Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-08-06

MI. Pickler's Amendment That Failsd to BE
Adopted.

MI. Pickler's Amendment That Eailsd to BE
Adopted.
MEMBERS TILL THAT THEY BAvK NEVER skES
LOGON SOLD rHkis BUT IT so solD-REr-
REsENTArIvE pIxelEy SAYS THAT TEE sfEAKER
HAS CONTROL OVER rnR NATTER IN TEE
HOUSE
Provided, That hereafter no Intoxicating
liquors shall be sold In the House restaur.n, Of
the Capitol"
Representative Picker offered the amend
Inent while worlds fair matters were under
consideration in the House. but BY teller vote
Of IS to 20 1t was rejected.
Perhaps Mr.. Picker had no idea tina. his
effort would be other than futile and il may be
that be expected only TO call attention TO what
he believed was An evil; II the latter object was
his no succeeded.
HE OFFERED II SERIOUSLY.
He offered the amendment, be said, In all
seriousness.
~ believe" he added, "as was said before the
investigating committee to which ! have re-
ferred, that this body probably as a House, il
as sober and perhaps more so than any previous
House. should hate to say less Of this BODY
But believe the time has come when the peo-
pie of this nation demand that all intoxicating
liquors shall be removed from this building or
that there shall be no longer an authorized sale
OF them IL this Capitol believe
, u1s y the conscience Of I'll, the PEG
has come for us to say definitely that there shall
be no further intoxicating liquors sold under
the dome Of the Capitol. II there il anything
TO criticise here by gentlemen taking cold tea
We are responsible for il more than they. If
this is permitted within the walls Of this build
Ing II Is done by our permission and consent
We Gun cut it of; and it seems to me il is our
duty not only TO ourselves but to the people of
this country 20 do sou
Mr.. Caruth suggested that II the gentleman
from South Dakota would modify his amend
menf by putting on proviso that that provi-
SION should not apply to handmade, copper
distilled, sour mash Kentucky whisky there
would be no objection to it.
SELLING LIQUOR IL THE DISTRICT.
Mr.. buchanan Of New Jersey called attention
govern the District of Columbia Zone OF those
liquor Of any kind sold in the Dis
trict Of Columbia except upon a
license by the Commissioners and If
the gentleman from South Dakota knows of any
place about this building where Intoxicating
liquors are sold without any license his duty is
pHtlh IL IN TO complain 70 tle autlOrlteS,
have the indictment drawn the Iersons arrested
and prosecuted and, if found guilty, sentenced
There is no necessity for another line Of law
upon this subject. | am tired. Of the talk that
there is here about cold tea and all that sort
of thing
Il want to bear my testimony that for the eight
years that l have been in this House / have
been among an asscmblage of gentlemen so
little given TO indulgence in intoxicating drinks
as to be often the subject Of remark. Jap
plause. They are hard-working men and they
are sober men. or they would not have
strength and industry enough to reach
this place. They have In life had something to
do besides tipping at tho bar II any gentle
man is aggrieved bv ANYTHING that goes on in
this Capitol the law gives him his remedy, and
II he will enforce the law and have any such
place broken up he will do humanity u benefit. "
MR.. PIcKLER DIDN'T KNOW.
In response to direct inquiry Mr.. Picker
said he did not know that liquor was sold in the
restaurant. and that brought Mr.. Butler to his
feet with the remark that "the gentleman who
assumes that there is any liquor sold anywhere
in this House absolutely insults this Housea nd
does it Intentionally"
Then came a vote and defeat for Mr.. Picker
LIQUoR Is SOLD IN THE CAPITOL.
But there is liquor sold in the House and in
the Senate. too. Young follows who are evil
IDENTIFY minors caunot purchase it, but other
people can 10 any reasonable extent 1t is a
common practice for members and visitors to
invite n crowd up to the bar and treat to such
beverages may be most pleasing to the
palates Of their guests.
In the Senate there is a positive rule for
bidding the sale of spirituous liquors. but it is
a dead letter. The rule. which is No. TO- pro-
vides: NO srirituous liquors shall be sold, fur
nished or kept in the restaurant"
FORMER JOINT RULE
From 1887 up to 1877 there WIS a joint rule.
never observed, which provided that mo spir-
ituous liquors shall be offered for sale or ex-
hibited within the Capitol or on the public
grounds adjacent thereto" There are no joint
rules now, though. and all control of the House
restaurant seems to be in the hands of the COM
inittee on public buildings and grounds.
MIR. DINGLEY SAYS 1T LIES WITH THE SPEAKER.
Representative Nelson Dingey. jr, who is
president Of the Congressional Temperance So
ciety. thinks the Speaker has al the power
Talking of the matter to a STAR reporter. Gov.
DinSley said 1T is shame and a scandal that
intoxicants are sold in the Capitol Repeated
efforts have been made to prevent such traffic
in that place. but they have always come to
naught. l shall do what can to bring about a
reform. The Speaker controls the whole affair,
though, and if he desires can certainly put a
stop to the sale Of liquors in the House end Of
the Capitol"