ENFORCING PROHIBITION.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3334, 12 November 1919, Page 7

ENFORCING PROHIBITION.

FIGHT IN CONGRESS. BILL E".\L~‘-:~l:‘.D OVER \/’E'_'O. ' VANCOUVER. Oct 28. By 35 v.;.-us 10 20 the Uni-zed States Senate quickly passed the Pmliiliitirm Enforcement Bill over the "Pi-esidnts veto, thus following the action of the Hausa of Representatives on Monday. A message from Washington states that temporarily nonplussed by the. Pres-idcnt’s veto of the Prohibition Enforcement Bill, but later greatly encouraged by the equally unexpcted action of the House of Representativeg inpassing the measure over the President's veto, the_ Prohibition leaders of-the Congress worked to-day to obtain ‘the necessary two-thirds“ majority in the Senate. Leaders of the anti-Prohibition Party were equally active to ensure the prophesied “Wet,” spell, There was a great uproar in the Chamber of the House of Represntafives _\fostcr<lay when only three hours after the President’s Veto the Bill was again passed. This is the fastest action under similar circumstances in the history of the United States. Prohibitionists both ill Side and outside the Senate will not attempt to delay the ratification of the Versailies Treaty, because of the Presidents announcement that war—time prohibition will end with the formal ratification of peace. ' The Senate later finished a “dry ;day” by appropriating £3,000,000 for fexpenses in connection with the ell- - "of wartime prohibition.

The Prohibition Enforcement Bill Makes it a crime to sell liquor, or patent medicine, or food, or ‘beverage, if it contains more than half of 1 per cent. of alcohol. Places where liquor is sold is declared common nuisances, and the owner and tenant are equally liable. ' message from Louisville, Kentucky, states that the attorney for the National liqiioniiiterests is scekin_g injunctions against Federal agents wlro are attempting to grohibit the sale of whisky valued at £15,000,000. The dealers dispute the power of Congress to prohibit the sale of spirits manufactured before ‘:11 United States entered the war. At present the United States is a. “dry” country, owing to the provisions of the Wal'~tillic Prohibition Act. If, however, as the President has announced, war-time prohibition automatically ends with the ratification of peace, “Wet”. conditions will prevail until January 16, 1920, when the conStitutional amendment -providing for nation-wide prohibition comes into force. _ '