Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-03-17
HOW MANY INVESTIGATIONS?
NOT IMPROBABLE THAT THERE
MAY BE TWO.
c. & o. Canal a Scandal - Senate
1t Is Believed, viii Pass
The Resolution
This Week.

IL is entirely. possible. that two in
yestigations may be authorized by the
present General Assembly before ad
jOurnment 60 take place by COMMITTEES
or a committee OF It's members. iu
the period following that time. The
thirty days which were originally
allotted TO the Is. & o. investigating
committee will very soon be over.
and Wednesday the question 81 re-.
port was gone into.
One Of the interesting phases OF
the testimony this week was the eyi.
dence adduced to show that the BaI.
timore aud Ohio railroad was buy ing
up Washington Branch stock pre-.
sumably whenever and wherever il
could do so at the very time that Ii
was by its every action depressing
the value of that stock in tho mar.
ket
The G.. 4 O. canal sale iuvestiga.
tion is looming into larger shape, and
Will take definite form probably this
week by the passage through the Sen.
ate OF the pending resolution. 10 has
been suggested in some quarters that
there is no need for an investigation
of this sale, that the state rece ived
ali the property was worth, or nc least
all that its interest in it was worth.
that everything connected with it was
open, fair and above board and prop.
erly advertised in advance.
But, the fact remains that $3.50. 600
was the highest bid received for prop
eTty in which this State alone has
spent over $50, 600, 600. for which the
b. u y. itself has offered S400, 0G0
within half a dozen years and for
which 1t Is said there was bid net
so very long ago of 81, 600 600. Now
it is earnestly desired to know why
are these things thus It will per.
haps be a difficult matter 20 convict
aud imprison the men responsible for
what everyone here believes 90 have
been criminal collusion, il there IL
any such term, hut il should not be
lost sight OF that trial and conyic.
tion are sometimes mild punishments.
Mccall who has teen pointed cut. is
dead, while MCCurdy and Alexander
Of the three great life insurance kings
of "a year ago, are broken In health
and out of the country. Not one OF
those was placed actually upon trial.
but the disgrace was no less certain
Maryland people want TO know II con
ditions which lead to the canal sale
for $3.50, 900 were as rotten, though Of
course on a smBller scale as were
the conditions in New York. aud IT.
not. how much less rotten; all of
which they have undoubted right to
know. Talk of not investigating
condition which has become an abso-
lutte scandal because there may be no
financial gain, is about as much to
the point as wouldabe talked Of net
Prosecuting murderer because his
victim is dead.
When the @. d .. matter first ap-
peared in the Senate it is understood
that the course of the Governors
friends in that body was such 9 To.
make the Executive exceedingly 30 q.
The Warfield Senators rushed ran l.
cally to his defense, Jusheu = ld
showed the matter off of the fiotr aud
into a reference. There MAY h lve'
been nc intention whatever ard tho
chances are that there were none Of
rejecting in any way on the Cover.
nor, but this course by his friends
gave everyone leave to believe that
there was something TO conceal
something which the Governor would
wish 10 conceal. IL is understood that
| the Governor, far from that stand.
actually courts an investigation and'
| at as early "A date as possible, as he|
rightly should. Ia this COnnection'
the future course Of his friends will.
| be interesting 20 see. There is s0me-
thing of the Bourbon in them and
| they are slow 90 learn. They aro|
quite entirely capable Of rushing Co.
his defense again, and again Riving|
people the chance 60 believe that they|
or the Executive have something tQ'
conceal.