The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1904-02-16
He CENSURES
LEGISLATURE
FOR HASTY CONDEMNA-
TlON OF RIGGS.
Statement Issued by
Maryland's Governor.
WAS MISAPPREHENSI0N
WAS MISAPPREHENSI0N
On Part Of Legislature, Governor War.
field Says, and Grave Injustice Has
Been Done to General Rises-Reso.
lutlon Expuneed From Record
Some of the Losses at Baltimore.

Baltimore, Feb. 11.-Governor War
field has issued statement decrying
the hasty action of the legislature
yesterday in censuring Adjutant Gen
eral Riggs for refusal TO permit mem
bers OF the legislature, who visited
Baltimore, to pass within the fire
lines. The statement was issued after
the legislature at Annapolis TODAY
had heard an explanation from Cen
eral Riggs and by vote hod expunS
ed yesterdays resolution OF censure
from the record.
Governor Warfield's statement
reads: THE resolution was passed
under a Misrepresentation as to Gen
eral Riggs and by a vote had expung'
has been done him, not only by the
passage of the resolution but by the
harsh criticism of his course.
"The state militia is under the
command of General Riggs, and he is
subject to the orders OF the police
commissioners and acts under their
direction.
"On Tuesday morning it was decid-
ed that the burned district SHOULD be
guarded and protected by the state
militia under command OF General
Riggs.
81 approved of the course adopted,
and am pleased to say that General
Riggs has faithfully carried out the
instructions given to him, and that his
Nf tta hnG
eminently satisfactory TO me and has
resulted in great protection to prop
erty.
II am gratified at the action of the
house Of delegates in resembling the
resolution passed by them
This is a time for cooperation, not
for criticism. No one should go into
Mysteries because he is denied access
to dangerous section OF the city.
General Riggs was before the as
sembly at Annapolis and the members
who voted to censure MN by ques'
tions and differences attempted to
show that they had censured the ad-
jutant general, not because they hau
been refused passes but because
some of the soldiers had become
drunk and paraded the street with dis
solute characters.
Chas. J. Bonaparte, the noted law
yer, engaged in the postal fraud trial
aud the Indian land investigation is a
heavy loser by the fire, Property own.
ed by him and estimated to be worth
nearly $1,O00,0O0 is destroyed.
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the Sun, are losers to the extent OF
over sl,000,000.
The Johns Hopkins hospital, re
nowned throughout the world as the
greatest hospital in the country is in
imminent danger of being closed down
as result of the great contiagraUion
The chief income of the hospital was
from eighty buildings and warehouses
in the mercantile section which have
been absolutely wiped away. These
buildings are estimated to be worth
in value, not including the ground, ST.
100000. They furnished an income of
about S150,000 which was the chief
support of the hospital.
1t will be impossible. according to
JuuBe IltuIy u IldllduJ Clllei JuSllCc
Of the Baltimore supreme bench, one
Of the trustees, to get any material
relief for long time, possibly Is
months or two years, consequently
aid must be furnished the institution
at once or it will be greatly handi-
capped.
Judge Harlan says aid from sympa.
ni1 nst .a
possible means of keeping the insti-
tuition open.