Show HEARING OP THE prohibitionists washington feb C representative of tho prohibition party ano anti saloon league of america the comans womans christian temperance union ind various christian organizations appeared today before the house committee on tho judiciary to a favorable report on one or more qt the bills introduced to protect dry local option from receipts or interstate as well as intrastate Intra snip meals of liquor rev S E nicholson superintendent perin of the anti saloon league spoke for this organization prof charles scanlon of pittsburg for the presbyterian church finley hen of cumberland maryland for the prohibition party and mr ray of pennsylvania for the ignited presbyterian by terian church present tor the comans womans christian temperance union were the national president sirs L M N stevens the national secretary miss gordon anil the national executive superintendent miss eells representative bartholdt of missouri made an argument against ane proposed measures in behalf of the national german american alliance representative clayton of alabama a member of the committee whose attitude supports federal protection or prohibition districts questioned some of the prohibition speakers as to the legal right of the states to invoke federal excise protection in ane race or voluntary surrender to the government of the very rights now sought to be re obtained it was agreed that urless should bo submitted on this point representative Bartholf lt asked that the decision of the committee to close its hearing february 12 he rescinded in order to allow representatives or the california wine merchants to come to washington and present their side of the case and also to give further hearing to the german american alliance this request was denied in assorting the complete failure or prohibition laws in maine kansas and iowa mr bartholdt ic marked these things we know out wo dont know hew prohibition laws are going to operate in the states of georgia and alabama pardon me interrupted chairman jenkins but I 1 heard an answer to that query made by a southerner only this morning he said the inauguration of prohibition laws in alabama and georgia will work like a charm this will mean that a white gentleman can get a drink whenever he wants it but a oanfa got d drop representatives clayton of alabama and brantley of Georgia laughingly protested that this was not so surely mr chairman your friend did not speak that way of alabama questioned mr Crr 1 I am quite positive bo was not referring to georgiaa Georgia 1 added mr brantley he said alabama and he said georgia replied mr jenkins and even some of the prohibition representatives joined in the laugh that followed |