Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-02-29
PROHIBITION FIGHT
ON THIS AFTERNOON
Financial Side of Proposition Not
to be Considered.
DELAY THE PASSAGE OF BILL.
Duvall's Bill to Construct in Part
$3.50 900 Military Road Between
Baltimore and Washington.


breaking delegation OF residents Of
anne Arundel and Prince Georges
counties, who came to urge the con
sTuction of the Military Road from
/ Annapolis TO Washington, the main in
| terest at the State House this morn
ing settled very quietly after the road
hearing was over, into a waiting game
for the outcome of the prohibition fight
/ which is booked for the limelight on
5oth sides Of the corridor at the Leg
islsture this afternoon.
Tho prohibition Eight will not come
to anything approaching a decision ne
ore late this afternoon aud may drar
ON we'll into the night. However
there was another slcirmish brought
about IN the House this morning sim
Tar % that which took place in the
Senate last night, when Senator Camp
bel ordered and got adopted q resolu-
tion to have The prohibition question
referred to The Finance Committee un-
der the ruling that it will affect the
finances OF the state.
The fight this morning was ever q
copy OF the Senate resolution which
vas offered by Delegate Mcintosh, or
Baltimore county After some de
nate. participated in by Delegates Nc
Intosh Metzefott and Ward the rcso-
tuition was defeated by a vote of sc
to 80
This result is what many persons
consider the first real test vote upon
a statewide question. Ii made the
'wets" look exceedingly dubious.
Along hte same line 1t is felt that al
though the Senate last night consent
to refer the question Of the fnan-
| ciai effect Of the passage Of a prohi-
bition bill 80 the Finance Committee.
when it comes time tc consider the
question in the upper branch this af-
ternoon. there viii be no delay in go
ing right 10 the mat upon the bill itself
II the tdrys" have votes enough TO
pas the prohibition bin they will not
allow the fact that the financial side
of the proposition has been referred to
the c0mulittee TO delay the passage OF
ne bill After that the "drys gay
the vets can investigate Just as long
aud go just as deep as they want 20.
Pricr TO the meeting of the House
and Senate. where every interest /,
ceutcred i'm the prohibition fight there
/ was he'd possibly the biggest commit
tee meeting Of this session. The FL
nance Committee met in the Sem t.
/ Chamber to accommodate the 800 mel
who came from Anne Arundel anc
/ Prince Georges counties to urge tho
/ passage OF Senator Duvalrs bill to ap-
I propriate $250000 for the construction
of a Military Road connecting Annap-
/ oils with WasbnEon via what is now
! known as the Old Stage Road.
The route proposed is that rejected
1 by the state Read Commission over o
| year ago aad over which q suit was
| brought against the Commission. IT
goes from Annapolis to the Prince
/ George county line by way OF Camp
Parole ant Chesterfield, and once
over the line touches B.adensbure be-
fore swinging on the Washington
Tho delegation which came advo-
eating the passage OF the bill fllcd t.
I oyerfowing the Senate Chamber
/ Clerk G. G. Magruder. OF the Court OF
| Appeals, q Prince George countian;
/ Dr.. Thomas Fell President OF St
Johns College. this city. Joseph c
1 Adison, a former member OF the House
/ Of Delegates from Prince George coAn-
\ tv. 7. Howerd Duckctt. OF PrinceGeorge
| county, Ridgely P. Melvin, former City
! Counselor OF Annapolis and counsel Dc
/ the Beard Of Coun>y Commissioners ol
Anne Arundel county. former state
Senator a. Theodore Brady. and Others
spoke in strong advocacy of the con
structioH OF the highway They took
+ lp the economic and the military pre-
/ paredness and,in fact.all phases of the
question and talked for two hours
Some little excitement was octas-
toned during the hearing by Frank
/ Carmcdy of Prince George county,uh ho
was suenUnusly opposed TO the con
struction OF the road over the route
proposerd So strenuous was bis OBJ
lection he time after time interrupted
/ and heckled the speakers He was
finally called severely to order by
+ Chairman Cooper, Of the committee
Another hearing before the Finance
! Committee this morning was tha upou
/ The subject Of the National Cuard OF
4 I}cers Of the Guard came to ask tina,
1 SIPS 600 be appropriated Tor new arm
/ ories and almory equipment and that
/ S1S3 GOO be appropriated for the main.
tainaucs OF the National Guard dur
sr,~s shn rsnvya ss7~ year