The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-10-30
RANNER NOT TAKEN SERI-
OUSLN.

the L. S. Constitution.
RANNER NOT TAKEN SERI-
OUSLY.
Now. that is perfectly accurate
| statement. ana ii il seems Ia you as.
,onishing or ridiculous. remember, IT
| the lieht that is in thee be darkness,
/ how great is that darkness No won
der the Senator'S illumination did not
seem To- illuminc. And the Senator
| was aggricvcd He couldn't under
stand why the doctrine OF notification
should rot be as popular here in Mary
| land today aS 1t was in certain other
quarters more than hal IA century ago.
Why III luld John {. Calhoun be I'M
m"rtal;zed above 1sidor Rayncr, But
the thing wouldn't go The public de-
clncd To- take the Senator seriously,
| aud hi, grict was converted into wrath.
NJ least. | suppose II was II is the
| only way ] can explain his rcxt step
IN his work ~ illumination Standing
before the pubic assembled in my own
town some weeks ago. this man. who
Is both LAWYER and senator. ard is
d"uhly sworn to support and defend
tic Constitution of the l.. S, this man
declared. we propose Ia come as near
t. violating the Constitution oi the
Iriicd States aS wc possibly can,
without actually violating it, said
then aud I say now, that the United
States Senate Is not the place in which
law-abiding cumu.inity ought to
keep men who talk like that. II that is
what the Senator means by saying
am ''andcrirg him. let him make the
most "i IL. ! also said then and say
now, that the exhibition OF the Scna-
tors N"ul rohs the opposition of the
last an. >cmhaucc o, an excuse ior
tr election ~ another Democratic
legislature. When We say Ia them.
why 'hn necessity for frnthcr Demo
cr't'c legislature. they invariably re
ply. to return Rayncr tn the Sen
ate. am not blaming them. am
"n'y quoting them Recent Demo
cratic legislatures have put them in
such 4 position that il is about the
"rly thing they can say. They cant
nsk for another LEGISLATURE ON their
legislative record This is one ~ the
places where they have to paw the
air
WAKEFIELD HIS AUTHORITY.
Don't take my word for il. Take
cN-Guvcrnur Warirlds (and the
speaker quoted from the advertisement
IN the first page of The American OF
October ~. Paste those figures in
your hat They are nee to remember
when You hear Governor Crothcrs
talkirg abud; the economy oi the pres
cnt administration and its hcrculcan
efforts tu save the peoples money.
! he ngurcs are also nice tn remember
when YOU hear the Governor pluminp
himself on the achievement of Cor
rupt Practices Act aud proics sing him
Sc,i an enthusiastic believer in the
climina tiun oi money from politics
81 am unable 'p iiN the exact date
at the Governors conversion Ia this
ia'ih, perhaps il is ni even date Hith
that night 81 high rcvclry at Carvcl
TIA on the eve of the bcstowal of a
senatorial tupa-a night OF Belshaz-
1ar when the rcvc ~ was interrupted
by the N>ryrtnu. vino swept home lkc
we'll IN 'hr Id But whatever the
6"'c "i the Governors conversion, /
am trained tn question its sutfi-
riicN RCnrchcusibic and disgusting
4, II rs. luyug votes at 5, or S. per
mead =. 200. .hc worst form Oi corrupt
pracii'. Its worst form is patron
agc. ll> lc>towll of unlimited offices
~ prh e cNpcr>c for no possible pub
lc service simply ior party capital
iui going back L. that legislative re.
e III. Don't take nay word fer lis rot.
tvuur>>. take the Baltimore SIMS.
That most crra:ic illuminary may have
g lucid interval now and then: and in
one "t those lucid intervals il had
'h> - say, under date al April ,,
100 ,aud the speaker quoted the cdi-
rial attacking the Democratic lcgis-
lHurcl
AN these thing, naturally make il
difficult lur the opposition to ask for
another legislature on the facts in the
csc.
\ FAULTY RECORD.
81 want To- be perfectly fair. and
therefore must confess that once or
twice somebody has plead for another
Democratic legislature To uphold the
Governors hands in his great rcfor-
matory and progressive measures
Name them. please Do you mean
the measures recommended BY his
mu'tilariuuS and most effective spec
iGl commissions. Well. let me say
that these precise measures, item by
item. were introduced at the last lcgis
laiurc by a Republican senator and
promptly rejected
ID" YOU mean public utilities com
mission, The Democratic platform
does. believe. recommend such
program. but recommends it, | si.s-
pcct, IN view oi an approaching elcc-
ton NJ any rate. its record does not
square with Is profession for the Re-
!orm League tried to get bill intro
duccd for such = commits sion al the
l1st legislature. but tried in vain.
lhc Gmvcrnnr himself declaring