Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-23
NEW ANTI-CIGARETTE BILL, IN
HIS ABSENCE, APPEARS
IN SENATE, SPON-
SORED BY
LEE.
NOT so RADICAL--PROBABLY
NOT so EFFECTIVE.
PERHAPS WILL
PASS.
GENTLEMAN FROM CAROLINE
SHOULD SEE LOBBY
FIRST.
METHODS USED TO DEFEAT
HIM.

DIR. W. w. Goldsborough, the Sen
ator from Caroline, is a hard man to
kill and fighter after anyone's heart.
His anti-cigarette bill, almost his one
thought siuce the opening Of this
session, and to pass which he certain
ly put up superb fight, was killed
yesterday by close vote in the House.
but this morning bright and carly.
aud even himself away, he bobed up
again serenely with a new measure.
modelled this time after the Tennessee
law, which Mr. Blair Lee. Of Mont.
gomery, introduced for him.
The new bill is radically different
from the old one, in that il does not
interfere with the manufacture Of Gig
arettes in Mary land, and on that ac.
count, and also because ii undoubteLs-
ly will be less effective than the other,
it has a much better chance of pas.
sage. The salient section of the Lee
bill reads as follows:
Section 326--A. That il shall be a
misdemeanor for any person, firm or
corporation, to sell, offer to sell or TO
bring into the State for the purpose
of selling, giving away or otherwise
disposng of any cigarettes cigarette
paper or substitute for the same Any
preson who shall violate this section
shall be guilty of misdemeanor, upcn
conviction shall, for the first oifense,
pay "a fine of not less than $50 and
costs of prosecution, and stand oonl-
mitted to the county Jail until such
costs are paid, and for the second aud
each subsequent o.fense, he shall pay,
upon conviction thereof, fine of not
less than 500 nor more than $500, aid
the costs of prosecution, or be iIl-
prisoned in the county Jail not to eS-
ceed six months.
The corresponding section Of the
old bill read as follows:
Section 326-A That il shall he
unlawful for any person. by himself,
clerk, servant, employee or agent, di.
reotly or indirectly, upon any pretense
or any advice, to manufacture, sell,
exchange, barter, dispose Of or give
away, or keep for sale, any cigarette,
cigarette paper or cigarette papers, or
any paper made or prepared for the
purpose of being filed with tobacco
for smoking; and any person vino
shall violate this section shall be
guilty of a misdemeano, and upon
conviction shall, for the first offense.
pay fine not less that $25, nor maJe
than $50 and cost of prosecution, and
stand committed to the county Jail
until such costs are paid, and for the
second and each subsequent offense.
he shall pay, upon conviction thereof,
a fine not less than 500 nor more than
$500, and the costs of prosecution, or
be imprisoned in the county Jail not
to exceed six months; provided, that
the provisions hereof shall not apply
to sales of jobbers doing an interstate
business with customers outside of
the State.
The result of the fight over the anti
bill in the House yesterday
and its killing, without its friends
having even been given an opportunity
to speak in its behalf, is attracting
wide spread attention. and rates far
higher in Importance than would ordi-
narily the mere killing of this single
bill, nd for this reason IL is generally
believed and is common talk around
the StateH ouse that the vote yesgeT-
day afternoon was "a braZen sell out
and one of the worst which has taken
place here in years. Its signicfiano G
lies in the fact that il there is any FIRE
beneath all this smoke, that any
crooked legislation may be passed in