Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-11
BILL OF
MARYL AND
Every wet" Spot in State
to Vote on Prohibition
This Fall
AGREEMENT REACHED

AGREEMENT REACHED
| Amendment Protecting Dislilleries
and Breweries Changed to Prevent
New Ones
| Annapolis. March 1l.--Advised by
Governor Harrington and others IN
terested in disposing of the Prohlbl-
ton bill, the leaders in the fight over
that measure reached an agreement
Yesterday morning upon an amend
ment to allow distilleries and brew
cries in sections now wet to contln-
ue business if the sections go dry"
The bill then was passed by vote
T., of 20 TO 6 in the Senate, and 81 to ID
in the House. 1t now goes to Gov
| ernor Harrington, who will sign 1t.
| The bill. of course. is as amended un
/ der the Mcintosh plan for a separate
vote
The amendment agreed upon yes
terdav morning provides that distili-
! cries and brewerics in sections now
wet" may continue in business it.
the sections go dry" but shall sell
| only in wet territory. But, if any
| of the 'wet" sections go dry" no
new distillcries or breweries shall be
started therein.
This amendment differs from the
! Norris amendment, which the Senate
adopted last night, in the latter re-
spect. Under the Norris amendment,
! it was contcnded by Mr.. MetZerott,
! of Prince Georges, the new distiller-
| ies could be started in sections which
had gone dry Mr.. Mctzerott wna
particularly interested in the point
| because. it is said, he feared that II
! Washington goes dry" the distIller-
les and brcweries located there might
come out to Prince Georges county,
even though that country votes dry
| in the coming referendum. He. there
! fore. insisted that the privilege Of
manufacturing liquor III dry" ter
ritory be limited to such concerns as
may be in business when the treri-
tory changes from ''wet' to dry"
Mr.. Metzerott's objection and those
of his supporters in the House were
the cause of the failure Of the House
to pass the bill Thursday night in
the form in which it passed the Sem
ate. They made the bill the special
order for yesterday to have time to
! thrash the matter out. When the
; agreement was reached upon the
amendment, it was decided to have
the Senate recall the bill from the
House. reconsider the vote by which
it was passed, put it back upon its
third reading, strike out the Norris
amendment and substitute the amend
ment agreed upon, known as the Nor
ris- Metzcrott amendment, and pass
the bill again. The program was car
ried through without hitch.
Immediately afterward the Senate
sent the bill back to the House. The
Norris -NIetzerott amendment was ad.
opted there after Mr.. Bryant, the
Democratic floor leader, in strong
and skillful speech, had prevailed
upon Mr.. Smith, of AIlegany, to
withdraw motion which he had
made to make the bill the special
order for Tuesday. Then the bill was
passed in quici, order by the over
whelming vote Of 50 to -.
The Mcintosh amendment, which
gives a separate vote to each of the
wet" sections, was not before eithel
branch. The House adopted tina
Tuesday night. and the Senate Thurs
day night. Under this amendment
Baltimore city. Allegany, Washing
ton. Frederick, Prince Georges anc
Baltimore counties. and Ellicott City
in Howard county; Havre de Gracs
I in Hartford county. and Annapolis
and the wet precincts Of the Fiftl
!! or Curtis Bay, district of Ann,
Arundel county will vote as UNITS
: each for itself. ~
$ The vote will be held in these unit.
!. at the Presidential election in Nov
!. ember. If majority of those votin,
t in any Of the units decides in favo
: Of prohibition. the unit will becom,
n "dry" on May /. 1918, Itoxicating Ii
n quors may not thereafter: be sold il
g amy unit which may go "dry" excep
r for r,sacrameEtal, medicinal, pharn'ac
eutical or mechanical purposes.