Evening star., 1921-08-18
BOLTS CONFERENCE
ON NEW BEER BILL
Senator Ashurst Opposes
Any Plan Permitting Making
of Liquors of Any Form.

The presence Of Wayne d.
Anti-saIO0n League. at y meeting
of the coaferees en- the anti-beer
bill was characterized In the SEN
ate today by senator Reed. DEM
Ocrnt. Missouri, ns "unwnrranted
and unmftixated ipsolence."
Senator Ashurst, democrat. Arizona,
announced today that he had refused
to participate in further conferences
ION the anti-beEr bill "because of an
eviAGhE intention on the part of the
conferses to weaken and destroy tiis
effort of the Stanley amendment.
adopted Unanimously by the Senate
As a member of the judiciary COM
mittee Senator Ashurst was named
one Of the Senate managers. but II
developed that he withdrew from the
meeting Tuesday night. He declared
that he would mot return to take
part in the conferences If the con-
ferees proposed to agree to an
amendment which will directly or
indirectly permit the manufacture of
vinous, malt or spurious liquors in
the home or elsewhere for beverage
purposes"
Senator Ashurst declined to COM
ment on published reports that
Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel
of the Anti-Saloon League. sat with
the conferees yesterday and assisted
in the work of trying to get the
House and Senate together on provi-
sions of the bill.
81 was not present" he said.
Senator's Statement.
Senator Ashurst authorized the fol-
lowing statement:
Senator Ashurst, q member of the
Senate judiciary committee and one
of the conferees on the anti-beer bill,
and who Is a strong supporter of 1t,
participated in the conference Tues
day evening and objected to the
House amendment, which. as he
thought, would legalfze the manufac-
ture of distilled and malt spirits in
the home for beverage purposes. as In
his opinion such an amendment would
permit hundreds and even thousands
Of miniature breweries and distilleries
to be set up.
when the conferees reached the
Stanley amendment, which was
adopted unanimously by the Senate,
Senator Ashurst announced his unai-
terable determination not to recede,
as in his opinion this amendment is
a restatement of the guarantees con-
tanned in the fourth and fifth amend
ments to the Constitution.
observing, however. an evldent
intention on the part OF the conferees
to weaken and destroy>the effect OF
the Stanley amendment, Senator
Ashurst again announced to the con-
ferees that he would not sign a con-
ference report which altered the
Stanley amendment.
Leaves Conference.
"whereupon Senator Ashurst left
the conference Tuesday evening and
has not, and announces he Will not
return to take part 1t the conferees
propose to agree to any amendment
NIT the manufacture of vinous, malt
or spurious liquors in the home OF
elsewhere for beverage purposes, and
further. that he will not take part In
other conferences or sign reporl
unless the conferees agree TO tne
Stanley Amendment in the exact form
that it passed the Senate.
Senator Ashurst declared that the
stanley amendment was the result OF
q com mpromise In which dozens OF SEN
> tors were consulted and was accept
ed without opposition.
at would consider myself an un-
worthy Senate conferee. ne addeo
";f after such an important amend
ment was adopted by unanimous vote
to 20 into conference and abandon 1t.
The senator said he was opposed on
,rincinie to "the practice, all too fire.
puantiy indulged in. of having three
sanators meet in secret conferences
nd abandon well-thought-out amend
ments agreed to unanimously by the
Senate"
what Change Provides.
rhe Stanley amendment provided
that prohibition agents must have a
search warrant before attempting to
enter a residence, automobile or bag
gaee for contraband liquor.
The House, however. adopted a
anbstitute, which provided that no
search Of residence shall be made
without a search wafrafit, based on
an affidavit setting forth there was
reasonable cause to suspect that liq-
nor was being manufactured on the
nrernises 'for sale OF sold" :
It was this latter provision that
,ed advocates of prohibition to assert
that Its effect would }. legalise hpne
In the absence of an official state
saent from the conferees. twas said
they had prepared q substitute. for
10th amendments requiring search
warrant for search of a residence and
|penalizing other searches made with
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