Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1918-03-08
A Presbyterian, Republicans And
Civil War Veteran DenounCes
The Men Who Are Trying
To Stir Up Religious
Strife.

must think that any man who has an!
State pride would blush for shame afte
reading the proceedings in Annapolis which
took place Thursday evening last during
the hearing before the Judiciary Commit
tee of the House in relation to the bill tC
prohibit State aid to privately owned in
situations. The spectacle of an outside
irresponsible interloper presuming to tell
the people of Maryland how they should
govern themselves should meet with the
most vehement rebuke. The bill in ques-
ton has undoubtedly for its purpose the
Gripping of certain institutions allied to
the Catholic Church. but, like all mischiev-
GUS measures, cuts both ways. As Dr.
Lewis, president of Western Maryland Col
lege, forcibly stated before the committee
February 20, it would not only cripple his
college. but likewise other institutions
among which are Washington College
Johns Hopkins University. St. Mary's
School. Maryland School for Boys, Jewish
Hospital for Consumptives. School for Col
ored Boys at Cheltenham, similar school
for girls in Baltimore county. Home of the
Friendless and others. institutions in no
way allied with the Catholic Church. Ex-
Senator Perkins told the committee that
the passage Of the bill would send the
State tax rate skyhigh. viii itH Let us
sect
1t is proposed to withhold the aid now
given by the State to these various re-
fOrmatory institutions for boys and girls,
many of whom, the majority probably. are
incorrisible. some three or four thousand
Of them. What is proposed to do with
them Close up the institutions, put them
out Of business are you going to do
with these thousands of boys and girls 7
Turn them out in the world to become a
prey to wicked and depraved influence. to
become candidates for our penal institu-
tons. and in the last analysis become a
charge upon the State in another and
more expensive formi God forbid. What
are you going to do for the poor boy and
girl whose parents are unable to give them
the higher education which the present
State aid enables them to acquireH
One member. in answer to this query.
replied Let the State own these institu-
TONS" So be 1t; let's do little figuring.
To build or construct an institution like
the Western Maryland College. the Coun-
try School for Boys and St. Mary's Indus.
trial School would cost, at low estimate,
100000. There are some 20 such In
the State. There you have $4.000.000.
the equipment. Teaching staff and up
keep would cost three times as much, so,
to ''let the State own these institutions"
would cost the snug little sum of $4,000
900. Would there be a surplus in the
Treasury to meet that expense Surely
not. Then what fOllows2 A bond issue Of
at least $l0.000.00O. With the present
rate of interest-6 per cent-we will have
the beautiful sum Of 100000 overhead
interest charge. How high will your State
tax got think when our farmer friends
in the counties realize this they will "sit
up and take notice"
Now, a word with reference to st. Mary's
Industrial School for Boys. have been
honored as a director on the part Of the
State for number of years.
have taken great interest in the work
done there. Being frequent visitor. do
not hesitate to say that no institution In
the State is more efficiently and economi-
cally managed. Boys are sent there from
the city and various counties of the State
by the courts. most Of whom are incOrri-
eible; others for minor offenses from en-
vironments calculated to breed vicious
They are taken in hand by
Brother Paul and his corps of assistants,
are taught trades of various kinds and an
education that fits them to be-
come self-supporting and self-respecting
units of our citizenship. Itake great pride
in the work of the school. 1t may perhaps
be unnecessary for me to state that am
not member of the Catholic Church.
hold membership in the Brown Memorial
Church. So that my attitude
in this matter may not be misunderstood.
Now few words relative to this man
Waldron. who seems to have the leading
strings to certain members of the Legisla-
ture, and who claims all the credit of elect
ing a majority Of the members of the
lower house, as believe he claims the
credit Of electing the present pro-German
pacifist Mayor Of Chicago. That may not
be misunderstood. let me say that So years
ago. as a boy Of II years. | marched out
Of Washington county as soldier and
gave three of the best years of my life to
my country in the Sixth Maryland Regi-
ment. and will carry to my grave the scars
of three serious wounds as a result Of that
service. In my political affiliations am
an incorporating Republican. | have
spent lifetime in the service Of my party,
have sat around the council board of my
party long before some Of those men who
will decide the fate OF this bill were born.
II there are any men Of my party who hold
seats in this Legislature. and who are there
in virtue Of any pledge Of subservient
obedience to the will Of this man Waldron,
to vote and act as he directs. then all have
to say is that they have sold their birth
right for a mess Of pottage. and have no
right to place their party in such an un-
enviable position. At this particular time,
when our blessed country is engaged in a
life and-death struggle to make the world
safe for democracy, 1t Is reasonable for
this outside interloper to come in our midst
to foment religious discord. and he should
be drummed out Of the State.
Is this war to be won by non-Catholics
alone II so. why are not Waldron and his
co-conspirators under the colOrs today :!
Oh, bless you. no They think too much Of