Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-05
WILL NOT Be CALLED THAT.
NOT IMPEACH-
MENT FOR BRYAN.
Attorney Generals Part In The
B. & o. Suit May Be Given
to Others By Res
Olution.
THREE LAWYERS WILL PROB
ABLY DO THE WORK.

IL is probable that in effect, the
Maryland Legislature will proceed
| Immediately to the business of im-
| peaching the Attorney General, so tar
as the running down of the present
| suit against the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad is concerned, although the
method to be followed will not take
/ the actual form of trial and impeaoh-
ment. nor bear that name.
It is expected that tOnight's session
| of the legislature will bring out IA
| vorable report from the Committee on
| Section "a Article ILL., of the Consti-
| tuition on the BouChet resolution, last
| Friday introduced there, but the real
new development will probably occur
| later in the week, when resolution
asking the Houses concurrence will
| probably go through the Senate 20 take
| the Baltimore and Ohio matter from
the Hands of the Attorney General,
and place it in the safe-kecping of
three of the most celebrated lawyers
in the State, one of whom, rumor
has it, will be ox-Attorney General
John Prentiss Poe.
There is this about the above plan.
| however. which will certainly make
| IL the excuse for debate; there is not
the slightest doubt but that the Senate
Is almost unanimously in favor of
putting the case in more energetic
hands, bat there may be a disposition
to find fault with a resolution which
will involve expense to the State is
already paying Mr.. William Shepard
Bryan a very good salary. That will
bring the matter to a head. and pre-.
cipitate the actual discussion OF i'm
parchment Before the people, whether
there is a trial or not If the proposed
I,,R So 4
in by the House (as it will undoubted-
" be. if put up to that body the At
torney General will stand impeaohed,
and certainly very thoroughly dis
credited. The States lawyer has
opened himself TO a broad.sido from
his bitter enemies and he surely Is re-
oeivinR il in plenteous measure.
The House tonight, il the Bouchet
resolution IS favorably reported, will
probably adopt it without many dis
| senting votes. What il will then
amount to il is impossible TO say.
| Many people here think that the real
gun has not been fired. but that IL will
| go off when a proper perspective Of
| the whole case begins TO make itself
plain through the present distorting
haze of excitement and wild state
ment. IL will doubtless take the form
that the insurance investigation in
| New York has worked under, that is
TO say, joint Senate and House com
mittee, to get at every fact possible,
! with plenty of time, with the assist
ance Of able lawyers. and with in
| structions to report TO the next leg is
! lature, or to a special session of the
| present legislature. should the pro-
ceedings occupy less time than is an
ticipated, and shonld the sndinRs ap-
pear to warrant the Governor In con-
| vening the body for immediate action
It is already beginning TO be felt here,
that while prompt steps are neces-
| sary it will be impossible TO get at all
the facts in the case except through a
deliberate and carefully worked-out
investigation.
That plan, which will, in all likelis
hood, be one outcome Of the present.
aggitation. will in no way interfere
with the other two plans, the one to
appoint council of three law yers to
push the States suit against the Balti-
more and Ohio, and the other TO raise
the revenues from this source, from
the present one-half Of one per cont.
to the old two per cent. basis, or IL
that is unconstitutional, as it is claim
ed TO be, under the roads tax exempt
ion privileges. effect the same thing
through q toll charge Of so much per
passenger. The net result OF the stu
alton looks good TO be increased rev.
enues to the State, and a step nearer in
approach to equal taxation.
order Of the Board OF County School
Commissioners making il a require
ment that two lessons a week in the
first principles Of agriculture shall be
| taught in the rural schools. IL is rea-
lized that many Of our teachers arc
not prepared at present to give in.
struction in this study and that III
introduction must be gradual AS the
book to be used is very elementary,
| however, and as only two lessons d
week are to be given, lt is believed
that the teachers will be ready to be-
gin the work by September the first.
Mr.. Melvin favored the practical
element in education, and believed
that the farmers boy and girl a
school should be taught something
about the soil, its composition, it,
! cultivation, the effect Of rotation 0i
crops, the adaptation Of different soil
, to different crops, the various type
of cultivated plants, the best varietie
i for cultivation, the cost OF raising
! | method and cost of harvesting, th'
! | care of seeds, the values of crops for
: | marketing. for feeding and for fertili
: | cation of the soil, the orchard, tii
dairy. the principles Of feeding anC
raising stock, bee keeping, and thu
8 economy and improvement OK the farm
! home. The boy who is TO be a farme
! and the girl who is to be a farmer
! | wife should study tbeee things.
knowledge CT them will awaken an in
+ terest in the home life and environ
i, | ment Of the farm.
Wessrs Stephen Duckett, Davi'
= Fetter. william E. Jones. DR.. w. q
! Williams. James @. Colinson, Mr
= John Parker and others also mad
short speeches on various subjects. !
!. constitution and bylaws were sub
I mitted for the government Of the asso
I citation and adopted.
The Association adjourned to meo
May 5.
: Winter Excursion Trip.
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