Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-09-22
STORY OF ACHIEVEMENT

From the Democratic State Platform adopted by the
Convention that nominated Albert c. Richie for Gov
e. Brooke Lee for Comptroller of the Treasury
Thomas J. Heating for Attorney General and Caleb c.
Magruder for Clerk of the Court of Appealsl
1--WE remind the people Of the State of the redemption
by the Democratic party under the administration of
Governor Harrington, OF the pledges made by in the
platform of 1915
The budget amendment has been adopted Continuing
appropriations have been abolished and legislative eX-
penses greatly reduced.
Useless Offices have been eliminated the membership
of the State Roads Commission reduced and the Conser
Walton Commission has been formed
The State Law Department, under the Attorney-(el
eral has been created and special counsel to the State
boards and commissions abolished
A uniform system of accounting has been inaugrlrated
The envelope system has been abolished and
special registration day before primary elections pro-
vided in the counties.
The Home Rule Law has been passed.
The system Of good roads has been maintained and en-
larged.
The agricultural resources of the State have been de-
veoped and the State College of Ag1icuture reorganzed
The public school system has been improved
State Board of Prison Control has been created and
the way cleared for the adjustment of contract labor.
In order to meet the war emergency and to enable
Maryland to do it's whole duty in keeping with its radi
tons, Governor Harrington convened the General As
semby i'll special session in June, 1917. The work al
ready begun by the Maryland Preparedness and Survey
Commission appointed by him enabled the General As
semby to provide the needed legislation without delay.
complete program of legislation drafted by the Attor
ney General presented the day the Legislature
met.
Among the bills those providing for mlion-dol
lar loan, the Maryland Council of Defense State
farm for prison labor the Maryland State Guard,
pending Judgments legal proceedings and statutes of
limitation in behalf of soldiers and sailors absent in
service, amending the militia laws, providing that sol
ders and sailors should not be stricken from the regstr
ton books and authorizing successive legal holidays
There also other designed to conserve
health and property and the Compulsory Work law, the
first of its kind in the country which copied by other
States and received nationwide approval.
The Absent Soldiers and Sailors Vote law was passed
The prompt and effective steps taken by Maryland
proved of invaluable assistance in helping to mobilize the
resources of the country for purposes
But the constructive legislation enacted during the
present administration did not end with the redemption
Of the party pledges and the provisions for the
gencies
Important reforms have been effected in the bank
insurance laws.
The Motor Vehicle laws have been amended.
Measures aiding the conservation of fish, oysters and
crabs have been enacted
Child labor legislation has also been passed.
The State Armory Commission and the State Board of
Motion-Picture Censors have been created
Steps have been taken to bring the Eastern and West
en Shores closer relations than before by the
establishment of ferries the Chesapeake Bay.
The financial affairs of the State have been managed
with exceptional ability, the accounting system i'm
proved and smpfied and the Comptrollers office main