Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1906-01-17
TRY TO BUCK THE Governor
SENATE ORDER INQUIRIES INTO
C. & o. CANAL SALE
Brewington Would Know Why The
States Interest Was Sold
For ridiculous
Price"
WILL HARDLY PASS-SPECIAL
ORDER TOMORROW.

| 1he snort session OF the General
Assembly this morning was cf no great
| interest, except for the order intro
| daced by Mr.. Brewington, of Wioom.
leo county, in the Senate. asking the
| Governor to supply that body with in
| formation concerning the sale of the
| States holdings in the Chesapeake &
Ohio Canal to the Western Maryland
Railroad at what Mr. Brewington
later declared to have been "a ridden
| lous price. .
After considerable debate this was
| made a special order for | O'Clock to-
morrow, when the indications are that
there will be fight. The Senators in
opposition do not seem to have a suffi-
cient following as yet to buck the Gov
ernor, but there were a number of ST.
lent ones in the body who did not
enter the debate at all, so the matter
is one of considerable doubt.
On its face the order was simple
enough and the Senator who intro
duced it himself stated most clearly
the innocence of his intent, so far as
any reflection on the Governor of the
State is concerned, but the quick way
in which friends of the Governor took
the floor against the order, aud their
various efforts to delay or even knock
viewed it. It will be remembered that
the sale referred to was cons ummated
by the Board of Public Works, Cover
nor Warfield and Comptroller Atkin-
son voting for the sale TO the highest
bidder, which was the Western Mary
land interest, and Mr.. Vandiver, the
third member of the board, voting
against it. The sale was for $155. 600.
Immediately Before the introduction
of this order discussion had taken
place between MIR. German, of How.
ard, and Mr.. Perkins, of Baltimore
city. over somewhat similar but
much longer order, designed to draw
from the Attorney General certain
facts relative to the State IS interest in
the Washington branch of ths Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Mr.. Perkins
wanted delay and after some debate
got it. TO the extent of postponing
consideration of the matter until 10 80
tomorrow. After q motion by Mr..
Moore to lay the Brewington order
on the table had been lost, only three
Senators voting aye, consideration of
this order was similarly postponed IN.
til 10 O'Clock tomorrow
To the debate which took place fac
Senators we're a6nqeaAfffy a6nqeasAsfffy the pemocratio
y
did not take part in the debate and
SO did not make his position known.
What may be termed the Smith fac
tion, with that exception, came out
on the Governor side. Mr.. Moore
had never known of similar proceed
ure in all his term of service in the
Senate; Mr.. Linthicum could not see
why delay should be Objectionable to
the gentleman who introduced the or
der, since he had doubtless allowed
himself ample time to think over the
matter Mr.. Perkins did not like the
form of the order and thought that
as the Board of Public Works had
made the sale, the Board of Public
| Works should be called upon for intor.
nation.
Mr.. Brewiugton in reply had no OBJ.
| lection to the form of the order being
| changed, all he wanted. he said, was
| to find out from any "official source
/ why the States valuable interest in
| this property had been sold for "ri-
/ diculous price.
| Mr.. Moore thought the matter had
been pretty thoroughly threshed over
in the newspapers at the time OF he
sale and doubted the necessity of tie
/ order at all.
| Mr.. German answered that it was
| true that the members of the Senate
knew of the sale and the details from
the papers, but that while the papers
| were very accurate, he did think the
Senators should have the information
| officially and he saw no way of getting
it save by asking for it. He also de
plored the holding up of all business
"You held up the order which / intro
duoed just before this, he said, be
cause it was long and not clear; now
this order is short and direct; so you
urge another excuse. What is the OBJ
lection 10 our having this informa
| tion?'
The incident emphasizes the temper
of some of the Senators and brings t
the surface the fact already known
that they are in an ugly mood.
In the Senate the bulky bill, revising
the Corporation laws of the State was
introduced.
DIR. Fell, President of st. Johns
College, was a visitor before the ses
sions to the Senate Chamber thi
morning.
| The House was only in session abou