The Washington times., 1915-01-16
|SAY DRY F|L|BUSTER
HALTSS SENATE WORK
Bitterness Displayed In Fight to
Get Vote on Sheppard Pro-
hWbtion Effort.
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Senator sheppard expreeeed h1meelf
% spsi sitS.sicn t. i md P The fact 'a thse At wide. &
spread national interest bad been
aroused over the issue OF . dry Dis
Among the numerous speakers this
afternoon was Senator white Of Ala
bema, who declared for prohibition and
who said that BY a three-fourths vote
Of both houses the Lscislsture of Ala
The senate met at ii and soon after
wards took up the prohibition question.
No sooner had It done 30 that there was
clash over the rules. Woe President
Marshall had on his desk q treatise on
B. Neeiy, 81 the % Methodist q 0i Ep,scopai
Church, and indicated he would like to
read what he said on suspension Of the
rules. He did 10. This showed the
a two-thirds vote was required for sus-
pension.
Sheppard Dissatisfied.
Senator Sheppard who regarded 1t A.
tain the two-thirds ruling Of the Sem
ate the other day. and whom Senator
James called for regular order As
Senator Sheppard started to address
himself to the matter. there was 9
fair play from Senator James. He
was called to order by Vice President
After a brief exchange. in which Sen.
sSI lanes !. said I'D he :sw no 9Ss reason ss
down and Senator Gallinser spoke.
I'VE are getting O. good deal Of in
struction about the rules lately" said
he. Some one has cited Roberts rule
az and ne1 Hnco TIM opn,on. o1 Sf Shop
the church are quoted to US. I think
the Senate is competent to settle its
own rules"
senator owen called attention to the
decided q two-thirjs vote was neces-
sary to suspend the rules and in the
same way a majority would be able
to revoke that decision. So 1t was
ssoatSr rIe sns atssr as o4s.on s then pro-
ceeded to speak for prohibition. He
assailed the liquor traffic In charac-
teri.tic vein: He is = physician.
sS1F so E:. dsSni sstS e h.t hs sopa prnspa
reason for its existence. 1t lowers
the physical. mental. and moral tone"
Barred In Alaska.
He cited the fact that in Alaska.
w.kere the temrerature went down to
60 degrees below zero. men were not
a!'owsd to go STt With nth the d dog -t;n;n teams
did not use LIQUOR. he said,
so far as bencfciai service to man
kind Is concerned" said he.
aSor ns snS TO favor prohiSs,on
thought. however. that in abclishinG
the saloon places of refuge for men
ought to be established and he re-
GREETED the churshss rhs closed . d. ths,r ,S.
churches should be open 20 men
would be able to go into them at any
time and find a warm fre.
Senator Thomas Of Colorado protested
caused by the protracted discussion over
District prohibition.
Senator Walsh voiced the same senti-
ments. He then attacked the policy OF
hitching general legislation to appro-
States recognize the evil Of this prac-
tice. He thought 1t should be followed
only in time Of some great crisis. He
didn't know how the President felt
about It,
He may be as hostile to the amend
ment as the Senator from Kentucky. or
as friendly to 1t as the Senator from
Texas. II he Is opposed to 1t. he can
do nothing about It unless he vetoes
brings about a situation that will cause
an extra session."
Proceeding In Order.
Senator vardaman questioned Senator
Walsh and forced him to admit Senator
Sheppard was proceeding in order.
Senator Walsh said prohibition for
Texas ought to be treated in a sepa-
rate bill He would vote for such a bill.
but he was opposed to putting 1t on as
q rider to tho District bill.
mo reasons have been given why We
should depart from the salutary rule
which has been laid down by the Sen
ate," said he
Senator Simmons said that II the rules
permitted debate on a question Of sus-
pension Of rules then the rules ought to
be changed.
I'VE have been q day and a half de-
batting the question that will some UP
If the rules are Suspended instead OF
debating the motion to suspend ITSELF"