Field Notebook: California, Oregon, Washington, Texas, British Columbia 1926, 1927
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isiana—Tuesday, fair, cooler in- portion; Wednesday, fair. ansas—Tuesday, fair, somewhat r; Wednesday, fair. t Texas—Tuesday, fair, cooler in east portion; Wednesday, fair. CE FIVE CENTS PER COPY SELF POISON BOOZE FIGHT RAGES IN CONGRESS Personal Observance of Dry Law by Members Under Attack in Talks Washington, Jan. 3 (AP).—The con- troversy over deaths during the holi- day season from drinking poisoned alcohol reached both the senate and house floors Monday as soon as con- gress reconvened. At both ends of the capitol the personal conduct of members in the observance of the dry law was questioned, and before sunset the discussion had reached the treasury, where both Secretary Mel- lon and Lincoln C. Andrews, the pro- hibition enforcement chief, issued statements. Caustic Speeches Made. While Representative Celler, Demo- crat of New York, was accusing his colleagues in the house of “drinking to excess,” Senator Edwards, Demo- crat of New Jersey, in a lengthy speech in the senate was condemning the “hypocrisy of some representa- tives of the people who vote dry and drink wet.”