New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-23
Anti-Beer Bill
Now
Seems Hopeless
Early Adoption by Senate
of Conference Report Is
Impossible, Lodge Tells
Mondell; Drys Are Vexed
Opposition 10 Measure Stiff
fens as Messages Show
Public Fails to Back 1t
From The Tribtne's Washington Bureau

rom The Tribttne's y Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-The beer
bill tonight appeared to be caught in
hopeless deadlock. Passage for several
weeks is impossible unless the situation
changes radically and unexpectedly.
House Republican Leader Mondell
called on Senator I.oogo TODAY and
advised him that until the bill was
passed the House would not pass The
resolution providing for recess. Sem
ator Lodge advised him that early adop-
ton Of the conference report in the
Senate was Impossible.
Unless the House backs down there
will be no recess by CONT action Of
the House. On the Other hand, Sen
ators said there woula be no quorum
OF the Senate here by next Friday and
the Senate would take a series OF three
day rcccsses because OF lack Of a
quorum.
Senators opposed to the beer bill
conferred informally and gave it out
that they were prepared to talk four
weeks against the passage Of the bill
by the adoption of Of the existing con
ference report. They pointed out that
under such conditions the House drys
would gain nothing by refusing TO
adopt the recess resolution.
House to Adopt Report To-day
The House is expected to adopt the
conference report on the bill to-mor-
row. Senator Sterling, in charge of the
bill in the Senate, plans to bring it up
in that body after the House acts and
after the Senate passes the deficiency
bill involving the Shipping Board APP
preparation. Senator Sterling says the
bill will pass the Senate OIL vote, but
he does not know how long the oppoei-
ton, by flibuster, will prevent vote.
To-day opponents of the measure ad
majority Of those present in the
Senate. but the .drys nre calling hnch
their forces and if a vote should be
forced in the next day or 50 the bill
would pass Knowing this, the op-
ponents will not let it come to vote
now.
One OF the things which is sustaining
the opponents Of the bill and the sup
porters of the Stanley amendment is
the large number Of messages coming
from the country to Senator'S and
House members saying the pending bill
goes too far. Some of these messages
come from drys.
Senator Reed gave out stateme mt
tonight defining his views on the Stan
ley amendment and prohibition He
said:
"A number Of press reports sent out
to the country and published widely
place me in y very false position
Among other things it has been said
that I attacked prohibitionists and
llkened them to the burners OF witches
Also statements have been made which
give the impression that attacked pro
hibitory laws in general.
II have never critic,sed any man be-
cause he is a prohibtionist. l recog-
nize the right Of every individual to be-
lieve in and to advocate absolute pro
hibition. | stated in my speeches that
the Eighteenth Amendment, being q
part of the Constitution, was binding
on me and everybody else. stated
that l had made no opposition TO the
Volstead act, because recognized the
fact that the Eighteenth Amen ment
was the fundamental law of the land
This is still my position. But the
issue now before the Congress is no,
prohibition or ti-prohbition. The
question now presented is whether the
Fourth Amendment to the Constitution
which guarantees the citizen against
unreasonable searches and seizures
and provides thai searches and seizures
can only be made pursuant to war
rant issued by court, shall be multi
fed by statute in 80 far as sta tute car
work that outrageous end. When il
comes to such question as that pro
pose to stand by the Fourth Amend
ment"