Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-03-10

EXEMPTS BALTIMORE
Mcintosh Amendment Providing for
Separate Votes in Certain Wet
Counties Prevails

Annapolis, March 9.-The Prohlbi-
ton bill. with the Mcintosh amend
ment, passed both branches OF the
Legislature in yesterdays session.
The Senate also amended the Dill
by providing th@t liquor may be
manufactured in dry territory for
sale in wet" The House has made
the bill the special order for today,
to consider the amendment.
If. as is expected. the House con-
ours in the amendment, the two
branches will be in agreement anu
the bill will go to Governor Harrng.
ton for his signature. He will sign IT,
The bill, with only the Mcintosh
amendment inserted, passed the
House Yesterday afternoon by tha
staggering vote of 80 to 4. After that
branch had acted upon it, the Sen
ators on both sides went into confer
cnce and the great majority OF them
agreed to accept the bill with that
amendment.
A stand was made on the Senate
side, however, for an amendment per-
hitting the manufacture of liquor IN
dry" territory for sale in wet
This was largely in the interest OF
the distilcries in Baltimore county
in the event the county goes dry
It was contcnded that such al
amendment would have been adopted
in the House, but that in the con
fusion Tuesday night. after the adj
option OF the Mcintosh amendment:
the amendment was overlooked anc
the bill was ordered printed for It's
third reading. \ number. of the "drys
objected to such an amendment on
the Senate side. however, and the
! matter was fought out on the floor.
The amendment was carried there by
vote Of 16 to l..
Then the Senate suspended the rules
and by vote of 20 to passed
: the. bill with the Mcintosh amend
ment and the amendment to permit
F.; the manufacture o. liquor in dry
territory for sale in 'wet.
Immediately. the Senate sent the
bill to the House for concurrence in
the second amendment. and it was en-
, pected that body would do so prompt
ly. But Mr.. MctZerott and Mr. Smith,
of Allegany, objected and had the
matter made the special order for to-
morrow.
! There is believed to be little qucs-
! ton that the House will concur in the
! second amendment. The wet" men
are strongly in favor Of it; Governor
/ Harrington has told his friends that
/ he believes it should be adopted, and
; his followers are expected to vote
! for it in the House as they did last
/ night in the Senate, and DR.. Hare.
! the superintendent Of the Anti-SaI-
! oon League. who is rather diSgusted
at the outcome of the fight, said yes
terylay evening that he desired the
amendment adopted in the House
! because he wanted the Governor to
! be entirely satisfied with the bill.
The bill as amended, provides that
Baltimore city, Allegany county.
Washington county, Frederick coun-
ty. Baltimore county, Prince Georges
county. Ellicott City, in Howard coun-
ty; Havre de Grace, in Hartford
county, and Annapolis, and the wet"
precincts in Anne Arundel county
shall vote separately upon whether
the sale of Intoxicating liquors shall
be prohibited. Each of the units nam
ed above will determine the question
for itself The election in each unit
will be held this fall on the day Of
the Presidential election.
The Dobson bill to repeal the Gallon
Month law, SO far as Talbot county
is concerned, was finally passed by
the House last night. 50 to 10.
There was good deal OF fun over
the report that Easton had received
4,5O0 gallons in the month Of Decem-
ber The Washington county Local
Option Bill was also passed tonight,