Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1912-01-09
CROTHERS' LAST DAY
Governor viii Leave Tomorrow
Following Inauguration Of
GOldsbOrOugh.
SIGNS ELECTION BILL.
State House Begins to Get Into Hoh-
day Attire For the Ceremonies
And Visiting Crowds.

Governor Crothers is rounding out
his term as he began it-by giving
close attention to business. How
ever, he has not been spending as
much time in the executive Offices
as he did'at the beginning of his term
four years ago. Instead, he is put
ting in a great proportion of his time
at the Executive Mansion, where his
nephew, State Senator Omar d. Croth-
ers, of Cecil county, is staying with
him.
Tomorrow noon the Governor and
his other nephew and private secre-
tary, Emerson r. Crothers, will leave
here for Elkton, where the Governor
is expected to resume the practice of
law, which he gave up more than four
years ago to accept place on the
bench, and from which he resigned
when nominated for the governorship.
The Governors most important work
today was the signing of the new
election bill for the Wilson law coun-
ties of Southern Maryland and the
Eastern Shore.
| Seldom has a Governor been kept
as busy in the last days of his term
/ as has Governor Crothers. He had
till yesterday several important ap-
+ pointments under consideration and
these gave him much concern. For
some of the places he filled yester-
/ day there were several applicants,
and these did not fail to remind
him of their wishes early and often.
The Governor has cleaned the plat
ter of all appointments, big and little,
except that of superintendent of
Public Buildings. He has filled UP
all the State boards, among which
there were many vacancies. These
places often go abegging, anyway.
4 1t was thought he would leave the
short-term on the Public Service Com
mission and the vacancy on the Balti-
more City Liquor License Board open
for the new Governor, but at the last
minute he decided otherwise. He took
the ground that this was a Demo
cratic administration and that he
should take the responsibility for fill
ing all the places open to him with
members of his party.
Throughout his administration moth.
ing has given Lthe present Governor
more trouble than his appointments.
To him many have proved disap-
pointments. There is no doubt that
had Governor Crothers been given
another term he would have made
many changes in the list of appoint.
mepts throughout the State.
The Governor has been giving close
attention to the work of the Legis-
lature, and the one thing that has
gratified him is the victorylfor econ
omy in both branches of the Legis.
lture. Ever since he went into
Office he has preached economy and
the one thing in which he failed ur
to this session was to get the Legis.
lture to adopt his ideas. That expen.
ses have been cut down and the waste
public money lessened is source OF
great qualification to him as he goes
out of Office. Furthermore, he il
pleased that the Legislature has got
ten down to work from the start anc
shown what can be done.
That some of his pet ideas have moi
been enacted into law is disappoint
J ment to the Governor that he car
hardly conceal. One of the things OF
which he had set is heart was legisla
; tion relating to the State road work
so as to make it permanent and tn,