Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1920-10-14
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Ar. Holiday States Ills Position On
The SCHOOL Bond Bill

time give iile reasons Why Mf AIWtli
and j voted against he school Bond
Bill The articie III question say
.'rhe school bond Bill VAS enaesea
al the las, regular session Of the Leg
isiatnrt Il reeeived practically tht
unanimous approval IF the lawmakers
-thers being hui No votes east agains
Ii These Negative votes we're those
.of Delegate Holiday and AtMell q
the Anne Arunaei delegation
AS q maf3ef of lu here MIS- not
eNen The fermaiity ii roll calf an
the bin. tn clerk calling Me 81
Speaker Atweli HoIladas and smart
zer as had asked that Mr. Atweil
and / be recorded il the negative We
were he only members who actually
voted on the bill The bill had been
reported from fl., Anne Arundel dele
cation without Recommendation as
tho delegation WIS evenly divided on
the measure We could not under.
those circumstances offer amy amend
ments. and as knew that the same
combination Was working against me-
il the House hat had defeated the
proposition 10 place two women on the
school Board. thought that an at
tempt ID offer amendments on tho
floor on lis second reading, would
meet with the same fate
Ny opposition to the bill was per-
fectIY we'll known al the time and was
not based on any political eonsidera
tion whatever Some Of my political
and personal friends were IN favor Of
the bill was in fatol Of some
specific appropriations for several
schools such az Odenton and ArnaIds
but ! could no. vote for this measure
FOR several reasons which suggested
Themselves TO me then, and still ap
peal II me now .althoush had nothing
~ do With calling the operation ~ Tho
referendum on the question My op-
position was based on The following
propositions
The bill, as introduced in the Sem
ate, made no budget (as had been the
case with all former school bills With
in my recoilection), and gave no indi-
cation whore the money was 10 be
spent There was no assurance what
ever that any ~ the places known III
need improvements would he con
sldered
Tie bill took away from Tie School
commissioners practically their au
th0rifv IN the matter
was opposed 10 any extensive
building plan a that time. becaus
every building would cost Just twice
rs much as il VAS worth. and that
much money wasted The State III
elf adopted that view and no annro-
nriations were made except for roads.
and this was made necessary IN order
So secure tho appropriations from 9he
General Government Tor pos roads
Mas opposed rs long-tsrm bond {
specially IN the then condition Of the
money market when naneicrs We're
unwilling u lie up ther funds for ~
long period like thirty Years Since
.hen MI big ISSUES 81 bonds have been
put out for period 81 only Ten year
and on an EIGHT PER CENT basis.
ahen our bonds were. only for FIVE per
cent and for thirty wears
lndef The LAW m sinking funds are
acid in he banks lor thirty years inz
Steat, 81 heing II d or iii periods Of fse
vcars ana saAing hat much interest.
/ did not believe then. nor do / believe
.lon thai tie issue can Be floated at
five per cent unless there are some
wealthy public pirited men II the
county Who could take The Issue The.
proposed bond issue will cost over
lrtf Hundred thousand lollars % the
t.lN9,aSers Of Anne ARUNDEL county be-
fore tic bonds are paid of anl retired.
also though, tina; the money d be
rcceivea From Baltimore city from the"
aroperts iii the territory annexed ID,
Baa. more could have been used for.
he temporary needs Of the schools.
and postpone !. bond issue for more
favorable flnaHcial eaadil ans
Iii al of these opinions link MY
colleague. Air A,wcll. caneurred
Ii another place your article SAYS
shat il Is to he denlored that the ma.
81 has gotten into politics / agree
With YOU but VAS /, not put into
politics Wien the present earinrs ion
MAS named ii the hiii itself and thea
budget omitted
Personally. ! have always heen on
posed to any school questions being
IN politics ana my efforts have ALWAYS
been 70 gel them eat Along those
very lines ! advocated bin a the ses
sion of 1918 introduced by Mr. W II
Liaihisum. and again introduced by
ae Il The last session authorizing me
Governor q appoint al LEAST fwoi
women OH the School Board for Anne
Arundel county. and the very same in
fuence defeated those bills which
passed the bill under discussion
As a member Of the House Of Dele
gates, | tried 70 pass on the merits Of
every proposition that came before me.
without regard 70 political considera