The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1888-03-24

Of the House 10 let inns bh DC ulscnsseu atriy
D' Mr.. t;ott.N~To indefinitely postpone the bill
would not be a fair way OF dealing with the bill
TO The Democratic party Don't kill the bill while
the author is absent. Don't stab it in the back"
Mr. Smith thought the House unusually full.
Mr. Campbell Don't take snap Judgment; wait
until we have full House before we discuss the
The roll was called as to whether the previous
question should be put The quorum did not vote
and Mr., Fitzgerald demanded call OF the House
Mr. wikinson.--'I am willing to swear that mem
bers did not vote
Mr. Fitzgerald that the absent members be sum
moned. The call was sustained. and the sergeant
alarms dispatched in search OF the abSentees,
the House in the meantime being closed against the
departure or entrance OF any one. The sergeant re-
turned in twenty minutes, and the House resumed
Mr.. Ciott moved to make the third reading of the
bill the order of the day for Friday at p. m
Mr. Newberry opposed the day, because many
county members would be absent on that day.
Mr. Gott.-"If county members cannot stay here
for such an important measure me pl should not
trnmpled under foot. Let there be full house
present"
full House is here"
resented. and a committee are absent attending
Mr.. Laird thought the House full enough to discus
the bill.
opportunity TO study the features of the bill.
Mr.. smith wanted full discussion of the merits
of the bill.
Mr. Cox the author of the bill, did not approve of
the plan TO kill the bill without discussing it.
Mr.. Campbell said that spirit Of fairness had
been displayed throughout the session. and he
could see no reason why this bill should not be
similarly treated.
publica n from the sixth district wanted the bill,
and that it was being thrust upon that district
Mr.. Baker, of Anne Arundel, moved to lay the
motion to make the bill special order on the table,
The special order motion had taken precedence OF
Mr.. Websters motion to indefinitely postpone MI
Bakers motion was lost by the following vote.
Yeas-MesSrs Wilkinson, Graves. Cheston Bowie.
Baker of Anne Arundel 0wings Dodson, Stirling.
BTse TuTe sm
Harp, Koontz, Wooton, Cunningham, Benson,
BFodeTck Fuller G0rs1sh' Sicily F 81 carroll
Nays-Messrs. Speaker, Brice. Hatch, Cox Davis.
Percy. Caldwell, Moore Scaggs, Hall, Roe, Thomas,
Purnell, Mitchell. Bowman, Archer, Horsey, Fitz-
Cotton, ReiIIYi Shaeffer, joyce, Mcknight Nichols
Carr. McGarry. Clark, Linn, Mann, White, Parker
The third reading of the bill was then announced
as the special ord err for Friday ut p. The fate
of the bill is uncertain, and its friends not san
guine.
The following is from the Annapolis letter
of the Baltimore Herald of Thursday:
The sergeantat-arms was not the only one who
took hand in the hunt. Mr.. Eugene Higgins moved
up and down the corridors of the State House in
lively manner and wherever he caught a member
he promptly colared him and brought him TO his
place. City Councilman John f. Weyler and Mr.
John j. Mahon all of whom had come here for the
purpose of champoning the redistrieting cause had
not the slightest idea that they would be called upon
to labor for the cause in hunting up members.
some one carried the news to State Treasurer Arch
err and also to Comptroller Baughmah. Both of
these gentlemen left their offices and came up to the
House. but took no very active part IN the struggle
AeT rl .q tbe ebamber were opened and tie pro-
ceedings continued Mr. Archer secured seat IN
the Hartford county delegation, but appeared only
as a locker on. EX-Speaker Joseph Is. Seth occu-
pied a seat on the left of Speaker Upshur and his
well known parliamentary education stood him IN
good need while occasionally prompting Speaker
I1pshur DIR. Wells was seated among the delegates
from Anne Arundel, and his ferrc-like eyes seemed
to take in everything that transpired around him,
ant motions were offered. Mr.. Bernard Carter was
stationed in the rear of the seats occupied by the
city delegation. Scattered promiseuously among
among whom were J. Fred. C. Talbot, Messrs. Rasn
Higgins, Weyler, Mahon and Baughman.
Among the bills passed were to incorporate
the town of Hampstead, in Carroll county,
and the bill to make new district to be known
as Mt. Airy, No. ID, in Carroll county.
MARCH 22.-In the Senate, Mr. Bennett
introduced a bill to submit the question of
local option to New Windsor district, Carroll
county.
House bills making Labor Day, the first
Monday of September, legal holiday, ana
Decoration Day legal holiday, were both
passed. The Senate also passed the House
bills appropriating $1,000 year to the Pixies
vile Arsenal Home for Disabled Confeder-
ates. A number of bills were introduced,
among which were two new Western Mary
land Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
bills.
In the House leaves for bills were granted
authorizing the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal
Company to construct and operate railroad
tracks throughout the whole or part of
its length and enter into contract with the
Western Maryland Railroad for an outlet at
Baltimore; to use Baltimore and Ohio bonds
of the State for redeeming the treasury relief
loan; to reduce State taxes /! to cents; au-
thorizing the Maryland JOCKEY Club to issue
500, 900 bonds. Uniavorable report was
made on bills to abolish the compulsory fea-
ture of the Baltimore and Ohio Relief Assor
citation; to indorse the Blair educational
scheme in Congress. Senate bill was passed
to establish an additional court for Baltimore
city. The bill was passed to abolish stove
making in the penitentiary. The bill to es-
tabish an immigrant commission was passed.
The legal notice bill got through by consti-
tional majority
Among the bills reported iavorab!y and
read the first time were the bills to prohibit
the sale of liquor within two miles of Wesley
Chapel NJ. Z. Church, Freedom NJ. Z. Church
and Holy Trinity P. L. Church, Carroll Co.