Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-07
GORNAN and -ANTI-GORAAN.
THE DEBATE ON THE B. & O.
HAD THAT MEANING.
FactiOnal Politics, 1t Is Believed,
Is More Motive With Some
People Than States
Welfare.
TOBACCO BILL FIGHT is ALSO
VERY INTERESTING

United States Senator German wa,
dealt a clean cut defeat in the Senate
yesterday afternoon; his forces broke
ana the opening skirmish in what
promises to be a long drawn fight
throughout the rest of this session.
went against him went against him
emphatically. where ON the third OF
January he had things his own wav.
Ehls is the case in the Senate where
the Democrats have eighteen out OF
twenty seven votes What will be the
result OF the alignment in the House.
where the Democrats have a bare
majority of one single solitary vote
Young Arthur led in the fight ves-
terday for his father while Blair Lee,
the able man from Montgomery conn.
ty, was the victorious leader of the
| opposition. 1t is the Impression that
Senator German has been shrewd
wonderfully shrewd, almost too
shrewd in this matter He has also
been almost too bold Perhaps the
Senator would have done better to de.
lay little while. Perhaps part of
the reason that the Democrats and
some of the regular Democrats at that,
broke on the question, was because it
| was. by its haste, presented without
| disguise. In the hurry the disguise
was torn off entirely, and the resolu.
tlon presented in to the Senate in its
naked state
Senator German undoubtedly bobs
up serenely. He was defeated badly
last fall IN the amendment scheme,
and yet here he is. with another, in
some respects, better scheme. Ones
admiration is commanded at the mans
cunning. The amendment, q terrible
WRHnOn like fh 20 racAlnkfD,, i.
to the people because of a certain
merit. This resolution will no less
powerfully incite their sympathies.
and yet. with it passed, and young
German elected chairman, what more
perfect, more adaptable weapon could
any man want than this would be.
With such q club the Baltimore and
OHIO railroad almost always until this
last campaign, liberal contributor.
could be beaten back into support of
the Democratic ticket, back into en-
thusiastic. frantic support; or, if the
Senator fails in heatlhand finds it ex.
pedient to retire at the end of his
nresent term, what more superb oppor-
tunity could any man, young or old.
have presented to him. than the nRaiJ
that trend in view, the States interests
would, beyond question, be hunted
down releutlessly, and the Baltimore
and Ohio compelled to pay up to the
last cent. Such course of procedure
would be immensely popular; it would
attract nation wide attention. If
there is the least thing in TIE man,
by the time of the next election there
would be no voice in Maryland to
question his oalibre, or at least to say
that he is not actually "big enough"
for the place. which is one of the rea
sons that will be urged against such
handling of the Senatorial toga, from
father TO son.
1t is hard for people here to believe
in the sincerity of either of the Cor
mans in this b. 81 0. matter. Young
German declared fervently yesterday
tibet politics played no part 1T is
zoo big. he said. 1t was the peoples
interests which he had at heart. 1t
was a question whether the 'corpo-
rations should own the State of Mary
land. or whether the State of Maryland
should control the corporations. -
And yet it was German senior who
for the past eight years aoquiesced in
this state of affairs, which now all at
once comes to light, aud is so terribly
important that it must be reported out
favorably by the committee OF which
young German is chairman, the morn
ing after the thing was introduced,
before anyone has had an opportunity
| to look at it.
Two of the strongest speeches made
| in the General Assembly this year
were made at Yesterdays session of
| the Senate, the first, the one by Mr..
Lee, reported in yesterdays paper,
the second by Mr.. Claggett. of Prince
| Georges, on his tobacco bill, de-
| scribed some time ago in these col
nmns, in effect TO substitute for the
| present system of three inspectors, one
| chief tobacco inspector to whom the
others shall act as deputies, the sam
| piers, who now do the work being adj
| vauced~to these positions and the sine
cures cut out. Mr.. Clagett won his
| fight after long debate, voted down
| every amendment which he did not
| want embodied in the bill, and passed
it on to its third reading. More than
any one else in this General Assem-
| bly,, Mr.. Clegett knows just when &c
speak. what to say and when to stop.
He has not an equal in either house in
the art of speaking powerfully with.
out repeating a word
Mr. Gadd spoke against the bill.
He knows all about tobacco, he said,
and there is no demand for his meas.
ure. He has been treated well by the
| Governor in the matter of tobacco
warehouse positions and be expect.
to be so treated in the future He
moved to amend the bill by striking
ont the enacting clause There il
scarcely any need for me to say that
oppose that amendment, said Mr..
Clagett. - don't think the Anne
Arundel Senator knows good thinl
| when he sees it. -
Mr.. Griffith, of Calvert county, spok,
at great length in favor of Mr.. Gadd' I
amendment. He is only tobaoct
farmer. be said. and feels out of place
on the floor of the Senate among tn
able lawyers there. and have so vel
the gift of speech, and who often be
wilder him by making their side lool
so much better than it had seemel
before. He declared that Mr.. Claget
had passed his bill eight years ag
aud that since that time it had cos
the State 50, 0C0 year. Mr.. Clagett'
economy, be said, has cost thi
State $40, 900 since il was put int
effect He went on to speak of TIA
unanimous opposition TO il in CalveI
county, declared that Mr.. Clagett al
not represent the sentiment of his ow
county on the matter, and that he