Show HI G H HOLDS DRY LAW UPHOLDS MEASURE prohibiting atno SHIPMENTS OF LIQUOR FRO FROM M I 1 WET IET TO DRY TERRITORY west virginias prohibition amend ment forbidding citizens from re belving liquor for personal use also held valid washington in the most sweeping of all decisions upholding prohibition laws the supreme court on monday upheld as constitutional and valid the webb W ebb kenyon law prohibiting ship ments ot of liquor from wet to dry et states ates it also sustained west virginias recent amendment to hor her law prohibiting importation in interstate commerce ot of liquor for or personal use after having been vetoed by president tatt taft who held it unconstitutional and having been re passed by congress over his veto the law was sustained toy by the supreme court by a vote of 7 to 2 the all reaching power of government over liquor is settled said the chief justice in announcing the decision there was no intention of congress to forbid individual us use a of liquor the purpose of this act was to cutout by the roots the practice of permitting violation ot of state liquor laws we can have no ho doubt that congress has complete authority to prevent paralyzing ot state authority congress exerted a power to co erdl nate the national with the state authority autho antho tho rity attorneys for national liquor organ la lablona eions who were in court said the decision upholds and applies the webb kenyon law in its broadest sense 1 |