Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-30
-four FACTIONS IN
SENATE QUARREL
over DRY CLAUSE.
Senator Borah Says lis Con-
gress' Duty to Take
Responsibility
AND NOT TO ADD TOLOAD
/ PRESIDENT IS CARRYING
Big Fight Expected This After
noon When Senate Takes
Up Bill Again
BY Robert J. Bender.

Omitted Press staff correspondent.l
Washington, June 30. The first big
prohibition riot in the senate is over, at
least temporarily suppressed by The
president.
Following informal agreement be-
tween dry and administration leaders to
kill whiskey, but to spare beer aWl
wine, friends of the food control bill
today are confident of its early pass
age.
Senator Chamberlain, in charge Of the
bill, was active early today trying to
reach an agreement for time to vote.
There still are loyal disturbances, how
ever, which will continue the wet and
dry fight as a source of annoyance and
unless some agreement is reached in
these isolated disturbance, the whole
fight threatens to break out anew,
There are now four factions in the
senate, including those willing to accede
to President Wilson 3 demands DO modi-
fy the bone dry measure; those radical
drys unwilling to make this eOncossions
those who favor continuing beer and
wine production, but who refuse to
leave their ultimate disposal in the
presidents hands and those who oppose
prohibition of anything, even whiskey-
Borah is for Action.
Senator Borah, Idaho, heads the
group who will not vote to place beer
and win production at the discretion Of
the president.
"Such action would be cowaydly,p
Borah said today. "This is a question
Of right or wrong, question for con
qress to face not question of loading
teh administration of it on the presi-
dent, 1 will fight any such proposal. /
win vote bone dry before adding TO the
presidents Is other troubles the disposal
Of the beer and wine prohibition ques-
tion.D
Opposed to this group are those drys
who have " stretched their c0nscienees"
TO exclude beer and wine from prohibit
tion, even on condition that the presi-
dent is given power to stop their pro-
duction when he thinks II necessary.
eff the power is not placed sorae-
where to stop manufacture of beer ana
wine we will have to resume our posi-
tion in support Of bone dry amend
ment,' these drys reiterated.
"Whatever restraint upon the con-
version of foodstuffs into beverages
shall be necessary, the president will be
best able to Judge and with the aid OF
bis selected staff, he win know when
and in what way to enforce these hm-
itations," Senator Lewis, Illinois, said
on the floor today.
Pass It Up To Wilson.
Gas we are giving the president full
power to control the food, let him con-
trol the drink aiso| declared Lewis
"Let congress refrain from admins
tering either At least let food meas
ure be food measure, not drink meas
urc, and let a drink measure be drink
measure and not food measure"
There is new fight smoldering and
it was thought probable it would be
reached today. The senate resumed con-
sideration of committee amendments to
the food control bill, one Of which Is
the bone dry provision. When that is
reached, a motion will be made 20 strike
out the drastic section for substitute
which will be along the line the pres1-
dent has suggested.
House and senate conferees on the
ffood survey bill, sppropriatiDg $ll,-
100000 for conducting canvass OF the
food situation in the country aAd TAX
ing steus to stimulate production, began
work today.
They expect to complete their con-
ference Monday so that the bill viii
be ready for final adoption in congress
next week.