Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1904-04-29
Citizens Meeting.

welfare OF the town, invited the citizens to
meet with them at the Court House on
Thursday evening of last week to confer
about railroad matters and other questions
to be settled at the coming election to be
held on May 2nd. In pursuance to said call
about hundred Of the representative citi.
zens met In the Grand Jury room and pro.
ceeded to business.
The meeting was called to order at 8 P.
M, and upon motion, Philip D. Laird was
selected chairman and Frank Higgins sec.
Rotary. Mr.. Laird, In a few we'll chosen
remarks, thanked the citizens for the honor
conferred upon him and proceeded to ex.
plain the object and purpose of the meeting,
which purpose, the chair stated, had already
been previously set out in the printed cir.
culsr calling the citizens together.
Mr.. W. Reuben Humphrey offered the
following resolutions, which, together with
two amendments, were, after much discus
sion, adopted. The resolutions read as fol.
lows:
ResoIUed /. That the condition Of the affairs
OF Rockville requires upon the part Of its
officers intelligent Interest and active effort
to promote the welfare and progress of the
town and to conserve the rights Of its ciLI.
zens.
Q. That 10 the election to be held on the
2nd Of May, the candidates for Mayor and
and Council should pledge themselves:
q. To exercise the utmost economy, con.
slstent with due regard for the progress and
health Of the town, to the end that the bur.
den of taxes may be as light as possible
b. To foster in the citizens public spirit In
cooperation with the authorities 10 order
that the general interest of the community |
may be advanced.
C. That in any ordinance or contract for |
the use Of the streets of the town by cor.
porations or individuals, the first considera-
ton should be for the comfort and rights Of |
the people Immediately affected by the use,
and while no oppressive and unreasonable |
terms should be exacted for such use, the |
town should receive proper compensation |
Tor the grant of valuable franchise, and |
should demand adequate transportation ia.
cilities by the extension of the line to the
west end of the town at present or at such
future definite time as may determined
and 10 no case should its police power to
control the operation of cars through Its
streets be surrendered or jeopardized ; and
such ordinance should be submitted in some
form to the citizens of the town for an.
proval or rejection.
An amendment was offered by Mr.. II.
Reisnger, and which reads as tollows:
"That it is the sense of this meeting that no
for Mayor or Councilman to be
named at this meeting should expect or re.
ceive the votes Of the citizens of this town
who will not publicly declare that be will
not receive free pass from the electric rail. |
road while serving the town."
This amendment was at first adopted, but |
later In the session of the meeting, upon a
motion to reconsider, was stricken from the
resolutions.
The several candidates named accepted
the resolutions as finally passed. Some Of
the candidates declared that they would not
agree TO run with the free pass resolution,
bat fully and freely subscribed TO the final
resolutions above mentioned. Those re-
fusing said 1t was an insult TO them that
they could be improperly influenced by the |
acceptance of the free pass given by the |
railroad. The general sentiment prevailing |
at the meeting was that while it Is thought |
unwise and injudicious for any member of
the board to accept free passes from the rail.
road while serving the town, 1t was thought
best by the meeting TO strike it from the
resolutions. What was said in reference TO
giving free passes seemed TO be in defer
snce TO growing public sentiment against
he custom of corporations giving free passes
10 public officers for the purpose Of in
Huencing the official action, and only Civ
ing to those persons who are 10 a position
either 10 favor or hurt said corporations by
their official acts.
Upon motion of W. K. Humphrey, the
chair was directed TO name committee OF
Eve TO select ticket to be voted for at the
coming election who would pledge them
selves to subscribe to the foregoing resolu-
tons, whereupon the chair named Messrs
Rob't B. Peter. Washington Hicks, Albert
King, Geo. II. Lamar and o. L. johnson,
who retired and reported the following
ticket as the citizens ticket to be voted for
at the coming municipal election on the 2nd
Of May: For Mayor, Philip d. Laird for
John L. Heagy, Henry Rel
singer. Robert G. Warfleld AID Willis B
all of whom fully subscrib ed to the
resolutions, whereupon at 10: 80 |
o'clock the meeting adjourned sine die