PROHIBITION LAW
PROTESTANT CONVENTION DIVIDED “DRY” RESOLUTION CARRIED i (Kec. May 8, 10.20 p.m.) New York, May 7., ' According to a telegram from Philadelphia the convention of tho Protestant' Episcopal Diocese of Pennsylvania after revealing marked insurgency, adopted a resolution calling for obedience and support on the .prohibition question, which durino- the past 24 hours threatened to disrupt the tranquility of the proceedings. Trouble arose when a dozen delegates presented a counter-proposal, stating that the prohibition enforcement was inefficient, corrupt, and unpopular, therefore the law should be repealed. A violent debate ensued, amid discord and dissension. One delegate, seeking to avoid a controversy, suggested that the resolution he tabled, since the Church did not require to declare itself on the question, but the insurgent minority in the meantime had gained enough adherents to force a vote, and the measure approving prohibition was adopted by 162 votes to 64. thus revealing that over 400 delegates failed to vote. —Aus.-N.Z- Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 192, 9 May 1924, Page 7
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