The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1921-10-03

! We, the repre5 entatiVes Of the Uem'
! Ocratic party of Maryland, in conven.
! ton assembled. reattirm our loyalty
| to those great fundamental principles
j Of free government upon which our
! State and nation a-e founded, and our
! adherence to the enduring faith Of the
! Democratic party, with the equality
! of opportunity for the high and low.
! the rich and poor which that faith
assures.
ALL PLEDGES REDEEMED.
/ We remind the people Of the State
| of the redemption by the Democratic
| party, under Governor Ritchie's ad-
ministration, Of every pledge made by
| Us in the platform of 1919. Our
! specific promises for economy and eff
| cheney have each been fulfilled; the
salaries of the Baltimore police force
! have been increased; the State roads
| system has been continued and main
| tanned and the plan for lateral roads
put into effect; the salaries Of the
! public school teachers have been in
| creased, facilities for teacher train
! ing have been extended and the public
| school system generally has been fos-
| tered and developed; the agricultural
| interests
| have been supported and advanced;
public work and construction have
| progressed as rapidly as practicable:
| the institutions for the sick, the needy
| and the afflicted have had our special
| care; a hospital for the criminal IN
! sane and a country site for the Mary
| land Industrial School for Girls are be-
| ing constructed and hospital for the
| colored tubercular is about to be built;
| and the work Of every State depart
ment has been performed in an eff
| cient and businesslike manner.
| The State treasury and the public
! funds are in thoroughly satisfactory
| condition.
| All this has been accomplished I'LL
| der the decreased State tax rate which
| the last Democratic Legislature pro
| vided
A STRICTLY BUSINESS AND
ECONOMICAL ADMINS
TRATION.
| We commend Governor Richie. his
| administration and the Democratic
| LEGISLATURE of 1920 for the industry,
ability and undivided attention ard
! fidelity to public service which have
! resulted in the above accomplishments
| and we commend the businesslike eff
| cheney with which the present Demo-
! cratic administration Invariably dis
| charges its duties.
| We are deeply mindful Of the in
| creasing burdens which rest upon the
| taxpayers, and We recognize that no
relief will be afforded in national taxa
ton or in Baltimore city taxation.
! Therefore, while determined that the
| States business must not suffer, but
| must go ahead, we are equally de-
| termined that the people of Maryland
| shall not have any additional burdens
| in State taxation placed upon them.
| On the contrary, they shall receive
such a tightening thereof as honest,
| intelligent public service and strict
| economy may be able to give.
Through all means that are possible,
we want to reduce the cost Of living
| to the people Of our State, prohibit and
| punish prof1teering in the necessaries
| of life, and bring the producer and
! the consumer closer together in the
| interest of both.
We, therefore, pledge our party gem
orally to these ends, and to the con-
tinuance of a strictly business admin
tstration and of scrupulous care and
| economy in handling the public
| moneys.
ADMINISTRATION CONSOLE
DATION.
We remind the people of Maryland
/ that constructive progress and steady
advance in political ideals have been
the outstanding features Of the Demo
cratic administrations which have gov
erned Maryland during the past two
| decades.
Beginning with pioneer work in the
care of the tubercular the feeble mind
ed and the insane, and with the estab-
| nshment Of a system of free school
| books, there followed a long line OF
| progressive measures, all passed by
Democratic Legislatures, including:
State roads system, Workmen's
| Compensation Law, Public Service
| Commission, State Tax Commission,
| Full Crew Law, Labor Laws, Ten-Hour
Law for Women, health and sanitary
| legislation, New Educational Law,
| Conservation Commission, State Board
| of Agriculture, Maryland Agricultural
| College reorganiZed, State Law De-
| partment, State Board Of Prison Con.
| troll, Budget System, continuing appro-
| priations abolished, uniform system of
| accounting, Anna olis-Claiborne Ferry,
! Baltimore and Rock Hall Ferry and
Baltimore and Love Point Ferry, War
| Legislation of 1917, Police Comission-
| er for Baltimore City, Central Purchas-
| ing Bureau, State Merit System, Uni
[ versity of Maryland and Lateral Road
| Law.
/ These two decades have constituted
period Of specific accomplishment.
AS each new condition arose, the DEM
ocratic State Administration has
stepped forward with the means to
meet it, AS each new need developed,
! the Democratic State Administration
! has supplied the need.
! Inevitably these new accomplish
ments were not co-ordinated. From
! the nature of things they could not be.
| Achievement was the instant and the
! important thing Not until the lapse
of some years was coordination pos
sible, and the time ripe to undertake
the work Of fitting each activity into
its appropriate place in the general
| order
The constructive legislation Of the
| past 70 years mas. therefore, resulted
in a State Government conducting it's
important functions through about so
| separate departments, commissions
and officials. These are too many.
They should be co-ordinated. both to
prevent duplication of work and eff
! fort, and in the interest of economy,
! efficiency and of an adequate, business
| like supervision over all State depart
ments. The tine for this has now
| arrived.
| There Is nothing peculiar to Mary,
land about this situation. Exactly the
same thing occurred and is bound To
occur in every State. But Maryland.
eader Democratic administrations, has
been among the first Of the States to
recognize 1t and to apply the remedy.
substantial beginnings have already
been made b. our party with the ad'
ministrative consultations, which