The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1911-11-04

sign checks for bills presented by the
Roads Engineer, who was paid $500 a
year and expense, say $4,000, for his s4r-
vices. Heretofore the, Commissioners
had been paid $1,000 each per year. Now
they got $500, which with the Engineers
$1,000 made total of $500. Besides,
nine road supervisors could be appoint
ed at 5000 each. a total of $27OO, which
with the Engineers $4,000 made a grand
total of nearly $1,000 for road supervis-
ion before a lick of actual work was
struck on the highways. Opponents OF
this machine, OF scheme rather, were
termed ''Reactionaries", and it's support
ers, 'Progressives." He preferred to be
one of the former II elected, he would
do all in his power to repeal the Act of
1910 to restore to the County Commits
sioners their former control of roads
and bridges
Upwards of $4,000 had been set aside
in the levy of 1910 for the ordinary roads
of the county. He had gone over most
OF them at various times and he had
never seen them in worse condition
Many of them are unfit for hauling and
positively dangerous. Were the people
willing to have the present system con-
tinue? Taxes would go up, and prop
erty values would fall Onerous taxation
would make sales of property difficult to
most buyers and impossible to outsiders,
whom the high taxes would deter from
purchase. He knew from experience how
high tax rates affected purchasers. AS a
taxpayer he was willing to pay his share
so long as the public got value received
from its outlay. Taxes were getting to
be nearly the equivalent of rent. They
took large slices of the wheat, corn
and other crops. If the people were not
getting value received, then some folks
were in popular parlance, doing the
taxpayers. He would admit that it
would be proper to get an engineers
services If the Commissioners were
building new roads; but would any sane
man say that such services were need
ed for the making or maintaining of or
dinary dirt roads or contend that their
control should be takan from the Com
missioners? To the total of upwards Of
s157 900 in the levy of 1910 there was add
ed bond issue of $4,000, and discounted
notes totalling s19.5Oo, making a grand
$36,000 set aside for the roads go, judg-
ing from any results that were visible
One district supervisor had drawn $780,
For what? Critics of this system were
told that they were foes OF good roads.
He did not think that anybody favored
bad roads. For himself, he favored
good roads, but not at the cost of public
bankruptcy.
Referring to the charge that the Re-
publican county ticket had been named
by local bosses" Mr.. Warburton said
that he and his fellow nominees had an
nounced their candidates. just as had
their Democratic opponents. AS but one
aspirant had sought each of the places
to be filled on the Republican ticket,
there was no great rush for the Offices,
and they were all necessarily certified as
the nominees, without the help or favor
of bosses" He would say, however, and
say it fearlessly, that for years past
there had been a certain amount of De-
mocratic "Boosism" of which the people
had grown impatient. If the people fav-
ored the road law of 1910, dictated by
one man power, let them say so by their
votes but if not let them favor a change
and bring about the laws repeal. Con-
Guiding, Mr.. Warburton said that if any
one charged that he would work in the
Legislature for aught else than the well
ware and interests of all the people,
irrespective of party, that charge he
would brand as false and malicious.
Hon. Thomas Parran was next intro
duced. and for more than an hour ap-
pea!ed to the humor and sober reason of
his hearers in one of the most forcible
speeches of the campaign in which he
handled BOSS Rule" and Negro Domi-
nation" with a mastery of the subjects
that won almost continuous applause.
At 10 o'clock Chairman Mccullough de-
clared the meeting adjourned.