Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1915-09-08
PRESIDENT WALTON
CALLS IT DISTORTION"
Takes Exception to MIR. DOuw' S
Communication On County
Finances.
LARGE AND IMPROPER CHARGE"
MIR. Walton POOH Pooh 81 the ACCUSE
ton of Mr.. DOuw to Play State
Politics in County Finances.
Contributed

(Contributed)
Mr.. Editor:
In reply to Mr.. Douws criticism, or
l might say distortion Of my communi-
cation Of August 81 ,woul say there was
no intention on my part to fool anyone
but evidently he is doing his best to
TOOL some Of the people, and am pos
tive they will be very few. for his com
munication is display of ignorance as
to facts and a weak attempt to listort
the facts so stated by me-
/ will not attempt to discuss his crit
icism of the financial condition of the
county, for he confesses ignorance OF
the same Il know nothing Of the
county's finances at the present time.
(his own wordsl How can he criticise
something that he knows nothing
about? However, I will consider a few
Of his statements as to the items men
toned in my communication.
Item 1. Compelling State Roads Com
/ to build College Creek bridge.
Here he states that the courts have
decided that the State Roads Ccmmis-
sion could take over the bridge when
ever they so desired. What had this to
do with the case? 1t was the order OF
the War Department compelling the
County Commissioners to widen the
draw span from 20 20 80 feet. there by
necessitating a new draw and necessa-
ry repairs that would have cost about
$4,000 After getting an extension ofthe
time from the War Department, a hill
was drafted compelling the State Roads
Commission to take over this bridge in
accordance with the intent Of the orig
nal act, knowd as the Baltimore and
Annapolis boulevard.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
chairman of the State Roads Commis-
sion (Mr O. e. Weller) bitterly oppos-
ed this bill, Governor Goldsbur0ugh
signed the bill March 10, 1914 / re-
er Mr.. Douw TO an editorial IN the Ad-
vcrtieer-2eTrblcan of January 22.1G14
upon the unfair and improper stand the
State Roads Commission took in this
matter Let me quote a few lines OF
this editorial:
"The fact TINT the War Depart
ment has directed many changes
in the bridge will entail a Iarge
and improper charge on Anne
Arundel county taxpayers" etc.
large and improper charge. that is
what the editor called it. yet Mr. DOuw
says the Reads Commission was right
and presume that if he had been in
the County Board at tho time he would
have let this burden fall upon the tax
payers of Anne Arundel county An.
other editorial dated March u, 1914
headed "The Annapolis Approaches :
commends Mr.. Frank NJ Duvall. who
was then a member Of the House OF
Delegates, for his zeal in having the bill
passed.
Item ,. Completion Cf South River
Road. No one claimed that this road
was built by the money Of Anne Arln
| lei county but we do calm that We
hastened the construction and compile
ton of said road, as will be shown il
the resolutions passed by the Board o
County Commissioners or March II
| 1914. Also, / refer Mr. Douw to Mr.
Il Bennett Darnall. attorney Of Bal
timore city, for further information il
the matter Mr. Darnall was of grea'
assistance 10 us.
The other four items l viii pass mp
for these pertain to finances. In this
he is ignorant (self-confessed.)
Now then we come to the most i'm
portant TEN of all, the annexation o
the most valuable part Of our count,
to Baltimore city, namely Brooklyn
Curtis Bay, Fairfield, Masonville an,
Wagner's Point. Mr. Editor, this is tn
only issue in the present campaien. I
strikes the very vitals Of the county
and il consummated our county wouli
never recover. What does Mr.. Douy
say relative to this matter? 1T is al
effort to bring State politics into codn
ty finances" To this say Poohl Pooh
Again does he display his ignorance
for he states that this question goes .
the voters Of the FIFTH district for fina
settlement The voters Of the FIT
district OF Anne Arundel county or III
whole county viii never vote upon thi
question. All that is required IS a
legislative enactment approved by IN
Governor. This was decided in a
opinion Of the Court Of Appeals Of tn
State Of Maryland IN 1888. Daily ",
Morgan, 60 Nd. 4e6.
! States Attorney n. II. Greer brough
this out in his speech at Pasadena 0
September 2. Again do appeal {
every taxpayer of the county to cor
slider this most important question. D
not let anyone fool you about IL. Yo
VIII never have vote upon this til
most vital issue in this campaign
Whyi Mayor Preston is TOO sharp ia
that. Well does he know that If sui
mitted to the voters of the Fifth dis
ltrict every man, woman and child wouI
be against it,
In concluding / wish TO thank yos
Mr.. Editor, for the space in your val
ued paper.
Very truly your,
JAMES A WALTON.
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