Show CONGRESS REJECTS an PLA THE HOBSON resolution TO SUBMIT A constitutional AMENDMENT DEFEATED party lines line s wiped out in the struggle in the house the advocates of nation nationwide wide prohibition going down to defeat washington the robson resolution to submit a constitutional amendment for national prohibition to tho the state legislature was defeated in the tha house tuesday night members bott voting n 9 jor for and against it an ali affair ma the live vote or of two thirds was required to adopt tile tho resolution ou party lines were wiped out in the Pt struggle ruggle democratic leader underwood and republican leader mann fought shoulder to shoulder at the head of the forces opposing tho the resolution and when the voto vote came of tile hie standing for the resolution were democrats 67 were republic cans and it were progressives Progress ives and 4 were independent republicans prohibition leac declared that the atho majority for tho resolution had fulfilled their expectations as they had not hoped for a two thirds voto vote at thib time whether a similar resolution oi pending jn in tho the senate submitted by senator shepard ot of texas teva would reach a vote in tho senate at tills this session was not certain tuesday night administration leaders are inclined to believe however that it will not in view of the action of tile tho house notwithstanding repeated public assertions that many members of tile the house would try to dodge a record vote vole on the issue tile roll call disclosed a heavy attendance larger than the average throughout the session bession on the final vote votes were recorded to have carried the resolution would have required at af formative firma tive votes it thus failed by 61 votes |