The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-10-23
THEY BLAME GOVERNOR
Dorchester Democrats Assert His
Oyster Attitude is Inconsistent

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with the oyster question-that b
is playing to the oystermen at HON
and using all his political resoul
ces to incite them to attack tn
planting laws, while abroad he
cultivating the advocates of plant
ing.
They base their charges on tn
character of the fight which is be
ing made by the local Republica
candidates in Dorchester county
nominated by his organization, an
the fact that the Governor signe,
the Price-Campbell bill, passed b.
the last session of the Legislature
which the oystermen are said t.
think put life in the planting laws
In Dorchester county, it is claim
ed, all the local Republican eandi
dates, from E. S. Phillips, down
are centering their fight upon al
effort to capture the oystermen,
vote. And TO do this, according tt
the statements made, they ar,
promising to repeal the Price
Campbell law and, in fact, to wip,
Off the statute books everything
that smacks of the Hannah oyster
planting idea.
A great deal of stress is bel
laid by the Republicans in tb<
county upon the fact that Mr. Phil
lips, when a member of the HOUSE
of Delegates, some year. ago, in|
troduced a bill to repeal the theI
existing Haman law. Cards q
being circulated with Mr.. Phil
photograph on them and line
meath to the effect that the d
termen should vote for the ma
who introduced a bill to repeal ~
Haman law.
1t is charged by the Democrats
that in addition to the straight can.
wasting that is being d2ne along
these lines by the Republicans, the
latter have emissaries at worh
among the oystermen agitating the
with suggestions of oppression and
to resist the enforcement of this
planting law without waiting f0l
legislative action to remedy any
actual injustices that have resulted
from it's operation. The effects OF
this agitation, the Dorchester coun-
ty people say, has not been really
seen so far and will develop only
when the dredging season opens or
Nov. /.
For all of this, the Democrats in
the county hold Gov. Goldsborough
largely responsible. They say that
he is the master of his party In
the county and the directing head
that he selects the Republican cam
didates in the county and deteAr
mines the lines upon which they
wage their campaigns.
His course in the present county
campaign, they say, is directly COY
trary to his course when he sign9
the Price-Campbell bill. That b
greatly increased the area whidh
could be leased for planting pub:
poses and thereof. it is said, MADE
planting actually practicable.
Under thGzp1d
Seth-Hanian Jaw passed at the seS:
sion of 1906, It was provided thfi
planters might take up areas 81 q
acres in the tributaries Of the bay
and in Tangier Sound, and 100 acre
in the bay. That law also PRO
vided that planters should. tong Ia
the tributaries, scrape in Tangiel
Sound and dredge in the bay, the
distinction between scraping and
dredging, it is said, being thai
scrapers cannot use boats exceed
ing about IA tons capacity, while
dredgers may use boats of greater
tonnage. The restrictions as L
longing and scraping and the ares
allowable for lease, according Il
statements made by students OF thu
question, made planting unprofit
able because the planters could no
compete with those in other States
which had more liberal provisions.
This became apparent, it is said
by the time the surveying of thS
oyster grounds was completed II
1911-having been started in 1906
following the passage of the Seth
Haman law. And at the session o
1912 the Price-Campbell bill wa
passed, which provided for en-
larged areas to be leased by plant
ers and also Hberalized the regula
lions as to the manner in which
oysters should be taken Limits o
planting areas were fixed at ~
acres in the tributaries, 100 acre
in Tangier Sound and 500 acres II
the bay, and it was further provi
ded that the planters might scrap
in the tributaries and continued tn
provision for dredging in the bay.
Under these conditions, it
stated, large areas were leased TO
planting, and the issue with tn
natural bar oystermen who oppos
planting became acute. So far tn
outburSts are said to have no
been as serious as those likely t
come because up to this time Their
has been no dredging, that start
ing the first of next month.
Dorchester county Democrats cor
tend that Gov. Goldsborougb's pr
sition is entirely inconsistent bs
cause, they say, he is behind tn
anti-planting agitation being cal
ried on by the Republican cand
| dates in the county, and yet is n