Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-03-15
THE DANKINS BILL PASSES.
LABOR EXCLUSION NOW UP TO
THE GOVERNOR
Senate Enjoys Acrimonious Debate
Over Method of Dealing With
tuberculosis Problem.
HOUSE REPEATS SCENE TODAY

The Dawkins labor exclusion bill
passed the Senate this afternoon by
vote of Il to II after a debate nearly
two bours in length, but which was
by long odds the most interesting dis.
cussion of tue session in the upper
house up to date Men who are fire.
quent takers made speeches better
than usual on the subejct, while sever
al Of those, ordinarily silent took the
iio0r aud evidenced the fact that they
can speak when occasion requires and
that their silence is ordinarily from
choice.
AIr. Linthicum. of Baltimore, offer
ed an amendment, which was voted
down. after which Mr.. France. of Ce
ell, attempted TO introduce an order,
which was ruled out, calling on the
Attorney General for an .opinion as to
the constitutionality of the measure.
Following this Mr. Perkins smoke
against the bill with more conviction
than he has yet brought to bear on
anything, yielding to Mr.. France and
Mr.. Baker, Iwho spoke in similar strain
and most effectively. Mr. Cor man.
Mr.. Lancaster, Mr.. Griffith and lastly
Mr.. Young. favored the measure.
several of the best speeches being
brought forth on explanations of votes
1t is not believed that the Governor
will veto this bill. but if he should do
50, the position of the Executive
would almost cerainly be sustained.
Prior TO the final disposition of the
Dawkins proposition, the Senate
wrangled for few minutes over n
bill which Mr. Perkins introduced and
which was yesterday made the special
order for today. Mr.. France was of
the opinion that amendments which
were voted down Yesterday had been
postponed for consideration until to.
day. After some discussion of this, in
which it was brought out that the bill
did not apply to Cecil Oouuty-the
point on whicL Mr.. France wanted to
be sure-the measure went on TO its
final passage.
The manner of dealing with the tu.
bsrculosis problem was "a pretext for
debate Mr.. linthicum moved that
the favorable report by the Finance
Committee, with amendments, on the
Moore bill, be made the order for
Monday night, which was voted
down, and a substitute that it be made
the special order for tomorrow at the
end of the first half hours session,
adopted.
The debate cn the original motion
developed into an acrimonious discuss.
ion of the merits Of the two bills. and
the influences behind each, MIR. Lin.
thicum referring pointedly to the nro
minent lobby which appeared for the
Moore proposition. Mr.. Brewington.
in reply, declared that if Mr. Linthi-
Gums remarks were intended to apply
to one of the eX-Governors of the
State, he desired to state that the
gentleman had appeared before the
committee at the committees request
He charged in his turn that a much
more persistent lobby, headed by Mr..
Linthicum himself had been unceas.
ing in its behalf of the Linthicum
hill. The entire discussion eventually
simmered down into arguments on the
relative merits of State and semi. State
institutions, but not until Mr.. German
had taken the floor with an indignant
denial that any person or persons had
had the slightest influence upon the
committee, whose course in the matter
he declared to have been above this
criticism, and which he characterized
as an insult.
Al 2.20 the Senate went into execu-
tive session on motion of Mr. Kirwin,
recessing after few minutes, during
which no nominations were confirmed
until tonight
The House was in session from 12 IN.
to 2. 80 p. IN bat very little business
was Transacted owing to the fact that
long controversy arose over the un-
favorable report of the Judiciary Com.
mittee ON bill regarding a bridge
crossing Kent Narrows. The contro-
yersy is an old one between Talbot
aud Queen Anne's counties aud comes
up every session. The bill was final
ly substituted for the unfavorable re.
port by combination of the Repu bill
cans. the two Independents from Queen
Anne's and Messrs. Lehmayer' aud
Bo1chtel. This resulted in a vote of
81 to 46 and the members having be.
come weary took recess to p. m.