The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-03-27
ORYS IN MARYLAND
WILL NOT SULk IN
CAMP; WILL FIGHT
New Law PIeascs Nobody. But Foes OF
Saloon viii Make Best Use
OF II.
STILL IN THE RING
FOR STATE PROHIBITION
Some Political Corpses Are Seen
Lying On Field After Smoke of
Legislative Battle Has Cleared
Away; Hare Optimistic.

Baltimore, Md. March 2G-~"We
did not get what We wanteT. but we
| do have a weapon with which to fight
Samson slew a thousand Thillistjncs
with the jawbone of an ass. Under
| Divine favor the forces OF righteous
| ness in the wet territory OF Maryland
ought to be able TO clean up the liquor
| traffic with this maxillary from the
state Democratic donkey"
That's the way DR.. Thomas NJ.
! Hare, Superintendent of the Anti
Saloon League of Maryland. sizes up
| the results of the recent legislative
| fight in this State, over the Prohibi-
ton bill
Since the smoke OF the legislative
battle at Annapolis has somewhat
cleared away, the contendinE forces
now have opportunity to survey the
field and count their gains and losses "
said DIR. Hare
THE bill which finally passed both
houses and will he signed by the Gov
ernor thus making it law. is ah-
sohtely unsa tisfactory TO both the
vets and the drys. and the forces
that combined for its passage have
met with the fate which always comes
to HIM who tries 10 ride two horses
going in opposite directions at the
same time. Nobody is pleased aud
everybody is sore The temperance
people OF the State wanted. and yet
demand. a mass vote on the question
OF prohibiting the liquor traffic.
Tho wet forces want 20 vote at
all md are enraged because they have
TO face an election in every wet unit
knowing that the most Of the territory
viii be wrested from them, while the
Eight for mass vote will still go on.
Some CorIsseS On Field
"Quite number of political
corpses have been gathered on the
deld OF battle, and, having been "An-
halmed In that fluid for which Bal
timore contends SO pers;stepfly. name
Iy, booze, they await ignominous
burial upon the part of their con-
stttuents If they ever again seek po-
l!tical preferment Here are the
names Of the politically dead. over
thei' tonbstones VIII he Inscribed
this epftaph: They monkeyed with
their promises to their constituents.
Requiescat in pace
Phillip D. Laird. Democrat. Mont
Gomery County: Harms Willis Re-
publican. Kent: William A. Dobson,
Republican, Talbot; Charles ID Nc
Cord. Republican. Talbot: John w.
Horner, r epu lie n. Somerset.
Charles ". Brohawn, Democrat. Dor
Cnestefs IL. IL bNulGS, bSii4NNAtst
Queen Anne; NJ E Tydings, Demo
crat, Hartford: DR.. John Gardner
Democrat. Montgomery; Paul Wat
ers Democrat Montgomery: G. d
Hobbs, Democrat, Howard Alex
>nde Holloway. Democrat WtComico,
and David +, Ward. Wicomico.
The temperance forces Of the
State take exceptional pride in some
OF the heroes of this fight. Smith
and Campbell of Allegheny, and solid
delegations from Calvert. Caroline
Carroll, Cecil. Frederick. Garrett
Washington and Worcester remained
staunch and true 10 their constituents
from the start to the finish of the
fight. No pressure that could be
brought to bear. and which was
brought to bear on many of these
men. caused either wavering, vari-
ance or shadow of turning. They
were men tried and true and are en-
titled to grateful mhrapce on the
part OF their constituents through al.
future years. Others equally staunch
and true were Byrn and Anderson. of
Dorchester; Long, OF Howard. Urie. of
Kent; Brooks, of Montgomery; Metze