The Washington herald., 1921-11-19
Senate Outlaws Medicinal
Beverage by Vote
Of Sc to %.
AWAITS SIGNATURE
TO BECOME LAW
Government to Issue Per-
mits Until Final Ac-
ton Is Taken.

outlawing medicinal beer was taken
when the Senate, by a
vote of sc to 90, adopted the confer
ence report on the Campbill-Willis
antl-beer bill.
The House, having already taken
favorable action on the measure.
the bill will become a law Just as
soon as President Harding affixes
his signature to It, Dry leaders
expressed confidence yesterday that
Mr.. Harding would not veto II and
they also felt sure they had suf-
ficient votes to pass Il over any
Presidential objection.
On the final roll call yesterday
thirty-three Republicans and twen-
ty-three Democrats voted for the
adoption o fthe conference report
Twelve Republicans and ten Dem D
Gratis voted against 1t. The lineup
of the Senate was as follows:
How the Members Voted.
Culberson, Dial, Glass. Harris, Har-
rison, Hefiih, Hitchcock, Jones IN.
M, McKellar, Kendrick, Myers,
CFSi O"Shs
Sheppard, simmons. Smith, Swan
son, Trammel. and Walsh (Mont). {.
Democrats: Borah, Bursum, Capper,
Cummins, Curtis. Elkins, Ernst. Fer
nald, France, Frelinghuysen. Good
ing. Hale, Jones (wash), Kenyon.
Keyes. Ladd. McCumber, Mckinley.
McNary, Nelson, New, Nicholson.
Norbeck, Norris, Oddie, Page. Poin-
dexter, Smoot, Spencer, Sterling,
Townsend, Watson Und), and VIII
lis, Republicans-56.
Against the bill Broussard,
Gerry, King, Pomerene, Ransdell.
Shields. Stanley. Underwood, Walsh
(Mass.). and Watson (Ga.). Demo-
Gratis; Brandegee, Dupont. Edge.
Johnson, LaFollette. Loigc. Mclean.
Pelrose, Phipps. Shortridge. Wads-
worth and Weller. RepubiicanS-22.
To Fight 'Bni 4. Court.
DR.. C. E. Young. chief of the per-
NIT section of the United States
prohibition enforcementao offices here.
stated yesterday in the absence OF
Federal Commissioner Haynes that
the issuance OF permits would be
continued until the President signs
the bill.
Even after the bill becomes effec-
tive as the law OF the land, 1t is
expected that the fight for beer will
go on. The contest which has been
lost in Congress will be transferred
to the courts. Many of the best
constitutional lawyers in the Sem
ate and House contend that Con-
gress has no power to enact legis-
lation prohibiting the use of beer
as medicine. because the eigh-
teenth amendment simply confers
authority to prohibit the use of in
toxicants as beverage" Breweries
which are making medicinal beer
expect to test the validity of the
law until they secure a decision
from the United States Supreme
Court.
When the Senate convened at IL
o'clock, one hour carrier than usual,
to conclude the protracted discus
sion of the antibeer bill, a group
of w. c. T. U. members, wearing
white ribbon badges. took seats in
the gallery to observe the votes of
Legislators.
Senator Wadsworth, of New York,
and Senator Brandegee, of Connecti-
cut, concluded the arguments
against the bill. They predicted II
would be declared unconstitutional.
Senator Sterling. of South Dakota,
and Senator McKellar. Of Tennessee,
urged its passage, and defended its
constitutionality.
Less than two minutes after the
vote had been recorded, Wayne b.
Wheeler. spokesman for the Anti
Saloon League, began distributing
in the Capital a statement he had
prepared in advance on the effect
of the legislation.