The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-02-12
ent number of Democratic votes to sus-
tain the majority.

enL NUMBER OF Democratic votes to SuS-
tam the majority.
/ Speicher will doubtless be backed on
the floor by all of his Republican collea-
CUES, eight in number, and only four
additional votes from the Democrats
are necessary to hold Ashburn in his
seat. Ashburn will not be able to vote
on the committee report, therefore 13
votes will block action of any sort. AS
Ashburn now holds the seat he will con-
tinue as Senator until the deadlock is
broken.
The Republicans in both houses have
become the objects of solicitous atten-
ton upon the part of Democratic lead
ers since minority Floor Leader of the
Senate ZihIman issued his announce
ment that he would support the mass
vote plan for nomination of United
States Senators. 1t is rumored that
others of the minority in the Senate will
stand as a unit with Zihlman in his cry
of fair play to the voters of the whole
State. Nine Republican votes would
make formidable column of support
for the mass vote combined with the
strength of the four Baltimore city
Senators and Senator Hammond of
Howard, a close ally of former Senator
German.
Friends of the unit system have about
given up hope of breaking the mass
vote combination in the Senate and they
will devote their attention to the Re-
publlcans in the House, who number
%. The Governor position on the
mass vote plan has not been made
known by the executive but 1t is said
that he will not bitterly oppose support
of the system if the Republican legisla-
tors should elect to back the bill.
The Democrats have at last begun
their fight to strip Governor Colds
borough of patronage. The first move
was made on Tuesday in the form of a
bill creating a new State Board of Ed
ucatiOn to be composed of five members,
three of whom are named in the bill
and who are Democrats. They are S.
K. White of Wicomico, DR.. Josias S.
Bown of Baltimore county, and Clayton
Purnell of Allegany. This trip with the
Governor and the State Superlnten-
dent of Education are TO compose the
new board. The State Superintendent
is to be elected by the other four men,
bers of the board. Mr.. White is to
serve two years. DR.. Bown four years
and Mr.. Purnell six Years. At the ex-
piration of the term of each the next
Governor is to appoint his successor.
If any of the board resigns or their
places become vacant from any cause
during the Goldsborough administration
such vacancies are to be filled by the
other members of the board. The latter
will also elect the county school boards,
which shall contain an equal number of
Republicans and Democrats, but the
State Superintendent, who will be a
Democrat, will in the event of this cast
the deciding vote in all matters of chos-
ing county superintendent.
The Democratic state platform COM
mittee is behind this bill and the
majority party leaders will call on all
Democratic members to pass the meas
ure over the executive veto. The
Baltimore city bills to make the Liquor
License and Police Boards municipal
appointments have also been introduced !
but are not to become operative until
October of 1915.
The only local measure of interest
offered this week was the Shartzer
measure to give state aid to people of
Kitzmiller and Friendsville to protect
against overflows of the Potomac river