The Washington herald., 1918-12-24
Sheppard Puts Measure
Through Senate as Reve-
nue. Bill Rider.
VETS CAUGHT MAPPING
Took Matter as Joke, Then
Found 1t Too Late
to Fight.

Brought up at the psychological
moment, the amendment. by which
Senator sheppard, of Texas, has
sought many times to make the Dis
trict of Columbia "bone-dry." passed
the Senate yesterday by a vote of AZ
to IS. as a rider" on the Federal
revenue bill.
The measure was introduced by
Senator Sheppard at a time when
the majority of the members of the
Senate were anxious to get away for
the Christmas holidays and were do
ing their utmost to dispose of the
revenue bill
At first. the wet element in tho
Senate, led by Senator PheIan, OF
California, took the matter as a Joke
and for a little while the California
solon entertained the Senate with
humorous remarks on "bootleggers'
in the District and the ''fndignities"
suffered by the persons arrested IN
the police raids on the booze" spe-
cials on the Washington. Baltimore
and Annapolis Electric Railway Com
pany's lines in the early part OF this
month.
starts n FIIIbuster.
Senator Hitchcock complicated mat
ters a little by starting a filibuster. He
began a long harangue about the al
legged inefficiency of the Postoffice De-
partment and when asked by Senator
sheppard to step out OF the way Of
the bone-dry bill'' remarked sarcastic
ally, IF you can interrupt the rev.
enue bill with your pet prohibition
measure 1 have the same right to in
troduce mp pet measure
1t was not until cries for vote.
vote" arose in the Senate that the
wet element began to get serious
and Senator Hitchcock suggested the
absence Of a quorum, which delayed
but did not block the passage of tie
measure. When a quorum was OBJ
tanned. Senator Hitchcock asked for
yeas and nays. The result was AZ in
the affirmative and Is in the negative.
Senator Jones. of Washington, an
ardent prohibition advocate, read a
letter from Mai. Raymond Pullman,
superintendent of police, asking that
the Senate pass the measure The
letter mentioned the fact that only
yesterday four carloads Of liquor had
arrived in the city for personal
use and that another four carloads
were expected today. II conditions,
which were now considered deplora-
Bile, the letter stated, 4wsrey to be
corrected. the speedy passage of the
measure was necessary.
PheInn Amendments Fail.
When Senator Phelan discovered
that his efforts were in vain. he
introduced an amendments to Sem
ator Sheppard's amendment which
would remove from the operation of
a ''bone-dry'' measure wines, ales
and beer. 1t failed. Reversing him
self, Senator Phelan then introduced
another amendment which would al
low liquor to be exported out of the
District 1t also failed, but not until
Senator Jones had scored the Cali
fornia solon for wanting the people
of the District so stock up on liquor
one minute and get rid of it the next
minute.
Tt will not be long" Senator Phe-
Ian remarked. before the citizens of
the District will be forced to seek
sOlace in the cellars of the embassies
and legations if they would regale
their thirst"
Senator Hoke Smith, of Georgia,
openly suggested that the residents
T. OF the District would have ample
time. between now and the time the
Sheppard measure Became a law, to
stock up OH liquors. Anyhow. he sug-
gested the delay should be taken ad-
vantage of.