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Show HOUSE MEMBER PROMIGES EVI- DENCE ON ACCUSATIONS AGAINST OFFICIALS , ' " ' i " .' Democratlo Solon Sayt He Vfas Seen Some of Our Prominent Men Raising "Devilish Bottle" to Lips j WtiBhlngton. The spotlight of boot-leKKing boot-leKKing rumors and charges which has been hoverlns over Wnshinton hud shifted back to the cnpltol Wednesday Wed-nesday with the declaration by Hep-rcsontative Hep-rcsontative Upshaw of Georgia on the floor of. the Iioubo that "bootleggers ply their devilish trade among too many public men In Washington." With opportunity for reply by house members to Representative Upshaw's speech, in which he declared lie would turn over to enforcement authorities au-thorities nil evidence placed In his hands of liquor drinkink by government govern-ment officials, Including members of the senate and house, cut off by adjournment ad-journment Immediately after he concluded con-cluded Tuesday, this was the next development expected Wednesday. Outside of the membership of the senate and house, Representative Up-shaw Up-shaw declared, he had seen "some of the highest officials In Washington lifting the devilish bottle to their lips." In ths evldonee he was preparing to turn In he slid" ho would include the name of a "high official" (not a diplomat) who returned from abroad some time ago with more than a score of casts of foreign liquor marked "diplomatic." ' |