The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-03-16
THE WEEKS DO|NGs At
THE STATE CAPITAL
Status Of Local Legislation for Garrett
County.

STATE House ANNAPOLIS, MARCH Is.
If Baltimore City gets Annexation
through this session, there will have to
be decided change in the situation.
The first skirmish was scheduled to
take place in the Senate last night, and
if it amounted to anything one way or
the other, it was favorable to the anti
Annexationists. There is considerable
jealousy mixed up in the Annexation
fight, and this very thing may kill the
whole proposition. Senator Ogden, of
Baltimore City, has bill, and then
there is the "Furst- Field Bill. The
latter is identified as the Bill most
kindly regarded as the Baltimore Ad-
ministration Bill, that being Mayor
Preston, and believed to be the Bill
which has been drawn just as the Mayor
wanted it. 1t was drawn by City
Solicitor Field. Mayor Preston's cat
torney General" and he has been here
for the past week every day lining up
the Baltimore City Delegates and as
many of the others as he finds tract
able. Frank Furst, OF Baltimore,
whose power" in the primary for
Harrington and later in the election
was said to have been "some" power,
is here to take charge of the City's in
terests in the Annexation matter. He
is regarded as a man of exceptional in
fuence in matters Of this kind and he is
credited with having had the Goodnow
Commission idea accepted by the State
Caucus.
WILL HAVE TO AGREE ON ONE BILL.
One of the very first things Mr.. Furst
must do will be to get the Baltimore
City Senators. and Members of the
House to concentrate upon one or the
other bills. Theresare said to be three
in the Senate, but there seems to be
only two live" ones. Senator Ogden
is bit sentimental. about the matter
and has concluded that his name as a
Home Rule" statesman can be handed
down to posterity best through an An
nexation Bill bearing his name; hence,
he is for the ogden Bill'' first, last
and all the time. The Preston Furst
people like the other bill because it was
built by their own architect who drew
the plans and specifications to suit the
Mayor, and Senator Campbell, Presi-
dent of the Senate, introduced it and
of course he, too, wants to see the
"Ogden Bill' sidetracked. But there
isn't any use at all for them to hope for
Annexation until aftersthey have de-
cided upon one bill and throw all their
reserves behind it, Ibecause the Mem
bers of the House outside Baltimore
City will not interfere one way or the
other until the Baltimore City people
have determined upon ltheir own bill.
Members of the House--some of them,
find objectionable features in both bills
in the Senate, andlsome may favor one
and some the other; and it will be diff
cult to live them up behind any Annex
alton Bill to be entirely frank and
truthful about it.
ANOTHER CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE.
Annapolis just now-the State House
particularly the political clearing
house for candidates and booms. The
candidates for the United States Sen
ate of both political parties come here
often; Mr.. Bruce and Mr.. Lewis are
here frequently, but rarely on the
same day, and Mr.. France and Mr..
Goldsborough drop in semi occasionally
Ito look things over" The candidates
for Congress, too, have made frequent
pilgrimages to the City on the Severn
and either Mr.. Blair or Mr.. Weinberg
are here almost continuously, while
Senator Zihlman, of course, remains
here in the.performance of his duties
as State Senator for Allegany County
and Republican Floor Leader in the
upper branch. 1t must be said for Sena-
tor Zihlman, however, that he has been
paying more attention to his public
duties than he has to his campaign for
the congressional nomination in the
Sixth District, and this fact of itself
has done him great deal of good, be-
cause the people who come here see
that he Is industrious, watchful and a
resourceful leader. and that he is con-
scientiously serving the people of his
State while his alleged opponents are