The Washington times., 1912-05-14
TWO COMMITTEES
Of COMMERCE BODY
TO CLASH TONIGHT
Opposition to Report on Ex-
else Bill Likely to Cause
Hot Debate.

Two committees of the Chamber of
Commerce, those on municipal lesisla-
ton and on law and legislation, will
cross swords tonight at the May meet
ing of the organization over the pro-
posed new liquor law for the District.
The outcome is expected to be that a
the Chambers attitude toward Il is
concerned, will be postponed.
4 subcommittee OF the municipal legis-
lation committee, consisting Of Albert
Schulteis, p. T. Moran, and Sam Stein
berg. has framed a report and recon-
mendation to submit tonight, and will
ask the body to go on record as op-
posing the Jones' Works excise bill as
passed by the Senate.
A. Leftwich Sinclair, chairman Of the
other committee which has been in
vestigating the matter will oppose this
action and any action until his commit
tee shall have finished it's hearings and
investigations and is ready to report
Its findings.
Report to Be Brief.
Mr.. Schulteis. chairman Of the sub
committee, which is to make its report
tonight, said today that the report
would be very breif and to the point,
namely. that the committee recommends
that the bill as passed by the Senate
be not enacted into law
The reasons for this recommendation
are not embodied in the resolution and
Mr.. Schulteis declined to make them
public before the meeting tonight.
said, are very good and some very bad,
but he would not specify to what pro-
visions his qualifications had reference.
On the whole. he said. the committee
had concluded that II would be the
wisest course to let the present excise
laws Of the District stand unaltered.
He disclaimed knowledge until yester'
day of the fact that another committee
of the chamber had been investigating
the matter and said that had he known
| this to be the case his committee would
not have taken It up. The board OF
| directors at meeting some time age
tee, Mr.. Schulteis explained, and he fell
that the committee was therefore au
thorized to go ahead.
To Be Opposed.
The recommendation Of the Schul4eis
committee will be very vigorously op
posed, according to a statement of Mr.
Sinclair today. Mr. Sinclair takes tn,
position that since subcommittee o.
|
which he Is chairman, has been giving &
great deal OF time and study to tn,
liquor law problem, and has not ye
concluded it's Investigations. the chamb
er has not sufficient data upon which L
base judgment. and that no actor
whatever should be taken until suci
time as the facts are fully before It.
I'VE have heard the representative
Of the Anti-Saloon League and OF tn,
Retail Liquor Dealers Association" salt
| Mr. Sinclair today, but we still desir,
to hear the testimony Of the superln
tendent OF Police and of the Assessor
before we make up our report. l thinl
| this Is the most important matter will
which the Chamber has yet had to deal
and it would be a mistake to act hasti
ly."
Mr.. Sinclair praised the WORK Of TIL
Times in Clarifying the situation an
especially commended the editorial ol
the front page OF yesterdays Times.
Henry II. Classic is chairman of tn
subcommittee which has been investi
eating for the committee on law ant
| LEGISLATION.