Saturday, July 23, 1921
MARYLAND POLITICS
IN CITY AND STATE
Paul Winchester Tells Of Both
Democratic and Republican
Doings in the State.
If the people of the counties are of
the opinion that the republicans of
the city are united and harmonious,
they should change their minds. The
silence of the city newspapers on the
quarrels and divisions of the black
end tan party, would lead outsiders
to believe that all is serene in their
ranks. Every little squabble and dif
ference in the ranks of the democrats
i; magnified and dwelt upon day after
day, while the rows and troubles of
the opposition are ignored, as of no
moment. The real truth is, there is
a very great deal more trouble in the
republican camp, not only in Balti
more city but throughout the State,
than there is among the democrats.
1 he troubles of the democrats are in
a fairway to be disposed of while the
troubles of the republicans are in
creasing in magnitude as the days go
by, and almost by leaps and bounds
They are in a serious condition as to
the affairs in the City Hall, and the
republican hostility to Mayor Broen
ing and his administration, is in
creasing from day to day, while the
rows over the proposed distribution
c-i the Federal patronage, exceeds
to ything of the kind that has taken
place in Maryland since the adminis
tration of Benjamin Harrison, now
more than thirty years ago. So great
is the trouble and difference of opin
ion among leaders over the division
of the spoils, that they are beginning
to talk out openly about the “arro
gant hoggishness” of Weller and Tate
in their desire to “hog it all,” as one
of the old-time republicans recently
said, but so great is the disgust of
Ex-Senator Jackson over the situa
tion, that he has gone to Europe in
a state of great indignation over the
treatment his requests have receiv
ed, and has washed his hands of the
whole business.
Mr. Weller is at the present time
trying to play a joke on his friends of
Dry contingent, in his strenuous ef
forts to secure the appointment of
Mr. Edmund Budnitz to succeed Mr.
Richard S. Dodson as Prohibition
Commissioner for Maryland. Mr.
Weller and the others whom he has
selected as his cabinet to divide up
the jobs, had assurred Ex-Senator
tor Jackson that they would secure
for him the appointment of Ex-Con
gressman Andrews as Prohibition
Commissioner. The appointment of
Mr. Andrews would have been satis
factory to the friends of the law,
and would have aroused no hostility
among decent people anywhere. But
in order to get votes last year, Mr.
Weller, who had taken up the wet
cause had evidently made promises to
certain people in Baltimore, who will
r.ot be satisfied with anybody, except
ai out and out wet man for Prohibi
tion Commissioner. The impression
prevails that they are determined to
hold Mr. Weller to his promise, and
all at once, the Senator got very
busy, put on his gum shoes, threw
Mr. Andrews overboard, despite the
promises made to Ex-Senator Jack
son, and made a rush to get Mr.
Budnitz appointed, in order to please
the wets and all those people who are
opposed to the enfreement of the Vol
stead law —and incidently to make
good his pre-election promises.
Whether he will succeed is uncertain,
but his action has not only aroused
the wrath of all the dry people, but
has especially raised to a fever heat
the great crowd of very dry republi
cans, who are church members, and
are really the back bone of the old
republican party in this State. And
the democrats are enjoying the spec
tacle of another row in the ranks of
their opponents, the ungodly are re
joicing, and the righteous among the
prohibitionists are moved to alarm at
the outlook for the cause, which they
have so greatly at heart.
The Sub-Committee in charge of
the plans to make changes m the
laws looking to a more economical
and efficient administration of the
State government is at work, and the
members say that there is no doubt
about their having the whole scheme
ready for presentation to the State
Convention, when that body meets in
September. There is every evidence
that the members of the sub-commit
tee are in thorough agreement as to
what should be done ,and as they are
all active and efficient business men,
the State will profit greatly by the
work which they are doing.
In the meantime the Governor and
the other State leaders are in thor
ough accord as to their plans to pre
vent all possible contest in the pri
maries for local offices, in the city
row the counties, and there is practi
cally no doubt but that they will suc
ceed in their efforts. With an able
end high class young man like Mr.
h Gordy as the candidate for Comptrol
ler and with popular and competent
men for local offices, in the city and
counties, the democrats ought to have
:• large majority in the State, and
control both Houses of the General
f Assembly, without any difficulty
f whatever. The dissensious of the
(> spoils hunting job hounds in the re
e publican party, will add to the pros
[i pects for victory, and the outlook a
k the present tme is brighter for the
s old-time honored conservative democ
racy than it has been in any state
election for years.
' OCTOPUS FIGHTS
CREW OF LINER
’ Washed on Deck in Storm, It
Puts Up Fierce Battle Be*
fore Being Killed.
1 New York. —A huge cuttlefish stood
off the crew of the Cunard liner Caro
: nia for a 15-nilnute battle on the high
: seas, according to members of the
crew. The cuttlefish was enst aboard
during a storm, and before It could he
, subdued injured several men With its
six-foot tentacles and bit the ship's
carpenter, John Taggart, severely.
The Camilla's 3,578 passengers I
vouched for the fighting fish. Two
days oat from Queenstown heavy seas |
washed all over the vessel. On Mon- j
day morning, when the rough weather
ceased, the carpenter began a tnnr of |
inspection, that stopped in the fo’cas
tle head, where the cuttlefish, as long |
ns himself, lashed out at him.
The razor-edged tentacles ripped In- 1
to Taggart’s arms as he closed in, and
at bay, the cuttlefish hit the bold car
penter’s hands. Taggart retreated,
shouting for help. Members of the
crew rushed to his aid and Capt. E. G.
Digele hurried down from the bridge
to Join the rescue squad.
Man after man turned back from the
flaying tentacles, which tasted blood
again and again. Finally a dozen
hearty snlts nrined with varied weap
ons, ranging from the cook's cleaver
to the carpenter's saw, hacked down
the defense and Inld low the monster
of the deep. Just 15 minutes the fish
lasted before lie bad to take the count.
The body of the fish was brought to
port and was exhibited as proof of the
fight.
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MOSQUITOES ROUTED
BY STATE HIGHWAYS
‘ Proper Draining Of Ditches And
Culverts A Part Of Campaign
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1 That the life of the mosquito is not
? cne round o f joyamid hosts of short
. shirts and bare arms and necks, is
■ the positive assertion of highway of
ficials.
While the famed summer pest still
, may drive deep with his drill, and
then dexteriously twirl his pain pro
ducing saw in many regions—of both
body and country—his happy hunt
ing ground is reduced by every mile
of bituminous highway that is con
structed, according to the report of an
:nvestigation made recently by sani
tary expei ts.
For mosquitoes have a marked
aversion to asphalt, and the native
lake material that forms a smooth,
Curable, heavy traffic highway in
these modem days also serves to
drive away the winged creatures who,
without assistance, can make a road
side picnic or camping party a dis
mal failure of the first order.
With the development of the road
building science has come a corresp
onding advance in the maintenance of
sanitary conditions along highway
construction projects. As the result
of a campaign directed by health of
ificials, holes and improperly drained i
ditches and culverts, in which water
formerly collected and became stag
jnant, are being filled up or otherwise ,
properly cared for.
| The maintenance of highways, as |
well as their actual construction, for- ]
I merly wa sresponsible for many
j breeding places for mosquitoes and ■
other disease spreading insects. Now j
the menace of these holes is realized, I
:nd care is taken that water collect- j
ing depressions or ditches are absent
from the landscape.
Many miles of native lake asphalt i
highways are being constructed, and j
as they advance toward completion, {
the mosquitoes retire from the imme- i
diate vicinity. So marked has been s
this abandonment by the mosquitoes 3
of former prime feeding places that {
health officials have been impressed j
in many localities. Not only does the ]
asphalt provide roads of the most 1
modem type, but the peculiar manner j
in which the components of this road <
building material are blended by no- ]
ture offends the esthetic sense of i
mosquitoes, and thus helps materially j
to improve living conditions.
SENATE RECOMMITS
BONUS BILL, 47 TO 29
Party Lines Broken; 8 Democrats
for and 9 Republicans Against
Postponement.
Washington.—Scenes of wildest dis
order, accompanied by threats between
Senators of personal violence, marked
the action in the Senate on the soldier
bonus bill, which was recommitted to
the Finance Committee hy a vote of
■fi to 29. Party lines were broken,
eight Democrats being on record for
recommittal and nine Republicans
against. The roll call result follows:
For Recommittal—47
Republicans, 39—8a1l (Del.), Borah,
(Ida.), Brandegee (Conn.), Calder (N.
Y.), Cameron (Ariz.), Cummins (la.),
Curtis (Kan.), Dillingham (Vt.), Edge
(N. J.), Krnst (Ky.), Fernald (Me.),
Frellnghnysen (N. J.), Gooding (Ida.),
Hale (Me.), Kellogg (Minn.), Kenyon
(la.), Keyes (N. H.), Knox (Pa.),
Lodge (Mass.), McCormick (III.), Mc-
Kinley (III.), McNnry (Ore.), Moses
(X. II.), Nelson (Minn.), New (Ind.),
Nicholson (Cal.), Norbeck (S. D.), Od
dle (Nev.), Penrose (Pa.), Poindexter
(Wash.), Shortbridge (Cal.), Smoot
(Utah), Stanfield (Ore.), Sterling (S.
D.), Wadsworth (N. Y.), Warren
(Wyo.), Watson (Ind.), Weller (Md.),
Willis (O.)
Democrats, B—Dial (S. C.), Glass
(Vn.), King (Utah), Myers (Mont.),
Simmons (N. C.), Swanson (Va.), Un
derwood (Ala.), Williams (Miss.)
Senators Phipps (Col.), Republican,
and Townsend (Mich.), Republican,
who were absent, were paired in favor
of recommittal, and Senators Reed
(Mo.) and Trammel (Fla.), Democrats,
were paired against recommittal.
A motion of Senator Kenyon (In.) to
Instruct the Finance Committee to re
port the bill bnck hy January 1, 1922,
was defeated, 09 to 7.
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