Evening star., 1941-04-09

SENATOR SHEPPARD.
called later. Drinking was prac-
tically universal. The treating
habit was vicious-people would
linger and so the brawls would start.
Liquor was menace to the peace"
Senator Sheppard first actively
entered the prohibition fray as ma
tional figure when the question be-
came acute toward the end of his
service in the House. From the Cap
itol he sent spirited letter to be
used in an Inflated campaign for
Statewide prohibition in Texas, in
1911.
Sought World Prohibition.
He raised a cry for State, national
and world prohibition two years
later, in his victorious drive for the
senatorial toga.
1t was in that year that the Ma
tional Anti-Saloon League and the
Women's Christian Temperance
Union called for the Federal law in
their conventions.
One cold December morning Mr..
Sheppard received from a commit
tee of 1000 militant marcherS
joint resolution embodying the pro-
posed amendment. He carried it in
from the east entrance of the Capt.
tol, and that same day introduced it.
1t was defeated in the House. So
the next December Mr.. Sheppard
introduced another Still another
ne presented the same month-the
result of many conferences of pro-
hibition leaders in and out of Con-
gress. This got as far as hearings
in which leading advocates testified.
Again in the Sixty-f1fth Congress,
in April of 1917, the Texas brought
forward another resolution. 1t was
this which finally passed in both
branches.
Talked With Penrose.
Opponents of the law have con-
tended that the resolution went
through merely because most Sena-
tors believed that. with limit OF
six years on the time for State
ratification, it could not survive.
In this connection the Senator
was pictured in momentous con-
ference on the floor of the Senate
with the late Senator Penrose of
Pennsylvania. 1t was said then he
feared the time was too short, but
dared not refuse.
In fact" Senator Sheppard later
corrected the story: Senator Pen
rose did come to me one day on
the floor. He promised that If I
would accept the six-year provision,
he would make no objection to
setting a time for a vote upon the
resolution. I felt that the amend
ment would be ratified long before
that, so I agreed"
United Buyers Punished.
A decade after the fundamental
law was enacted, he demanded an
other to make the buyer of liquor
equally guilty with the seller
throughout the land. This was lost
amid a division of opinion among
prohibitionists themselves, many be-
lieving such a measure would rob
the prosecution of its best witnesses
against big violators. Senator Shep-
pard, however, stood by his posi-
tion and assumed the task of life
long fight for it.
Urged Woman Suffrage.
Senator Sheppard was a leader
in the fight for the woman suffrage
amendment and was co-author of
legislation that gave Federal aid to
States to cut down infant NOR
tality.
In addition to the Craftsmanship
of the Military Affairs Committee
he also held membership on the
Irrigation and Reclamation, Com
merce and Manufactures Commit
tees.
The Senator was born in Wheat
vile, Tex, in 1875, the son Of John
Levi and Alice Sheppard.
He also held the degree of doctor
of laws from Southern Methodist
University.
Working as a night watchman in
the State capitol, young Sheppard
helped himself through his last
years at the University of Texas,
where he received an academic and
a law degree. He borrowed money
to attend the Yale Law School.
Graduated in 1898, he went into
his fathers law firm.
Widow, Three Daughters Survive.
He was married in 1909 to Lucille
Sanderson of Texarkana Mrs. Shep-
pard, who survives him. lives at their
home, at 1914 Nineteenth street NV.
He also is survived by three daugh-
tiers, Mrs. Cornelius McGillicuddy,
jr., of Philadelphia. daughter-in-law
of Connie Mack, veteran Philadel-
phia baseball manager; Mrs. Rich
ard Arnold Of Texarkana, Tex, and
Mrs. Arthur Keyes, jr, a recent
bride.
After practicing law at Pittsburgh,
Tex, and at Texarkana, he was
elected to the Fifty-seventh Con-
gress in November, 1902, to fill the
unexpired term of his father in the
House. He served until 1913 as the
Representative of the 1St Texas
district. That year he was elected
Senator to succeed Joseph w. Bailey