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The Richmond Virginian
Richmond, Virginia
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William Jennings Bryan addressed the W.C.T.U. convention in Washington on Dec. 2, praising the president's reduction of beer alcohol content as a step toward national prohibition by 1920, warning against shifting to a whiskey basis.
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W. C. T. U. CONVENTION
Washington, Dec. 2.—William Jennings Bryan, speaking at the first formal session of the Woman's Christian Temperance union here this afternoon, declared the president's action in reducing the alcoholic content of beer was a great step toward national prohibition.
Failure to suspend the manufacture of beer entirely, he said, because such action would put the country on a whiskey basis, means that but one argument can be advanced in the future on the prohibition question. He predicted national prohibition in 1920.
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Washington
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Dec. 2
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predicted national prohibition in 1920
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William Jennings Bryan spoke at the first formal session of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union convention, declaring the president's action in reducing the alcoholic content of beer a great step toward national prohibition. He argued that failure to suspend beer manufacture entirely, to avoid a whiskey basis, limits future arguments on prohibition.