Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1916-01-21
Annapolis Gleanings.

House of Delegates Gen. Murray Vandiver
received 81 votes as the nominee of his
party for reelection for State Treasurer.
The vote was short 10 in the total Demo-
cratic membership of the two Houses.
which is 70. and is 8 short of IS, the
majority vote of the two Houses necessary
to elect.
Wednesday, Gen. Vandiver was placed
in nomination in the Senate and House
on the side of the Democrats Henry A.
Osborne, Jr.. of Hartford county was nomi-
mated by the anti-Vandiver men. The
Republicans nominated Robert F. Duer.
No vote was taken upon the election of
a Treasurer because the House. having
decided upon the open ballot had to have
the concurrence of the Senate
The House by vote Of II to 20 voted
for an open vote on the election of State
Treasurer.
1t is likely that the Senate will concur
on the open ballot proposition. although
Attorney General Richie will be asked for
an opinion on the constitutionality of TAX
ing the vote in the open.
General Vandivers close friends fought
the open ballot proposition vigorously.
The Democrats who have declared they
would not vote for the reelection Of Gen.
Vandiver are absolutely firm in their atti-
tude and cannot be budged.
Both the Senate and House adjourned
until Ii O'Clock Thursday morning.
General Vandiver is opposed in the
Senate by Senator Archer. of Hartford
county, and Senator Jones. of Montgomery
county. and in the House by Messrs. Ty-
dings. of Hartford county, Brooke. Gardner
and Waters. Of Montgomery county. and
White and several others. of Baltimore
city.
Speaker Laird has announced his House
committees and has given our local dele
gates the following assignments:
Standardization. Internal Improve
ments, Corporations, Public Hygiene.
Waters-Expirine Laws. chairman Rail-
roads and Canals, Amendments to Const-
tuition of the State. Federal Relations,
neutrality-suspicious., Currency. Game and
Fish.
In the Senate Mr.. Jones has been as
signed to committees Service and
Election Reform. chairman; Finance. Cor
porations, Federal Relations, Pensions, San
itary Conditions Of State. Library. Public
Buildings at Annapolis. Article 8. Section
"a. Of the Constitution. Roads and High
ways.
The State wide prohibition forces, headed
by the Rev. DR.. Hare. came to the front in
the State Senate on Tuesday last with the
Anti-Saloon Leagues bill for drying up Of
Maryland. 1t was introduced by Senator
Speicher, of Garrett county.
The prohibition bill is not a constitu-
tional amendment. but provides for State
wide referendum on the subject of whether
the sale, manufacture for sale or trans
portation for sale" of all intoxicating drinks
for beverage purposes" shall be made IL
legal in the State. This referendum, ac-
cording to the provisions of the bill, must
be held at the general election in the State
next November, and If the verdict is for
prohibition, the law is to 90 into effect on
May /. 1918.
Under the provisions of the bill. if ap-
proved by the voters. it would be unlawful
to manufacture for sale. sell, purchase for
sale or dispense any form of liquid for
beverage purposes that would produce in
toxication. except where such liquid is to
be used for medical pharmaceutical.
scientific, sacramental or mechanical pur-
poses"
1t is provided that if the referendum is
against prohibition the laws on the sub
ject of liquor selling now in force would
continue just as they are, including the
gallon -month" law on the Eastern Shore
and the prohibition regulations in the vari-
Gus counties and districts. The prohibi-
tionists would, therefore, have all to gain
and nothing to lose by the referendum,
but DR.. Hare said he would be entirely
willing to have the bill amended so that
the referendum would make the whole
State wet or dry. on the theory that the
citizens of the present dry counties would
be more apt to vote dry If they saw any
danger of their own counties going wet
again.
No specific penalties for the violation
are provided in the bill. that being left to
the action of the subsequent Legislatures.
But until the Legislature shall act it is
provided that violation of the law shall
be punished in the same manner that SELL
ing without license is now punished,
and that any house where liquor is sold
shall be looked upon as a nuisance and
abated as such.
The hundreds Of Democratic office-seekers
who want to crowd under Governor Har-
rineton's plum tree are worried and anxious.
They are learning that the Goodnow Econo-
my and Efficiency Reform Commission pro-
poses to call the Governors attention to
some Offices Of his appointment which the
Commission considers as useless as those
sinecure jobs the Legislature has had to
cut out.
The submission by the Commission OF
budget plan. accompanied by a consti-
tutional amendment to put it into effect
probably will be followed by number Of
measures emanatins from that source,
Oficeholders and others, especially the
ofice-seekers, are very anxious to hear
what the Commission has to say about
useless Offices.
The Attorney General will draft practi-
cally all the bills designed to carry out
platform pledges of the Democratic party,
and is now at work on the measures. He
also will draft the bills to carry out the
recommendations Of the Goodnow Com
mission.