Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1917 — Congress Dry Amendment Periled By Plot. [ARTICLE]

Congress Dry Amendment Periled By Plot.

Prohibition leaders in congress were up in arms Monday night over a report that the conferences of the postoffice appropriation bill were preparing to let the, measure fail in order to kill the Reed “bone dry” amendment prohibiting the shipping of liquor into dry. states. Representative Randall, of California, declared he had definite information that such a course had been planned.