Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1921-05-09
LETTERS TO EDITOR
Prohibit Carnivals, Etc.! No-Enforce
Law, Says Correspondent Who
Would Also Have Police Force
Based Upon Merit System.


z copy of resolution adopted ty the
Ministerial Union of Annapolis in part
as follows Go on record as protest
ing against the allowing of ANY trav-
elling carniyals in Annapolis, and !. :"
Now, Mr.. Editor. do feel that a
protest is indeed due when men OF
such eminent attachments adopt what
l believe TO be a most reprehensible
resolution. Really, it is horribly pro-
yincial. Consider the case.-Traveling
.carnivals at times come to Annapolis.
Through a variety of circumstances
probably lack of enforcement of the
law public or scandalous gambling
results. Ergo. prohibit travelling car
nivals.
What could he more narrow? Now
consider one of many "reductiones ad
absurdum." An apple tree grows in
field. Through a variety of cir
cumstances some bad apples result
which react lily on the ''tummies" of
little children. Solution-cut down the
apple tree,
Shoes sometimes hurt the feet. So
lution-wear sandals and prohibit
shoes. Gossip causes SANDER: Pro-
hibit conversations! etc, etc. Some
moving pictures are indescent. Pro-
hibit moving pictures.,
No. Mr. Editor, the solution these
gentlemen should have recommended
is regulation Ii. e. enforcement of the
law) not prohibition.
And that reminds me- Would we
not have better police force if we
had a city merit or civil service sys-
tenn, instead of force subject to the
changing whims Of political whips.
Yours,
r. d. TISDALE.
Annapolis. Md, May 6, 1921.
Praises Capitals Editorial On New
bcrry-Ford Contest And Primary
Elections.
To the Editor Of the Eueping Capitol:
May | comment on your editorial in
Saturdays issue on Senator New
berry's case? | have not the text OF
ne Supreme Court decision but it
would not surprise me IL it were part
, based on the fact that Michigan al
ready has a statute governing CANT
raign expenses, under which a candi-
date is permitted to spend more than
twice as much as the Federal statute
allows. . If there were no statute at
all, it would have to be admitted as
reasonable that a candidate in Michi-
gan might find perfectly honest and
honorable campaign more expensive
than candidate in. Delaware Della
ware he's thre counties, Michigan has
IS. The railway journey from Detroit
TO the westernmost boundary of the
State is COO miles And reasonable
expense for publicity might vary ac-
cording to circumstances.
Mr.. Henry Ford's campaign created
IN unprecedented situation. He is
master of one of the most remarkable
commercial organizations ever formed
lie had, besides a tremendous elector-
leighborhood, an agent in practically
every township in the State. He has
been a liberal employer, and his
agents are devoted to him. His COM
nerciGl organization. could be turned
overnight into political organization.
and l have no doubt it was Mr. Ford
did not need TO spend any money for
publicity. His organization wassready
made. 1t was this organization that
threw the Republican party managers
into a panic. and made them act as if
they believed "the end would justify
the means"
What the money was spent for was
to get enough publicity and access to
the. individual voter to Offset the
power of the Ford organization l be-
licve the general public is justly of
tended by the enormous expenses as
showed in court But if Mr. Ford had
been actually elected, and the public
understood that the election was car
ried by merely a different use of
wealth and power, it would have of
Tended them Just as much Mr. New
berry is rich; Mr.. Ford has probably
ten times his wealth. Mr. Newberry
had the. Republican organization; Mr..
Ford had this much more efficient and
powerful commercial organization.
am not surprised at what was done
for there was something like a panic
But explanation is not justification.
and 6eplore the tendency of some of
Mr.. Newbcrry's supporters to act as if
they had done right
AS 10 the amount spent. which
seems very large. doubt whether any
|of it. leaving out the statutory limita-
ton. was corruptly spent, and that the
great expense had very little influence
on the number of votes. The margin
was so small that Mr. Ford might have
been elected if Mr.. Newberry's
friends had not been so lavish; but on
fhe other hand Mr. Newherrv Inst Re-