Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-04-03
FINAL DASH
OF LEGISLATURE
The Usual Final Rush in Closing
Hours Of Maryland General
Assembly.
BALTIMORE SORE
Over Defeat of Annexation Bill
ClOgged the Wheeles Of Legislative
Machinery for Weeks Plans
Abandoned.


Fighting stubbornly in open session.
working strenuously in framing diplo-
matte alliances of defense and oaense
to get their own pet local measures
out of committee or of the 6ies end
through the mill, while particula .ly. at
the same time in the general run Of
fights upon the remaining bigger leg
islation. the legislators OF Marylam4
are today in the usual final rash to get
done their ninety days work.
Sixty days passed without thought
Of this, and. as is perfectly usu3' the
lam has come in the closing hours.
d difference this year, however is that
there is not Sc great . mass of legisla-
tion as there is of legisislation of more
than usual Importance the fights owe
which are delaying matters-and viii
delay them up until the last hour Of
the session whwich wiz take place
some time early tomorrow morning
Fortunately, however. the majority
of the most important legislation is in
q fair way for final passage There
will be skirmishes and bickerings in
both House and Senate throughout the
day over some of these measures and
during these parliamentary battles the
nerve strung and tired lawmakers are
engaging in very stiff ana, at times
almost personal passages at arms.
Sore clear through over the defeat
of their annexation plan and the at
tack made last night by county mem
bers upon the Park Board bill. the
city members in both hrancI as are in
an especially unpleasant frame Of
mind Retaliatory attacks of savage
na.ur are 10 /" expected sua.sht
through the remaining hours in which
the city members will stand soliily to-
gether to pay of the grudges they
hold. By Tn ese combinations some few
pet bits of straignly local county leg
islation will probably lie arlden
deaths before adjournment
In the general scramble even Gov
ernor Harrington threw OF Ais reserve
and, becoming informal. came TO The
first floor of the State House 20 sigfr
a BILL Discovering that he held Q bill
which would automatically die unless
signed today he brought it to the Of
iice Of President CampbeH,of the Sen
ate. and Speaker Laird was sent for to
attach his signature along with the
others and thus save the life OF the
measure.
Special orders" for extra compen-
sation" are in sad condition such as
they have never faced before The
final day is the time these bits OF
ance ana are sent scWrying through to
the amount of thousands of dollars
Speaker Laird. OF the House. with
Chairman Bryant. of The Ways and
Means Committee. this morning secur-
ed from Attorney General Ritchie
written opinion declaring all orders
fcr extra compensation unconstit.-
tional A copy Of Il is opinion was
also given 20 Chairman Cooper. Of the
Finance Committee. and armed with
it. the financial officers OF the two
branches are determined 20 kill every
order referred to them
Then too. there is another depart
ment Of the assembly which is practi-
ularly busy today This is the corps
Of snake hunters" headed by Attor-
ney General Ritchie with Insurance
Commissioner w Mason Sheenan, as
assistant Every bill that can be ex-
amined 'luring the final rusn viii be
looked into 10 ascertain that no new
subject matter Of a inakey" nature
has been inserted,and that nothing has
been done to the measure which will
ieopardize its chance IN the courts OF
the State later on.
Annexation is dead. and all nance
of its being thrown into the legislative
! mill to clog the wheels IN such man
neT as 10 finally choke OF all other
legislation was passed this mcrning
Chairman Hall. CT the l,ouee Judiciary
Committee. had planned bringing out
of the Judiciary Committee his annex
alton measure, but was served witt
notice by Lee. OF Baltimore city. that
the Field-Furst bill wonld imnediate.
/ ~ be offered an amendment
1 To open up such fight at this time
would surely be the death knell Of all
I legislation. Therefore. me plan mas
been abandoned ard there win be nc
/ annexation legislation
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| Mr.. Fowler Badly Burned