Evening capital. [volume] (Annapolis, Md.) 1922-1981, 1922-10-28
Partisan Issue Not Involved
In Three-Commissioner Law;
Many Republicans Favor 1t
,con''r=@i Prom raEe l.,

tCanisr-ea FRO
and often result in inferior work ap-
pointments.
Altogether. ! think the Law is
most neritorious one and should leH
supported by all elements OF our citi-
zeas interested in sound government"
Mr.. Brewer Approves Neu ELL
j. Clayton Brewer. one cs the most
substantial business mea Of Annapo-
lis and tho county. stands solldly be-
hind the three-commissioner bill Mr.
Brewer said:
The three county commissioner
law. passed at the last session OF the
Legislature, appeals to me as bust
ness man and citizen because IL
would enable the county's business
TO be handled on a much better basis
and form of government than the
present system. IL has been clearly
demonstrated in the past that a seven
member board is loose ointod and
very unsatisfactory method. IT is
really nothing moro than a ono-man
government for each district. and
cannot fail TO result in all kinds OF
juggling between tho several dis
tricts
is More Business-Likc
The three member board. elected
on a countrywide basis, would I'M
uiestionably be moro efficient and
busincss-likc. That this is so is borne
out by the fact that Anne ArundcI
county Is the oniy one that has any
sach system as the present one.
find upon inquiry that most OF tho
c,her counties have three commits
s.oners. while few have a five mem
ter board but none more than this
1T is just as easy. and easier, Il
get three good men taken from The
county at large, and responsible L
the whole county. as ii is to get sever
| competent men, one from each dis
trict The people of the county cal
lie trusted TO get just as good rep
resentatives as they want to have
and no party will put up weak or in
competent men unless they are look
ing for defeat: nor will they take all
or even a majority, from one sec
ltion
In Interest OF Taxpayers
Another feature OF the law tba
lapreals 10 me is that ii provides TIL,
only means of keeping a high-grad
county engineer. such as is absolute
ly needed If this law is defeated tn
engineers salary will remain $4,000
year which. as everybody knows. i
entirely insufficient to hold the RICH
kind OF man. The law would rails
the salary TO $4,000 a year and wOul
esides fully protect ami bring up I,
date all requirements in the interest
Iof the Taxpayers. | am. therefore
heartily in favor of tho law."
Mrs. Gage Fa,ors New Law
Mrs. Emma Abbott Gage, city clerl
of Annapolis, who is well-knowl
throughout 10th the city and county
Us in favor of the three-commissione
law. and gave the following reasons
tor her position regarding it:
why multiply responsibility? Phi
ii on three members of the Board O
County Commissioners and each vii
feel he has one-third of the share an,
not onc-seventh, as it is now. Tia
We have had Board of District Com
missioRers. rather than County Com
missioncrs was made evident to m,
some years ago. Having been resi-
ldcnt OF the Second district n part o
each year for the last sixteen years
and feeling the need OF some enact
ment of road measure ny tic Count.
Commissioners. | was told TO see Mr.
---------- from the Second district
he would Fix il up and it would no
he necessary TO appeal TO tho Count!
Commissioners as body would
much rather have appealed to tn
whole Board, but rs the Commits
sioners were considered in tho ligh
OF District rather than county, thi;
was not advisable.
Looks sftc@Distrlct Fences
TO my mind there is too muci
power vested in the District Commits
sioner. He is usually put forward
hy the politician who controls his dis
trict and to whom he owes fealty ant
who works his man for all he i:
worth. Instead OF looking after the
interest of the whole county. the Dis
trict Commissioner only looks after
his district fences. particularly thu
political ones.
What Anne Arundel wants anC
what the whole State wants is QUAIL
tTY. not QUANTITY. Give us three
good men representing the best inter
ests of the entire county. and no;
seven. cacn interested in his own par
ticular district Every man and wo-
man with the best interest of the
county AT heart should vote for the
Three-Commissioper Bill passed by