Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-14
B. Z 0. AGAIN IN SENATE.
LEE is OVERTHROW AND COR
MAN REGAINS LEADERSHIP.
Skirmish This Morning Over Minor
Point Reverses Last Weeks
Lineup-Lee Alone
With Repub-
Iicans.
LEGISLATIVE MATTERS
FORE BOTH HOUSES.


The Baltimore and Ohio railway
matter was again before the Senate TO.
day, aud Blair Lee who last week tenn.
porarily overhtrew young Arthur Cor.
man as leader of that body, today was
himself overthrown, and his position
overwhelmingly voted down, no Dem
ocrat standing with him. The old,
old B. g. o. story got before the Sen.
ate, late in the session, by the intro
duction of an order, by Mr.. German
providing for a confere nee committee
on the part of the Senate finance and
the House ways and means commit.
tees, to get together on some plan of
procedure against this corporation
Mr.. Lee opposed the order. claiming
that it meant delay After long
aud heated debate, the proposition,
amended so as To include the judiciary
committees of both houses. also the
President and Speaker. and providing
for "a report not later than Friday was
adopted II to 3.
German showed by today's develop.
ments that he las some of the uualifi.
cation of leader; he has learned eau
tion, aud when Mr., Linthicum offered
him the olive branch, in the shape of
the amendment just mentioned, in
effect. adopting Perkins resolution,
offered week ago, that all b. q o.
matters be submitted TO joint COM
mittee of Judiciary and finance COM
mittees, he was shrewd enough to see
that such an amendment took away
from Lee the back bone of his Demo-
cratic support, and had no objections
TO offer. The Bourbon in the Mont
gomery man stuck ont on the con-
trary, he saw the signs, but went
down with his ship, every sail set and
colors flying.
The debate was warm: Mr.. Cor.
man dug tha Montgomery man pretty
hard several times, and showed up in
clear light Inconsistencies in line of
reasoning, which one day supports a
proposition because OF the avoidance of
delay, thereby TO be secured, and the
next opposed an almost precisely simi-
lar plan for the samo reason.
Mr. Brewington, called attention,
in powerful speech to the fact that
Mr.. Lee had divided the Senate into
two hard and fast divisions the Sen.
ators who favor two years investi-
CATION, and those who favor a thirty
days investigation. Mr. Brewington
said that it was true that he had
originally favored "a long. time COM
mittee because he believed that it was
long time proposition, one which
might be hindered and hampered in
every way by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad Since the report of Presi.
dent Murray, however, he has changed
his mind. "President Murray admits
every charge we have made against his
COZ poration, he said, land it is all
plain sailing
Mr.. Lee did NOT agree with this
view, and considers the Senate far
from out of the woods.
One thing which contributed as
largely to Mr.. Lees overthrow as
anything else, probably was the fact
that he is beginning to be recognized
as free lance in the matter who be.
longs with neither side; he favors nC
committee at all, but would have the
two houses deal direct with this great
corporation, an entirely imp acticable
| and non n-sensical proposition. as much
so indeed, as would be a plan to trans
act legislative business without any
committees at all, which in effect, il
what he seems to favor.
Mr.. Lee spoke in favor of a bill last
night introduced by Mr.. Perkins, oi
Baltimore city, which names the com
mittee of three lawyers, Hayes, Put
zsl and France. also the committee OIL
the part of the House and Senate
Lee himself and German on the par
| of the Senate, and Fentop, Ray, Mur
ply aud others en- the part of thI
| House. 1t is understood that the Re
publicaus favor this Ilan, aud tina
they may succeed in passing it through
| the House, which will pnt it up Il
the Senate, where its fate is profile
matical. The Senate session thi
morning was long and otherwise de
void of interest AT ? o. clock the bodl
went into executive session to con
slider appointments by the Governor
The House held lcng session ant
| transacted a large amount of impor
| tant routine business with very littl,
/ discussion, except over BatlimuTi
| city bill, where there was a line -ul
of the two parties and the Republican
| were defeated by vote of 80 TO 46
one Republican, MIR. Dorton, votinI
with the Democrats. The bill was 81
amendment to the city charter, ant
| provided that the harbor engineer ant
| the wator engineer should no longe
be members Of their boards, ex officio
| The bill was favoTably reported by
| majority of the city delegation, which
is Republican, and the Democratic
members of the city delegation Will
Mr.. Dorton, filed a minority repor
against the bill The minority repor
was adopted, as above stated, by {
| party vote, Mr.. Dorton voting witt
| the majority.
After some discussion the HOUSE
adopted the joint resolution which
came over from the Senate to provide
for joint meeting of several Senate
| and House committees to consider the
various resolutions Ia regard TO the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
| The matter was considered strictly
partisan aud the vote was partisan
with one or two exceptions, Mr.. Muir
dock, Of Anne Arundel. voting witt
| the Democrats.
At p. M. the House adjourned (
noon Thursday.