Show Bingham am Resolution for Referenda On Dry Law Voted Down in Senate By Associated Press I WASHINGTON Jan 21 The 21 The sena sen- sen senate a ate itc today refused to go on record as welcoming state referenda on prohibItion prohibition tion repeal and modification It rejected a resolution by Senator Bingham Republican Connecticut suggesting to state governors go that they recommend the referenda to their legislatures The vote was was not regarded as n a test teston teston teston on the prohibition issue opponents claiming the resolution was meaningless mean ingless inless The vote was 55 to 15 S The resolution wa was placed on the senate calendar by Bingham yesterday yester yester- yesterday day as supporting testimony was concluded concluded con con- eluded in committee on his plan to legalize 4 per cent beer The beer hearings are suspended until next week when prohibitionIsts prohibition prohibition- who have carefully followed the testimony of ot a long list of beer adVocates advocates advocates ad ad- including college presidents physicians and teachers will undertake under under- undertake take a vigorous reply The position of the dry forces against the beer bills has been consolidated consolidated consolidated con con- and defined in recent days through the league bIennIal biennial bien blen- nial convention just ended and other prohibition meetings All took a firm stand Bingham's resolution would have the senate go on re d as welcoming welcom welcon ing an any action by the state executives toward getting an nn expression of jop- jop ular opinion within their theil- realms on repeal or modification of the eighteenth amendment an anthe the Vol Vol- stead act Meantime Henry H. H Curran president president president pres pres- ident of the Association Against the Pro Prohibition Amendment addressed a aletter aletter aletter letter of congratulation to Bishop Ernest Ernest Ernest Er Er- nest G. G Richardson of ot new president of or the the An S league for your plea for a referendum referendum referendum dum by states I |