Show Bill YOTE a i- i Senate t k Gets III Into t Snarl a l Result o of Blunder o of Friend t tM of Measure M o S 7 K If Washington Dec 20 O.-A O. A A parliament ar ury Ary misplay b by one of ot It its friends lit lat litI I I today upset plans for tor an an vote voto on Senator Sheppards Sheppard's District o 0 Columbia prohibition bill and advocate V of t the measure were obliged to a afire agre i that hat It go 10 over O until after atter tho the Christas Christ as holidays for tOr final action 3 Tho The Senate agreed to a final vote ote o 01 OT n the Rhe measure on January Januar 9 9 after atter Its op r had been sustained b by tho the chat chali chatin in contending that It lost Its place o othe or orthe n the Senate calendar by the action o ol 01 Senator Ashurst In securing s consent to consider a land bill 1 1 Friends of or tho the prohibition bill have hav e admitted a fear tear that o ol 01 fh veto oto until after aCter tho the Christina re ro- f eggs would Uld Imperil Its chances o ol oj J pa passage The Tho prohibition bill to make male the cap cap- i Ual dr dry fell tell Into the tolls of ot a fill b buster stor when Senator Ashurst who wh favors avor It without Intention of ot imperiling im periling p a vote ote Rot got unanimous consent con con- sent nt for tor consideration of ot a n land bill bBl The opponents opponent of ot th the prohibition bill were quick to take tak Advantage advantage nd of ot the opportunity to conJ con con- J tend nd that It had been displaced beg borore bo- bo g fore rore the Senate and were supported by byA byla byr la r A ruling from the chair i r Senator Ashurst then sought to the land bill and did BO so soI I physically h b by stepping to tho the desk and putting the document In his pocket y r Senator Reed of ot Missouri Insisted that such a method of ot withdrawing ln bills was waR new ne In parliamentary roco- roco dure Jure i If It men arc are permitted to dispose of legislation b by physically applying arni methods and grabbing bills out Tout of or the po possession of or tho the Senate l said ald Senator Reed need le legislative e busl- busl tress nes then will tm resolve o Itself to grabbing grabl grab- grab l bing and running Under those circumstances clr- clr ances the man who can grab the mot most and run the fastest t would bethe bo be bothe the greatest statesman If It we are proceeding pro- pro under Marquis of ot Que Queensbury rules It Is Ume timo we wc knew It Wo We 0 ma may en e even descend to packing house houe rules which I understand permit using the thumbs and even cven the thc feline method of ot scratching with tho the finger nails Senator Ashurst declared he was not b by Mr Ur Ir Reeds Reed's attack The senator from Missouri ho he said i le Is incapable of ot carrying out here or elsewhere nn any threat he ho makes against lime me or against anyone els else He Is la fond Lot ot r a n joke against anyone else cIs' but When hen It Is on himself he dances aroun around like Uko a rat on a griddle rl dle trying to get getoff et oft off He declared that It If Senator teed were fair about the prohibition bill he would allow It to come to a 8 lU tote IS tote Tho The saloon lost out In Arizona and elsewhere f ho he continued b by such tactics as these It committed suicide when hen it spread the slime of ot politics like this on Itself It n Ill becomes the senator from Missouri to use uso technical ideas and motions against ls this bill As he concluded the Arizona senator walked slowly down the aisle waving the bill over his head and restored It it It to the clerks clerk's de desk k kf t f suf suf- The Tho Indians Indiana of ot Oklahoma may J fer cr but whisky will still rel reign n In the national capital said he I |