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TO VOTE ON PROHIBITION
in NOVEMBER
Baltimore And Several Counties Of
The State Are Compelled to De-
eide on Question in November.

State House, Annapolis, March 10
Baltimore must vote on the queS'
tion at the November election wheth.
er saloons shall or shall not exist.
( Other communities which must
vote at the same time as Baltimore
upon the same proposition are:
Allegany county.
Baltimore county.
| Frederick county.
Washington county.
Prince Georges county.
First and Third precincts OF the
Fifth election district of Anne Arun-
del county.
City of Annapolis.
Ellicott City.
Havre de Grace.
1t is not optional. 1t Is compul-
sorry that the qualified voters in these
several political divisions shall de-
eide by a majority vote at the general
election in November next whether
the saloon shall remain or whether
it shall be eliminated.
1t is up to the people of Baltimore
and of the several political units
mentioned to decide the pressing
question for themselves. 1t is a
broad home-rule principle.
By vote of 80 to Is the House
of Delegates today recorded this tri-
umph for democracy.
The vote was as follows:
For Home Rule-Speaker Laird,
Messrs. Hopkins, Linthicum, Solley,
Brazier, Bryant, Given. Mcintosh,
Reich, Weilbrenner, Posey, Mitchell,
Dobson, McCord, Horner, Nelson.
Byrn, Brohawn, Anderson, Bouchelle.
James, Baldertin, Fisher, of Prince
Georges; Metzerott, Blanford, Dud-
ley, Stevens, Layton. Armbrow, Cord
dry, Delaplaine. Molesworth, Tydings,
Baker, Wright, Jackson, Fooks, An
tonic, Curry, Distler, Duke. Nc
Loughlin. Prinz. Degenhard, Hall,
| Kelly, Lee, McCusker, Wilkinson,
Ambach, Dempsey, Luthardt, Nc
Donough, Shriver, White, Allen, Bur-
ton. Fox, of Baltimore city; Griebel,
! League, Peterson, Corbett, Keedy,
stouffer, Strife, Brooks, Gardiner,
Brown, Fisher. of Allegany; Green,
Herpich, Keppert, Wooden. Hobbs,
Halloway, Ward, of Wicomico; Fox,
of Garrett; Hayden and Shartzer.
Those who believed that the DEM
ocratic idea would be best expressed
{ by a Statewide vote as provided by
the original bill were Messrs. Buck
ler, George L. Cox, Jones, Sewall Mil
bourne, kefauver, Rice, Ward, of
Hartford; Tenney, Campbell, Smith,
Ely, Leatherwood, Long and Shock
ley.
Neither the winners nor the los
ers got all they wanted. That fact
was admitted in the debate today.
AT the same time an opportunity is
afforded by the bill, finally agreed
upon, for the qualified voters of the
several wet" counties ano centers to
get under the umbrella and get
dry" 1t was this voting privilege,
which was far in the background,
that made DR.. Hare, the superinten-
dent of The A2ti saip 81 Lo..su ue, 81 {
up and take notice. He could not af-
ford to deny to the several political
units the Democratic principle of
home rule.
But he will come back again. He
will re-agitate the question two years
hence. Then he will bring forward
a bill submitting to the people a
prohibiting amendment to the Con-
stitution. DR.. Hare said today that
he will use his best efforts to come
back with his original proposition to
make the whole State dry.
The bill will be submitted to Gov
ernor Harrington next week for his
signature, and he will sign it.
AS the Senate had returned the bill
to the House, there were only two
ways in which the remedy could be
applied, one being by sending the bill
to conference, which would have car
ried 1t over, and the other by recall
ing the measure, reconsidering the
action taken, and then substituting
the new amendment. The last was
the method adopted, but the situa-
tion was at all times precarious.
Senators Shepherd and Norris start
ed the negotiations with the leaders
on the other side after having ex-
planned their movements to the sena-
tors.
The new amendment was careful
ly scrutinized and passed around ,and
it was not until Senator Norris felt
sure of his ground that he pulled the
strings in the Senate and let things
take their course. But while the
measure was moving along it struck
a snag here and there.
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House and reconsidered, Senator
Speicher sought delay by having it
postponed until Wednesday, but this
, was defeated by Is to 9, and the ir-
reconcilables failed in their last at
! tempt to stem passage. The amend
ment was then adopted, and the bill
passed by the same vote it received
last night-2O to 6.
1t was then returned to the House,
where the amendment came under
fire. Smith, of Allegany, tried Spei-
| cher's game to secure postpone
| ment, but was overwhelmingly de-
feated. Then came the vote, and by
sc to 81 the amendment was adop-
ted. The bill was then repassed, 80
to Is, Smith making another extern
ded speech on the evils of intemper-
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