The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-10-03
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tie tries to dictate who snail or shall
not go to the legislature. He demands
that this man or that shall not be gov
ernor. By what right? When | run
for Office l must do so openly. | must
file my expense accounts. | must give
a reckoning. Does this self-elected
boss do anything of the kind? Does his
League do anything of the kind? Oh,
no. He smiles and bows his dirty
hands in prayer and says he represents
the cause of the Lord at so many thOus-
and dollars per year.
Anderson attacks my position on his
local option bill. Now, what are the
facts? | promised to support a state
wide local option bill. agreed to this.
He knew intended to support this bill;
then sold me out for another bill, and
now abuses me because | would not
stand for the "sell out. " | went to the
legislature prepared to vote for a state
wide local option bill, by which a given
district or a given city could determine
whether they wished that section wet"
or dry" Mr.. Anderson says was a
traitor to my obligations. Was |? Let
US see. When the statewide local OPP
ton bill came before the lower house,
he had maJoaity to pass it. This ma
iority was made up almost entirely of
members from counties which were
already "dry." Mr.. Anderson was
very cockeyland beloved about like the
bull of Bashan as to just what he would
do. He claimed that he would cram
down the threats of the minority, who
represented larger communities and
probably more people than were repre-
sented by his votes, the bill was drawn
and openly and defiantly declared that
he would not submit to any amendment,
even though it only changed a comma
to a period. The communities which
did not want his bill sent delegation af-
ter delegation of their most influential
and respectable citizens to protest
asu.ns. ais bill as unfair, but Mr.. An
C"~"o" Rad the votes to pass it and pass
it in both houses, and he knew he could
count on my vote. Now then, what
happened? The same thing happened
that happened two years before. Mr.
Anderson allowed the bill to be defeated.
He had the votes of this legislature
He had them two years before, and yet
he allowed it to fail. Why? Ask Mr.
Anderson, he can tell. He can tell why
he sold US out. He can tell whether he
thinks that it is better to keep on agi-
tatlng while the shekels flow into his
pockets, or whether it is better to win
his fight and have to look for new pas
lures. Maryland is d very nice state TO
live in. | don't blame MIR. Anderson
for wanting to stay in Baltimore.
He does mt want to Kill the goose that
lays the golden egg. Therefore, | say
here in the teeth Of Mr.. Anderson, that
he doesn't want to pass any statewide
local option bill in Maryland. He knows
it. The leading ministers of Baltimore
know it. And dare him to deny.
Mr.. Anderson has never attempted to
deny that did all | could to get his bill
passed without any amendments. The
records of the last legislature tell the
Story as plan as the writing on the wall
He had the votes to pass his bill, and
then Suddenly III the quiet hours Of the
night something happened What was
it? He knows. | don t | don't know
what deal he made and probably nobody
over will know, for Mr. Anderson 5
methods are never brought into the sun
light. But | do know that Mr. Cummins
Of Montgomery county, proposed an
amendment in which Mr.. Anderson con-
Cured, which made this county vote as
whole; which took away the very
principle of home rule and fair play. for
which Mr.. Anderson so loudly shouts;
this my friends was after | had inform
ed Mr. Anderson that if he agreed to
accept the amendments would not vote
for his bill. This bill came to the Sen
ate with the Lee or Cummins amend
ments. | had not agreed to these
amendments. ! was not consulted.
was on record against them. These
amendments accepted by MIR. Ander-
son in the House utterly changed the
character of the bill
The Baltimore Sun OF March 24th,
quotes DR.. j. Fred Heisse, President of
the League which Mr.. Anderson claims
to represent, as saying the amendment
allowing Baltimore City to vote as a unit
on the local option bill greatly weakened
the bill and was directly in opposition to
what the local option forces of Baiti-
more City had been fighting for Yet
this intallible human being attempts to
say or tell you that he was compelled
to accept the amendment or get moth
ing. Do you believe tins
In the same issue of the Sun you will
find Mr.. Anderson quoted as saving the
the Anti-Saloon League assumes no re
spOnsibllity for the passage of the
amended local option bill by the Senate
Lee broke in on our solid lineup and
took away from US our ma iority for the
original bill, and it is up to him to get
it through.
Sunday, March 9th, the Baltimore
News quotes Mr.. Anderson as saying, if
the local option bill is lost, the blame
will be on the President of the Senate.
So my friends. you can see how he has
tried to shift the blame on others rather
than to place the responsibility on him
self, where it justly belongs.
Again, what do we find in the Balti-
more Evening Sun March 26th. An in
terview given out by Mr.. Cummins
which quotes HIM as saying, What
did say was that had bluffed Anderson
and had made him take water, and
believe | am the only mnn who has ever
done this much.
Mr.. Anderson has charged that voted
on preliminary questions in such way
as to injure his bill. My answer to
that is that every vote cast by me in
the Senate on any question Of any kind
was cast with the Consciousness that
was doing my duty. He attempts to
criticise me for not supporting an order
to adopt new rule to the Senate rule.
Mr.. Anderson wanted to upset the pre-
cedentS of years. He wanted to change
the rules which were good enough for
our ancestors and are good enough for
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