Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1921-07-01
Gov. Richie Tells OF Plans For
Reimbursement.


Richie to sit down TO luncheon and dis
cuss the Governors proposed reorganiza-
ton Of the State government
The Governor opened the business of
the day with an address in which he gave
an outline Of his ideas as to State govern
mental reorganization and his reasons for
appointing commission to draft plan,
after considering the report and sueees-
tons on the subject made by the Chicago
experts employed by him months ago.
In his address the Governor made ii
plain that he was not committed to the
details of any particular plan; that he
wanted to bring about greater efficiencyin
the administration of the State govern
ment without increasing the cost to the
taxpayers.
Following the Governors address. nomi-
nations for permanent chairman were
called for and former Judge N. Charles
Burke. of Baltimore county, was chosen by
reclamation. Succeeding this came the
offering of resolutions. A woman member
of the commission. Miss Kate McLane, of
Baltimore county. offered one to authorize
the chairman to appoint an executive
committee.
A resolution offered by former Congress-
man Carville d. Benson provided for the
naming Of committee to propose plan
for reducing the number Of State elections.
The chairman appointed the following
on the executive committee: Judge Chas.
Burke. ex-senator John Walter Smith,
former Governor Emerson c. Harrington,
Judge Carroll 7. Bond, Frank A. Furst,
Comptroller E. Brooke Lee. Treasurer John
M. Dennis. Emory L. Coblentz, William
Mines Maloy. Samuel X. Dennis. Charles
P. Coady, former Comptroller Hugh A.
McMullen. W. Lee Rawls, Thomas H. Rob-
inson. W. Mitchell Diggs, W. Mason Shehan.
Stuart S. Janney. 0mer F. Hershey. Mrs.
Charles E. Ellicott, Mrs. James F. Briscoe
and Mrs. Frank P. Scrivener.
He also named the following as the COM
mittee on reducing the number of cleo
tons: Carville d. Benson, Joshua W. Miles.
F. Neal Parke, Sylvan Hayes Lauchheimer
and Henry D. Harlan.
Calling the meeting to order, the Gov
erRor said:
1T is an inspiring thing to see this body
of Democratic men and women. represen-
tative Of every shade of party thought and
activity, assembled for the purpose of
working out and offering to the people Of
this State the best there is in State gov
eminent at the cheapest cost to the people.
And yet. for what was our party intrusted
with the control of State affairs. il not to
do that very thingH 1t is our party g
solemn trust received from the peoples
hands. and we are entitled to satisfaction
in the thought that the Democratic party
in Maryland has within itself-unaide
from outside sources-the brains. the ca :
pacity. the sincerity and the will to per-
form to the full this obligation to the people
Defeated last fallS Certainly we were
Defeated after the most constructive four
years in our whole national public life.
and after the most marvellous war accom-
plishments during the succeeding four
years the world has ever seen. but de-
feated as the inevitable result of the re-
actions and outerowths from those very
accomplishments. Defeated largely by the
combination Of the many whose special
grievances and personal interests so blinded
their eyes to the great realities which only
history can show in proper perspective,
that they yielded before promises impos-
sible of performance.
"A tempory condition. A passing thing
Do we not see it all nowi Immediate peace
with Germany-has it come yeti Recall
every remaining American boy from
abroad-have any come home Hands
of European affairs-have we been able
to let got Tighten forthwith the burden of
taxation-has single dollar been taken
off Settle the tariff question-has not
this caused a revolt in the Republican
party itselfi Reverse this or that or the
other policy Of President Wilson'S not
practically every policy adopted under
President Wilson's administration either
unchanged still or else actually affirmed z
Unrest and discomfort there is and in
creasing unemployment. in part. no doubt,
inevitable because in part due to natural
causes, but who can tell how much of it all
is due to the complete breakdown Of the
Republican party in failing to adopt any
program at all for an orderly, sane and
practicable return to normal and healthy
life and conditions 7
THE people Of Maryland are seeing all
this. The opportunity is here. To take
it we need only leadership. such as you
can give. to fire enthusiasm for the publ ic
service which is at hand. and one thing
more. duty which we owe ourselves,
which we ought to stand up and face.
That duty is to remember that no man,
no group. no element in the Democratic
party is as big as the Democratic party
itself. No man. no group. no element in
it can stand for a purpose so high as the
purpose for which the party stands.
Il believe there are men and women in
this State, many Of them. who are Demo-
Gratis. who by tradition and conviction be-
long with us, and yet who are everlast-
insly tired Of the daily recorded chronicles
Of party schisms and strifes and factions.
Let there be competition within the party,
Of course. between men and women and
policies, but let it be a healthy cOmpeti-
ton. the kind which is gone and buried
and forgotten when the lineup against
the Republican party takes shape.
Are not our leaders big enough, strong
enough. for thatf |, for one, am ready to
say believe they are. Are not the rank
and file who belong to this group or that
as they have the right to do-capable of
seeing that Democratic victory means more