Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-02-16
STATE ASSURED OF HONEST
INQUIRY-B. & O. NEED
FEAR NO PERSONAL
ENEMY.
G0RMAN, 1T IS BELIEVED,
WILL BE THE CHAIR
MAN.
BUT He CANNOT SWAY HIS
COMMITTEE.
OTHER LEGISLATIVE MATTERS.

investigation. bY a committee from
the Mary land legislature, is now on.
The joint resolution, providing for a
thirty.day investigating committee,
composed of President Seth and Speak
ser Benson, ex.officio members, and
Senators German, Lee. Perkins and
Baker. with Delegates Ray, Fenton.
Goodwin, Murphy, Of Baltimore, and
Dorton, has passed both houses.
To act with the Attorney General
in running down the case is council
of four lawyers, MessTs. William
Pinkney Whyte, Thomas q. Hayes.
John p Poe and Isaac Lobe Straus.
1t is understood that there will be q
conference on the part of this com.
mlttee with its lawyers today, and
tnat following this there will be
pilgrimage by some or all of the mem.
bers to Washington for the purpose of
oonfering with the Interstate Com
merce Commission, with view to for
mulatirg some practical plan upon
which TO proceed without the loss Of
any time.
1t is expected that the officials in
Washington will be able to give the
Marylanders such information aud
advice. that the inyestig will
open fire on this big tax dodger Ger.
tainly not later than Tuesday. That
it will be devoted exclusively to bust
ness none doubts, the personnel of the
committee of lawyers and Legislators
psecludes the possibility of anything
else.
The haste of this investigation, as il
has finally taken form out of the haze
of argument, controversy and bicker-
ing is somewhat peculiar. German
has yielded all along the line. He has
consented to the selection of a com
mittee of Members and Senators,
whose views he cannot possibly in
| fiuence He has agreed to the ap.
pointment OF four lawyers, three of
| whom are among the most hostile of
the foes of United States Senator Cor
man, in Maryland 1t is probable that
young German will be elected chair.
mau of the committee in spite of the
fact, but still more probable that there
will be no politics played by The
| committee at all.
The opposition has drawn the teeth
| from the original snake as it was in
\ tr0duoed. 1t is now a tremendous
| weapon of offense against an enemy
| of the State, but it cannont be turned
/ against any element in the State. i
/ will work, it is believed, admirably
against the B. & o.. but will prove
useless should the attepmt be made tt
turn il into the channel of privatt
ends. There would ,be little If any
danger in prolonging-t life of tha
committee for two years, and givipl
| it full power to investigate every cor
| poration doing business. and suspecte(
| of having done improper business il
| the past, in MARYLAND.
The final agreement, arrived at yes
terday afternoon, was something of |
| surprise At no time since this mat
| ter has been up, has there seemed les
chance of an agreement, than the nigh
before. The Independents in the Hous
had enough Republican votes to hav,
smashed anything then under consid
! Grafton. In the Senate prospects 70
au rgeament of any sort scarcely look
ed brighter And then came tn
change German yielded and the ou
position to some extent yielded, an
presto. the long debated and much
fCught-oyer matter went through tn
Senate on q burst of mirth. Thert
were only two or three votes agains
it, and suspension of the rules wa
even possible in order that delay Nigh
be eliminated
The House dld not suspend the rule
yesterday, but finally passed the sam
resolution this morning The resolu
tion passed yesterday in the Senat
and the one passed this morning b
the House were the same, however, i
spirit, so the Senate again suspend z
the rules aud passed the House res
luton, barring Rays name. meant II
that the resolution passed yesterds
will not be cent over. Prior to ia
final settlement Of the h. q o. mat
ter a large amount OF routine busines
was transacted in both houses