| Show i BILL DILL tc of or huia 1 ry Com Comum IXon noon i om for lor Its lt It 0 Defeat Chicago Oct M The Tribune this morning says iii Il ii news article The Thu Republican members of the houn hou on oi Judiciary In lit the thi Fifty ninth Congress have exonerated led Speaker Cannon from all III lame blame In lii con connection with the defeat defrat of the tIle LIttle liquor nil hili hi Ii This hl k was vas the t he which prohibited the shipment of liquor into prohibition districts It H was WILS killed by b the judiciary committee on n the tile ground that should It pass the tIle courts I would hold In unconstitutional Be De cause auRe of tim tho defeat of this measure and I the speakers speaker alleged a rr connection with Ithe It II Ithe he has hos bene bitterly fought by b the tem temperance penance perance forces especially the W V CJ Q C T TU 1 r rU U Time The ho exoneration of tun In speaker bj hr U the members of or the committee was given In reply to l a n query by b the Cen Central Central trul Christian Advocate published at Kansas City Congressman author of the bill had declared the speaker sp hud hail nothing to 10 do with Its his de defeat d den frat feat en t The Christian Advocate wired six Ix Republican an members of the committee to ask a k if it l state tatu statement ment was waR true The six members nd ed as well as n tour four Republican members who did tIl not receive any nn message immediately replied Itch supporting tIle the statement la In n full lull antI and declaring claring 1 Cannon had nothing to do ho 0 with tho tb fate of the thc bill The Tribune article adds adl that thai thes Central C Christian Advocate has not Hot printed the th replies from tIll the congress congressmen men |
