The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-09-25

Board of County Commissioners of such
county, who shall publish the same in at
least two newspapers of general circu-
lation published in said City Of Balti-
more or county within thirty days after
1t shall be reported to him. Such charter
shall be submitted to the voters of said
city county at the next general or
Congressional election after the report
of said charter to said Mayor of Balti-
more or President of the Board Of Coun-
ty Commissioners and II majority of
the votes cast for and against the adop-
ton of said charter shall be in favor of
such adoption, the said charter from and
after the thirtieth day from the date of
such election shall become the law of
said city or county, subject only to the
Constitution and Public General Laws of
this State, and any Public Local Laws
inconsistent with the provisions of said
charter and former charter of said tho
City of Baltimore or county shall be
thereby repealed.
Section 2. The General Assembly at its
first session after the adoption of this
amendment shall. by Public General
Law, provide a grant of express powers
for such county or counties as may
thereafter form charter under the pro-
visions of this Article. Such express
powers granted to the counties and the
pOWeTS heretofore granted the city OF
Baltimore, as set forth In Article 4, Sec
ton 6. Public Local Laws of Maryland.
shall not be enlarged or extended by
any charter formed under the provisions
OF this Article. but such powers may be
extended, modified, amended or repealed
by the General Assembly.
Section g. Every charter so formed
d. sbap ~ily" riiS q great advantage. Is
e general primary in the opportun- his
which it offers to the use of money ma
organizing campaign, expended in
corruptly, but merely in giving Mr.
blicity to the candidate, greatly on,
reases the power of money. | have Ell
own man after man, worthy of par Nv
preference, who has declined to
ter primary contest because of the
ancial burden that a successful! is c.
: imposed.
Nor is it true that the general of
mary is any less subject to the la
ltrol of a machine and the boss and Ion
political organization than con- CIR;
alton. Primaries are usually at /
lded by minority of the party In in
Ter words, the result is much affect the
by the number who can be aroused Ait
come out and vote, and that de- pre-
lds upon organization. This places Nc
the hands of the politicians who Br
We an organization the means to ma
1trol dal
In America we have been greatly the
luenced by the success that our raj
ople have shown in the invention of
chimes to reduce the amount of da,
'or needed and the cost of produc- Ce
n, and We cannot get over the idea
1t political evils can be remedied by
change in political machinery. |
IT mean to say that one form of the
chinery in politics is not better than hol
)ther, but | do mean to say that abb
fryone will fail, or will suffer in a
operation if the electorate do not &c;
form their electoral duties. The &c
resentative system in legislatures to!
in conventions system will work ari
i if the people who ought to vote Ca
turn out and it will work for the er;
sons | have stated a great deal chi
ter than the initiative and referen-
n and the general primary. But we tel
uId realize under any system the at
itcians will control, if the people &c
in their electoral duties. These
rallied reforms and their popularity
a sincere expression of the desire &C
the people to make short cuts and
avoil the evils of failure of the ca
,ple to do their duties. It is fut- no
policy as eX~erierce is showing. Nj
find the so-called bosses still con- OBJ
ling under the general primary, Sh
we find the reformers as bitter an
inst the result of tho general pri- re-
ries when thew are defeated as they tn
@ aoainst the convention. We NAV.
,afNpn n yIrtSo pnontinn frnr1 | Ig
attemrted infusion Of "more damo- tel
ttry,' urrwrru '1,,lu r.jIcal law and any
Bubble General Law now or hereafter
enacted, the Public General Law shall
control.
Section A. From and after the adoption
of a charter under the provisions of this
Article by the City of Baltimore or any
county Of this State, no Public Local
Law shall be enacted by the General
Assembly for said city or county on any
subject covered by the express powers
granted as above provided. ANY law 50
drawn as to apply to two or more of the
geographical subdivisions of this State
shall not be deemed a Local Law, within
the meaning of this Act. The term geo
graphical subdivision" herein used sha
be taken to mean the City of Baltimore
or any of the counties of this State
Section 5. Amendments to any charter
adopted by the City of Baltimore or by
any county of this state under the pro
visions of this Article may be proposed
by resolution of the Mayor of Balti-
more and the City Council of said the
City of Baltimore, or the Council of said
county, or by a petition signed by not
less than 20 per cent of the registered
voters of said city or county, provided
however that in any case 10000 sigma
lures shall be sufficient to complete a pe-
ton. and hied with the Mayor of Balti-