PRESENT PLAN.
Laws enacted by State Legislature by Delegates elected upon State
or national political platforms having no relation to local affairs.
Lawmakers nominated and elected as partisans.
Lawmakers meet at Annapolis, where constituents cannot observe their
work.
Legislature meets once in two years.
County Commissioners, having other interests, meet three days each
week.
Commissioners meet three hours per day—nine hours per week.
Five Commissioners, nine hours per week, $12,000 per year; cost,
$26.65 P er hour.
Commissioners hold office four years; no matter how incompetent or
neglectful of duty, cannot be removed.
Qualifications of Commissioners—subservience to the organization or
county boss.
No possible combination of circumstances or men and no amount of political intrigue can be effective for more than one year, because the
people can, through the facility of amendment provided, change the charter and legislate the offenders out of office. This is the finest safeguard
that can be devised. The State Constitution cannot be amended unless the Legislature, by a three-fifths majority of both houses, passes an act
to submit such amendment; if the Legislature refuses to pass it, the people are helpless. Not so with the proposed charter; if the County Council
fails or refuses to submit an amendment, the people may, by a petition signed by 20 per cent, of the voters, have the amendment submitted at the
next election.
CURRENT EVENTS CLASS
A GROUP studying current events will meet Saturday evenings at
8 o’clock at the Just Government League, 817 North Charles street,
beginning October 30. This is part of the movement toward a Labor
College. It being impossible to undertake classes in other subjects at this
time, it seems highly useful, at least, to keep workers in touch with social
happenings throughout the world.
Attendance on the discussions is not limited, however, to trade-union
ists or other workers, but any interested in liberal things or simply desir
ing information will be heartily welcomed. Though there will be a leader
of the group, the plan is to have meetings entirely informal, with as many
as choose participating. The expense to the individual is negligible.
Though such is desirable, attendance every Saturday evening is not neces
sary in order to profit by the work.
It is intended to give attention not only to news events, but to review
magazine articles and books as well.
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MARY LAND WOMEN’S NEWS
MARYLAND WOMEN, VOTE FOR
O. E. WELLER
The Only Senatorial Candidate Who Has Endorsed
the Women s Program
WHAT MR. WELLER ADVOCATES:
Laws affecting the limitation of the working
hours of women.
Pure food and honest label laws.
The abolition of profiteering and the lowering of
living costs.
The betterment of conditions of rural life, includ
ing improvement of the rural free mail delivery
and Federal aid for roads.
Minimum wages for women and children.
Proper systems of old-age and mothers’ pensions.
Improvement of educational conditions, and the
raising of the standards and emoluments of teach
ers in schools.
The placing of women upon equality with men
in the different commissions, bureaus and depart
ments of the Government, and in all gainful occu
pations within the control of the law.
Improvement in health and sanitary conditions
of women workers, with proper supervision and
educational work.
The extension of physical education, as proposed
by the Bureau of Education of the Interior Depart
ment, and also the promotion of vocational train
ing for women as well as men.
The protection of maternity and infancy.
Mention "the Maryland Women’s News When Patronizing Our Advertisers.
CHARTER PLAN.
Laws enacted by a County Council, one member from each district,
elected by the voters in each district without regard to party politics.
Lawmakers nominated by petition, without party designation, selected
by the people of the several districts for ability and probity.
Lawmakers meet at Towson, where their actions will be under con
stant observation.
County Council meets annually, and necessary laws can be passed or
amended at shorter intervals.
County Manager on the job six days a week; county interests his
whole concern.
Manager on duty all day and every day.
County Manager, 40 hours per week, SSOOO per year ($2.40 per hour).
County Manager and heads of departments must make good, or can
be removed by two-thirds of County Council.
Qualifications for Manager —business ability.
ANNA HOWARD SHAW MEMORIAL
ON election day every woman in Maryland should make a contribu
tion toward the Anna Howard Shaw Memorial Fund, which is
being collected by the suffragists and which will be used to endow a new
chair of Politics in Bryn Mawr College and a chair in Preventive Medi
cine at the Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Workers are needed to assist in taking the collection, and all volun
teers are requested to report at the home of Mrs. A. Morris Carey, 1004
Cathedral street, Monday, November 1, at 4.30 P. M.
Contributions may be sent to Suffrage Headquarters or to Mrs. J.
William Funcke.
Authorized collectors will be present at many of the polling places for
the convenience of those desiring to make donations.
Do your bit toward building an appropriate memorial to the noble
woman who spent her life working for liberty for American women.
Child-labor restriction.
Liberal appropriations for the Children’s Bureau
of the Department of Labor.
The regulation of child labor in the District of
Columbia.
I also favor legislation, where applicable, for the
dependent child, upon the standards of the White
House Conference, called by President Roosevelt in
1909 ; and I am in sympathy with the principles of
social justice enunciated by that great American.
The children of today are the hope of tomorrow.
The best wisdom of lawmakers should be given to
the advancement of the interests of the child.
If elected to the United States Senate I shall
favor and vote for all measures, within Federal
jurisdiction, for the protection of the motherhood
and childhood of America. I shall also use all
proper influence for the furtherance of legislation
by the several States, and particularly of the State
of Maryland, upon these subjects, where feasible in
co-ordination with the Federal Government.
Very sincerely yours,
O. E. WELLER.
(Published by authority of G. I. Tait, Tr.)
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