Evening star., 1921-08-24
SENATE DECLINES
TO DROP BEER BILL
Recess Faces Upset Through
Insistence on Campbell
Willis Measure.

After two-hour wrangle the Sem
ate refused today to set aside the
anti-beer bill conference report for
consideration Of other legislation
and gave every indication of heading
toward jam calculated to upset
plans for q thirty-day recess begin
ming tonight.
Charging that the House in defer
ring a vote on the Senate resolution
for adjournment was holding a ham,
mer over the Senate conferees on the
farmer relief bill. Senator Harrison,
democrat. Mississippi. sought to have
the resolution returned. but it was
ruled that such proceeding was not
III order. a ..- 4.,....5 =.
Filibuster Looms.
Advocates Of the anti-beer bill. after
falling to get consent for q vote at 3
o'clock tonight, declared there was
every evidence of filibuster by sem
would preclude consideration OF other
bills prior to the recess.
In an effort to break through the
jam, Senator Jones. republican. WASH
ington, served notice that he would
not consent to consideration of a sim
was on it's way to the White House
for the Presidents approval ,
The upshot of the wrangle is that
there is little possibility OF recess
for several days. or perhaps a week.
unless the House does the unexpected
thing. and adopts the resolution to
quit work for month.
Compromise Attacked.
After Senator Sterling, Republican.
South Dakota in charge Of the anti
beer measure. insisted on it's i'm
mediate confederation: Senator Reed:
democrat, Missouri. his desk piled
high with law books. began a speech
attacking the compromise which
would permit prohibition officers to
search all of a mans property, except
his home. for liquor without a war
rant.
The House by a vote of 1859 to 81
ratified the conference agreement on
the anti-beer bill, under which the
Stanley search and seizure amend
ment is neutralized together with the
House substitute construed as legal
izing home brewing and distikling.
Given Right OF Way.
The conference report as soon as ap-
proved by the House was called up and
given the right Of way in the Senate,
but by general agreement subject to
displacement by conference report
on the agricultural relief bill The Sem
order to have the latter measure before
it. as leaders had agreed that 1t was
the most pressing legislation to be acted
on before the recess.
There were Indications that II pro-
hibition leaders were bent upon keeping
the anti-beer" bill to the fore. its op-
ponents would attempt to talk it to
death.
Senator Sterling, republican. South
Dakota, chief of the Senate managers,
in explaining the compromise on the
Stanley amendment relating to search
of homes, which the Senate had adopt
ed by unanimous vote some weeks
ago, declared there had been no hope
Of having the House approve it as
originally drafted.
Constant Interruptions.
There were constant Interruptions
from senators, who insisted that the
was as old as the world. Senator Ster-
ling insisted, however, that under the
compromise a home could not be
searched except on a warrant obtain
ed from a court, but that no warrant
was required to search other property
provided an officer had reasonable
cause to suspect violation of law and
was not actuated by violence.
Adoption of the conference report
was urged by Senator Nelson, repub-
lican, Mimi. who declared that the
brewers, having failed to bring back
the "genteel drink" of wine and beer
were trying to get beer for the sick
to keep the American race from per-
ishing. But 1t was to the credit of the
medical profession, he added, that 1t
had opposed the old-time beverage as