Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1913-03-18
WRITER'S MANNERISM
EASILY GUESSED
Correspondent Believes Fair Play"
and"Observer" are Identical.
RESENTS ATTACK ON PRESIDENT.
Chamber Of Commerce Head Type
Of bIan Of Value to City Says
MIR. Douw.
Communicated


Eiitor Of the Evening Capital
sm net aware Of the identity Of
the writer of me article entitled In
terloper Defined by New Writer = and
signed Fair Pay" but sounds very
similar to Observer, who publish
ed an article attacking Mr. Waggaman
some time ago. regard this last
article so far from Fair Play that
feel something should be said in
Justice to Mr.. Waggaman.
Fair Play" has either not been
a ember of the Chamber OF Com
merce for any length of time, or he is
one of those who has attended so few
Of the meetings thereof that he is
not familiar with the men who have
worked hardest for the success of
that body. Mr.. Waggaman was and
is one of these and was thought de-
serving by at least a majority of
those men who had interest enough
in the Chamber to attend the meeting
at which he was elected president.
AS to what suspension of rules the
gentleman refers, for which he ac-
counts for Mr.. Wsggaman's election,
do not recollect any material sus-
pension that could have changed the
result | have not the records of the
meeting before me, so it is impossible
to make a definite statement as to
wnat rule was suspended, but am
certain nothing was done that would
effect the vote cast by those MEM
bers who had attended enough meet
ings to see and value Mr. Wagga-
mans service to the Chamber.
Surely Annapolis or its Chamber
of Commerce. is not so narrow that
the paragraph asking whether Mr..
Waggaman is a local merchant, busi-
ness or professional man or property
owner or taxpayer, will influence the
judgment of our citizens as to wheth-
er Mr. Waggaman is the proper man
to head an organization whose OBJ
ject is to advance the interests of
the ethyl There have been and will
be energetic, capable men in every
community VINO have none of the
above qualifications, but who can
render valuable service to their
place of re residence.
air. Waggaman, invhis uaRtseA~-i8r-
your valued paper, told many truths,
as ] can bear witness Ia, both as a
citizen anu as a former president of
the Chamber of Commerce. aid while
do not approve his rendering his
resignation when he has but a short
time to serve, can sympathize with
his feelings Possibly have a thick
er skin chan he, but would not let
few knockers" drive me from office
if ] had performed my duty as we'll
as be.
The Chamber Of Commerce has, at
different times, asked for advice
from the citizens as to what should
be done to make the Chamber more
useful A money prize was offered
to the person who would write the
best article along this line Nothing
came of these in-good faith efforts
to get suggestions except the usual
street corner criticism and "knocks.
These have always been given free ly
in places where they would do the
least amount of good and the great
est amount of harm.
TGISVditgs 1 lONe AundpOIlS ana
show by my residence that prefer it
to any other place, but this does not
blind me to some of its short-com-
ings. Annapolis men, as a whole, do
not realize the results that can be
obtained by organization and they are
unwilling to spare time from selfish
purposes to help their neighbors.
am Of the opinion that men of the
type of Mr.. Waggaman are of value
to the city and for the very reason
that he is not local business mer-
chant or professional man, property
owner or taxpayer, but who, notwith-
standing, is self-sacrificing enough to
give his time, his money and energy
TO city in which he has no selfish or
finaIcial reason to help In all
event, if we fiud it necessary to crit
icise him let us do it out in the open
and not over, as in this case, a misno-
mer Of Fair Play" a signature be-
hind which anyone can hide.
JOHN dep. DOUW