The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-01-25
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la an inc viey w.,h IN Fcderick
core pendent of Baltimo sim,
Col. Baughmau II speak Of me OF
the Stron- rc >oA by an cxtr, S.
ii of the Leg stature o. Il becalled.
"a ::
Cove nor Smith sh uld "A Q the
endorsement + hi, part, ON all rrat
questions atfc ting In Interests o. The
people AID that it ,ouli n DE- pN-
p { Ell OF the Governor to ut clupt To
10 &C such mat CT upon The citiZ n,
OF the state. The .ople aluays e.
spcct man who is 10 enough o nd
" cate !; hat he thinks to br right. and.
therefore, if the Dtn cratic lcade :
have amy good reJs II. for alling an
extra It sion the.J should he ,Iliinu O
gIV' III o the pub Ic and us give
the 'oNe Ii I . asOn TO sc, even if H.
Is TN re- gh y 60 WINGED himself If me
Necessity such Il sep ON great is
sue = ms % have be II overluoh, q
me a pnr ionlH ut OF plcSrntati n
IN the House o. ID legatcS is mace
ether according to the L turn Of each
nation census OF ,on the ba-is of
an atlou made under the au-
th"ntN OF the state An enumerat.o u
Hnde Z authority Of The STATE is
ltimttcd ~ Secti lis 3, I and ) of Ar
tlcie . OF the state COnst tntiol. Tn
less such an enumeration is made IT,
htlloH"l census mus govern Now it
is generally he IL ed that the Gems of
1900 Is inaccurate 1t IS 1T lrast 81 =
t.TlItr hat ..I.
Tomato increase ofPopulatinn III tuust
untles which are almost certain 10
return Rel ub leans to ,.e Hous f
Delegates, while IN co mites usui, lv
Dem cratic there has been, with me
exc ption of Montgomery, no increase
at all, or not sufficient increase OF pop.
ula ion 10 Give an addltio al repI"-
sen atlve. If belief that there are
errors IN the census tie we'll luuuded
II would be "a itest Y wrong to base
the representation upon the census,
and Yet this WOul have to be done
unless the LegI lature made povis-
!, II for an enumeration under the au-
thhlty Of the State. Bat there will
be 40 regular session IF the Legislature
unlli afr the next election and at the
next electioa the Il, portlonmenl made
by the census would have to b. acted
CA II there Were IL i'll ervenlng legiS a.
tive session. There can b. 10 lnter-
Nellng legislative action unless an el-
TIA session of the General Assembly
b convened. If, then, it he d, Srable
To thWart an app ruOnAent founded
On an Inaccurate census the legislature
must re convened so ihat il may make
proVl ION an accurete enumeration.
ms wouli no, be calling the Legs
ture trgether to do something Wnch
It ought TO have done, tut which it
failed TO do, at the regular session; but
1t would DE calling the Legislature to-
gether to remedy an error which no
one could reasonably anticipate would
be committed and which has arisen
since the adjournment of the regular
session. lit e true, as has been in
tmated, that the enumeration made
by the census was designedly made to
give the Republicans an advantage in
the membership of the House TO whicn
upon an accurate count Of the p0pula.
ton they are not entitled there ought
TO be no hesitation in defeating the
scheme. And as the only way to de
feat the scheme is to substitute a State
enumeration for the census, and as
that can only be done by the Legisla-
tufe, il necessarily results that there
should be an extra session convened for
the purpose of euacting such legisla-
ton as may he requisite on this sub.
jectn
This is view altogether apart from
and independent Of the suffrage qucs-
ton, and even though there may he no
difference of opinion as TO the policy
OF that measure there can be scarcely
dissent from the propriety OF an
immediate enactment of appropriate
legislation to prevent an improper APP
portionment of the membership of the
House Of Delegates