Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-03-08
LONG LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
Senate Wrangles-House Trans
acts Business In Sleepy Way.

The Senate held session nearly
three hours long this morning, in
which it transacted a large amount of
routine business, but in which it
also wasted great part OF this time
in practically useless debates re.
cess was taken at 2. 10 until So'clock
! tonight.
Mr.. Moore moved, shortly after the
beginning OF the session that the
vote by which a bill effectiLg Balti-
more county very materially. and
which in his absence had been taken
from the Committee On Corporations
and referred to the judiciary Com
mittee (of which Mr. Biddison, of
Baltimore county, is chairman, be
reconsidered. presumably that il
might be returned to his Mr. Moore's)
committee, corporations After q
very mucl involved debate, during
which all the merits ard demerits of
the measure, "a railroad bill chang.
ing the existing laws in Baltimore
county to some extent) were brought
out. the motion was lost, and Ithe ref
erence to the Judiciary Committee
allowed to stand Mr. BiddisoD made
very eloquent speech at the close of
the debate, so much so iu fact, that
Mr.. Lee, Of Montgomery, floppped
from the position of the other side,
after having spoken that way.
Mr.. Beaseman' hill TO allow con.
stables or officers in pursuit of a man
to go after him in any county of the
State or into Baltimore city, was an,
other excuse for long debate Mr..
Linthicum objeoted stIenuously to
this measure and wanted Baltimore
exempted. AS Baltimore was the
very point which it was desired to
reach in the measure, this amendment
was naturally contested, and eventually
voted down. Mr. Biddison. at the
close of this debate, again waxed
eloquent Something was said to the
effect that slot machines existed in
Baltimore county. Mr. Biddison de.
clared that ha favored the bill partic.
ularly because Baltimore police arrest
men in Baltimore county or in any
other county, and he wanted the coun.
ty officials to have like privilege.
He declared that Baltimore county is
far away and the finest place in
the State, il has the best roads, the
best schools, the best people and the
best land of any section, he said, aud
he defied anyone TO find slot machine
anyhere in Baltimore county. 1t was
suggested that Baltimore county also
but Mr. Biddison treated this remark
as irrelavent and scorned the man
who made it.
The two-cent mileage book bill was
the next and last excuse for a wrangle,
Mr.. Greenwell, of St Mary's, offered
an amendment that exempted little
line or railway in St. Mary's from
the provisions of the bill A substi-
tute amendment, exempting all roads
in this State whose gross passenger
earning are less than 50, 600 annually,
from the operations of the Act was
finally adopted Mr.. Clagett spoke in
his usual forceful eloquent way in
favor of the uoor little Washington,
Chesapeake and Potomac railway, on
which he said one man was brakeman,
fireman, conductor, general passenger
agent and everything else except
owner. Mr.. Lee suggested passing
the bill as originally drwan and sub.
sidizing the st. Mary's road. Almost
every man in the Senate spoke on this
question before it was finally gotten
out of the way. The bill went on to
its third reading.
The Dawkins labor exclusion bill
for Baltimore city was reported favor
ably with amendments, which provide
that list of registered voters must
be exhausted before the city goes out
side for laborers ON its improvements,
and that the Mayor and City Council
Of Baltimore shall first approve the
law before it ashall take effect The
matter went over until Tuesday. 1t
| is probable that the amendments will
be fought ON the floor, since the com
mittee's action was not unanimous,
and possible that the bill may be pass.
ed observation-disclosures at ALL
Colonel Gadd introduced bill in
/ the Senate to reimburse John~ Franz.
Jr., for the destruction by the State
| Game Warden of Lis pound nets,
which the bill values at $1l.7S
In the House Mr.. Duvall introduced
the following billss(b request):
To amend the revenue laws so as to
reduce ameunt Of tax exemptions from
| $500 to 800.
To amend the game laws of Anne
| Arundel county.
| To encourage the killing of hawks.
| The session of the House was long,
dull and generally Eninteresting. The
debates we're lifeless. the members
seemed sleepy and listless, and the
matters of business transacted were
of a very little general interest.
The State House was crowded today
with delegations from severy section OF
Maryland. As the hearings by the
comittees will end next week people
who desire TO get appropriations for
institutions, ETC., are rushing to An.
| napolis in order to be on time
| During the latter part of the morn.
ing session Mr.. Roberts, of Prince
Georges county acted as Speaker pre-
TEN. The House became involved in
p parliamentary tangle and Mr.. God
7 win appealed from the decision of the
chair. After some further discussion
the appeal was laid on the table by q