Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 168, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 July 1919 — PROHIBITIONISTS MEET EVERY ATTACK OF WETS. [ARTICLE]

PROHIBITIONISTS MEET EVERY ATTACK OF WETS.

Washington, July 17.—Prohibition forces voted down in the house today every attempt to eliminate drastic provisions of the general enforcement bill, and while in full and absolute control shut off debate on the word of their leader, despite the violent protest of the minority. When they had raced through the war time enforcement portion of the three-part bill and got into the constitutional prohibition measure proper there were sixty-eight members on the floor and so much confusion that a speaker could not make himself heard. It was 7 o’clock tonight when the long roll call to obtain a quorum was started, and members then had gone home, after declaring there was no good reason for trying to force through a bill to take care of a situation that would not arise until January. Before the house got into a snarl, however, the prohibition faction had fought off every attack on their bill. An amendment to strike out the minimum fine for those convicted of violating the war time act, was fought over and defeated, 68 to 57.