Today -100: March 2, 1920: Of anti-saloonery, Jewish wine, palmers, and trusts

The West Virginia State Senate rejects the women’s suffrage Amendment, although it may be brought up again.

The New York State Assembly votes to investigate the political spending of the Anti-Saloon League.

British Prime Minister Lloyd George is asked in Parliament whether he’d appoint women as diplomats. No.

The government will allow Jewish families 15 gallons of wine per year for religious purposes.

Senators now all agree that the Peace Treaty can’t pass.

Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer announces he is running for president. He says the people of Georgia, where he is being put on the ballot, should have a chance to vote on the Wilson Administration’s policies. So he’s running as a Wilsonian, which everyone assumes means Wilson isn’t running for a 3rd time and D’s who’ve been holding back can now enter the race.

The Supreme Court rules that US Steel is not an illegal trust, even though it obviously is. The majority cite the disorderly effects that would arise from dissolving the company as a reason to ignore the law.

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