Show Vi WASHINGTON CITY II NEARS DRY COLUMN I tr 11 ITy X n l N News S Service to The rhe T l ram WAS WASHINGTON D. D C C. C. C Dec 8 Wil Wil William J liam J Jennings Bryans Bryan's de declaration for fora a prohibition plank i iI in the Democratic I platform in 1920 bore first fruit this afternoon when Democratic senators led by Sheppard o of Texas forced immediate immediate im im- mediate consideration of the bill to tomake tomake tomake make the District of Columbia dry There was almost no opposition to Sheppards Sheppard's motion to taka take up the measure The few wet senators Inthe in inthe inthe the chamber at the time sent on S O. O S. S calls to their colleagues who had hadnot hadnot hadnot not yet reached the the capitol capitol to aid them hem hemin in blocking a vote on the measure to to to- day |