Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-01
AFFAIRS IN MARYLAND
A NEW FACTOR TO BE INJECTED
INTO POLITICS.
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the veto of the Dawkins Chinese wall la
Dor bill by Gov. Warheld. A state fedora
ton OF labor unions has been projected
and permanent organization will be ef-
fected the coming week. The ayowed OBJ
ject of the federation Is to take part In the
politics of the state, and It is not unlikely
that the next election Will see labor ticket
In the field for state and municipal Offices
Already the local federation has prepared a
blacklist OF all officials who aided in the
defeat of the Dawkins bill, and this list IS
headed with the names Of Gov. Warfeld
and Mayor T1manus and City Solicitor
Bruce OF Baltimore. The federation has
decided TO have printed a large number OF
posters containing the names of those VINO
worked against the measure, ana these VIII
be placed on the city billboards and hung
wherever worknnen assemble
That the local federation IS not united on
the merits OF the bill was evidenced by the
fact that Delegate Redmond of the from
molders union opposed the proposed action
of the federation to have posters printed
He openly stated that such action would
prove boomerang and that It was an IN
justice to Gov. Warfield and other state
and city officials. However bitter GER
tain element of the federation may be
against the governor, the TACT lliol
many conservative laboring men now re-
gard the governors veto as a duty which
no chief executive of the state who had
the interest of the whole people at heart
could have avoided
The governor too, has won the uuquaH-
fed Endorsement of the BUSINESS and COM
mercial interests and those who desire to
see the city of Baltimore advance into the
front rank Of municipalities, which would
have been rendered impossible had the gov
affixed his SIGNATURE to the DaWkiQS
bill.
End of Session.
With many sins of emission against its
record, the legislature will adjourn next
Monday night. Probably the most fragrant
Of these is the failure to give Maryland a
fair and honest election law, and for this
failure the machine democrats must Shout
der the responsibility. a change in the
present law was recommended in the mes
sage OF the governor, was demanded by all
fair-minded democrats and the republicans,
and the democratic platform pledged a re-
form In the election law. All this, how
ever, counted for naught when the needs Of
the machine democrats in the approaching
elections were taken into consideration.
Two years hence a United States senator
ship will be at stake, and, as the present
law was efficacious in returning Mr.. Cor
man to the Senate, there is really no good
reason, according TO the machine view,
why this law should not again perform the
same service-that is, make certain the
election Of a legislature which can be relied
upon to elect the machine candidate TO the
Senate in 1908.
Another desired piece of legislation is an
oyster bill, and from present indications 1t
appears that there Is small chance of the
Haman bill being passed, even though it
was compromise and satisfactory TO
a 1pT r
ftortous measures have been introduced in
the legislature by republicans and unfet4
tered democrats but the machine through
its committees mas been In control at ali
times and has been able to keep the bills
sleeping in the committee pigeonholes.
One Meritorious Law.
Perhaps the only really meritorious bill
passed was the DortoR child labor law,
which has been signed by the governor
The best feature of this law is the section
which makes 1t imperative for the manu-
facturer to obtain a permit from the state
bureau of statistics and information as to
the state of the child's health and educa-
ton before any one between the ages of
twelve and sixteen years can be employed.
This will give the bureau the means of
keeping in touch with the children who are
employed, and will also afford the oppor-
tunity to study the question of child labor
at close range. The law is not by any
means radical one, but is largely an edu-
cational measure. 1t Is chiefly valuable for
the reason that the labor bureau will be
able to get reliable and full information
as to the extent of child labor in Maryland,
and especially in the great factories OF
Baltimore.
State Tax Rate.
One result of the sale of the state hold
lngs of Washington branch stock to the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad has been the
practical wiping out of the state debt and
another a reduction of ~ cents in the tax
rate. The rate fixed is 10 cents and not
only applies to 1907 and 1908, but also TO
subsequent years unless advanced by legis-
lative act. The total debt of the state at
the close of the last fiscal year was IS, $780,
926.13 OF this amount the state has passed
into the sinking fund over $4,000, 900 and to
this must be added the 81, 500 600 received
from the Baltimore and Ohio for the Wash-
ington branch.
In connection with the passing of the con-
troll of the state stock IL will be interest
Ing to note If Senator German and L.
Victor Baughman will remain in the direc-
torate Of the railroad. It Is well-known
fact that Senator German is friendly with
the Pennsylvania interests, and that with
the aid of that railroad he was able to
GUST John K. Cowen from the presidency of
the Baltimore and Ohio and place L. +.
Loree. then Pennsylvania railroad official
at the head of the Maryland corporation.
After Elks' Convention.
A large delegation Of the local lodge of
Elks will leave here tomorrow for Norfolk,
Va, where a conference will be held with
delegates from lodges In Richmond, Man
chester, Newport News, Petersburg, Nor
folk, Hampton and other points in the
state. The object of the conference will
| be to obtain the support Of the Virginia
Elks to bring the national convention of
the Elks to Baltimore next year. The local
Elks viii also consult with President Tucker
of the jamestown exposition, who has
promised to assist the Baltimoreans In
the delegation to leave here tomorrow will
be Exalted Ruler Leon Schiff. ]. Goodman
| Boyd, David Wiesenfeld, A. L. Albert, p.
J. Campbell, Charles r. Scheim w. ].
| O'Brien, jr., Thomas F. McNulty. C. Ross
| Klosterman, Henry Mears and Joseph
Salabes ]. NJ d.
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