The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1922-03-10

Treasurer for the nomination, against
Governor Richie or any other ambi-
tious statesman, who may enter the
race
The session, up to the present time
has been absolutely free from all
srace Of partisan politics. There has
been no division on party lines on any
matter before either House, and no
/ one would be able to tell whether a
member of either House was a Repub-
| lican or a Democrat, from anything
that has happened here in debate or
in committee action the members have
in the main, been unusually attentive
to business, and the usual accusa-
/ tions OF hoodling, and LOBBY corruption
which have been prevalent in all for
mer sessions, have been notably abb
sent. The lobby has been literally
STAYED out, and the old-time states
men of the third House, are here no
more. The creation OF the Public Ser
vice Commission, has taken away the
measures which in former sessions
brought the corporations down to An
napolis every session and the old days
of the corrupt lobby, are apparently
gone forever. 1t was expected by many
people that the race track people
would come down with unlimited
Doodle to prevent the passage of the
anti-race track bill, but up to the
present time they have not appeared,
greatly to the disappointment of those
who expected to reap a harvest for
there winters work as law makers of
the State.
The attention of the General As
sembly this week, has been held al
most exclusively by the bills to pro-
hibit betting on horse races, known as
the Anti-Race track bill, and the pro-
hibition enforcement bill. All other
matters have been held in the back
ground. and, at times it is difficult to
realize that there are other measures
of any real Importance before the law
making department of the State Early
and late these two so-called moral
bills. are the subject of discussion ii
all parts of the State House, and while
the present indications are that both
will be passed by substantial MAORI
ties, there is never any certainty as
to what may be the faith of any mea-
sure of Importance here until both
houses have acted and the Governor
finally decided, in the case of passage,
what shall be law and what shall go
into the legislative scrap heap.
The session will end Monday, April 8,
just three weeks from next Monday
and all these financial measures are
still in Committee, and, that not with
standing the fact that the budget, and
all the bills providing for the issuance
of bonds and the appropriation of
money were presented the second
week of the session, now two months
ago. The truth is all legislatures are
alike in this regard,-for no matter
how much the executive offices of the
State NAV endeavor to hasten matters
by the early introduction of the admin
istration bills, the committees 70 on
slowly and deliberately, and all mes
Sures of Importance are crowded. III
their final analysis. into the latter
days of the session. 1t was so. it IS 50,
and it probably always Will be 50,
legislatures have always been so, not
only here. but III all other States, ;inC
all efforts by the newspapers and eX-
ecutive officers to hurry things up
have proved to be failures in the past.
and will probably be failures in I've
future. and the general public WI he
Obliged to submit. .-.
Governor Richie is now abba to
spend his time during the day and Of
ten at night, in his office in the State
House. where he is accessible to all
those who wish to see him-and his
callers are many in number. While
the official appointments required to be
made within fifty days after the open
ing Of the session have all becu sent
into the Senate, there are still many
office seekers here from day to day,
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