Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-25
PROHIBITION FIGHT
IS WAKING WARM
Temperance Committee bIakes Eff
fort To Get ELL Up.
THE FEDERAL AMENDMENT
AnnexaliOnisls Claim The Fight Nav
EndaDger The Chances Of
City Extension

more lily aNtCAAAANN ~ AOANG AAS -
sue in the House OF Delegates today
BY insisting that the bill providing
Tor taking parts Of Baltimore County
and big slice of Anne Arundel Coun-
IL into the corporate limits of the
sity should be brought from the Ju-
aleiary 1ommittee and given immedi-
AZ consideration so that it might be
placed out Of the way and thus make
room for other important legislation.
The move precipitated q rather
lively scrap for time, but it failed,
and a motion made by Delegate Bry-
ant, OF the Baltimore County Delega-
ton, to postpone further consideration
OF the bill until next Thursday. was
carried by vote Of IS to y. Incl
dentallt, the anti-annexationists, the
prime movers of whom include Dele
gate Ridgely P. Melvin, of the Anne
Arundel Delegation, failed in their eff
forts TO place before the committee
certain amendments TO the bill. In
other words. they could not secure a
further hearing in the premises. The
annexationists, it's understood, are
more or less up in arms through fear
that the prohibition legislation may
block the city extension bin, hence
the move that was engineered short
" after the House convened this after
noon Not many minutes elapsed fol-
lowing the taking of the vote on Mr..
Bryant's motion before a motion to
adjourn until next Tuesday evening at
S o'clock vent through.
The Senate was in session but
short time and there was nothing
apart from the ordinary routine in
| connection with its proceedings and
that body, too, adjourned untilj next
The House Temperance Committee
or rather the dry majority Of that
| committe, who are in the majority,
held a meeting yesterday aud argued
upon a favorable report on the joint
resolution ratifying the prohibition
amendment to the federal constitu-
ton. The complaint was made that
! the members of the committee APP
( proving the amendment were not in
vited to attend the meeting.
The Temperance Committee was
ready to- submit its favorable report
to the House during the session, but
Il did not get the chance. Further
/ consideration Of the bill submitting
an amendment to the constitution
providing for consolidation Of Balti-
more city courts came up as unfnised
| business, and occupied the entire ses-
sion being referred to the Baltimore
city delegation by a vote of Sc to 40.
As soon as this vote was taken, the
House adjourned.
Thus passed a chance for the Tenn
perance Committee to submit its re-
port. Prohibition leaders had antic-
| ipated a report and a lively fight
They gathered in the gallery to wit
ness the battle Among them were
Superintendent Crabbe. Assistant Su-
perintendent Leyister, Rev Dr.. j.
Fred Teisse, president, and j. Bibb
Mills, counsel for the Anti-Saloon
League; Daniel Baker and Col Fl. c.
Dulany, The Temperance Committee
will renew its attempt to submit its
report The Republicans are becom-
| ing alarmed over the effort of the
Anti-Saloon League, which is not
political party and which is not re-
sponsible to the people, to place the
prohibition amendment jahead Of the
Greater Baltimore Leagues city ex-
| tension bill to which the whole Re-
publican party is solemnly pledged.
If the prohibition amendment gets
the legislative right Of way over the
city extension bill the fate of the lat
ter will hang in delicate balance.
The juiciary committee will tomor-
row report favorbaly the city extern
sion bill, which, because of its inn
portance an prominence in the Re-
publican platform an in the last cam
paign, while prohibition was not
campaign issue, is entitle to the right
of way. an, true to their campaign
promises, viii demand that first con-
sideration be given the city extension
measures.
The Anti-Saloon Leagues rush tao
tics, its demand that every other meas
ure give way to the prohibition amend
ment, has impaired their cause.
Judge Boyd's Term.
III liA6s MUSE MI. EkOFlInOUs OF Al
legany County, introduced a joint reso-
luton extending the term of Chief
Judge A. Hunter Boyd. Of the Court
OF Appeals, for six years. which COW
ers the full term Of Is years for which
he was elected. Judge Boyd will reach
his seventeen birthday in July Of next
year II his term is not extended he
viii then retire, having reached the
constitutional age limit
Increases Teachers Pay.
IN the House Mr. Melvin, of Anne
Arundel County, introduced a series
Of bills drafted by superintendent Of
Schools NJ Bates Stephens, all refer
ring TO the public schools. Among the
bills are two providing for an in
crease of salaries of teachers. the
average being 5000.
Protects Pheasants.
mr. Given introduced bill in the
House to protect ring-tafled pheasants
in Baltimore County It is proposed.
to prohibit their being killed for two
years.
Leasing OF Oysters Beds.
The proposition to lease the natural
and other oyster beds of the Chesa-
peake Bay and its tributaries to the
highest bidders in order to make up
the deficit in the State Treasury TO
follow loss Of saloon licenses, if pro-
hibition prevails, came up in the
House Committee on Chesapeake Bay
and rTy,.;1,.,4a ,,fos