The daily banner., 1918-07-01
GOVERNOR FILLS SEVERAL
IMPORTANT OFFICES
James {. Lee% Appointed on Public
Service Conarission 10 succeed T..
Clay Timanu~-NIerit system In
aminers Appointed.

Governor Harrington Saturday ap-
pointed James {. Legg, Of Baltimore,
to the Public Service Commission. IN
place OF f. Clay Timanus, whose
term expired some days ago.
The Governor also appointed Viii
liam Mines Maloy, of Baltimore; Ar
thur Williams, CT Montgomery coun-
ty, and Waite" B. Miller, Of Sails
bury. to the board of examiners, pro
vided under the Roads Commission
Merit System law.
Mr.. Legg will receive i salary Of
$4,000 year The members of the
examiner board viii! receive no COM
pensation.
1t Is expected that Mr. Legg will
qualify and assume his duties within
two or three weeks. Under the Con-
stitution he has 80 days. Chairman
Towers, of the Service Commission.
has been anxious that Mr.. Timanus
remain in Office until the rate cases
of the Gas and Electric Company
were disposed of, but it is not eXpec-
ted that the residence rate question
can be taken up before Mr. Timanus
leaves. The latter has been in touch
with gas and electric rate questions
almost since they have been before
the commission, and it has been felt
in the commission's office that his
familiarity with these matters would
be valuable. Mr.. Legg's friends have
no doubt that he will be able to
grasp these problems promptly, and
the Governor is understood to feel
that there need be no delay in acting
because OF the new appointment.
The Governor has been very quiet
about the appointment TO the Service
Board. Some while ago it was rum
ored that he had offered the place to
one of the prominent younger law
yers in the city, and Chairman w.
Thomas Kemp, OF the State Conser-
vation Commission, was mentioned
as the man. Whoever he was, he
declined. Meantime, friends of Mr..
Legg had been active in his behalf.
The Governor has had him under ia
vorable consideration for an impor-
tant Office for some months past.
1t is said that he offered him the
place on the State Industrial Acct
dent Commission, which finally went
TO Joseph B. Harrington, OF Talbot
county.
Unable to get the sort of lawyer
he wanted, the Governor turned to
Mr.. Legg, it is said, as the type of
lieved was needed in the work of the
Service Board. Mr.. Legg is a form
er president of the Chamber of Com
merce and a member of the grain and
hay firm of John C. Legg & Co. He
lives in Roland Park He is a Dem
ocrat, of course.
The appointments of Mr.. Maloy,
Mr.. Williams and Mr.. Miller, were
more or less expected by the insid-
ers. The Governor has been anxious
10 please the merit system men who
put the law through the last Legisla-
ture, and at the same time name
men who would be agreeable to
Chairman Zoucl, of the Roads Com
mission, who has not been overly
friendly to application of the civil
service to his department. 1t is eX-
pected that the appointments will
give general satisfaction to both sides
Mr.. Maloy, who will be the chair
man of the board, has been sup
porter of the merit system. and was
one of the men who went to Annapo-
lis last winter and urged the Cover
nor to sign the bill when it appeared
that he was likely to veto it. On the
other hand, Mr.. Maloy is regarded
as about as far removed from hide
bound theorist as anyone could be,
and as willing to be governed by prac
tical considerations, if they are hon
est.
Mr.. Williams is the father of State
Senator J. Dawson Williams, of
Montgomery county. He has been a
farmer and business man and is
looked upon as a clear-headed and
public-spirited citizen.
Mr.. Miller is one of the leading
business men and citizens on the
Shore. He was member of the
Roads Commission during the Wei
Ter regime, and his services there
were universally commended as of
an unusually high order. He knows
the Roads Commission work as few
other men do, and he has consistent
ly fought for efficiency and freedom
from politics in the management and
operation.
Mr.. Maloy and Mr.. Williams are
Democrats and Mr.. Miller is a Re
publican.
While in the long run, people can
only helm themselves vet there are a