Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1917-10-02

And ii will be a government oetter
suited to their needs.
| The city limits should he extended
nv the legislature Of 1913 because the
opporfunity for y marvellous develop
meat IL Mt hand and In order that Bal
tfmore may get its proper place In the
census of 10&O.
A Matter OF The Public Welfare.
This is a bigger question than poll
tees; a bigger question than the po-
liticaI or personal fortunes of one man
or another man; bigger than the local
pride OF Baltimore city or Baltimore
county or Ammo Arundel county. 1t
is a question Of the public welfare. II
is q. matter of the interest OF the en-
tire state, and il is true now. as II
has always been. that the interest OF
the state is the supreme law.
Baltimore city was created by the
Legislature not for political reasons,
but for the public welfare. It's limits
have been I'VE times enlarged. not be-
cause the Legislature wantedto make
Baltimore bigger or Baltimore county
smaller. but because the Legislature
recognized the fundamental fact that
Baltimore city is great asset OF this
State; that the growth and develop
ment of the city is great benent 10
the State. and that TO give the city
ample room in which to grow ana
ample powers with which to develop
and prosper was promoting the pub
lie welfare OF the entire State. The
same consideration of public welfare
now demands that the city's limits
should again be enlarged so as TO
give it the territory TO enable il 10
take advantage of the present oppor-
tunity for development OF manufac-
turing and shipping industries.
Personal Interests Must Give Place
To The Public Welfare.
The personal interests or wishes Of
individuals must always give place
to the public welfare. individuals all
over the United States are now being
called upon to assume very heavy
burdens of taxation TO promote the
war, because the public welfare de-
mands it. There never was a great
measure passed by any Legislature
for the public welfare that did not
run counter to the interests and
wishes of some of the people and that
did not result in some hardships; but
the answeE has always been that the
public welfare is the supreme con-
sideration. The extension of the lin
its of Baltimore city takes some ter
ritory and population away from Bal
timore county and Anne Arundel
county; II may result in some little
increase in taxes upon property own
ers brought into the city from Balti-
more county; and 1t may wound TO
some degree the pride and prestige
of the political leaders of Anne Arun-
del county and Baltimore county. but
the complete answer to every one OF
these objections is that the public
welfare of the State and the proper
development of the greatest asset of
the State demand this extension of
the limits of Baltimore city, and the
personal pride of political leaders or
the personal interests of a few tax
payers ought not to stand in the way
of the public welfare.
No Change In Political Power or
City Or OF Either County.
Nor will the addition of this terri
tory to Baltimore city affect the po-
liticaI power either of the city or of
DIlIlllOHc Guilty VI VI <AAhC = AAANOA
county. Each OF these counties Will
have one Senator. as they now have,
and will have the same number of
members of the House of Delegates
which they now have, and no less,
and Baltimore city will have four
Senator'S, as 1t now has, and no
more, and "a members OF the House
of Delegates. which II now has, and
no more.
The representation of baltimore
Will not be increased by the extension
OF the city limits, either in the Leg
isIature or the judiciary or I'm an
State convention OF either party, or I'm
Constitutional Convention ~ one
should be called. In every one OF