Evening star., 1933-12-09
SUCCESS ATTENDS
R|TcH|E'S PROGRAM
6-Point Administration Pro.
posal Rides Crest at
Special Session.
BIZ JACK ALLEN,
Stan Correspondent Of The star.

the last OF the major emergency meas
ures requiring enactment at the ex-
traordinary session Of the General As
sembly. and made them ready for the
return Of the legislators to the Capital
at noon Monday.
Virtually all Of the administration
measures which comprise Gov. Albert
G. Ritchie's six-point program have
been passed or are prepared for nnal
enactment, while several highly
versial measures have been disposed Of,
and Senate and House leaders contend
that the session will end late Monday
night L not hindered by prolonged de-
bate.
The administration had hoped for
completion Of the special session today,
and, with the liquor control bill passed
and In operation, leaders in both houxes
are prepared II necessary to force .
sine die adjournment Monday night
without reference to other measures
which have not run their full course
through the legislative machine.
Lottery Bill Il Defeated.
Whisky control legislation and the
necessary banking and relief proposals.
which either have been passed or
reached the stage where they reason
ably can be expected to GO through In
short order Monday, were the prime
reasons for the extraordinary session.
The lower branch Of the Legislature.
working for much Of the time under
suspension Of rules to expedite matters.
paved the way for. adjournment early
next week when 1t rushed through q
group Of administration and other i'm
portant measures and defeated the lot
terry bill during the afternoon and night
sessions yesterday.
One Of the administration measures
was . bill repeating tax on out-of-State
commercial motor vehicles using State
highways. It was passed under suspen-
sion Of rules and as it had previously
been adopted by the Senate 1t is now
before the Governor for his signature.
Senate Backs Hsuse E1ortA
Members Of the Senate assisted in
the effort to clear -, Legislatures cal
endar by adopting eight bills, including
the administration measure previously
passed in the House allowing the estab-
lishment Of branch banks in the State
and the continuance Of existing
branches, before declaring q recess for
the week end.
The Senate also adopted favorable
reports from its Finance Committee on
the seven bills which have been intro
conform with national legislation set
ting up the Home Owners Loan Cor
poration.
Confronting the General Assembly
now are only three matters which ap-
pear likely to retard action, leaders
say. One of these Is the controversial
Potomac River oyster legislation, which
would permit the use Of hand scrapers
in that body Of water and which Is
similar to q bill on which Senator
Joseph Allan Coad Of st. Mary's County
ilibustered for more than eight hours
during the regular session last Winter.
Bay Report Adopted.
A favorable report by its Chesapeake
Bay and Tributaries Committee was
adopted in the House by a 36-to-34
vote last night and the bill went to
third reading. It brought out heated
argument with Delegate Philip H. Dor
sey, jr, of ST. Marys County, fighting
for the measure. and Delegate w. Bruce
Matthews Of Charles County, leading
the opposition.
If passed by the House, the bill still
must 60 to the Senate. It was reported
favorably by the Senate's Committee
on Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries
last night, but the upper branch ad-
journed without acting on the report
one way or the other after President
Walter J. Mitchell of Charles County
and several others had spoken on it.
A second matter which may produce
delaying debate in the Senate Is an ad-
cation of $3.50. 900 in licenses and truck
taxes to the financing of $4,000, 900 in
bonds for construction work on the
Baltimore e-Philadelphia road.
Amended In Lower Branch.
The measure passed the Senate after
some discussion, but was amended by
the House last night to provide that the
81 600, ,000-or the greater part Of that
sun-be expended in the improvement
and widening Of the old road, rather
than In the construction Of Q new high
way.
The third controversial measure Is an
administration bill which would en-
power the Governor to remove q delin-
quent sheriff after . hearing, give the
Governor or States attorney the right
to transfer . prisoner to another tlris-
diction for safekeeping and lay
sheridis bond open to attachment for
custody was injured or lynched.
It Is said that members In the House
object to the clause opening the sherifi's
bond to attachment for damages, while
it Is held that practically the entire
bill meets with strong opposition IN the
Senate Neither branch has had the
measure brought to the floor for .
vote.
Miss EnsIe Active. -
The lottery bill, providing for refer
endum on q State constitutional amend
ment striking out the present constitu-
tional provision prohibiting lotteries,
was definitely killed by the House after
prolonged argument.
It was overwhelmingly defeated by q
71-to-23 vote and the death blow was
struck by the application of legisla-
tive "clincher" to prevent 1t from COM
ing up again this session.
Miss Lavinia Englee echairman of the
Montgomery County delegation, called
on the House to defeat the measure
and declared it would tear from the
State constitution the provision de-
signed to protect the poor and foolish
in the State" against exploitation. Sne
justment, but denounced the lottery
bill as "a silly legislation"
Delerate Oliver Metzerott Of Prince
Georges County joined Miss Engle in
her opposition, and pointed ou that the
Federal law forbidding newspapers
carrying lottery news to use the mails
had killed the Louisiana lottery. The
law Is still in effect. he declared.
"CIlncher" Insures Defeat
A non-debatable motion to table the
bill carried when offered by Delegate
Mary Z. w. Risteau Of Hartford County.
but she moved to reconsider the vote
when several delegates declared they
wished to be heard on the measure ana
this action was taken by the House.
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