Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-30
THE LEGISLATURE
! SIDETRACKS DRY BILL
Consideration Of Prohibition POST
pOned Till February 6.
ONLY THREE BILLS IN SENATE
House OF Delegates Petitions Against
Any Law for Licensing Farm
Tractors.


At the meeting OF the Legislature
which reconvened last night after its
weekend recess. prohibition was
sidetraeked in the House until Febru-
airy 6. on vote of AS TO 46
This was by no means test vote on
the ratification eff the Federal amend
ment as number Of men who voted
for the Norris resolution to make it a
special order for today week, are
believed to be in favor of the ratifica-
ition and others who are looked upon
as opposed to ratification voted against
it
Only a few minutes before, in fact,
ION Mr. Clagett's motion for immediate
consideration OF the ratification reso-
luton, the vote was so 60 A in favor
OF it. There were a number OF cross
currents which worked in favor Of
postponement But what apparently
decided the matter was that as The
members would be absent tomorrow
on the grand little party through the
territory to be annexed as the
guests Of the Baltimore County Anti
Annexationists and as the Annexation
bin is to be taken up Thursday, it
was useless to get prohibition start
ed now and get it tangled up with an-
nexation on Thursday The Republi-
can leaders, even those strongly in
favor of prohibition. are anxious to
get annexation out of the road first
and not have the two measures but
ting into each other
The bill came up under the favor
able report OF the Temperance Com
mittee Warrington presented
minority report and moved it's adop-
tion in lieu OF the majority report.
He was ruled out OF order because a
moment before Clagett had moved for
immediate consideration. When this
was carried Norris moved that the
resolution be made a special order for
February 6, and this was carried on
roll call 4s to 46.
Lee then moved adjournment until
noon Thursday. This motion was lost
and a number of committee reports
were adopted, including that on the
Soldiers and Sailors Vote Bill Then
Norris moved adjournment and it was
carried although there vas consider
able opposition
The Senate.
The Senate met at $50 T. M The
following bills were introduced:
BY Senator Crothers Making the
Jacob Tome Institute amenable to
county taxes
BY Senator Grayson- Providing the
amendments to the Federal Constitu-
tion shall not be ratified unless mem
bers of the House of Delegates have
been elected after such amendments
have been submitted
BY Senator Campbell The Budget
bill
The Senate adjourned until noon
Thursday.
House OF Delegates.
The House met at $50 P. NJ A
number OF petitions in favor of pro-
hibition were read and referred
4 petition against any law for IL
censing farm tractors was introduced
by Mr. Brown, Of Dorchester
Mr Bryant moved that 500 copies
Of the budget bill be printed at cost
of $50. Carried under suspension Of
the rules.
An order by Mr. Mcintosh, intro
duced Friday night, was read and
adopted for adjournment over Wed
nesday afternoon in order to accept
invitation Of Baltimore County to in
spect sections proposed to be annex
ed to Baltimore City to leave Annap
oils at II A. NJ.
The Governors message transmit
ting the budget bill was read and
accepted