The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-03-23
DRYS In HOUSE KILL
THEIR OWN BILL
Led By Anti-SalOOn League
Spokesman, They Defeat
Concurrence SO To As.

Prohibition Enforcement dCI was
killed definitely and finally by the
House this afternoon. The forces
which had introduced the bill in the
House and which had passed it
through that chamber, led a success
full fight for concurrence IN the Sen
ate's referendum amendment. The
bill died with concurrence.
The vote was SO for noncurrence
and AZ for submitting.
Attending the success of the Anti
Saloon Leagues fight against its own
bill was the sudden quitting of their
chairs by four members of the Balti-
more city delegation, counted on to
vote for submission of the measure
to the people.
The Senate Committee on Judicial
Proceedings, it was understood this
morning, would report out unfavor-
ably today House Bill No. 9-the
"Women's Rights" bill, sponsored by
the Just Government League. The
measure, however, has the opposition
of the more conservative League Of
Women Voters.
Various rumors about the status Of
the Hall anti-race track bill were
current in the State House today
One was that the Senate Finance
Committee, in which the measure is,
would report it out. Though some
city politicians, who abounded in An
lnapolis today, were much interested
in this report, it seemed to lack foun-
dation.
Another report was to the effect
that a compromise measure had been
agreed upon between proponents and
opponents of the Hall bill. This re-
port, like the first, appeared to lack
foundation, and may have proceeded
from the fact that amendments have
cen prepared along lines which have
resdy been discussed. One Of these
amendments would prohibit all rae
ing for stakes or purses except at
bona-fde county fairs; the other
would postpone the time when the
Hall measure becomes operative until
June, 1928, it is said.
No candidate who has been defeat
ed in a primary election could be an
Independent candidate for the office
to which he aspired under the terms
Of bill in the House today by Del
egate Joseph, The measure, if it
becomes law would prevent any
candidate who was defeated in the
primaries as a tentative candidate of
a recognized political party from
running independent by filing a pc
tition signed by the requisite number
of names.
Assuming that John Walter Smith
will be the Democratic candidate for
Senator, the Republicans here are
discussing the advisability of nomi.
mating a conservative who would com
mand the support of those Demo-
Gratis opposed to the drastic enforce
ment bill the Anti-Saloon League
feared to submit to the voters.
In going over the field the hunters
state there is only one man in the
counties of the State who measures
up to all requirements and who, they
insist, could show John Walter his
heels, however hot the former Sen
ator might make the paces That man
is Attorney General Alexander Arm
strong.
1t will not be an easy matter, how
ever, to induce the Attorney General
to accept the nomination. On various
would be a candidate if called upon,
he replied in the negative and he has
not indicated any change of mind in
any way. When the time arrives,
however, for action, the leaders may
bring such pressure to bear that the
Attorney General will be unable to
resist, such influence being predicted,
however, on the assumption he is the
only Moses in sight. If some other
than he can b. found, then Arm
strong will be reserved for next year
when he is wanted as the Guberna-
.t0rial standard bearer.
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With only little more than two
weeks of its 1922 session remaining,
the General Assembly, when it re-
convened Monday night upon weeks
work which bids fair to equal for
intensity, action and oratory any
which the present term has yet pro-
duced.
The pendulum of legislation, which
has lowered over the Senate for the
past two weeks since the House dis