The New York herald., 1921-08-19
BEER BILL MUDDLED
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put through. chance to function. He
must draw the line. he added, at such
measure as the anti-beer bill. which
he held 10 be violation of the Consti-
tuition. first, because the Eighteenth
Amendment applies only 70 the use OF
intoxicants for beverage" and not
medicinal purposes. and, second. because
the bill, in its provisions relating TO
search and seizures violates the Fourth
and Fifth amendments TO the Consti-
tuition.
Il had never had the pleasure Of see
ing until the other day the distinguished
author of the volstead act" said Sena-
tor Reed. II do not know whether he
was born in the United States or not
but 1 am informed he speaks broken
English. I do not know what his
ancestry may be, but do know have
seen the picture OF some OF the con-
spirators of the past, the countenances
of those who led in fanatical revolt, the
burners of witches. the executioners
who applied the torch-and l saw them
of this Amendment
Senator Sterling protested against the
language used by Senator Reed in re-
ferring to Representative Volstead. but
Mr.. Reed refused to be sidetracked.
II am speaking of fanaticism. and
have right to- he continued. II have
discovered man who would vote
against his own constitution and I have
described him."
With this Senator Reed read from the
Constitution. the writings of jefferson
and others concerning illegal search and
seizure. the right of every man to walk
the streets and travel the highways
without search and to protect his home
and even his barn from invasion. These
rights, he added, were written In the
story of American liberty and affirmed
and reafffrmed by the courts.
"I have no respect for a. man." he
added, whether he be member of the
House or elsewhere. who proposes to
whittie down our Constitution and try
to leave 1t as this amendment of the
House leaves 1t, SO that an officer can
go into every building except the home
who puts the discovery of bottle of
beer above the Constitution and who, in
the pursuit of his favorite pastime of
hunting somebody who may take drink
when he thinks he ought not to take it,
Is willing to destroy the Constitution
when he held UP his hand, before AL
mighty God, and swore he would MAIN
tain, protect and preserve it,
The second outburst came after Sem
ator Reed obtained copy of a state-
ment issued by Wheeler, who said:
THE charge by Senator Reed that
sat with the conferees on the beer bill
on the date mentioned is not true
went to the committee room when they
closed their work for the day and urged
theps to agree on something in order to
Secure q vote before the recess and
prevent the opening of the breweries.
This is what Senator Reed and other
wet Senators are attempting to accom-
plish in their filibustering on this bill"
Senator Reed had the statement read
to the Senate as preliminary to his re-
marks. When the clerk had finished
reading he began:
II charge that when he wrote that
statement he wrote a deliberate, will
full and premeditated falsehood, and he
knew it.
In support of Senator Reeds asser-
tions that there was no filibuster, Sena-
tors Stanley and Brussard read from
the record to show that the vote on
the beer bill had been taken. not at the
instance OF the dry leaders, but at the
instance of Senator Penrose (Pa,).
And nobody ever has accused Sem
ator Penrose OF being a dry yet" shout
ed Senator Stanley, as the Senate roared