The Washington herald., 1922-12-09
|WET0NsLAUGHI|
|0N 'DRI'FUNDs'
|FA|LslM. HOUSE
'-sJohn BarIeycorn Twins" HM
and Tinkham, Meet Dissster
onEvsry amendment Offered
ACRIMONIOUS wRAnGuE
knutspn Declares Schoolboys
IN Minnesota Garry Liquor on
Hips and Come Home Or INK
ny Unfverxai esrvtcs.

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The annual fight /, the House
yesterday on appropriations car
ried In the Treasury Department
bill for Enforcement Of prohibi-
tion fell as fiat as q glass Of
stale beer.
The "vet" forces generated By
Representatives Hill, Maryland,
and Tinkham, Massachusetts,, Re-
publicans, attacked the ~dry-
fund from eight different angles,
but each succeeding assault was
repelled with greater force than
its predecessor.
VETS CAREY DAY.
The biggest vote the moist ranks
could muster was seven on q mo-
tiQn requiring that an employees OF
the Prohibition Commissioner Of
fioe be appointed under civil service
rules. The ''drys" recorded Sc I'm
the negative.
Only one other formal vote was
had out Of the seven remaining
amendments proposed. This was
on a proposal by Hm to prevent
the use Of any of the $1,000 600
provided for the prohibition bureau
for publicity purposes. Hill and
Tinkham were the only members to
stand UP and be counted in favor
Of this amendment. Ninety-eight
''drys" voted
As the House laughed and some
member yelled, The John Barley
corn twins" the pair OF indomitsble
- L.
front OF the Speakers rostrum and
shook hands. The House rosred
again.
The other six amendments. one
OF which sought 20 transfer the
prohibition bureau to the Depart
ment Of Justice. were disposed of
without the formality Of a standing
vote.
ACRIM0N10US wRANGLE.
The damp onslaught provoked an
acrimonious wrsngie which LASTED
for two hours. Representative
CHAMPION Rl. Michigan. character
tzed Rnl 90 "onIy an employe ex-
traordinary and ambassador pleni-
| potentiary OF the Association
Against Prohibition"
Representative Thorpe R1. Ne
braska, a new member. said he
could qualify as an expert on the
wet and dry" question:
have gone through the ele-
mentary school OF light wines
and beer. and may be considered
a postgraduate from the Cniver-
sity OF Old King Alcohol The
Volstead law is the best law that
A. -
United States.
ton for prohibition endorsement had
lion dollars. Representative Knutson
OF Minnesota. the Republican whip.
said, "as the cost OF prohibition en-
forcemen' has gone up: the price Of
liquor has COME down"
How do you know?" some one
yelled.
"I have heard it and have seen
the price lists" Knutson yelled
back. He went on:
There are thousands and tens
OF thousands OF Illicit stflls in the
country and boys and girls i'm
their early teens are coming home
from school parslyyed drunk.
CALLS IT BUNK.
That's bunk" Representative
Tincher Rl. Kansas shouted.
Knutson retorted that he had
recently visited his home town and
a mother had told him her fourteen.
year-old boy came home $50 sick
they thought he would die" When
the lad had recovered consciousness
next day he was asked where he
got his liquor, and he said an the
boys in his school carried p~---
on their hip"
Other items in the bin consi ei
during the day stood up again e'l
attacks as effectively as the m.
hibition enforcement fund.