Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-06
A RUSH TO REPORT.
GERMANS B. & o. RESOLUTION
FORMALLY REPORTED.
Baker And Perkins Left Out In The
Cold Object TO Such Heart
less Treatment Have
Their Say.
LEE, OF MONTGOMERY, MAKES
A GREAT SPEECH.

/ Senate, of which State Senator Arthur
! y German is chairman, this morning
reported iayorably the joint resolution
( last night introduced, but did not
1 make any report az all ca the other
( two resolutions then introduced, he
j yond supplemental statement of
/ few words, explaining that i'm thu
( jadgmeut Of this committee the Cor
man resolution was the best and
should be ad opted.
! Mr.. Lee, of Montgomery county.
moved a recommittal fer report on
/ all three resolutions This was adopt
/ ed after heated debate Young Cor.
mau led off with an explanation of
/ his resolution. aud an analysis Of It's
/ advantages over the Others. lie was
/ interrupted by Mr.. Perkins, Of Balti.
more city once or twice, aud later, in
/ the very midst Of his closing argument
| was again blocked 10y the Baltimore
man, who called attention TO q special
| order for the time made Friday night.
/ Mr.. German deplOred the persistent
attempts made for delay and then
/ said that while the chair had ruled
/ that he had the floor, he would yield.
/ IL Perkins would not move TO adjourn
! the moment his special order was
/ concluded with. The special order
was gotten out of the way by mo-
! tion from Mr.. Perkins to carry it over
until tomorrow, when the debate
! went on.
Mr.. Gormau explained in the be-
ginning that tho reason why the
committee did not report the two res
OlutiOns on which no action is taken
was because all three in effect cover
| ing the same thing in the same way
/ to report one favorably and two others
unfavorably would have been an in
consistency in reports He mentioned
! that politics had been charged with
| playing "a part in this matter, but
/ denied it. declaring heatedly that the
subject under debate was too great ia
| magnitude 60 permit OF any such
| thing, "What we want he said.
and all that we want is quickness
and dispatch, and a cessation o this
| hindrance.
The objections to Mr.. Prekins' Ios-
| Olution, he said, is that il is limited
to an investigation, and that it Is
limited to thirty days, which on tho
0uset provides for au impossibility,
since no committee can deal with the
resolution carries S25. 600, he explain
ed, aud was unconstitutional. 1t was
much in effect as his own, he said,
but was couched in general terms.
He had worded his own resolution so
that by no possibility could the com
mitiee get out of doing is full duty.
He went into the Importance Of being
able TO compel witnesses to testify,
and to punish them if they are re-
creant, and he pointed out that In both
the other resolutions the only recourse
is TO call in the General Assembly,.
Senator klair Lee had very little
idea, nc said, what the purp0rt OF any
OF the resolutions is, and disagrees
with Mr. Gurman in his idea that
immediate action is imperative.
More haste less speed, he declared
was applicable. He pointed ont that
Mr. German speaks one way. but IA
his resolution acts another. He post
pones action. it seems 20 me, he said,
Tor two years IL appears 90 be q mo-
tion to Indefinitely postpone may
he wrong, but if ann wrong, 10 is be-
cause I have had 40 opportunity to
read the resolutions. He then went
into the fact that Friday morning
riOtOus debate had taken place be-
/ cause the Rhodes report had not been
uresentad, and yet here is the Senator
from Howard who was especially 10
( slsteut about the Importance OF thai
report. urging action now, before any
/ OF 81 have had time 10 read 1t. lie
/ was unable 90 understand this rush -
/ repqrf tho resolution He mentioned
/ in this connection tine GoTman- BauRh-
I mnu report. referred to 10 in cOmpli
merfary terms and defended the State
. / directors against che criticism, which
+ le said had been directed at them be.
z E eausa of their apparent acquiescence
/ [ until this time iu what bad been done.
Mr Lee went into tie fact That new
{ information is constantly being
I ( trouaht cut in this connection. 'lt
has come o. light, - be said, " that
che Pennsylvania railroad owns the
. I control of the baltimore and Ohio
4 / railroad. aud be is the President of
I thls Republic an administration wht
brought this fact 90 public attention.
q am in favor ot united action, uuiteu
action ou the part OF Democratic ele.
/ ments. uuited action upon the part ol
every faction among the Republicans
aud unitel acti0n upon the part OF TIM
p | General Assembly. ] am opposes e
= "a resolution to indefinitely postpone.
p | He further dealt with the phase d
j the matter which places this matte 4
, the hands OF a committee, and is mucl
p more favOrably disposed TO Keeping 4
directly ia tue hands Of tie Senat'
and H0use of Delegates ~ may b
rsistaken ,, he continued. "but it seem
10 me that there was n disposition q
D.. the mart Of the Senator from HoWar
5. 10 deprecate the Senate 70 havlnR coa
81 troll OF this matter, involving millions
D. becanes il does involve millions. Lei
le us control this matter ourselves, gen
It tlemen. and then there will be ns
"a looDholes but let Us be responsible tol
J. the doings OK a committee, and there
ie NAV be lo0pholes a. numerous as ths
.e .at-holes III corn Grin, Tor whlcf
a we are under the terms Of that reso
ne Iution. responsible. lie agreed witt
Of | Mr. Gorman that the entire question
sr 4 as 10 whether the corporation
l. shall own the state of Maryland. q
r whether the State OF Asryland shal
Is control the corporations. be IS 4
er favor Of delay enough for inieliigen'
q action.
a debate on the Claggett tobace.
bill in the course of which se1ato
Gadd made quite tie best speech .
far heard from him, followed and COZ
r tinued until late in the Afternoon.
~ Mr.. Russell, Of Anne Arundel intro
s. duced a bill to make the law as E
a. stationary engines applicable TO
u whole State. Il now affects only Bait
j more city.