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Show 00 WEBB BILL I IS PASSED Senate Adopts Sub Liquor Liq-uor Measure After Prolonged Debate Washington. Feb. 10. The senate passed tonight the Webb liquor bill already passed by the house as a sub for the Kenyon-Sheppard bill Tho Webb bill would prohibit ship menta of intoxicating liquors from onu i state to another when intended to be ; received or sold In violation of the law of the state to which the ship ment is made. Friends of the legislation now will seek to have the house concur In tho senate bill, which differs from the bill passed by the house only in number Should that be done, the bills would not be considered In conference, but the bill passed bj the senate will go to the president for his signature. Tho substitution of the Webb bill for the Kenyon Shcppard bill came at the close of prolonged debate, and was by viva voce vote, no rollcall being be-ing demanded. Senator Shepnrd had failed today to get unanimous consent for the sub 1 stitutlon of the Webb bill for the bill Of which he was the Joint; author. Sen- 1 ator Kenyon, co-author of the senate bill, closed the debate by asking that the Webb bill be substituted as the order of the day did not permit the voting on the Webb bill as an Independent Inde-pendent measure. The voting was first upon the per-fection per-fection of the Kenyon Sheppard bill, ii a vote of 61 to 23 the senate agreed to the committee amendment adding a section to the bill which pro- Ided In terms that Intoxicating li quors should become subject to state laws upon crossing state boundaries Senator Hitchcock's amendment 10 except liquor Intended for personal use was defeated without a rollcall I and one by Senator O'Oorman excepting except-ing liquor intended for personal and I for saeramental use likewise was de fcated by 31 to 50. Senator Konvnn succeeded in having h!s measure amended to become operative July 1913. Thereupon Senator Galling) 1 asked for the substitution of the Webb bill for the senate measme He li!.' wise succeeded In having the tit'" amended ho as to bring tho houses , i accord except as to the number of tho bills 00 |