Evening star., 1915-01-14
SHEPPARD TO FORCE
PROHIBITION VOTE
Will Ask Senate to Ballot on
Suspension of Rules
First.
LATER HE WILL ATTEMPT
TO AMEND TAX CLAUSE
Senator Looking Up Precedents to
Obtain Vote on Drying Up" Dis
trict by Other Means.

| Senator Sheppard of Texas and other
supporters of the plan for prohibition
in the District of Columbia were busy
today seeking some new method OF OF
sering an amendment to the District
appropriation bill providing for proni-
bition here. They conceded that there
was no chance of their getting t"o-
thirds majority of the Senate to sup
port the Sheppard motion to suspend
the rules of the Senate SO that Senator
Sheppard's pending prohibition amend
ment might be offered in order on the
District appropriation bill
The decision OF the Senate last even
ing that two-thirds majority was nee
essary to suspend the rules was uheA
pected by supporters of prohibition ano
they are attempting TO CndASe lhSAA
line of attack.
A vote on the motion to suspend the
rules, however, will be sought at the
earliest opportunity this afternoon Ny
Senator, Sheppard; Until tnaa nat vnnarts so1e mss
ters of prohibition would not take any
other step to get d prohibition amend
ment directly before the Senate;
The case did not look very hopeIui
for the prohibitionists early today. The
action of the Senate on the question OF
suspending seems to have blocked tnelr
efforts effectually. 1t was stated that
even should the Senate refuse to sus-
pend the rules SO as to make the shep-
pard prohibition amendment in order,
the Sheppard amendment would pc Of
fered in the Senate after the appropria-
tion committee amendments TO the Dill
have been disposed of. with the nope
that the Vice President will submit
any point Of order raised against 1t 10
the Senate.
1t is believed, however, that if the
Senate has once refused to suspend the
rules SO as to permit the oner!ns OF
this amendment, it will not directly
violate the rules to permit the Offering
of the amendment.
Senator Sheppard admitted that ne
was looking up precedents today to
ascertain whether ne could not oner mel
through some of the taxing features
which would effectually, though indirect
ly. bring about prohibition in the Dis
trict.
Sheppard Motion Laid Aside.
When the District bill was taken up
for consideration in the Senate today
eonsi9eration Of amendments offered by
the Senate appropriations committee
was continued. 49,.
At :.So'clock the report of the rules
committee on the Sheppard motion to
suspend the rules automatically came
before the Senate.
Senator Sheppard was absent from
the chamber, however, and by unanl-
NOUS consent the report was tempo
rariiy laid aside and consideration of
the committee amendment continued.
The Sheppard motion was laid aside
with the understanding that it would
be taken up as soon as consideration OF
the committee amendment had been
completed.
The Senate agreed to a committee
amendment providing $4,000 to aid in
the equipment and construction OF the
new Emergency Hospital
The Senate also agreed to committee
amendment providing s150.0OO for the
construction of the proposed Gaiiinger
hospital, which Is to be a new munic-
ipal hospital, located at 14th and UpShur
streets northwest.