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Show HOUSE SCENE OF UNUSUALTUMULT SPECTATORS CHEER HOBSON AS HE PLEADS FOR THE PROHIBITION PRO-HIBITION AMENDMENT. Extraordinary Demonstration Continued Contin-ued and Was Not Checked Until Un-til Demand for Enforcement of the Rules. - Washington. Shattering the rules -of the house of representatives, champions cham-pions of prohibition, .who packed the galleries late Thursday, broke into repeated re-peated outbursts of applause and actually ac-tually shouted from their seats as Representative Rep-resentative Richmond Pearson Hob-son, Hob-son, of Alabama, pleaded for ,a .resolution .resolu-tion which would submit, a constitutional constitu-tional prohibition amendment to the states. The extraordinary demonstration continued unrestrained for many minutes min-utes as Mr. Hobson proceeded dramatically dramat-ically to discuss the prohibition question ques-tion and was not checked until the speaker had drawn into controversy his colleague, Representative Underwood, Under-wood, who is now engaged with him in a race for the senate. The injection of personal politics into the situation brought the majority leader to his feet with a reply to Mr. Hobson and this precipitated applause from the members mem-bers on the floor. ' - Republican Leader Mann at this point demanded that, the rules, of the house be observed and Representative Moon, of Tennessee, who was in the chair, admonished the spectators. Quiet was restored temporarily after a voice from the gallery shouted: "We're American citizens." |