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Show LONG DEBATE j IS IN SIGHT Constitutional Amendment for National Prohibition Brought Before House. SIXTY TO SPEAK Scientific Remedy for Deep Seated Organic Disease Is Sought by Temperance Advocates. Washington. Dee. 22. Under a special spe-cial rule which w" adopted without a roll call the house began just after noon today an eij'it hour debate on th Hobson resolution to submit to the ;-;;ate a constitutional amendment for national prohibition. An aye and no vote will be reached tonight. A rolling chorus of ' Ayes" greeted the iuestlon and the house then plunged into one of the most Inter i Sting, If not the most spectacular de-batefl de-batefl of recent years. 1 hi paaaage of ihe rule was con-i con-i d by those who opposed the Hob-(ni Hob-(ni resolution, many of whom voted for the rule to the resolution out to a vote. Passage of the resolution requires B two-thirds vote In the house today and a two-thirds vote later in the senate before it is submitted sub-mitted to the state. Underwood Favors Vote. The passage of the rule was precede pre-cede I by a statement by Democratic i . ader Underwood ami scattering debate on both sides Mr I'nder-wood I'nder-wood made it clear that the Democratic Demo-cratic leadership in the house was in favor of meeting the Issue with B vote. "This is not a temperance question." ques-tion." he aid. "It never has been tried I regard this question as an attnek on the fundamental principles princi-ples of our government If It ia allowed al-lowed to n on without being met St will mislead many of the people. If allowed to proceed without being com-batted, com-batted, the day may come w hen it may be a BerioUB menace to the principles of government which you and I be lleve In. When 'he time comes to lace a great question there is but one w;, to face It. That Is in the open. You cannot push It aside. Have Courage of Convictions. 'It you are right you should have the courage of your convictions and Stand for the right Therefore I sa to the members, who like myself, are opposed to this resolution t is not onlj your rl;ht. but your duty to face this question In the open and give the reasons whj we believe it should not be written Into the funda mental law of the land. Tlii debute on the rule had been a running desultory fire, but with consideration con-sideration of the resolution itself, the real beavj artillery ua unlimbered Hobson Leads Off, Mr Hobson led (,ff with an earnest and dramatic demand for its passage. He declared a state had ,i right to i be "dry" that the liquor business was an "interstate nuisance" and that there had never been a serious conflict con-flict between federal and state laws for protection of the morals of the people. He portra.'ed the devastating effects of liquor, "a habit forming drug whose shackled victims," he said today numbered 5,000,000 people. "It shortens life and blights the offspring," he said, "and brings hundreds hun-dreds of thousands of people to drunkard.-, graves each year. It blights the lives of people before they are born.'' Representative Hobson referred to the graphic charts portraying the evils of the liquor traffic and after speaking only ten minutes himself, began to yield time to other members who spoke in support of his resolution, resolu-tion, Representatives Decker. Trlbhle, Langloy, Logue and Bell (California) made brief speech's in favor of the amendment. Leader Opposes Amendment. Mr. Underwood, then, speaking on the lesolntion dlr?ctly. opposed it This is not a moral issue, be said. ' No Areat progress in the world's mor-Dlfty mor-Dlfty was ever made at the point of the BT.'Ord or with the force of government govern-ment behind it We are here today to consider a proposal as to whether certain police regulations should be turnea) over tn the federal government govern-ment instead of bolnc allowed to remain re-main in the government of various states where the founders of the nation na-tion placed it. I be'leve a man should 1 . is temperate in his mental attitude atti-tude as in the treatment of his body ' He declared he favored county option op-tion and that 'he plan had worked in Alabama. "I cannot commit myself, be said, to a proposal to 10b the Individual Mafs of police powers guaranteed them under the constitution." Washinpton. Dec. 22 The long de-' laved hour of an aye and no vote on a constitutional amendment for na I tlona prohibition came today In the house. With almost ten hours of de-1 bate in sight and prospects of a vote before midnight, the house assembled j ai 10 o'clock this morning and took up. first the rule for consideration Of the Hobson resolution. More ihan si;ty cpngn ssmen had signified their intention of speaking. Charts, bofore the speakers desk. )bo-e prohibition s'ogans and draped along the gallery over the speaker's' c'lulr was a great strip ot paper upon I which were pasted printed names of BigtterS of prohibition petitions urging urg-ing tne adoption of the constitutional amendment. There were thousands of names and the strip was about 150 t long. Representative Henry led off. explaining ex-plaining that the rule made liberal provision for debate and amendment Mr. Henry' said he would vote for the rule but against the resolution. Representative Campbell of Kansas, innking Republican of the rules committee, com-mittee, spoke for the rule and the resolution Argument against the rule and I against the resolution was made by I Representative Cantril of ECentuckj Most Intemperate Measure. "I think this is the most intemperate intemper-ate measure that has come before this house for years," he said. Representative Kelly of Pennsyl-vania, Pennsyl-vania, Progressive member oi the rules committee, supported the rule i and the resolution. He said that the cuuntry was prepared to vote on pro-1 hlbltion and congress should give it an opportunity. "Thi., resolution is a national solution of a national problem." prob-lem." Representative Hobson author of the resolution, spoke supporting the rule. He said more than 6.000,000 people had petitioned congress for tin- submission of the amendment Remedy for Deep Seated Disease. ' li the details ot this resolution are not satisfactory'." he said, let us amend it. What we seek Is a scientific scien-tific remedy for a deep seated, organic or-ganic disease. We see a disease wh'ch is debauching our youth, throuch the national organized liquor traffic in Its search for profits. And we feek a remedy." Support for the rule and opposition to the resolution was expressed by Representative Lenroot of Wisconsin He said the states had full power over the liquor question, "and only a small minority had passed prohibition iaws." Representative Pou of North Carolina, Caro-lina, speaking against the rule said Starting Long Controversy. "1 believe we ar" liphtine the lire of a controversy which will burn in this country' tor a generation In my judgment there is not a man now in this ball who will he alive when the last state ratifies this amendment Mr. Pou said he favored prohibition but believed the tate is the largest efficient unit in the enforcement ol a prohibition law Representative Kent of California argued thai the states were co tont to deal with the question without with-out federal Interference Repre5eni.it.ve Toady of Mai --land opposed the proposal because ot loss ol r 11 enue. Representative Howard of Georgia announced his intention of supporting both the rub- and the resolution, "The loss ol revenue will be more than made up b the monej saved In the administration o!' justice bj sobering up the people of this country coun-try from one end to the other." he I sftid. no NICKEL A STARE. Mrs A. While I was uoing dewn I town on the car this morning the con ductor came along and looked at me ; as if I had not paid my fare. Mr. A Well, what did ou do'.' Mrs. A. I looked at him as i; I had Stray Stories. |