Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-03
THE GOVERNOR
WITH THE ''DRYS. /"
Governor Harrington Joins Demand
For Ban On Sale Of Liquor
MESSAGE TO LEGISLATURE
Also Advocates Submission OF Wo-
iman's Suffrage Question 10
Voters.

In his message TO the Legislature.
which was read in both Houses sf the
h General Assembly yesterday after
noon, Governor Harrington places
himself on record as favoring submis-
sion 10 the voters Of the State OF the
Equestion Of woman suffrage and de-
clares strongly his belief that the sale
l OF intoxicating liquor in Maryland as
| well as elsewhere should be stopped.
in response to what he declares to be
the demand OF the people
On the question Of annexation he
/ declares that the problem is one which
must be solved, but ne offers no. sold-
tion himself His discussion OF the
| question is not favorable TO the posi-
I ton of Baltimore City.
The Governor defends the Balti-
more Police Board at some length and
I discusses various features of the
State government
| Concerning prohibition, the Cover
nor said
/ Il am just in receipt from the Secre-
/ tary Of State Of the United States, the
Hon. Robert Lansing, Of a communi-
cation inclosing certified copy Of a
resolution of. Congress proposing an
| amendment to the Constitution Of the
United States, with a request that the
same be submitted by me to your hon
| orable bodies for such action as you
may deem proper to take. The con
| stitutional amendment inclosed is
! known as the national prohibition
7 amendment
The question OF restriction Of the
| sale Of intoxicants or of the prohibit
ton OF their sale altogether is one
which viii not down. and comes up
at every recurring Legislature and is
| especially important and pressing at
| this time, when the whole nation
recognizes the importance OF restric-
tion, il not total prohibition, from ma
! tional necessity during the continu-
ance of the war, while many favor
it's total prohibition forever in Mary
land regardless of the war
"In my opinion, the national neces-
/ sity should not be overlooked and the
amendments proposed should be seri-
ously. thoughtfully and prayerfully
/ considered. Private pleasure or in
1 dulgences must always in the end
give way TO the common welfare, the
States or the nations necessity"
Views On Suffrage Changed.
On woman suffrage he says:
Personally I shall find more diff
Guilty in dealing with this subject than
with any other I would be untrue to
myself were not to admit that my
own views have heretofore been we'll
| pronounced in opposition to the grant
ing Of suffrage to women, either par
tial or full. I have always feared not
the effect upon politics. but the ef-
| feet upon woman herself
| Il could not fear the effect upon
/ politics. for women have always bet
tered and favorably influenced every
thing with which they have ever been
/ connected.
/ women by nature seem more in
/ clined to the higher, nobler life than
| man, but l have feared that politics
would somewhat lessen their hold up
/ on man and somewhat lower her own
| plane of conduct, and I am not yet al
II together convinced that such will not
be the case. That the cause Of woman
| suffrage has been materially advanced
i of late, not withstanding the ill-advis-
| ed conduct Of some of the militant
: xsuffragists, no one can honestly deny
| Their cause can no longer be joked
with or laughed out Of court by the
Il Legislatures but demands and de.
/ serves as serious and thoughtful con-
| sideration as any question that viii
come before your honorable bodies.
Entitled To Have vote Taken.
Il have seen so much of woman's
| work in Maryland during this war;
Ihave called upon them so often for aid
| and service in placing our State in
the very forefront of achievement in
! the work demanded Of as in this nat
| tional emergency thai the thought had
/ frequently come to me which find
| expressed so forcibly in the words Of
the great Commoner:
Willingness to do her part has
touched the hearts of men who ignor-
ed entreaties.'
Woman suffrage in Maryland is
grave and serious question, and Il
should be gravely and eriously con-
sidered
Woman suffrage is now live IS
/ she in the East. as well as West, and
It is needless to say that men Of Mary
land viii not lightly consider any
! question in which the women OF the
! country and now many women Of
| MARYLAND seem 10 be so vitality inter-
ested. They are at least entitled. TO
| have the verdict OF our citizens upon
this subject"
Doesn't argue Annexation.
Regarding annexation, the Governor
saws he is glad it is before the Legis-
| iatnre. Perhaps he says, there IS
no question that win come before you
upon which the different Senators or
delegates may divide. some because
their own interests or the interests
Of their respective counties are in