. Lost by tie
vote, q to 73.
/ By Coia-To permit the use OF
fruits ior fermenting purposes in
homes; wanted in the Italian section
OF Chicago Lost, 90 to O..
! By misunderstanding physicians
70 prescribe light wines and beers
Lost. p to So
BY misunderstanding physicians
! to prescribe beer Lost 70 10 e. /.
| BY F. J. Ryan--permitting tht
transportation OF 'non-alcoholc liq-
uors.' involving the definition of what
is "non-alcoholic" Lost Il 10 =.
By T. J. Ryan--Making the maxi
mum OF alcoholic content ; per cent
! instead OF one-half OF per cent
Lost. 20 to AZ.
BY Frisch-Permitting physicians
to dispense on their own prescriptions
Lost OH a viva voce vote.
/ The real test vote was over the ref
erendum amendment. That started 4
! furious struggle that was terminated
only alter three attempts to get the
correct roll call. The first one
showed II to II. There were some
switches on verihcation and re-
vision showed y to r. Finally a new
roll call was taken and this finished
73 to 73 and the amendment was lost
Tice Speaks for Bill
Consideration OF the enforcement
| bill, known as Senate Bill No. 450
! Vas commenced on the morning OF
June s when Representative Homer
J. Tice of Greenwich asked unani-
nous consent to call the bill to a vote
| Representative F. A. Garesche OF
Madison, objected and vote was
| taken on the question of suspending
the rules to permit roll call on the
/ bill The result was 81 to o. in favor
OF an immediate vote. The opening
speech i'll favor OF the bill was made
! by Mr. Tice. He referred to the
! adoption OF the Eighteenth Amend
ment and said there was need of fed
| cral and state laws for its enforce
ment ~ believe it the duty OF every
man, no matter what his personal
opinion may be, to feel it incumbent
on him that he enact such laws that
will carry into effect this or any other
constitutional provision. These are
the peculiar ideas OF the American
people that their constitutional pro-
visions must be enforced. 1nefi-
cheney in law enforcement in any par
ticuIar engenders disrespect for all
law, a thing that must be guarded
against
New Wet Leader Arises
John p. Hart. Republican, of Ba-
tavia in the 14th District, led the at
tack of the vets against the bill. Mr..
! Hart is new member OF the House,
comes from a dry district and as
there was no apparent reason for his
joining the wet forces his stand and
his speech were something of sur
prise. 1t was expected that the old
time vets, the men who owed their
political places to the vets, and the
men who as lawyers defended liquor
law breakers would oppose the bill
In taking up the leadership OF the
wet cause Mr.. Hart made no con-
structive criticism of the bill but linn
tied his remarks to an attack against
the drvs.
81 am willing to go back to my dry