Evening capital and Maryland gazette., 1916-02-03
THE EFFICIENCY BUMP
ECONOMY IN PRAYERS
Anne Arundel Clergyman Offers to
Pray Gratis for Maryland
Legislature.
TRADERS LICENSE ADVOCATED.
Ballot Reform Started delegate
Shartzer Wants to Save the Poor
Old Cow Her JOB.

The Maryland Senate is due for
bump" in the way of a test upon just
how economical it really wants to be
and just how much money it is willing
to save the State
And the bump is over prayers. Also
it is being put up to the honorable sen
ators by Anne Arundel county. The
Rev j. NJ Magruder, living near Camp
Parole. and filling the pulpit of 81
Margaret's Church, in the home neigh
borhood of Senator Frank NJ. DuvaI
has rendered 10 the Senate of Maryland
through Senator Duvall. an offer OF
service IS chaplain without pay.
Mr. Magruder is sincere in his offer
and is understood to feel that the ar
rangements might very we'll be made
a perfectly dignified manner. And TO
those who know him. there is not the
slightest chance of there being any
extra" pay. He has sincerely offered
his services for nothing, and is not the
type of man to do this with any noto-
riety-seeking idea. There are about
sixty days more of the session, and
these days at $5 per diem mean saw
ing of abolt $500.
VIII the Senate do it?
hearing was had this morning by
the Senate Judiciary Committee upon
Senator Duvall's bill to compel trad
ers from other towns coming into
Anne Arundel and Annapolis and solic-
iting business without having first ia
ken out license.
Mayor James F. Strange. Mr.. Clar-
ence White, of Strange & White, and a
number of other Annapolis business
men, spoke in advocacy of the meas
ure on which fight is being made by
the Baltimore city members
The Anne Arundel members of the
Legislature this morning went before
Governor Harrington, urging him to
appoint William Edward Jones,o of Anne
Arundel county as the chief inspector
of the State Tobacco Warehouse in
Baltimore city
Ballot reform was started today
when Senator Zihlman offered his hin
providing for a uniform ballot for eIec-
tions in all counties of the State The
bill was referred to the Elections Com
mittee.
Under the provisions of the Zihlman
measure the so-called Wilson county
ballot law is further nullified. Sc
crecy being done away with and the
voter is given some aid in casting his
vote for the candidates of his party
rather than looking through long list
of names and picking them out from
memory
Names on the ballot would, under
the law, be arranged in alphabetical
order. and in addition. there would be
party designation after each name
In addition to this the feature of the
law still applying in one county-Anne
Arundel-where the voting for too
many candidates in any one block OF
names for one office invalidates the
whole ticket to be repealed
Delegate ShartsZer. of Garrett coun-
ty, this morning offered in the House
a bill which is sure going to raise
howl from every boarding house. res
taurant, and hotel-keeper from the Al
leganies to the Chesapeake Under il
any boarding house keeper. hotel man
or restaurant proprietor who offers his
long suffering diners or boarders. mar
garine. butterine or other substitute
for real butter without having notice
to this effect posted, is subject to a
6ne of s25 and costs. Il am trying to
save the poor old COW her job" said
Delegate Shartszer.
Adjustment of the office of county
tax supervisor and assistant or clerk
is proposed under a bill offered in the
House today by Delegate Tydings. of
Hartford county. The bill is one of the
economy and efficiency bills of the
Archer wing of the majority party.
If passed the bill would legislate out
Of office Mr. W T. Revell. who holds
the position in Anne Arundel county.
and his clerk, j. Oliver Johnson.
Il is proposed in the measure TO place
the supervising of assessments in the
hands of the County Commissioners
hereafter.