Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-27
Effort to Be Launched to
Reconsider District Dry
Bill, However.
COMPROMISE CLAUSE
is OFFERED BY BORAH
Senator Declares It Is Not Neces-
sary to Invade Homes With
in Capital.

The Senate this afternoon displaced
the Howell District prohibition bin as
the unfinished business by voting 10
take up the War Department appro-
priation bill.
This action puts the prohibition bill
back on the calendar, where it was be-
fore consideration of it was begun last
week. 1t does not, however, prevent
Senator Howell from making further eff
forts between now and March to have
1t taken up again. It no longer has
the privileged status of being the un-
finished business, however, and would
require an affirmative vote of the SEN
ate to restore it to that position.
Reed Motion Passed.
Ordinarily appropriation bills are
taken up from time to time by unani-
nous consent without destroying the
privileged Satus Of the unfinished bust
ness, but today Senator Blaine Of wis
consin refused to give unanimous con-
sent to temporarily take up an appro-
priation bill.
Thereupon Senator Reed, Republican,
OF Pennsylvania, in charge Of the War
Department supply bill, made a motion
to proceed with that bill. Senator
Howell told the Senate If this motion
was adopted it would place the prohibit
ton bill back on the calendar where it
was before it was taken up.
The motion of Senator Reed. dis.
placing the Howell bill, was adopted
without record vote.
Just before the prohibition measure
was laid aside, Senator Blease, Demo-
crat, Of South Carolina, who has OBJ
1ected to diplomatic immunity for for
eign embassies in Washington, gave no
tlce that he favored adding an amend
ment to the Howell bill to make 1t apply
to all persons and buildings in WASH
ington alike.
Senator Tydings, Democrat, OF Mary
land, also had prepared long list of
amendments which he had intended Co
offer If the Howell bill had been con-
sidered further.
Norris Sounds Warning.
Dry Senator'S in favor of the Howell
bill told Senator Howell they believed
he could secure enough votes to take
his bill up again later on even II it
was set aside now. Senator Norris of
Nebraska, however, warned his COL
leagues not to deceive themselves as to
the effect of taking up the War Depart
ment bill by vote Senator Norris ex-
pressed the belief that if a vote was
taken to lay aside the Howell bill now
1t would be dead for this session, be-
cause there will be other appropriation
bills following the war supply measure.
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, mi
nority leader, said he would support
the taking up Of the War Department
bill because 1t is apparent that the local
prohibition bill would require a consid-
cradle time and because notice has
been given that great many amend
mentS would be offered to the prohi-
bition measure.
Howell Offers Compromise.
A compromise search-warrant clause
for the District prohibition bill was
bsen put forward for consideration by
Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho,
following an afternoon of debate yes
terday during which that section of
the bill in its present form was attacked
and defended.
A motion late yesterday by Senator
Halves, Democrat, of Missouri 10 send
the entire bill back to the judiciary
Committee for further study was beaten,
IS to %.
Senators Borah, Walsh of Montana
and George of Georgia, all lawyers,
united yesterday in the belief that the
search warrant terms of existing law
are ample to cope with the method of
bootlegging which Senator Howell con-
tends is followed in Washington.
Nebraskan Defends Bill.
The Nebraskan, in defending his bill
as written, explained again that en-
forcement officers here cannot catch
bootleggerS who use private dwellings
as storage places because evidence of a
sale on the premises is needed to obtain
warrants and, he said, sales are never
made at the storage place.
Senator Howell was supported in yes
terdays debate by Senator Sheppard,
Democrat, of Texas, author of the
eighteenth amendment; Brookhart, Re-
publican, of Iowa, and Trammell, DEM
ocrat, of Florida. Trammell later sup
ported the compromise offered by Sen
ator Borah.
Before offering his substitute pro-
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