The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1921-11-24
BEERS PROSPECTS
KILLED BY SENATE
Conference Report Adopted
By Sc to 22 After Pro-
longed Fight.

, Washington, Nov. 1S.-Congres,
sional action on legislation to prohib-
it the medical prescription of beer and
other malt liquors was completed to-
day through adoption by the Senate,
Sc to 90. of the conference report.
The legislation, which would also
put additional teeth" in the nation s
prohibition enforcement code, now
goes to the President. the House hav-
ing acted last August
Despite the action of the Senate
medical beer still has a few days of
grove in the opinion of treasury Of
fcials.
Until President Harding signs the
bill prohibiting the use Of beer for
medical purposes, officials explained,
the treasury regulations now exist
ing would remain in effect and brew
ers may continue to operate under
them. However, officials added,
from the moment OF the Presidents
signature upon the anti-beer bill ex-
listing regulations automatically be-
come void.
1t was suggested in some quarters
that President Harding might delay
action uon the anti-beer bill pend
| ing an opinion by Attorney General
Ddpgherty upon the constitutionality
of the measure. While it has not yet
been determined whether the Presi-
dent or Secretary Mellon would ask
for an opinion on this point high Of
floials declared shat where the con-
stitutionality of an act was raised the
President usually asked the advice of
the Attorney General before taking
action.
Twelve Republicans and ten Demo I,
Gratis voted against the conference re-
port
The Republican opponents were
Senators Brandegee, Dupont, Edge, |
Johnson, La Toilette. Lodge, Mclean, !
Penrose, Phipps. Shortridge, Wads- !
worth and Weller. The Democrats !
were Senator'S Broussard, Gerry,
King, Pomerene. Randsdell, Shields. I
Stanley, Underwood Walsh (Massa-
chusetts) and Watson Georgia.
Two others. senator's Reed, Demo-
crat, Missouri and Moses, Republican.
New Hampshire, were paired against
the bill
Thirty-three Republicans and twen-
ty-three Democrats supported the
measure, while 1t was announced that
Senators Farrald, Republican. Okla
homa; Kellogg. Republican, Mime
sofa; Lenroot, Republican, Wiscon-
sine; Mccormick, Republican, Illi-
nois; Sutherland. Republican, West
Virginia, and Fletcher, Democrat,
Florida. who were absent and paired,
favored the bill.
The bill will set aside the ruling
by former Attorney General Palmer,
who two days before he retired, ad-
vised the prohibition enforcement Of
icials that there was nothing in the ,
vclstead Act to prohibit the pr scrip
ton of beer and light wines for me-
dicinaI purposes.
The legislation has been before ,
Congress since last June. The House
accepted the compromise reached by
the cGrferees in August, but there
followed a. bitter controversy in the 9
Senate, waged by small. but deter |
mined group, who conten6ed that the ,
bill struck a fatal blow at personal {
rights, because it permitted search q
and seizure without warrants The
first draft of the measure authorized [
The search of private homes without I
but this feature was elimi-
mated in conference.
The bill limits physicians to 100
for vinous and spirit
nous liquor each three mont&3 and I
specifies that not more than a quart 5
Of spirituOus or vinOus liquor, con- 1
aiming in the aggregate not more :
han one-half pint of alcohol, may be /
prescribed for one person in ten days. \
Importation of liquors is barred by a
he bill until the supply on hand n /
he United States shall no longer be +
sufficient to meet the current need 1
or nonbeverage uses. It also gives g
he courts of Hawaii and the Virgin b
Stands jurisdiction in the enforce
nent of the national prohibition act I
Is well as the bill passed today.