Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1922-04-05
WEDNESDAY APRIL $. 1922.
THE LEGISLATURES ADJOURNs

THE LEGISLATURE ADJOURNS
Those persons,-and they are
undoubtedly in the majority III
this State. - who believe iii the
Democratic party as the logical
agency for promoting good gov
ernment in Maryland, can point
with enthusiasm to the session OF
the Legislature which has just
adjourned as full vindication OF
this. As Governor Richie aptly
expresses it: 1T has been the
task of the Democratic party in
Maryland for generations to map
out construction legislation fol
the State and enact that legisla-
ton into law. This Legislature,
and particularly the Democratic
majority in this Legislature, has
fulfilled all Democratic traditions
III this respect"
The strongest asset any bust
ness enterprise can have is credit.
cvidencing honest performance.
and substantial strength, and
this applies to political and state
business as we'll as to the lesser
enterprises. The Democratic
party having been given charge
of the States business, and hav-
ing made definite pledges in con-
sideration of this, has kept faith
with the people and has done it
III such a way as to establish its
credit stronger than it has ever
been before.
Both political parties have
passed through crises in recent
years that have tried their very
souls. They have both been
threatened with disintegration
political entities. and the voters
seem to have lost faith in party
organizations. Moreover. in the
National Capital nothing but
chaos prevails, and the Republi-
can party seems hopeless both
nationally and locally as the
means of affording governmental
leadership.
In such a situation, therefore,
the exhibition of strength ant
militancy shown by the Demo
cratic party in Maryland come:
as a great relief and qualification
TO the people of the State. They
have long been accustomed to at
tractive promises in party plat
forms, but never yet have they
been so overwhelmed with per-
formances as Governor Ritchie'S
administration has just given
them. The reorganization plan,
the general education bill, the
State roads efficiency and econ
omy program, the fewer elections
bill. were outstanding features of
a program which had been CON
ceived and perfected with rare
vision and ability. a campaign
of education before the people ac-
quainted them with the merits Of
these propositions, and they
were carried through to a one
hundred per cent. performance,
calmly and efficiently. Likewise.
were the other measures endors-
cd by the administration.
1t goes without saying, of
course, that the greatest credit
for these achievements belongs to
Governor Richie. His was the
genius that. mapped out the
course and his the strong hand
that guided the Ship OF State in
following it. He has shown a
quality of leadership that sup
plies a strength to the Demo
cratic party which ought to make
it invincible in its coming cam
paigns as well as in overcoming
the obstacles of the present.
The tribute TO the members of
the Legislature themselves is
most generously summed up in
Governor Ritchie's message OF
= congratulation: 1T was h e
Legislature and not that achiev-
ed this success" said the Cover
nor. just before adjournment
Monday night. Members of
both the Senate and the House
worked earnestly and hard for the