Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1917 — Prohibition Measure to Know Fate Soon. [ARTICLE]

Prohibition Measure to Know Fate Soon.

Washington, July 26.—-National prohibition will be voted on by the senate next Wednesday. By unanimous consent it was lagreed tonight t otake up Monday, Senator Sheppard’s .resolution for a national prohibition amendment to the constitution and to dispose of it by Wednesday night. Foes of prohibition consented to the vote in order to clear the resolution from the calendar, transmit it to the house and perhaps shift further agitation on the 'ubject from congress to the states. They secured a nagreement, however, for addition of a prov'so requiriifj? the states to act within six years! on the constitutional amendment if submitted to them. The vote in the senate probably will be extremely close. Adoption would require two-thirds of the senators present. Senator Sheppard predicted tonight an affirmative vote of 66 or 66 votes,' just enough to prove the resolution, which would then go to the house, subject to a similar two-thirds vote. Ratification of the resolution would require affirmative action by threefourths of the forty-eight states. The resolution provides: “The manufacture, sale or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes are hereby prohibited. The congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”