The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1896-01-24

vote of the Senator from Somerset
from Goldsborough to Wellington,
gave the hon Duke the bare majority
he needed. The stampede followed,
change after change followed until
WelIington's vote reached So, when
amidst glow of genuine enthusiasm
the nomination was made unanimous
The friends of temperance, who with
c0mmendable zeal, never neglect an
opportunity to further their cause.
have never allowed session of the
LEGISLATURE to pass without earnest eff
forts to compass as much temperance
legislation as possible. This session it
has suffered with all other forms OF legls
lation by the MISUNDERSTANDING Sen
atorial question, but the first blow for
the cause was made by the Senator
from your county, who on Monday,
presented petition from Ephralm
Stoner, w. r. Sargent, Emmanuel
Rrandenburg. and others, for the
passage Of the State Temperance Al
lance local veto bill. The petition
ers are citizens of townsville district,
No. II. If it become law, this meas
ure would require that licenses to sell
liquor in any ward, district, &c, must
be suspended for five years, if a ma
inrity of the citizens of such section
should sign a petition against license,
the prohibition of liquor selling thus
secured, to continue after the term un-
til a majority shall petition in favor of
license. A proviso of the bill is, that
apothetaries may sell for sacramental,
medicinal, or mechanical purposes.
The bill introduced by Mr.. Markell
OF Frederick, repeating the Eastern
Shore Senatorial law, it is thought will
have difficult time in securing pass
age The existence of the law has so
much embarrassed the present leglsla-
ture in it's selection of a United States
Senator, that such bill was not IN
looked for, and its advent at this early
stage of the proceedings has occasloned
10 surprise. Mr.. Markell, who has
steadily voted Tor an Eastern Shore
man, Senator Westscott, of Kent,
though believing the provisions of the
bill should apply at the present time,
thinks its day is over, and that it
should cease to exist az a law. But
even though the House should pass
favorably upon this bill, there is but
little doubt that the Senate would
cause its defeat. OF course EASTERN
men, Democrats anu Republicans, will
unite in opposition to the bill in both
bodies While the House delegation
from Frederick have been in the re-
ceipt of kilograms commencing that
course in supporting Wellington.
signed by prominent citizens of Fred
erick, Senator Norwood on the other
hand has received dispatches approx
ing his course in not ignoring the East
ern Shore law.
Senator Norwood voted consistently
for RtNert b. Dixon up 10 the seventh
ballot, though as Mr.. Dixon did not
have the support of his own county he
never had the ghost of Il chance. He
then changed to GoldsborOugh. Messrs.
RouZer, Crum, Wood and Miller We're
Wellington men clear through the
contest from start to finish. Mr.. Mar
kell voting for Westcott, because firmly
believing in the constitutionalty of
the Eastern Shore law.
A bill was introduced by Senator
Norwood on Thursday to amend the
charter of Middletown, Frederick
County; to amend local laws of Fred
erick County; to reduce t. number
of justices of the peace III district No.
2 from five to three; to make these
three justices police justices; to reduce
amount paid as salary to police JUS
tices and pay each of the three $3.50
Delegate Wood obtained leave t. m
troduce a bill to relieve the Loution
and Frederick Bridge Company from
the payment of taxes On Tuesday
Senator Norwood introduced oil to
require the Frederick County Com
missioners to pay to Middletown pro-
portion:of the franchise tax paid by saw
ings banks and other corporations N
that town. Also to sanction b quests
of Mrs. l.. E. Gray and Mrs. Am
Claggett t. ST. Marks parish, Freder-
lex County. X.