The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-01-24
This Gentleman Does
Not Esteem Highly
The State Police Force

The writer was privileged some
time ago to witness a football game,
the similarity of the game with the
acts of everyday life, SO impressed
me that | almost forgot the game,
in following the trend OF my
thoughts recalling many examples H.
life using the ball as representing
money, how everyone known to have
some spare cash is surrounded with
friends, friends who by 1attery or
chicanery try to part them from their
money and if that doesn't work they
would knock you down and take 1t
by force, but to prevent that the
people are bound together in con-
federacy OF states, their individual
states their counties and lastly town
ships, all of which are guided and
controlled by special interpretations,
created by the people with laws ana
ordinances that the people interest
ed decide conduces most to their
happiness and if my view point IS
correct no officer representing SAID
corporations can go further than the
acts set forth in the corporate body.
he represents.
The above is only preface to
what | want to write about to wit:
Our now we'll known State road
cops. When 1 read in the papers OF
their appointment, 1 thought what
fine move it was to have courteous
officers on the State Roads to free II
of reckless and careless drivers 10
guide, protect and enlighten all US
ers of the public highway, in a gen.
telmanly manner and not GEORGE only
when compelled to do so, officers VINO
would seek a reputation for honesty
of purpose and honesty OF COM
munity service. but alas ms dream
of peace and happiness was blasted
as with a bomb shell for instead OF
peace officers they turned out to be
pirates, seeking whom they can de-
your. they had the opportunity to be
a blessing to the community winch
they served but they are like some
OF our women, what is nicer or
nobIer than sweet pure woman oul
when she prostitutes her purity Oh
the altar of her vanity and ambition
she loses her power for good, SO does
an officer when he sacrifices his posi-
ton on the altar of fines and prosecu-
lions he loses all respect of decent
people.
The Declaration of Independence,
states: "An men are endowed by
their Creator with certain inallena-
BILE rights; that among these are life.
liberty and pursuit of happiness,
that governments are instituted
among men deriving their Just
powers from the consents of the gov
erned; that whenever any form OF
government becomes destructive OF
these ends, it's the right of people TO
alter or abolish it," But it appears
the wise men who wrote the Decla-
ration could not look far enough IN
the future to conceive the demands
of our naughty bigotry Ears OF our
State road Who are they amenable
to? If we don't like their conduct,
how are we going to help ourselves,
they seem to be free lance strlk-
ing where they please and boasting
of their autocracy.
Mr.. Henry Corkran told me a few
days ago his helper on his truck in
getting off the truck slipped and
grabbing for something to protect
himself caught his reflector and
brokei t he layed it on his seat and
started to have it welded, but on
coming through town he met one OF
the road cops who arrested him for
not having a reflector. He explained
to him the condition and showed him
the reflector but it had no effect he
had to pay fine.
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bolt out of one end of his license
tags and tied it up with wire until he
could get to town but the cop made
him pay a fine. Another man told HE
he got his new license numbers, and
as he wanted to use his car on Sun
day, the first of 1922, he had the
new numbers put on and on his way
home the cop hauled him up and
MADE him pay fine for having 1922
license numbers in 1921, and many
others just as foolish, not relating
to the safety of the public in no wise,
just simply graft. Is this liberty and
pursuit of happiness?"
If 1 understand the appointment of
these road officers they are to police
the State roads and if so their pow
er to arrest cases when they leave the
State road. When town or city IS
incorporated it is done so blythe con-
sent of the residents, which specifies
exactly how it shall be policed and
how it shall be governed, it has vest
ed rights and its officers cannot do
other than the corporate
law grants them. Each corporate
town is supposed to be one big fam
lily of people bound together by in
corporation for community pursuit
of life and happiness as they see it,
the officers elected by the people can
grant no powers other than those
vested in them by the Incorporation.