Evening journal., 1921-08-24
AWAIT FLOW OF
MEDICINAL BEER
House and Senate Dead
locked Over Search and
Seizure Plan
NO REGULATIONS
TO LEGALIZE BREW

WASHINGTON. Aug. "a Omitted
Press). - Whether America shall
have medicinal beer depends today
on Secretary OF the Treasury Mellon.
Blocking OF the anti-beer bill be-
tween House aud Senate leaves up
TO Mellon the question OF whether
the regulations legalizing sale OF
beer as medicine shall be issued.
Neither Mellon or Internal Reve-
nue. Commissioner Blair, the secre-
tary's adviser in the beer decision,
would say what action they will take
today. II Is believed they will con-
tinue to hold up the regulations II
they can do so in hope that Congress
will take early action against beer.
The House late yesterday. in def
anco Of the Senate stand for the
Stanley search and seizure amend
ment, made II certain that II the
anti-beer bill is to passed before the
recess. due to start tomorrow. It must
be without this much-contested pro-
vision.
BY a vote OF 100 to 81. it adopted
the conference reporton the measure
with the substitute for the Stanley
amendment. which greatly weakens
the protection II provided against
searches and seizures by prohibition
agents without warrant The confer
ence report was up in the Senate to-
night, with little prospect OF an early
vote. due TO the opposition OF the
Stanley amendment hackers.
The House also took the unusual
action Of passing a resolution censur-
ing a Senator for an attack on a
House member. The resolution was
directed at Senator Reed (Mo.) be-
cause Of his recent attack on the per-
sonal appearance OF Representative
Volstead (Minn.), leader of the
House drys, and asked the Senate
to take appropriate action. presum-
ably the expurging OF the Senator'S
remarks from the Congressional
Record. The matter was referred tC
the Senate Committee on Rules.
House members were aroused by
Senator Reeds statement that Mr.
Volstead's countenance personifet
those who led in fanatical revolt
the burners OF witches and the exc
cutoners who applied the torch.
Members Of the Minnesota delega
ton sponsored the resolution. ans
after a brief debate. It was adopted
Isl to 3. The resolution, offered b!
Representative Newton (Minn.)
reads
5 Resolved. that the language pub
) lished in the Congressional Recorl
D on Thursday. August 10. 1921. page
56O5 and 56O6, in the report Of al
address to the Senate by the Sena
} tor from Missouri, Mr.. Reed. is i'm
, proper. unparliamentary and a re
= Election on the character OF a mem
Y ber OF the House, the gentlema
Y from Minnesota, Mr.. Volstead. an
y constitutes a breach of privilege an
y is calculated to create unfriendl
y relation and condition between IN
y House OF Representatives and tn
! Senate.
y Resolved further, that a copy O
n this resolution be transmitted to IN
4 Senate and that the Senate be re
4 quested to take appropriate actio
4 concerning the subject"
a The House apparently was so in
\ censed at Senator Reeds attack tha
d it refused to allow his words to b
n read.
o The language 20 which the Hous
0 objected. as directed at Mr.. Volstea
o by Mr.. Reed, follows:
0 Il have seen the picture OF some O
0 the conspirators OF the past, IN
0 countenances OF some OF those VIII
led in fanatical revolt-the burner
OF witches. the eXecutioners who ap
0 piled the torch-and / saw them a
0 again when 1 looked at the autho
0 Of this amendment"