The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1916-01-22
THE MARYLAND
LEGISLATURE

tened out last week. On fflday Ine
House adopted, substantially, the re-
mort of the Goodnow Commission on
Employees, whereby the schedule OF
EMPLOYEES and salaries will be cut to
about $32 $50, as against SIl $40 eX.
pended by the House in the session OF
19l4-or a saving of about $4,000.
The Senate had already adopted the
report of the Goodnow Commission as
TO employees and salaries in its depart
ment. All of which action, if consist
entity adhered to, will result in big
saving in the expenses of the Leglsla-
ture, but is kicking up a tremendous
row amongst the "boys", who have
been promised "iobs" at Annapolis
this winte.'. but will have to find their
Jobs elsewhere.
On Friday of last week the House
also adopted resolution 1lXlng tne
number and membership of the vari-
Gus Committees and Speaker Laird an
nounccd that he would be ready to
name said Committees at the opening
of TUESDAYS session this week.
President Campbell thereupon gave
out his Committee assignments. Sena-
tor Williams, of this county, is assign
ed to membership on the Committee ON
.Tudicial Proceedings. on Federal Rela
tions on Railroads and Canals, on
Printing. ON Retrenchment and EX-
penses of State Government, on Re
valuation and Assessment.
When the Legislature reassembled
on Tuesday noon, Speaker Laird, OF
the House, gave out his committee
assignments. The members of the
Cecil delegation are placed as follows
U.1lArr.tpp ('nn1nOlttpn FHllpAtlOn
and on Temperance; Bouchelle, COM
mittee on Manufactures. on Claims,
on Chesapeake Bay and Tributaries, on
Isolvency; James, Committee on Elec-
tions on Roads and Highways.
At the same time most of the Jobs
in the House were given, the only one
going to Cecil being the appointment
of j. NJ. Holden as Assistant Chief
Clerk. 1t is said Messrs. James and
Bouchelle agreed upon the recommen
dation of Mr.. Holden for the place.
With both branches of the Legisla-
ture at last organized and in working
order. the real work began with an
nouncement of Committee meetings
and the introduction of Bills. Ihe
two most important Bills introduced
were the Statewide Prohibition Bill
and the Woman's Suffrage Bill. Both
of these Bills were introduced IN both
the House and the Senate.
Another interesting scrap" was
pulled off by the warning Democratic
factions when their caucus met Tues
day night to try to rename State Irea-
surer Murray Nandiver for another
term. Ten Democrats, amongst them
Senator Archer and Delegate Tydings,
of Hartford refused to go into the
caucus and the chances of Mr. Nandl
yer were imperiIled.
When the Legislature met on Wed
nesday the "old guard" Democrats
tied up the whole Legislature in an
effort to make Murray Vandiver State
Treasurer again. With all their talk
of economy they have already wasted
over two weeks Of the session at hun
dreds of dollars per day, in a tighe
over offices. At the time of our last
report the chances for Nandiver's re-
election were looking pretty slim
On Wednesday afternoon when
nominations for State Treasurer came
up the "fur began to fly" on both the
House and Senate. The attempt to
put Murray Vandiver across for an
other term brought out the battle axes
of his opponents. Delegates Tydings
and White Dem.) and Metzerott.
(Rep.) went after him in the House,
and Senators Archer and Jones
(Dem.), and Zihlman and Williams,
(Rep.), went after him in the Senate.
A vote was not reached on Thursday
and Gen. Vnadiver was three votes
short of a majority. Thereupon the
Democrats forced another adjourn
ment to Friday, although Senators
Archer and Williams protested against
mis- waste of time and money by end
less adjournments of the Legislature.
A Bill was introduced on Wednes-
day by Senator Williams to prohibit
any minister of the gospel or other
person in Cecil county, authorized to
perform marriage ceremonies, from
giving fees to any persons as an in
ducement to bring other persons con-
temp!atng marriage.
On Thursday Senator Williams in
troduced bill to change compulsory
vote for prohibition of every four
years to vote on petition.
A bill calling for an appropriation
of $29, 1857 to be used in recompenS-
ing Marylanders for the loss of cattle,
hogs and sheep slaughtered on ac-
count of the recent foot-and-mouth
disease epidemic was taken to An
napois on Wednesday by Secretary
Charles w. Melville, of the State Live
Stock Sanitary Board. Under the law
the State is expected to bear one half
of the loss of all live stock slaughter
ed on account of such epidemics as the
foot-and- mouth disease. Onc-half of
the loss occasioned by the slaughter
of animals infected with the disease
was charged up to the Federal Gov
ernment and it already has paid out
to Maryanders an amount equal to
the appropriation called for in the
bill In addition. the State has paid
out something like $4,000 to cover
its expenses while combating the
epidemic. This aforementioned amount
was taken from the Live Stock Boards
appropriation.