Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-22
DRYS VTCTORS IN
CONFERENCE REPORT
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WASHINGTON, Aug 22-RRdical dry
forces emerged victorious from the ses-
Sions OF the joint conference committee
which succeeded Saturday in reaching an
agreement The Senate and House
amendments designed TO moderate en-
forcement Of the prohibition law both
went By the board in the conference set
Element Indications are that the agree
ment instead Of strengthening out the
tangle over the anti-beer bin viii only
increase complications.
The principal features Of the conferees'
agreement may be summed up thus:
The House provision interpreted to le-
galize home brewing was eliminated.
The Senate provisions aimed 10 stop IN
warranted search Of automobile. baggage
and other private property By prohibition
agents went out
The original Stanley amendment pro-
tecting private dwellings from search
without warrant was retained.
Indignation ran high among the vets
and the more conservative drys when
contents OF the conference reports be-
come known. The report was received
with such amazement that L threw the
entire legislative program into confusion
and rendered recess prospects exceed
inely uncertain.
FILBUsTER
SEEMS CERTAIN.
Wet leaders reinforced b some Of the
less rabid d-ys I'm the Senate made il
plain that they would never consent to
the passage OF the bin IN the form re-
ported By the conference committee.
They made no EFFORT TO conceal their de-
Termination to flibuster against the bill
H-e rhaw fOrnn them
selves unable TO muster sufficient votes
to reject the conference report They de-
cIared their intention OF holding out IN
definitely against final action on the bill
II the House insisted on killing the
Stanley amendment.
In view OF this apparent impasse the
chief hope OF a recess now rests on the
possibility that the House may refuse
to support the conferees and agree 10 &c
eept the Stanley emendment-
Another prospects less promising, how
eve-. IS that the weary Congress bent on
taxing A vacation. viii refuse 70 stay In
washington TO wrangle about denying
doctors the right TO prescribe peer az
medicine and win so on cts holiday with
cut acting on the conference report
Two members Of the Conference Com
nfttee did not sign the conference re-
rort. They were Senator Ashurst, Ari-
sonia and Representative Dyer, Missouri
Senator Ashurst openly bolted the con
forence and washed his hands Of the en-
tire proceeding after the conferees de-
cided to torpedo the Stanley amendment
Although an ardent prohibitions, him
self. Senator Ashurst coutended that pro-
hibition enforcement has run to such ex-
cesses that legislative measures are i'm
peratively necessary 70 preserve the con
stitutionsl rights Of citizens
The text OF the conference agreement
baking the place Of both the Stanley
amendment and the House substitute fol
ows;
''That any officers agent or en-
ployee Of hte United States engaged
IN the enforcement Of this act, or the
national prohibition act. or any other
law Of the United States, who shall
search any private dwelling as de-
fined in the national prohibition act,
and occupied as such dwelling, with
out a warrant directing such search,
or who while so engaged shall with
out a search warrant maliciOusly and
without reasonable cause search any
ether building or property. shall be
guilty OF 4 misdemeanor and upon
conviction thereof, shall be fined for
a first Offense, not more than one
thousand dollars and for a subse-
.quent offense not more than one
thousand dollars or Imprisoned not
more than one year, or both, such
fine and Imprisonment"
Senator Sterling, South Dakota. laid
the conference report before tn eSenate.-
Copyright. 1921. by Public Ledger Co.