The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1910-11-18
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH
MARYLAND?

The election throughout the country
resulted in great landslide in favor Of
Democratic policies and Democratic gov
eminent. o. course, this result was
primarily due 10 the prevailing condi
tons, the result of Republican policies
largely due to the enormous tariff bur-
dens and the extravaganza in the ex-
penditure of public money, and the high
prices of the necessaries OF life.
These are polices which are contrary
to Democratic principles, for the Demo-
cratic party has always been opposed to
high tariff and in favor Of economic gov
ernment. and if Democratic policies had
controlled the government, the present
conditions would not exist.
While the Democratic party and the
voters of the country are to be congrat-
ulated on the result, because it will be a
great blessing to all of the people, there
remains a great responsibility upon the
Democrats 10 SO act as to secure to the
people the benefits that the victory
makes possible.
With this view it is the part of wisdom
to look to the political conditions in our
State Of Maryland. This is a Demo-
cratic State Of long standing, and there
are strong and controlling reasons why
it should be yet, notwithstanding that in
this election this State barely pulled out
with small majority, although it made
a gain of two members of Congress by
only few hundred votes.
These results may we'll make us all
ask the question, what is the matter
with Maryland?
The answer is not hard to find by
those who think. The State Of Mary
land is spending entirely too much
money and the people can't afford to pay
the increased taxes.
There are entirely too many wild and
visionary schemes costing vast sums of
money, for which little if any good will,
or can ever result to the great body of
the taxpayers The vast sums spent to
collect the insane in a State institution,
when they would have been much better
off and better cared at home. was one.
The Public Utilities Commission was an
other expensive scheme for which the
State outside of Baltimore had not the
slightest need and will not have for a
generation. Thu Baltimore and AMMAN
oils automobile road, which is to be built
at an expense of three hundred thousand
dollars TO CRAFTY selfish interests, was an
inexcusa,lc expenditure of the money
of the taxpayers.
The Good Roads Commission which
Is 20 spend six millions of dollars all told
up to this time, and threat that five
millions more is to be asked for, hangs
like mill stone around the necks of the
taxpayers.
We are told that the commission is to
buy the Baltimore Pike to Frederick
sxty-five miles for one hundred thousand
dollars, and then is to spend twenty-five
hundred dollars mile to improve it.
If the commission is to spend this
amount OF money to improve this pike
1t would be infinitely better not 10 buy it.
That pike is perfectly satisfactory to the
people.
There has never been a complaint
uttered about this pike at any time. The
people did not want pixies bought. but
hey wanted more pixies constructed and
at a cost ofthree thousand dollars per mile
This the commission refused to do, but
insists upon constructing spots of road,
here and there, at a cost of from ten to
weve thousand dollars mile. 1t is an
scheme and bound to fail.
Such scheme would cost the people :
# the State a hundred million of dol |
ars. If it were not SO serious to the |
axpayers the commissions Good !
Roads scheme would be roaring farce, |
nd is liable to defeat the Democratic
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