The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-04-12
THE LEGISLATURE AND THE
FREDERICK COUNTY DEL
EGATION.


Jacs The Legislature of the year nineteen
ne, hundred and twelve adjourned on Mon
CT day night. April rst, and the members
~ are at their homes. It is safe to say that
He.t no material interest Of the State would
Hea have suffered and the taxpayers would
have been infinitely better Oft, if they had
lown STAYED at home and never have as
FL sembled
fO 1t increased the State debt by about
Nm six millions of dollars. and increased the
Der { taxes Of the taxpayers to thiryone
s. cents on the one hundred dolars-the
Sur highest tax rate ever known in the his
Ioha tory of the State. The Legislature did
c, this in the face Of the facts that there
&C. was already debt of about six millions
21uv of dollars already on the State when
FL. y: they met, and Of the fact that few
II years ago the State Treasurer, by public
7" proclamation announced that when the
N.a, Baltimare and Ohio Railroad Company
Mo in a settlement paid the State two mil
is 81 lion and a hall of dollars, that the State
Fol- was ont Of debt, and after that year there
me =, would be no more State tax to pay
IN. That statement seems 10 be now
al of vanished cream, lDT me wear never came
the lho when there was no State tax to paw.
maATi When will that year now dawn on this
NJ st!Stale' Not in this generation and never
Palnecunul after another deluge. And the
iaml 80 Frederick county delegation, in both the
~ Senate and m the House Of Delegates,
and T. voted for all Of these increases made in
Ato the State debt
movn The Legislature voted to give Johns
Hari Hopkins University six hundred thou
'iMdarlr<lssand dollars and then voted to pay it
fifty thousand dollars every wear there
safter which is equivalent TO the interest
nix, 'on million and half more.
,cbnIso For which injustice and oppression Of
the a.. the taxpayers Of the State part Of the
I MrGtpress Of Baltimore City takes especial
Ttlng forcredit, together with parcel Of fadisis
I Mrtissof Johns Hopkins University and also
fPensml lot Of people on the outside Of the
MMt.tO State. All this has been published in a
a.. N part Of the Baltimore press. This is all
: rom ~ done we suppose, as an excuse and
City a., an apology to the taxpayers for the raid
Mrf1a made on their hard earnings and they
spenr a, seemed to have but few friends in the
G Ke,aiS legislature, whom they had sent to An
e a. lapos 10 represent their interests. 1t IS
I A. ;Halso announced that DR.. RemSen was
Hart 'caled in to see the Governor sign the
frient-a pill for the appropriation for Johns Hop
Mr. kins University. and then took the pen
a; Y with which II was signed as an evidence
" 1es6f honor that the Legislature had been
,, elIhoodooed by Johns Hopkins University
ieorcf Johns Hopkins University is an indie
Mrnn pendent instutian in name, but it has
With Uncertainty been a blood sucker on the
=. axpayers ever since its establishment
-, Perhaps it would have been better if the
/. Mi TO, Governor had been unable to get an
91liss ire other pen to sign some of the other
.. Nip bills, which he also signed.
Anss' But Johns Hopkins University took
ny F.he pen and took with it the cake of the
~ II .-ex taxpayers. The Frederick county dele
Emil lis cation, voted for this raid on the money
Mrby Of the taxpayers except the Senator and
.y vtrsMr. Wertenbaker.
imSffe The Legislature also voted those mil
:. Mrisbiens Of dollars worth of bonds for the
sgd1sleS4 Good Roads Commission to spend to
r ~, yocompete the wild cat good roads
wren :lne scheme which was hatched under Gov
samefi srnor Crothers. and which has beeu
] Mr. ..abooed all over the State. Another
eaug nightmare dream, which will soon vanish
s"u A part of the Baltimore City press
urg EsiVeS % sumo "ope .''"' u'iuel Ooios-
loves oorough's administration we will have
] Msaic practical and good commission, and
s3rtu common sense plan of road building.
gas.slWe hope SO, but we are not SO sanguine
NJ Of this consummaton SO devoutedly to be
IL ~ wished for. And the Frederick deega.
ton also voted for this bill
: The sum of three hundred thousand
III, dollars was especially voted to the
,but Southern Maryland counties, and three
~ Tnhundred thousand dollars were specfi-
/ ally voted to Baltimore county, and the :