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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
Maryland Senators on All Impor-
tant Committees.

At no time in the history of the State
have the two Maryland Senators achieved
such prominence in the United States
Senate as was conferred upon Senators
Rayner and Smith when the list of COM
mittee assignments were read. Not even
in the days when Senator German was
the ruler of the minority and a member
of the great NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Aid
rich, Allison and himself-that ruled the
Senate in a grip of iron, has Maryland
had such representation on all the great
committees of the Senate as it received
in Senators Smith and Rayner.
In the first place, each of the two Sena-
tors is made chairman of a committee
No other State in the Senate whose SEN
ators are both on the Democratic side
has a Craftsmanship for each Senator. 1t
is true that the committees of which the
two Maryland Senators are respectively
chairmen are not of overwhelming inn
portance.
Messrs Rayner and Smith between
them serve on every important committee
except Finance. Senator Smith could
have been given an appointment on the
Finance Committee had he desired it.
but he expressed preference for Appro-
priations.
Mr.. Rayner is reappointed to the Judi
ciary Committee, which represents the
best legal talent of the Senate without
regard for party or faction. This com
mittee has jurisdiction over all legislation
which affects the revision Of the Constitu-
ton. or other Legislation of similar inn
portance. Furthermore he becomes now
a member of the Committee on Foreign
Relations, an appointment which he has
won by his close study of the diplomatic
questions affecting this country. The ap-
pointment to the Committee on Education
and Labor is not new.
Senator Smiths appointments indicate
that the Senate has recognized his SPLEEN
did abilities as business man, and a man
thoroughly equipped for the executive
administration Of the government He is
appointed to the Committee on Appro-
priationS. which is the most powerful and
influential committee in the Senate, for it
holds all the pursestrings of that body,
and no legislation involving an appropri-
alton. which is, after all, the most impor-
tant legislation. can pass the Senate with
out the approval Of the Appropriation
Committee His appointment to the Dis
trict of Columbia Committee is OF i'm
portance, because this committee is prac-
tically the higher branch of the city coun.
Gil for Washington. His appointment to
the Committee on Naval Affairs is of vital
interest to the Naval Academy at Annap-
oils. The remaining two-Committee of
Canadian Relations and the Irrigation
and Reclamation of Arid Lands-are
committees of great possibilities, rather
than momentous achievement.
The fact that each of the two Maryland
Senators becomes a committee chairman
entities their respective secretaries to an
increased salary and gives each Senator
handsome suite of rooms in the office
building.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
State Bar Association.

Secretary James w Chapman, Tr has
notified the members of the State Bar
Association throughout the State that the
meeting would be held at Cape May, n.
J.. from June 90 to July I. Leaders Of the
Maryland and New Jersey bar will make
addresses at the meeting, as will also
prominent iurists from various sections of
the country. One Of the justices from the
United States Supreme Court will likely
address one of the sessions.
In making the announcement of the
meeting it was also made known who
would be the officers of the Association
for the ensuing year. The following slate
has been fixed upon and will be ratified
at the convention at Cape May:
President-James Alfred Pearce of
Chestertown.
Vice-President-E Stanley Toadvin,
of Salisbury; J. Frank Harper, of BeIair;
A Hunter Boyd, of Cumberland; John
Writ Randall. of Annapolis; Milton G..
Urner, Of Frederick; Walter !. Mitchell
of La Plata; Bernard Carter, Of Balti-
more; John Hinkley. of Baltimore.
Secretary-James w. Chapman, Jr., of
Baltimore.
Treasurer-R Bennett Darnall, of
Baltimore.
Executive Council-Benjamin A. Rich
mond, Of Cumberland; George Weems
Williams. of Baltimore; J. Harry Coving-
ton, of Eastern Shore and Moses R.
Walter, of Baltimore.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
The Farmers, Free List.

The Democrats in Congress do well
when they begin tariff revision by put
tug npon the free list something like one
hundred articles, which are largely con-
sumed by the farmers of the country.
The farmers have been the chief sufferers
from the principle of protection and it is
only fair that relief should begin with
them. The reciprocity treaty is God
send to him, not SO much because it con-
fers great benefits upon him but because
it leads to greater reductions. The OPP
ponents of the reciprocity agreement have
tried to hide behind the farmer but the
Farmers free list" will drive them from
under cover and compel them to vote
with the Democrats or quit talking about
the farmer. Look at the list.
Plows, harrows, headers, harvesters,
reapers, threshing machines, cotton gins
and other agricultural implements-I5
per cent. ad valorem.
Grain, buff and split leather-7H per
cent.
Cotton bagging, gunny cloth and sim
liar fabrics used as coverings, etc-6-Io OF
a cent per square yard.
Band, bond, betting, rough and sole
leather-5 per cent
Boots and shoes made of bovine cattle
hides or skins-Io per cent.
Harness, saddles and saddlery-2o per
cent.
Leather cut into shoe uppers or
vamps, etc. 10 per cent. additional
duty.
Barbed fence wire-H of cent a
pound.
Wire rods, strands or wire rope, woven
wire for fencing and other kinds of wire
suitable for fencing-3-Io to 6-Io of a
cent per pound
Fresh beef, veal, mutton. lamb, pork
and meats OF all kinds-IH cents per
pound.
Sailed, picked. dried, dressed and
preserved meats-25 per cent. ad valor-
EN-.
Bacon, ham and shoulders cents
pound.
Lard-I4 cents pound.
Sausage and sausage meats-25 per
cent ad valorem.
Buckwheat flour, wheat flour and
semonlina-25 per cent.
Corn meal-4o cents per 100 pounds.
Rye flour-% of cent per pound.
Oatmeal and rolled oatS-I cent a
pound
Biscuits, bread waters and similar arti-
cles not sweetened-2o per cent
Sewing machines-45 per cent.
Salt in bulk cents per 100 pounds.
Salt in bags, sacks or barrels-II cents
per 100 pounds.
Shingles-5o cents per 1000.
Laths-2o cents per 1000.
Timber, hewn sided or squared and
round timber used for spars or building
wharves-H of a cent per cubic feet.
Sawed boards, plahks. deals and other
lumber rough-5o cents to 81 rs per
1000 feet. board measure.
Sawed boards, planks, deals and other
lumber dressed-5o cents to SI.5o per
1000 feet, board measure.
The above list shows the additions to
be made to the free list with the tariff
now collected Meat alone will be a
great boon. The fangs of the Beef
| Trust will be drawn when the consumer
can buy his meats in the open market
| The Beef Trust has taxed the farmer
both ways, both in buying and selling.
| The meat buyers of the city as well as
the farmers will be benefited by free
| meat. Let the good work 60 on; the
Democrats are surely making good
beginning.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
Third Peace Congress-

The National Peace Conference opened
at the Lyric in Baltimore on Wednesday
last. President Taft made the opening
address. He reiterated his faith in arbi
tration for settlement of all disputes. I'm
mediate results he says should not be ex-
pected He further declared that our
government was not in favor of territorial
aggrandizement He was followed BY
Andrew Carnegie who prophesized the
dawn of universal peace. The other
speakers were President Holt, Cardinal
Gibbons and DR.. Mcdonald of Toronto.
There were present many men and wo-
men of International renown The SEES.
sions will be held in Mccoy Hall. Mr..
Theodore Marburg of Baltimore, chair.
man OF the executive committee, is one
of the leading spirits. President Holt
presided at the morning session and
President Remsen OF Johns Hopkins Uni
versity at the evening session.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
Postmasters to Count Mail.

That the Postoffice Department means
to have its business conducted in a sys-
tematic manner and have all available
information in regard to the same is evil
dent from recent instructions issued to
postmasters. During the month of May
a general count is to be made of all out
going and incoming mails. Not only are
the four general classes of mail to be
separated, but each class is subdivided
making in all sixteen classi6catons, each
of which is to be separated counted and
recorded, as also is the time required in
handling each
This will make much additional work
for the postoffice employees and will ne
cessarily to some extent DELAY the distri-
button of the mails, but no doubt much
valuable statistical information will be
secured for the department. During the
same period rural carriers will be required
to count and weigh separately each class
of mail handled by them. for information
on the rural delivery system.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
Democrats Garry Baltimore

The election in Baltimore City on Tues
day last was a quiet one, and not much
enthusiasm displayed by either side. The
Democrats elected Preston Mayor by go
majority; Hubert. President of the Sec
ond Branch Of City Council by GIG. and
Trlft Comptroller by 4, IoS The Sewer
age, Paving and Annex Paving Loans
were all carried by handsome maiorities.
The Second Branch OF the City Council
will be composed of six Democrats and
two Republicans; the First Branch CITY
Council eighteen Democrats and six Re-
publicans. There were many surprises in
store for some OF the candidates and their
friends. The Democratic organization of
Baltimore elected nearly everyone of their
nominees. There was much cutting and
trading
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
Governor Wilson Takes a West
ern Trip.

The politicians are craning their necks
into the future in speculation on how
Governor Woodrow Wilson is going to
take among the common folks when he
goes on his western trip for the purpose
as they are giving 1t out in New Jersey,
of getting acquainted.
Will the Governor make a hit as a
public speaker travelling up and down
the country in quest of support in the
Swing around the circle" preliminary
to run for the Presidency, or will he
be fizzle and a failure?
A great deal depends upon the way
that Governor Wilson impresses the
Westerners on this occasion. If he
makes good with them he will be for
midable as a factor in the presidential
situation. If he fails his chances will be
greatly crippled
DR.. Wilson's friends say that the fact
that he has SO long been a college pres
ident has given many people an en-
tirely wrong impression of him. He is
not the stiff and dignihed person that
one is apt to imagine from his university
antecedents.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.

The Interstate Commerce Commission
has decided to enforce the long and short
haul clause.
The Senate Committee on Finance will
give until May Is for hearings on the Re-
ciprocity bill.
Mrs. Frederick Schoff, of Philadelphia,
was reelected president of the National
Congress of Mothers.
Receivers of the State Mutual Building
and Loan Association of Trenton, N. J.,
have sued the officials for $4,000.
Postmaster General Hitchcock has de-
cided to designate from so to 100 addi-
tional postal savings banks monthly.
A new trial was ordered in New York
in the case of the United Wireless Off
Gals, charged with misuse of the mails.
The Bank of Rosemont, Neb, was
entered by robbers and the safe was
blown. The robbers escaped with 81, 500
in cash.
Postmaster General Hitchcock had a
conference with the council of admins
traton Of the Nation Association of Letter
Carriers.
Jesse H. Robinson, who served with
the United States Military Telegraph
Corps during the Civil War; died at the
age of 81.
Robert Graham Woodward, of New
York, was convicted here Of embezzling
$1,000 while manager of New York
medicine company.
Mrs. Annie E. George and her daugh-
ter May, aged TO- were arrested at KIttan-
ing, Pa, in connection with the death of
a one day old baby.
Charles Hiram Hyde, chamberlain of
New York city, pleaded not guilty to an
indictment charging bribery, and was re-
leased on bail of 81, 500.
Petition in bankruptcy alleging liabili-
ties Of $500, 600 and assets of $50, 900 was
filed in New York against White, Van
Claim & Co., hardware dealers.
Leaders of the striking car shopmen of
the Pennsylvania Railroad have warned
the men to maintain order under any cir
Cumstances, while the railroad company
is preparing for long strike siege
Surrogate Fowler in New York,
granted letters of administration on the
estate of Tom L. Johnson, former mayor
of Cleveland, to his widow, Margaret |.
Johnson, and Charles NJ. Bates, his for
mer secretary.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05

THE Board of Aldermen at a recent
meeting passed a resolution authorizing
the City Register to enforce the collection
of taxes and appointments of street
paving and sewers. These collections
should have been made long ago. The
law relative thereto is specific and its en-
forcement duty, which should have
been carried out in a reasonable time.
Unfortunately the office of City Collector
since it became elective has been con-
Quoted with much leniency, and it is
hoped that the precedent established by
the present administration will be adhered
to by its successors.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
of the majority.

of the majority.
That simply means that the majority
can do what it pleases with no respect
whatever to any of the rights of the mi
nority. Our Constitution was adopted
for the very purpose of restraining the
majority and the general government
from doing anything except within GER
tain and well defined limits Break
down the constitutional restraints and
the people will be at the mercy Of the
mob We do not say that the majority
is necessarily mob, but it may very
well be called mob, and has often been
one. But when you repeal all consutu-
tional restraints, what is to restrain the
majority from disregarding the rights
Of the minority and you will
have no law to punish them for it, be-
cause they will be the law unto them
selves.
The only progress that the Democratic
party needs is to be courageous and
militant party fighting for its principles
as laid down by Jefferson, Jackson and
Cleveland, and for the rights and the
prosperity of all of the people.
The only progress that the Demo-
cratic party needs is the progress that
the Democratic majority in the House
Of Representatives now in session in the
City ofWashington, which has originated
aud passed more legislation for the well
fare OF the people than was ever passed
by any House of Representatives that
has ever assembled in Washington City
or elsewhere, in the same length Of tine
That is the progress that the people
want and needJ and it is all the progress
that they want. The Democratic House
of Representatives has done business
and the sort Of business that the people
want.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05

OUR County Commissioners should
grant the request of the municipality OF
Frederick to pay the city's portion of the
expense to be incurred by the paving Of
the block surrounding the Court House.
The corporation is fairly entitled to some
consideration in the distribution Of the
funds contributed toward the county
roads, of which amount the city pays one
fifth. The county has not properly rec
ognized the city in its expenditure of the
road appropriations, and as this is the
first call made on them to aid in beautify-
ing the surroundings of their own prop
erty they should unhesitatingly grant this
modest request, and as some years since
the board was favorably inclined to the
proposition they will no doubt at an early
date carry out this favorable intention.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
Taft and the Coal Syndicate.

"A Washington correspondent for the
Philadelphia North american sends to
his newspaper this dispatch:
by an order dated October rs of last
year, eieven days before the last election.
and several months after the attempt to
turn over the Alaskan coal fields to the
Morgan Guggenheim syndicate had been
frustrated through the investigation of
former Secretary of the Interior Balm
ger. President Taft himself gave actual
control of the same coal fields to the
same syndicate
This announcement, made now for
the first time, is given added significance
by the fact that at the time the order was
issued President Taft had publicly an
nounCed that he had taken into his own
hands the matter of the claims of the
Alaskan coal fields, with the intention of
administering absolute justice alike to the
coal claimants and TO the public interests.
He had led the public to believe that its
property rights in the coal lands of Alaska
were to be safeguarded. and that neither
evasion nor violation of the law would be
permitted to open way to the invasion
of those rights by monopolizing syndi-
Gates or exploiting individuals
with the public lulled into a sense of
temporary security, both by the assur-
ances Of the President and the revela-
tons made in the Ballinger inquiry, which
seemed to preclude the possibility of any
action adverse to the public interest, until
all claims were adjusted publicly, the
President signed the order which, SO far
as the Morgan uggenhem syndicate is
concerned, was as valuable to that COM
bination as would have been title to the
coal lands themselves. For the order
issued by President Taft, and made pub
lie now, for the first time, gave to the
syndicate absolute control Of the only
possible outlet from the mines to tide
water not already in the control of the
syndicate"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
Three Million Dollars for News.

During 1909 the Associated Press spent
close on three million dollars in the col.
lection and distribution of news from all
over the world! This was record
breaker for achievements in news-gather-
ing, particularly in foreign countries, and
was due III part to the great happenings
in various parts Of the world, such as the
Italian earthquake. which necessitated
maintaining corps of correspondents at
and near the scene of disaster for several
months, and to the discovery of the North
Pole and the controversy that followed
the double announcement, the covering
of which cost the Associated Press six
thousand dollars. -L0nd0n Strand.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
May Day Strikers.

Ten thousand workers on the Pitts
burg Division of the PENNSYLVANIA Rail-
road Company, including the carmen and
boiler workers, sheet metal workers, ma
chinlsts and helpers, went on a strike on
May Ist. Retrenchment policy was the
cause of the trouble
-Four hundred and fifty plumbers went
out in Philadelphia for more money and
eight hours work, and half a holiday on
Saturday. They receive now $3.50 and
want 81 90 per day.
One thousand iron workers went out
in Toronto, Canada. They demand 40
cents an hour instead of IS cents, which
they now receive.
Many workmen went out in New
York City, stopping many new edifices
in the course of construction.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
Turnpike Directors.

At the meeting of the stockholders of
the Frederick and Opossumtown Turn
pike Company held Tuesdsy morning
last in the Judges Chamber at the Court
House, the old beard was reelected as
follows Judge John C Motter, DR..
Steiner Schley. Messrs. Charles L. Gro
Mise d. c. Ramsburg and William c.
Neidig The directors organized by
electing Judge J. Motter president and
Charles L. Cronise secretary and treas
urer. A dividend of five per cent was
declared on the stock.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
Fisher May be Pardoned.

At Governor Crother's pardon court
which he held on April 27, petition was
presented for the pardon of George
Fisher, who was sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for four years for setting fire to
the houses of Dr. Edward Walters, of
Hanover, which were in the course of
erection on East Fifth street. Fisher has
served three years on his sentence. His
pardoned was. signed by number of
citizens of Frederick, including Judges
Worthington and Motter, States Attor-
ney Willard and DIR. Walters.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
More Postal Savings Banks.

Assured Of the success OF the postal
savings system, Postmaster General
Hitchcock has decided to designate from
this time forward from fifty to one hun
dred additional postal savings banks
month until the system has been gener-
ally established throughout the United
States.
Telegraphlc reports received from as
postal savings depositaries opened for
business Monday show that 400 accounts
were received, the deposits aggregating
$Io,o
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
Advance of Woman Suffrage.

We view with wholesome awe the
quick and formidable advance of woman
suffrage. If the parade turns out as inn
pressive as it now threatens to be, the
anti-suffragists, male and female, will
tremble in their boots and seude pumps.
But the arguments employed by the more
vociferous advocates of the cause are
still deplorable. At an East Side mass
meeting few Sunday nights ago, one
of the speakers Of the masculine gender,
declared that a man who told a woman
she was too dignifed and too gentle to
vote was afraid that a woman would
get his job" Do men get work through
the exercise Of the right of suffrage? If
SO, why are so many men unemployed?
The women who fancy they will get
desirable situations if they have the priv
lege to vote are sadly mistaken Fit
ness and industry will still be the re-
quirements. There are not nearly
enough political Jobs to go around now
Year by year, we are hoping that they
will be fewer as mere jobs are distributed
by favor. Moreover, the men will not
stop voting, and certainly not the men
looking for political Jobs. The num-
Der of applicants for every post may be
doubled when the women get into pol
itics, but profitable pulls will be as
scarce as ever.-Ne5O York Times.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05

Much time has been consumed by our
city authorities relative to repairing leaks
in the reservoir. Always some incident
occurs to postpone action. If the en-
gineer engaged is not available, the sup
erintendent is cognizant of the conditions,
why not make start and uncover the
defects find the leaks and seal them. Is
it necessary TO have an expert to solve a
problem so easily unravelled.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
The Habeas Corpus.

While this country is engaged in
policy Of restriction it would be well to do
something in the way of restricting the
habeas corpus. Here are two men sub
penaed to appear as witnesses at some
trial or investigation. They have it all
fixed up that they will ignore the sub
penaes. And how is it to be done? By
having lawyer ready with habeas
corpus to shake in the face of an officer
when he comes to make an arrest for
contempt.
habeas corpus is regarded as sort Of
bulwark of human liberty, so to speak,
but il can be made the implement of an
outrage, and is every time it is used
merely to thwart an officer in the perfor-
nance of his duty. The sole purpose is
to defeat justice. Such was the case with
those two Chicagoans connected with the
Lorimer slush fund-the habeas corpus
saved them just as easily as if they had
taken train to Canada. Yes, someone
will say, but they are still under arrest.
But that doesn't cut much of figure.
When justice pigeonholes case she lets
go her grip. What is needed is to regu-
late that habeas corpus.-Ohio State
Journal
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-05-05
Delegate to Good Roads Con-
ventiOn.

Mr.. William !. Grove, President Of
the M. ]. Grove Lime Company, of Lime
Kiln, this county, has been named as
delegate to represent this county by
Governor Crothers, at the National Good
Roads Congress, to be held at Bir-
mingham, Alabama, starting May 23rd,
and ending May 26th.