Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-11
SENATOR DUVALL
OF anne ARUNDEL
Votes Against ProhibitiOn-l6 to II
Members For 1t
AMENDMENT BARELY BEATEN
Victory indicated In Senate Bare Ma
jOrity Only Needed Liquor klen
Ready To Concede Defeat

Ready 10 Ioncede Defeat
TO the surprise and deep regret Of
his many friends, Senator Frank III.
! Duyall, Of Anne Arundel, voted against
the National Prohibition Amendment
T in the Senate yesterday.
Sixteen OF the twenty-seven Sena-
tors voted to support the amendment,
land indications are almost certain for
its ratification by the State Legisla-
tture. II takes but a bare majority Of
Votes to pass the measure, and six
teen is but two short of the required
Itwo-thirds majority voted yesterday
when the rules were suspended TO put
the measure upon its second reading
without any reference to a committee.
! The resolution Of ratification was
introduced by Senator Bennett, Of
Wicomico County, the dry" leader in
the Senate. Had his motion to sus-
pend the rules prevailed, it would
have been followed by another motion
to suspend again the rules and put
the measure upon its final passage
| That was the real purpose of those
who stood with the Senator from Wi
comico. They want Maryland to rati-
fy the amendment and ratify 1t as
quickly as possible for the encourag-
ing effect such action would have up
on the dry forces in the Legislatures
of other States
How They Voted.
The vote on the Bennett motion
was:
Yeas-Allen, Andrews, Bartlett
Bennett, Bomberger, Brown, Croth-
ers, Harrison, joy Kaufman, Metz
croft, Nuttle. Parsons, speicher,
| Warfield and Williams-16.
| Nays-President Campbell, Duvall,
| Eppler, Frick, Grayson, Johnson,
lLegg, Mitchell, Morris, Sproesser and
| Stifer-11.
| But a bare majority Of the votes Of
each branch of the Legislature will be
needed to insure the ratification OF the
amendment While proving conclu-
| sively, it is believed, that the Senate
will ratify the measure. the test vote
is not generally regarded as indicat-
ing all Of the support it will have in
that branch. The impression is very
strong that at least two or three Of
the Senators who would not vote to
suspend the rules will vote AYE" on
the amendment when it is placed on
its final passage.
Liquor People Disappointed.
The liquor element have have ex-
pressed deep disappointment in the
way things have turned. so much so
that a number of them last night were
ready to throw up their hands and
admit defeat
1t is generally conceded that ma
tional prohibition is ap assured fact,
for Maryland was one OF the thirteen
States the liquor people were depend
ing on to save them.
The vote in the Senate was the eli
max of day of jockeying upon the
part OF the prohibition forces and
ended what many people character
lied as one Of the boldest attempt at
railroading through important legis-
lation ever known in the General As
sembly Of Maryland.
Fer several days there have been
rumors in the State House that the
prohibitionists were planning to take
up the amendment and jam it through
When questioned about the rumors,
the leaders in the movement either
entered denials or evaded the Ques-
tions. Yesterday morning, however,
! they threw secrecy TO the winds and
went 10 work in earnest The first
| thing they did was to hold a confer
lence at which the plan Of action was
outlined sventeen Of the Senators
attended the meeting-the 16 who
voted for the Bennett motion, and Sen
ator Legg. who right up to the time
the vote was taken was counted upon
as assuredly with the prohibition
forces.
Duval Centre OF Drive.
knowing tho would have to have
l. is votes tc suspend the rules, a
desperate effort was made to get
another Senator to stand with them.
Senator Duvall was singled out as the
most likely prospect and a terrific
drive was made to land his vote. Il
! all reports are correct. the annexation
4 kIlIG Was MAt(A BCA1AN +AA-A4 49,
stantly. Finding out what was going
on, the nti-prohibitionists also went
after the Senator from Anne Arun-
del. They. too, it is reported, en-
deavored to impress him with what
might happen to the annexation bill i
he voted with the "drys.p
All day long this hattie FOR Senator
DuvalIs vote was kept UP. From tbs
| hrst he showed but little disposition
to vote with the dry element on tbs
suspension Of the rules, although he
repeatedly stated that what he nligh'
do should not be taken as an indica
ton Of what he would do when tbs
amendment came UP on its final pass
axe. Finally he came out aat-footedls
and said that he would not vote (
suspend the rules, he didn't care Uha
happened. Then the drys. convinced
they could not. put through their plan
decided to 90 ahead with it ANYHOW
for the purpose. il was alleged, O
| s,,.;r,e;y,xr Senator luyall out in thi