The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-03-14

Speaker Brooke Lee, he seems to be
completely dominated by the Govern
or. He would certainly go along. l
have not heard of any others. Later
l shall try to give all the names to
the public so that it may be seen who
is willing to sanction a fourth term
fasco for the Democrats.
Grand Jury Resumes
Criminal Investigation
Fortunately the Grand Jury of Bal
timore City has been handed a mass
of data in the roads case by States
Attorney O'Conor and hope that this
important body, created for serious
business, will not be influenced by the
Governors hippodrome at Annapolis.
That Mr.. O'Conor has gone before
the new jury at this time indicates
that there is still much work to be
done as result of the delving into
the case by the officials who have not
been appointed to their places by the
Governor.
Since the final adjournment of the
last Grand Jury the rumor persists
that that body came within an ace of
presenting one of the higher-ups and
three members of that jury have been
specifically mentioned as those who
made strenuous fight against it.
Those who know the States At
torney best say that he will go
through with the business despite
the vast amount of pressure that is
said to have been eXerted on his Of
flee by friends of those who may be
involved. For the scandal undoubted-
ly is the most far reaching that Mary
land has ever seen and the end is not
yet if full inquiry can be made. This
is difficult for the Baltimore City
Grand Jury and the practicable way
would be for the work to be done by
a Legislative committee but the Leg
islature in hopelessly under the DOM
nation of the Governor and those who
are obligated to him is one way OF
another.
To date l have seen no report of
the acquiring Of rights of way, of the
final disposal of the vast quantity Of
war materials, nor of other matters
of great importance to the taxpayers.
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screw up it's courage to the point Of
putting Speaker Lee on the witness
stand and asking him why it was he
insisted on the Governor appointing
an incompetent man for State Auditor
under his reorganization plan. 1t
would be worth while to hear the
Speaker hum and haw and try to eX-
plain. Then the Governor might be
called to explain about that appoint
ment. He might say the salary was
insufficient for qualified man but
he would find it difficult to show why
it was that in making the State bud
get himself he did not fix the salary
high enough to protect the interests
Of the taxpayers.
The Governor might also be asked
to explain why it was that when he
received complaints about the way the
roads department was run he turned
deaf ear, and this, too, even to some
of the most intimate advisors.
For the life Of me l cannot see that
the penning up Of the underlings can
satisfy the taxpayers who have to
bear the burdens of our long mis-
The Governor might also be re-
quested to tell whether there is any
truth in report to the effect that
in one of his campaigns one of the
war surplus automobiles given to the |
State was repaired out of the high
way fund and turned over to him for |
purposes in order to save
his higher priced car. If the Cover
nor used one of these cars as reported,
he might have had the curiosity to
inquire what became of the remainder /
of these vehicles.
Formed
For Administrative Research
l see that at last some sort of an
has been formed to car
ry on a work of research in the State
government if / read it Alright and it
is certainly high time for something
to be done. There are published
names of men who do not seem to be
after any Office and they should be
able to do something. AS matters now
stand in Maryland everybody's bust
ness has come to be nobody's bust
ness and things have been going from
bad to worse for nearly ten years, one
result already being one great scam
lal with others in the making unless
some new agency becomes active. 1t
IS not likely that the State admins
ration, having been asleep all these
years, can now suddenly reform
itself. The reform will have to come
about through proddings from the
outside and the putting of new people
With proper ideals in high office.