The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-05-10
YOWL FOR BEER
FAILS TO PASS
Assembly Fails to Take to
Prescott's Effort to Smoke
Out LaFollette.
DEFEATED BY A TIE
Schmidt Holds That it is Just
an Effort to Divert Atten-
ton From Real Issues.
lBz Associated Press Leased wirel

(By Associated Press Leased WIel
Madison, Wis. - The dry forces
displayed unexpected strength in the
assembly today and defeated an
amended joint resolution by Assem-
blyman Prescott of Milwaukee, petit
tioning the Wisconsin delegation in
congress to initiate legislation per
hitting the manufacture and sale OF
beer. The roll call showed tie vote,
41-41. Failing of majority, the res
olution lost.
AS originally drawn, the Prescott
resolution would have directed the pc
tition only to Senator La Toilette, de-
claring that thousands of people in
Wisconsin had been led to believe that
his attitude toward the 18th amend
ment is liberal and because of that
belief voted for him at the last cleo
ton"
A substitute amendment, offered by
Assemblyman Petersen of Milwaukee,
was considered under suspension of
rules, and adopted 81 to %, over the
opposition of Mr.. Prescott The sub
stitute amendment provided that the
petition for beer legislation be made
to all Wisconsin members in congress
and eliminated reference to the vote
for Mr.. La Toilette in the last cleo
ton.
Mr.. Prescott raised the point that
the amendment was not germane
Speaker Dahl oyer-ruled the conten-
ton, and was sustained by the assem-
bly,. Mr.. Prescott then moved that
the amendment be rejected, the mo-
tion losing, 81 to 81.
Tie Vote Kills Resolution.
After adoption of the amendment,
Assemblyman Hanson of Dane moved
that the resolution, as amended, be
indefinitely postponed. The vote was
4O-4O, and the motion lost. The vote
on adoption was then taken which re-
suited in a 41-41 tie and defeat of the
resolution.
Opposition to the resolution was
voiced by Assemblyman Schmidt of
Clark county who declared that lit
was an effort to divert the attention
Of the assembly and the people from
the fundamental issues before them. "
Mr.. Prescott denied this. He main
tanned that his resolution was Sim
Div an effort to ascertain the stand of
the senior senator on the liquor ques-
ton" He characterized the Peter
sen substitute as San effort to kill
the resolution, as the senate has al
ready voted down a resolution similar
to the substitute"
Prescott Against Harding.
Mr.. Prescott emphatically renewed
his allegiance to the wet cause saying
he had voted for Senator La Toilette
and Governor Blaine merely because
he could not vote for their dry OPP
ponents." In answer to question by
Assemblyman Duncan of Milwaukee
Socialist, he said he had voted against
President Harding for the same rea-
son.
The roll call follows:
Ayes Allen, Barker, Beversdorf
Busse, Conway, Duncan, Eber, Ellen
becker, Engel, Camper, Gauer, Hefty
Hillmann, Holly, Jung, Kamke, Kies.
ner, Killian, Koch, Lafey, Lindahl
Mark, Meggers, Nein, Olson, Petersen
Perry, Petersen, Prescott, Rahr, Ruff
fing, Sachtjen, Schrimpf, Stoffel, Tim.
norman, Tucker, Weber, Welch, Vol.
Ter, Ziemer, Zittlow-41.
Noes Anderson, Blomberg, Cald
well, Cushman, Dellinger, Dopp, Fred
erick FreehOff, Grandine, Grimstad
Halverson, c. E. Hanson, J. c. Han.
SON, Hutchinson, A. C. Johnson, f. J
Johnson, Jones, Hamper, Koenigs
Liehe, Matheson, j D. Millar, Nose.
ley, Nauman, George Nelson, w. G
Nelson, Oliver, OFT, Peltier, Price
Saltet, Saugen, George Schmidt, G. N
Schmidt, Shearer, Slack, A. E. Smith
Tufley, Vincent, Whelan, Dahl-41.
Absent or not voting Becker
Dieringer, Eirschele, Elsner, Good
man, Grain, Hinkley, Lawson, A. M
Miller, w. f. Miller, MINER, Moul
Polakowski, Royce, F. C. Smith, Spoor