Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-03-10
PROHIBITION KILLED
LOCAL OPTION ADOPTED
The Whole Big Liquor Question
Shelved for Remainder Of
This Session.
VOTE ON BILL 50 TO rs.
Anti-Saloon League Refuses to Take
Responsibility for Temperance
legislation Both Houses Ad-
iourn Till Monday Night.

JouTn iii MONDAY Night.
Prohibitlon was Enlcd ana local ots-
tion finally adopted FOR Maryland ana
the whole Dig liquor question shelXed
for the remainder Of this session Of
the General Assembly, the House
of Delegates III 1.30 this afternoon
passed its c1gH Statewide bill m lcee
option form as amended by The Senate
The vote OF the bill in the House or
anal passage was 81 10 rs. after the
House q short tinc before concurrc4
ln the newest amendment by vote OF
G6 20 3D. Both houses almost imme-
diately adjourned until next Monday
nicht at 0'e.ock.
The hnai passage OF the bill which
6fieCtually kills drastic Stste-wide pro
hihui9p ior az least two years, came
after there had occurred hitch be
wcen the House and Senate. which
mitch some Of the "drys We're afraic
might tie things up and endanger III,
work done by throwing ont the VII Re
local option plan. The vets iranlly
wanted this dome that they might re
ncw their fight for prof. ibition by call.
ing up tho still unaCte1 upon Anu-Sa-
on measure on the files 81 tho Senate
The additional amonGment which the
+ Senate put ON the measure last "A Chit
had so entirely met tie demands of
the real dIys in the House. and they
/ we're ready to refuse TO coneUr tuls
morning when the House met W tn The
question pending Warned OF this
(. danger, the Senate beat them 70 it,
/ by recalling the bill from The House
! This effort was fought unsuecessfUlly
/ by Smith, Of Anegany. and Nef lott,
I III prin ,.e rge's count IS
/ Tho bin WIS sent back to the senate
/ and the Serate rec0nsiderrd IS ueGd
! ment Of last night and then adopted
/ one offered b., Morris, ca Baltimore
I city, which absolutely limited manu-
lacture 10 the breweries on dlsu,leWes
/ actualv in operation i'm any now -'Yet
/ unit which might in he election 50
/ dry. The now amendment while al
lowing the continued manufacture ol
liquor in dry territory. limited lhis to
! The factories in operation whom he
/ unit went dry. Il also assured the
| Hon-shipment products ct hese IN.
| territory factories into dry Territory
/ The only diversion u the Sena'e'-
| consideration Of the blll today was
! motion by Senator Speicher. of Car
rett sponsor OF the Senate ORIGINAL
bill. TO postpone all action on The
| Rouse bill until next Wednesday at
noon This would have blocked inas
action until the Senate had taken up
/ as its special order ON nVlstay .ac
c. ste ball Speichor notion was
| lost by vote Of 10 TO s.
/ Those who supported Sprict~r. nov
ever. switched when it came 60 The
| final passage OF the bill, With he OK
ception Of Bennett. of Wicomico. Jov
Of Calvert, kaufman of FredeIich pal-|
| sons,of Somerset and Wariel4, 0i 'ar-
roll The bin was passed by 20 20 6
Prick, Of baltimore city, being eXcua-
ed from voting.
Norris. Of Baltimore city, who ne
very ably run the fight OF the "wets."
although one Ofthe youngest members
of the Senate, showed plainly today
that he was determined the gentle
/ mems agreement" made yesterday TO
play fair, shoUlde be carried out 70 the
letter and further let it be understood
tAtNtN AC AAHtAlNDNNt ~ kfeHG tAAN GiiA ttG
amended cr force upon the drys the
/ responsibility for its death
Some of the prohtbiuonists Gttempt-
ed to make capital OF the senate Nor
ris amnedn ent. charging ii was sim
ply designed TO force a disagreement
between the two houses and kill the
Whole bill
Smith, OF Allegary. after his first
effort 10 have the Senate request for
the return OF the bin rejected With
drew his motion and the bill was sent
back. In rapid succession then the
bill was e-considered, re-amended and
the bill rushed back to the House.
where but little time was lost in con
curing in the new amendemnt and
finally passing the bill.
That The Anti-Saloon League is go
ing to refuge TO take any responsible
~ for the temperance legislation Of
his session after it failed to force
through the Statewide proh.biJorv
Jaw, is indicated by the absence from
Annapolis today of DR. Hare, Of the
League, and J. Bibb Mills, the organ
s-vofscses- 1ncroi a Hvsecr