Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 January 1918 — Federal Prohibition Ratified in Kentucky; Third State to Act [ARTICLE]

Federal Prohibition Ratified in Kentucky; Third State to Act

Frankfort, Ky., Jin- 14-—Both houses of the Kentucky general assembly today ratified the proposed prohibition amendment to the fed* erel Constitution. * Need 33 More States. Passage of the prohibition resolution by Congress a few weeks ago was followed admost immediately by ratification in Mississippi, Jan. 10, the Virginia legislature took favor-, able action. Kentucky thus become* the third state to indorse national prohibition. By the terms of the legislation the states have seven years in which to pass on the question. Some states, which Have frequent sessions of the legislature, will have several opportunities to vote. The dry forces, both in territory now dry and that still wet, are pressing adoption of the resolution as a war measure. To become a part of the federal Cohstiution, the proBosed amendment must be ratified y three-fourths of the states. As tnk record) stands, thirty-three commonwealths have yet to approve the legislation before nation-wide prohibition becomes a reality.