The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1914-04-17
The Commissioner Law Vetoed.

The County Commissioner law, which
was the outgrowth of the citizen meetings
in Elkton. after free exchange of ideas,
has met with defeat because of the med
ding of bunch of small calibre, school
hoy politicians from Cecil county. who
visited Annapolis and succeeded in hav-
ing substituted at the eleventh hour, a
measure drawn to suit their own whin1s,
regardless of the wishes of the citizens of
this county. The m easurewas passed but
was vetoed by the Governor
This desire of bunch of self-consti-
tuted would-be political leaders to play
factional peanut politics, the only sort of
which they are capable, has led to their
own defeat, and justly so.
The Cecil Wing in discussing this polit-
ical farce in its issue of April II, says
editorially:
The Constable faction of the Democratic
party is showing the cloven-hoof at a very
early stage of its managerial career. Its recent
performance in the enactment of County
Commissioners Law for Cecil is the most Of
fensive exhibition Of petty bossism that we
have ever seen in our midst.
We had hoped the time had come when
there would be no more tinkering with the
Office Of County Commissioners for purely
partisan or fractional purposes. But the Con-
stable faction. which came into partial polit-
ical success by. posing as reformers and pro
gressives, has just shown itself the very en-
bodiment of narrow factionalism. Because Of
their claim that the present Democratic Board
OF County CommissionersEis not in sympathy
with them and would not give us a fair
show las their spokesman put it, they went
down to Annapolis with new Commissioners
Bill, taking from the present Board of County
Commissioners the naming Of Road Supervis
ors. The w.twhich they hadljput through
the House and which they put through the
Senate lover the protest Of Senator Williams)
by lining up a strict party vote for it. that law
says that afterl Feb. Is, 1851 the Board of
County Commissioners shall appoint Road
Supervisor in each Election District. But
mark you, the bill says that until Feb. Is, 1916
the Road Supervisors shall be- First district,
Saml 81. Emerson; Second district. Harry H.
Howard; Third district. ]. Frank Corridean;
Fourth district, Richard Beers; Fifth district,
OeS-
Their; Seventh dirtrict, w. H. Holm; Eighth
district, Reese Barbon; Ninth district, Clinton
Logan.
Now. we are.not Interested in this petty
factional fight by one wing Of the Democratic
party against the other. But we are interest
ed in protecting this county against tinkerinG
with the Commissioners Office for purely
factional purposes. and that is exactly what
the Bill Of the Constable faction attempts
Mark you. 1t does not provide for Road Sup.
ervisor to be elected by each Election district
either now orat any future time. It says the
Road Supervisors shall be appointed after
Feb. Is, 1915 by the County Commissioners
Butt says the present County Commissioners
shalr not have such appointments, because
they will not give us fair show" Now that
is pretty small politics to be foisted upon a
public office. For this reason we asked the
Governor to veto the Bill and he has done so
on the very proper ground that it is vicious
legislation. When the people of this county
get ready to reorganize the Board of County
Commissioners we hope they will do so with
out reference to any such petty politics.