Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1922-12-13
Of Prohibition in Com
plete Control in House.

Friends Of Prohibition in Com
plete Control in House.
Washington, Dec. 8.-Friends OF
prohibition, in complete control in
the House, made a clean sweep to-
day in knocking out amendments to
the prohibition section Of the treas
ury supply bill which they claimed
were designated to weaken the en-
forcement of the Volstead law.
Standing alone at times, Repre-
sentative Hill, republican, Maryland,
sought to limit the money spending
activities of the prohibition unit, but
his proposals were thrown ou:: Bodily
after 80 minutes of bitter debate in
which the manner Of the laws en-
forcement was commended and con-
demned. Numerous references were
made to the annual address to Con-
gress delivered earlier in the day by
President Harding, and there was
vigorous applause when members re-
called that the president had said the
18th amendment was here to stay.
The bill stood like a stone wall
against attacks by Mr.. HIPS group,
which often included only himself.
It had not reached the point of pass
age tonight because of an agreement
to defer until tomorrow action on a
provision for substituting fast power
presses for hand presses on which the
governments money long has been
printed at the ibureal of engraving.
Champion Scores Hill.
The biggest vote against the prohi-
bition group was seven, that num-
Der of members supporting an
amendment by Representative Tink-
ham, republican, Massachusetts, pro-
viding that men employed in en-
forcement work should be appointed
from the civil service, against Sc in
opposition. ,
Characterizing Mr.. Hill as the min
lister plenipotentiary of: the Asso-
citation Opposed to Prohibition, re-
publican, Michigan, declared the
Maryland representative was helping
the organization in an effort to null
lily the 18th amendment by ham
stringing the enforcement unit. Mr..
Champion asserted that the fight had
been brought to the House on the
heels of "the splendid appeal of the
President" and Mr.. Hill interjected
that while in the Senate Mr.. Hard
ing had stated the American people
had the right to repeal any law "any
association has the right to attempt
to repeal a law" MI. Champion shot
back, "but so long as that law re-
mains in effect it is the duty of every
American to strive to make it effec-
tive"
Says Would Destroy Law.
The only purpose sought by the
association, Mr.. Champion went on,
was not to repeal the Volstead law,
but to destroy it by indirection. TAX
ing issue with statements that the
prohibition forces had suffered House
losses in the November election, Mr..
Champion said that out of the 80 re-
publican seats lost, the net dry loss
was only nine.
Representative Thorpe, republican,
Nebraska, elected for the short term
ending in March, said he was proud
to vote with the friends of prohibi-
ton.
Representative Knutson, Minneso-
ia, republican whip, told the House
he voted for the 18th amendment and
the Volstead law, but found now that
Gas the appropriations for enforce
ment go up whiskey prices come
down." He asserted that thousands
of illicit stills t1ourished in the coun-.
try, and "that girls and boys in their
teens are coming home drunk"
On the other hand, Representative
Raker, democrat, California denied
that liquor was easily obtainable and
asserted that nothing in rs years had
done so much for the manhood and
womanhood of the country as prohi-
bition.
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