Evening journal., 1916-03-09
maryland SENATE
SHY ON LIQUOR BILL
DeferS Acting Upon Meas
ure as Amended TO Provide
for Separate Voting Units
DRY LEADERS
ARE DISCOURAGED

ANNAPOLIS. Md, March 9.-The
Senate seems just a little balky on the
separate units amendment TO the
Statewide Prohibition bill which was
adopted by the House Tuesday night.
Perhaps the Senators are merely play
ing waiting game. but by vote OF
IT, TO Z yesterday they postponed fur
ther consideration Of The bill and the
pending amendment until tonight.
Meanwhile the House Prohibition bill
and the Mcintosh local option amend
ment. carried last night, is IN the
hands OF the printer and being prepar-
ed for its third reading and final pass
age. The third reading copy OF the
bill probably will be back here to-
night. to which time the House also
has deferred further action.
There was much surprise Expressed
i'm both Houses today that tie bill hai
been sent to the printer, the general
understanding when the House ad-
iourned Tuesday night being that
the measure still was on its second
reading and open to amendments. Dr'
Thomas Hare. superintendent or lne
Anti-Saloon League. was almost feHuy
10 give up the fight yesterday. ne
and co-workers we're indignant al ihe
ndrv" members who broke away rom
him Tuesday night.
II was said that with the state
wide feature gone. the Anu-oaiooh
Leaeuers would prefer to have the en-
fire bin killed. thus giving them an
onnortunitv TO renew the battle IN the
novt LEGISLATURE Some OF the po-
Utical leaders on the other hand'
want to end the liquor fight this year
Tho feeling is that the Mcintosh
or,ondment. while possibly not exactly
the best thing that could ne oohe' 10 . a
fair solution of the problem. L. leaN 90
the dry" sections Of the state as lhey
are. and relieves them OF the necessl'y
oil taking part in another pronlolliou
deht as would have been necessdis
under the Anti-Saloon Leagues Dill
and it compels each wet unit IN the
State to vote upon the question ana
thus to settle it for itself
There is a strong sentiment IN iaNoI
OF passing the bill with the Mcintosh
amendment in the hope that the ques-
tion can be taken out of politics TOT
some time. For some years in certain
sections it has been impossible TO d.
rect public attention TO any question
mo- matter how vital, until the tenn
nerancc question has been considered
Candidates for Office were compelled
TO make up their minds how they
would stand upon that question before
they could discuss any other
Tho Senate is up IN the air because
fho members are being pressed upol
the ono hand 10 stand by the Prohibi
tion hill as introduced and upon th
other are being urged 10 aecede to IN
Mcintosh amendment There is no
much doubt that the majority Of tn
Senator'S would be glad 10 take th
Mcintosh amendment and the fac
that they have been unable as yet e
agree to do so is indicative Of th
mower which Dr. Hare has over man,
IF them.
The dry" delegates who broke in
sist that their action did not occur ur
IN after DR.. Hare had offered 10 ac
cent an amendment on which the
had not been consulted. In conneC
tion with this an interesting stor
As going the rounds. which. IL true. II
dicates that some sharp politics wer
played when the Mcintosh amend
ment was nut over last night.
The story is that last Monday ID
Hare offered Mayor Preston a Pre-
posal of a separate city vote on COZ
dition that the Baltimore forces Vot
down any plan for separate votin
units for any wet" county sections
When Democratic State leaders wer
informed OF the plan they decided
bring pressure to bear ON suilicier
county votes TO push through the Nj
Intosh amendment and thus beat tn
cifv TO IT,