Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-01-29
THE CONNONER HERE
TO SPEAK At CAPITOL
William Jennings Bryan Guest OF
Annapolis Today.
ENTERTAINED By GOVERNOR.
Will Speak On Prohibition This After
noon Fight On Bill To Start
Tonight In Legislature.

I
The Commoner," William Jennings
Bryan, is the guest Of Annapolis this
afternoon, and VIII be entertained at
dinner tonight By Governor and Mrs.
Emerson q. Harrington.
Mr.. Bryan has come here in the in
terest Of prohibition, and viii speak
this afternoon in the House of Dele
gates ia behalf Of the, Federal pro-
hibition amendment
The leaders Of the dry cause in this
state believe that when he appeals to
Maryland, from the national viewpoint,
to ratify the amendment, he win give
the local drys the stimulus which viii
bring victory.
Mr.. Bryan came over from Washing
ton on the ", B G A. Electric Line,
arriving here at two-thirty O'Clock
He was met at the station by a COM
mittee OF Senators and Delegates
headed by Senator Warfeld, of Carroll
County
He is scheduled to speak in the
House Of Delegates at 3 o'clock.
After his speech, he viii be enter
tanned at dinner by Governor and
Mrs. Harrington He is expected to
return to Washington sometime dur
ing the evening.
II is probable that. counting upon
strengthening OF the prohibition lines
as result Of Mr.. Bryan's speech, the
dry leaders will get to work immedi-
ately to forcs action upon the resolu-
tion ratifying the Federal amendment.
They may have help from Governor
Harrington he Vas not very specific
in his message, in his reference to
prohibition, but there is no doubt that
he sympathizes with the ratification
resolution, and few hours contact
with Mr. Bryan may make him
fighter for it.
Contest Expected Tonight.
The favorable report from the tenn
perance committee, upon the resolu-
tion, is now on the desk Of the read
ing clerk Of the House, and viii be
placed before that body this evening,
unless an early adjournment is taken
If it IS read. this evening, the chances
are that the prohibition fight will be
started in dead earnest at once. The
vets probably win fight for delay,
and ask that the resolution be made
the special order for some later day.
Ii the prohibition fight does not
break this evening. the session prob
ably wiz be rather quiet until the lasf
Of the week. Tomorrow, the anti
annexationists viii take the members
Of the Legislature on a tour of sub
urban territory around Baltimore, in
order to convince them that the city
does not need annexation, because 1t
now has some undeveloped territory
within its limits Before the tour.
there viii be luncheon ait the Rennert.
BY the time the members have had
their luncheon, and ride through the
suburban territory in automobiles.
they hardly will be in a mood to do
much work tomorrow evening, when
they return to Annapolis
On Thursday at 1870, the annexa-
tion bill Of the Non Partisan Greater
Baltimore Extension League win be
taken up IN the House as the special
order There was a general agree
ment at the time Of its adoption that
the special order meant what it said.
and that the bill actually would be
taken up ct the prescribed time, IN
less the House otherwise ordered
when the hour was reached.
More Delay Tactics Probable.
OF course. if The antIs believe on
Thursday that they are beaten, they
will try by one means and another to
delay consideration Of the bill. Just
as they succeeded Friday in delaying
consideration, because they believed
then that the annexationists had 4
majority Of the House. However. they
have been working hard since Fri
day, they have had a great deal Of
assistapce they have played politics
in ali The ways possible. and they
may have pulled away from the city
the Ailegany or Frederick county
delegations, or some other brethren
on the Republican side. In that
event, they hardly viii place ohsta-
cles in the way Of consideration of
the bill.