Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1919 — TAKE CHANCE BY KEEPING LIQUOR IN HOMES NOW [ARTICLE]

TAKE CHANCE BY KEEPING LIQUOR IN HOMES NOW

Washington, July 15. —-A man’s right to keep liquor in his own home, which stood the test before the house judiciary committee, must (take its chances now in the to use. "■Notice was served today of the committee by one of its members that when the house resumes consideration of the prohibition enforcement measure /an amendment would be offered to make it unlawful for a person to retain possession of liquor stored prior to July 17 The committee, in framing the gen-: eral enforcement measure, eliminated the section which would have made (home storage illegal, but the big majority polled yesterday- by prohibitionists was accepted in some quarters to mean that the bill in certain respects will be made still more dractic. The only reference to prohibition on the floor today was by Representative Blanton, democrat, of Texas, who wanted stricken from the record the speech by Representative Gallivan, democrat, of Massachusetts, charging that members of congress had hoarded large quantities of liquor. Speaker Gillett ruled, however, that Mr. Gallivan’s remarks were in order.