The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-04-30
Senator Cobourn Issues
Statement

TO the Citizens of Cecil County:
In the past several weeks many ar
ticles have appeared in the County
papers concerning Senate Bill No. 1872.
| believe the Bill, the Amendments
thereto and finally the Conference Re-
port, have been fully explained to the
people of the County and / will not
, burden my readers with a reiteration
of those facts. The articles appearing
in the papers since that time particu-
larly those in the Cecil County Star
under the dates of April 10th and 23rd
are calculated to mislead the public to
the end that l may be condemned and
the writer of those articles, whom /
understand from a reliable source to
be DR.. Crabbe, may be glorified.
To the credit of DR.. Crabbe he did
learn upon adjournment of the Legis-
lature that Senate Bill No 1872 when
presented to the Governor was not in
the form as 1t passed both Houses.
When he acquainted me with this fact
l Immediately called the Governor and
requested him to postpone action on
any Bills introduced by me until had
an opportunity to examine them, which
he agreed to do.
Upon the reconvening of the Legis-
lature on the 22nd not having been to
Annapolis in the meantime nor in
Will any VI the ONHClhIS
other than the Governor as above
stated, l asked the Secretary of the
Senate what had occurred to this Bill.
He informed me he had sent the print
ed Bill as it came from the House of
| Delegates to the printer, and not the
| typewriter Conference Report that
actually passed both Houses; a mis-
take he corrected when called to his
attention by the President of the
| % I@,.h
this, as my relations with Mr.. Shaub.
whom 1 did not know before I became
| a member of the Legislature, have i'm
pressed me faVorably. Furthermore
| the article in the Star under date of
| April 23rd, states Mr. Shaub to be a
man of sterling character, etc, so my
conclusions must be correct
Mr.. Shaub informed me he talked
with DR.. Crabbe and reminded him
that he, Mr.. Shaub, as Secretary of the
Senate. was the custodian of all Bills
passed by the Senate, and that they
remained In his charge until presented
to the Governor, and that he, DR..
Crabbe, had apparently talked with
| everyone else about this Bill. DR..
Crabbe, from his long experience at
the Legislature, knows this to be a
fact, and if he had been more interest
ed in learning what the situation was
| imam DulluinB himself up tHeH the
people of the County would not have
been misinformed.
The vicious article appearing in the
Cecil Star under date of April 18th,
questioning my integrity and the hon.
esty of Mrs. Cobourn, l resent. l con-
slider it libelous, both to myself and
Mrs. Cobourn, and ! am expecting and
demanding of the editor of the Cecil
County Star and the author of those
articles, complete retraction. 1t is
a dirty, low, cheap, very cheap, politi-
cal trick of gutter type origin. Ger
tainly they do not become either the
editor of a weekly newspaper of a
great County or the head of an organ
ization having as it's standard the ad-
vancement of the best interests of
society.
The Liquor Ring and the various
other designing and scheming inter
ests that are supposed to be constant
ly conspiring to defeat the best inter-
ests of the County, / have no know
ledge of, but l am inclined to believe
they are mythical creatures of a dis
torted mind. Certainly they have new
er made known their presence in the
few years 1 have had the honor of rep
resenting you My efforts during that
time have been directed toward the en-
actment of Legislation beneficial to the
citizens generally, as I had no person
al interest in any matter / have ever
brought before the Legislature.
In the past you have always rallied
to the defense of justice, and / am
urging you to assist me In defending
myself from this unprincipled and
wholly unnecessary attack.
Respectfully,
HAROLD E. COBOURN