Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1916-03-17
GOVERNOR THE GOAT
IN ANNEXATION FIGHT
Chilly Attitude Today of States
Chief Executive Toward Bal
timOreans--Other Legisla-
tive Budget.
A CHINESE WALL RAISED.
Frank Talk About Reprisals Against
Pet County Legislation if Annex
alton Bill is Not Put Through.

He
The Baltimore city members of the
House of Delegates and the city SEN
| ators. together with the Baltimore
press is determined that Governor
| Harrington shall be made the goat" in
the annexation fight
The plans for putting the Field
FUYst bill across. which apparently
had been fixed up to a practical GER
tainty following the visit TO Annapolis
early this week of Frank Furst. slipped
and slipped badly today. The city
members and the city press at once
landed upon the Governor and are not
at all friendly with him over it,
The chilly attitude of the Governor
today toward the Baltimoreans who
have been so peristently urging upon
him that his influence be thrown in
favor of the annexation of part of Bal
timore and Anne Arundel counties, has
raised a Chinese wall between the Elk
ecutive and the city representatives in
the General Assembly. Incidentally
the members from the not affected
counties were this morning invited to
go to Baltimore tomorrow afternoon
on special train to be furnished by
the Anti-AnneXation of Baltimore coun
ty They Will be met in the city with
automobiles and taken through the sec
ton that the city is now reaching out
to grab.
That Governor Harrington is decid-
edly cold toward the city's plans for
grabbing Anne Arundel and Baltimore
counties cannot be denied. and because
of this GOODNESS the prospects for an
nexation today are anything but bright
The chilliness has more than Offset the
missionary work done earlier in the
week by Frank Furst. and is said by
many to be attributable TO the visit to
Annapolis yesterday of "Marse Fred"
Talbot, the baltimore county leader
There is frank talk that annexation
is haResessly beatea. and this has cans
cd the city people to begin talk of
placing upon the Democratic State adj
minstration and then coming back two
years from now with a definite and
hard and fast program. However.
there is one element from Baltimore
city which is, in a measure, response
bic for the condition of affairs Sen
ator William J. Ogden has stood out
fatfootedly straight along against TAX
inc IN any part of Anne Arundel coun-
ty. and this has had its effect upon the
county members
Senator Duyall. of Anne Arundel,ha
been offered a compromise it is said
il he viii stick behind the city in
helping take part of Baltimore county
Il, a.
Baltimore countians had agreed to
stick with him to the last Senator
Ogden stood sponsor for the annex
alton bill drawn by the city-wide con-
gress and has several times beer cred
tied with remarking that the city must
take this type of annexation, which
does no include any part of Anne Arun
lei or 40 without annexation.
This failure of Senator Ogden &c
get together with the other city Sen
ators. resulted in the annexation bills
being reported out without recommen-
dation Frank Furst succeeded in get
ting them re-committed to the Judi
ciary Committee to give opportunity
for the city forces to get together on
compromise, This they have not been
able to do
Undoubtedly the Baltimore annex
ationists an right in their idea that
Governor Harrington is something OF
a stumbling block in the way of their
cherished plan. On the other hand,
Anne Arundel and Baltimore eoun-
ties viii both owe His Excellency no
small measure Of gratitude if the
| whole plan fails through.
There was some pretty frank talk
about the State House today from the
| city people OF reprisals against pet
county legislation and some OF the
| Governors administration bills. There
had been some chance of deal be
ing made by the city with the Repub
| licans until the municipalities repre-
| sentatives absolutely refused to take
! annexation with referendum. The
Republicans are bound by their plat
| form 10 a referendum if any annex
| alton bills was passed. and this hs'
taken them out of the fight.
The Governor is understood now To-
| be willing 10 line up the forces in the
| Assembly that he can control for an
annexation bill that will give the city
/ some extension of the harbor front il
wants, but he viii not give in on the
farresching demands fer inland which
the city has covetous ewes upon
The innovation proposition was the
/ only big one about the State House
during the morning until the Confer
ence Committee report ON the Good
now Budget bill was fled with big
/ rile of amendments There was an
evident disposition among the Demo-
| cratic leaders TO get quick action
However. the rank and file of the Dem
ocrats. with the Republicans. refused
10 vote upon the mass of amendments
| until they had gotten time 10 look into
theirs cope. The report was. there
fore. was made the special order for
! f5evf Tuesday