Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-09
Alg mi BILL
! 4 TOC0NFERENCE
Agreement is Expected Be
lore the End Of This
sss Week.

Washington. Aug. 9.-The Willis
Campbell anti-beer bill passed by the
senate late yesterday by a!vote OF SO
to 20, was sent today to conference
with the house where it was said an
agreement was expected before the
weekend. Pending announcement of
the result of the conference. it was
said at the treasury the regulations
for medical beer which have been
prepared and are awaiting the sig
nature Of Secretary Mellon, will not
be issued.
Upon disposing OF the anti-beer bill
xhe senate Immediately gave right of
way to the Capper-Tincher bill pro
hibiting gambling in grain. This is
expected to be disposed OF before the
end of the week.
With these two measures out of the
way there is a prospect of the senate
taking a recess of four weeks or more,
unless President Harding upon his re-
turn today from his vacation trip.
should request that the railroad debt
funding bill be pressed to a vote.
The funding bill will be aiken up
today by the senate interstate COM
merce comaAittee.
1N.endments Added
The bN. against the prescribing or
U0C1 ny PtJ SA1i III "
prescriptions of wine and >whiskey
contained in the bill as passed by the
house were virtually unchanged by
the senate. but a few important
amendments we're added. These in
cluded a provision to restrict oper-
ations of prohibition enforcement Of
fcers by prohibiting searcehs. or any
attempts of searching of private
property or premises without search
warrants. A violation of~this clause
would be a misdemeanor subject 10
fine of $1,000 and n years i'm
prisonment. Penalties of FIVE years
provided for persons attempting
searches while posing as prohibition
agents.
The search-and-seizure amendment
was offered by Senator STANLEY. Dem
ocrat, Kentucky, as a substitute for
an amendment by Senator Reed
Democrat. Missouri, ~proposfn9e more
drastic penalties. Il was adopted
without a roll call.
Analysis of Vote.
Fourteen Republicans and SIX
Democrats voted against passage of
the bill. Republican opponents were:
Senator Ball. Delaware: Brandegee,
Connecticut: Cameron, Arizona; John
son, California: LaFollette, Wiscon-
sin; Lodge, Massachusetts,: Mclean.
Connecticut; Moses, New Hampshire:
Penrose. Pennsylvania: Phipps. Colo
RADIO; Shortridge. California: Wads-
worth. New York: Warren. Wyoming.
and Weller, Maryland.
The six Democratic opponents we're:
) Senators Broussard. louisiana: Gerry.
Rhode Island: King, Utah; Pomerene.
Ohio; Ransdell. Louisiana and Stan
ley, Kentucky. Senator Reed was
paired against the bill.
A motion by Senator Broussard to
recommit the bill to committee was
defeated. IS to %, with Senators
Dillingham;. Republican. Vermont:
Spencer. Republican. Missouri. and
Williams. Democrat, Mississippi. a.
the extra strength of the opposition
on the recommittal roll call.
The Senate rejected. without a roll
call. the beer and wine" amendmen,
of Senator Broussard. 1t would have
permitted use of beer containing III
to FIVE per cent of alcohol and wine
Of fourteen per cent upon authorize
ton by state referendum. This amend
ment. Senator Williams said, will null
lily the prohibition amendment.
Limits Wine Prescriptions.
Another amendment rejected wa
by Senator Spencer and would hav'
given physicians power to prescrib,
wine and distilled spirits in unlimite,
quantities. The bill limits wine pre-
scriptions to one fourth of a gallon
and that of spurious beverages to on
half pint by alcoholic content 10 a.
individual in ten days. No chang
was made in the house clause fixini
one hundred prescriptions as the max
imum for a person in ninety days ex
cept by special order of the prohibi
ton commissioner.
The drive of opposition force
gainst the bill also resulted in tn
adoption of several minor ,amend
ments modifying the house bill. On