Show The prohibition of the manufacture and sale of drinks has long been a subject of political discussion in Long before the Revolution liquor traffic was and the Continental Congress advised the States to pass laws prohibiting the distillation of Prohibition a purely State political issue first in the Maine legislature in when a prohibitory bill was introduced In 1846 a bill with the same purpose became a but did not serve the and was succeeded in 1851 by a more elective measure drafted by Neal This law provided for search and but the Prohibitionists lost their majority and the law was Later a second law was passed and is still in Pol-lowing the example of prohibitory laws enacted between 1850 and 1856 in Rhode New and Prohibition amendments to the constitutions of eral States have been but In none except Kansas has the Supreme Court upheld Most of the States have restrictive laws and a few give to each county the option of permitting liquor traffic within their Prohibition first appeared a national issue in Since 1872 the have placed Presidential tickets in the with a varying |