The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-27

rott and Van Horn, OF Prince
Georges; Stevens, of Queen Anne's;
Buckler 90. Ia. of st. Mary's; Nelson
and Mllbourne, of Somerset; Seweii.
Of Talbot; Ward and Baker. of Hart
ford; Shockley, of Wicomico; Atweil.
OF Anne Arundel
while there was no opportunity
to take q record vote in the Senate,
the fight there WAS fierce enough to
enable us to pay just tribute of APP
probation to the loyalty Of our
friends. Here is the list OF those
who would have voted for Statewide
prohibition through thick and thin
and who wavered at no lime in their
support of the Statewide bill: Allen.
Of Baltimore County: JOY. of Calvert;
Warfield. of Carroll; Williams, of
Cecil: Shepherd. of Dorchester: Kauff-
man, Of Frederick; Speicher. of Gar
rett; Brow :, of Kent: Legg, of Queen
Anne's: Parsons, of Somerset; Collier,
of Talbot; Romberger, Of Washing
ton Bennett. of Wicomico; Harrison, of
Worcester. So. at all times we had a
sufficient number of friends in the
Senate to pass the Statewide bill. The
emasculation of the bin is chargeable
to the House of Delegates. and there
the infany must rest. Among our
loyal supporters in the Senate those
Allen, Warfeld. williams. sr Kaufman,
Speicher, Legg. Bombergcr. Bennett
and Harrison. Special mention-should
he made of Senators Allen, Warfield,
SpeiChcr Legg and Bennett. They bore
the brunt of the contest and upon
them rested the strenuous task of
keeping the bill before the Senate
and forcing the issue from the start
While the temperance forces are
by no means satisfied with the re-
suits obtained. il is really laugha BILE
To think that those who especially
represent the liquor interests fell
over themselves in order to vote for
the Smith Harrington Mcintosh bin.
This Is rather a stronger bill than
was defeated so hllariously by the
same forces at the legislative session
Of 1912. 1t is a distinct gain for the
cause of temperance The bill will
be used with terrific effect in the
territory already wet, but will not
be used to stave off Statewide vote
in the Immediate future The tenn
perance people of the State of Mary
land have their minds fixed. have
their eyes set on but one goal--and
that is Statewide prohibition. Like
Grant in the Wilderness we viii
carry on the fight along this line il
ii takes two years.
win Hold Campaigns.
"Plans were Immediately put un-.
der way for the campaigns i'm ;he
vet territory In the State, Intensive
organization will he made in all the
wet units. Campaign literature is
already under eparattsn The mu-
nittons are being manufactured.
Batteries are wheeling into line. The
fire will open upon the enemy's
trenches Immediately, and the bonn
hardment Will not cease until No
vem Der T.
ut goes without saying that the
Anti-Saipon League would have pre-
ferred the vote by two units rather
than by the method finally forced
npon It, Baltimore city being one or
the units and the counties the other,
but even that concession would not
have hecn granted, as Baltimore
County's Democracy had to be pla-
Gated as well as the Democracy OF
Baltimore city.
While the temperance forces did
not secure what they were seeking
and while the bin which has been
passed is absolutely unsatisfa Glory.
IT is nevertheless a distinct gain, es-
pecially when passed by members of
the Legislature, who, in a peculiar
way are the representatives of the
wet interests It does not require a
person of prophetic vision to under
stand that when the liquor traffic ia
in such straits as to he compelled to
accede TO the passage OF such lesis-
lation as the Harrington Nc
Intosh local option law Statewide
prohibition is not far off.