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RSONIAN
Eqnal and exact justice to all men of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political. —Jefferson.
STH THE PEOPLE, BY TOE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE"
VOL. IX. No. 37
'It Covers The Community Like The Dew"
TOWSON, MARYLAND, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1920
MARYLAND JOURNAL ESTABLISHED 18«5I CONSOLIDATED 191S
BALTIMORE CO. DEMOCRAT E8TAB. 1885 f WITH THE JEFFERHONIAN.
Both Republicans And Democrats Join In Opposition To New Charter
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BENSON BUSY CORRALLING VOTES; §F
IS MING DEEP INROADS ON OPPONENT
List 0! Appointments For Week Kept Congressman Busy—Prominent
Figure At Democratic State Central Committee Meeting At Baltimore..
(By Gustav A. Ludloff.)
Congressman Benson is leaving no anoss grow under his feet to muster his forces and make new friends and -votes for himself and the Democratic ticket. In the last week he has been delivering from three to four speeches a day in scattered sections of his district, and large audiences have enthusiastically received him.
At the meeting of the Democratic State Central Committee held at the Hotel Rennert on last Tuesday when he was introduced to the throng of men and. future women voters he was given a tremendous ovation. With careful deliberation he delivered an impressive speech to the lady representatives present, in which he set
FINDS HARDING "ONFIT"
Progressive Leader, In Strong Statement, Declares For Cox And Roosevelt.
{Special Correspondence to The Jeffersonian.)
Harold L. Ickes, one of the organizers of the Progressive party in Illinois, who was an Illinois delegate at large to the convention which nominated Senator Harding for President and voted against making^ the nomination unanimous, announced that he could not support Harding.
"Holding as I do that my duties and •obligations as a citizen are paramount to my duties and obligations as a party man, I have concluded to support the Democratic national ticket in this (campaign," said Mr. Ickes in a signed statement. "I shall continue to affiliate with the Republican party, but I cannot in good conscience support for President a candidate who was not the real choice of his party and whom M regard as unworthy -and trhfit to be the Chief Executive or this nation by the tes$ts of ability, public policies, official record and independence of
Mr. Ickes declared the primaries ¦showed that the Republican party did not want Harding as its candidate, and that his nomination was a "distinct shock to the progressive thought of the country."
"Senator Harding had an opportunity to repair the bad impression that his nomination created and his play-acting in the McKinley role kept alive "by a clearcut and ringing aipeech of acceptance that would have lined him up squarely as a forward-looking, progressively minded man," Mr. Ickes continued. "But once more he failed signally. His speech shows that he is not even satisfied to stand pat. He proclaims himself a reactionary. He would turn back the hands of the clock and satisfy the aspirations of men's souls by talking of a full stomach. No more uninspired and uninspiring utterance from a public man is of record in American political history.
"What Senator Harding believes in Jsi not party government, but boss control. He has the Mark Hanna conception of party. He looks upon the Republican Senate cabal as the Republican hosts and deceives himself that when Senators Smoot and Watson and Dodge, Murray Crane, James Hemingway and Col. Harvey met privately in a room in the Blackstone Hotel at (Continued on Page 4, Col. 5)
ENGINE ON RAMPAGE
Jumps Track Below Towson And
Tears Up Roadway For
250 Feet.
Milk enroute from th}lv?21e\ °1,9U^ „s?7
when brought into daily contact with politics. We have been unable to escape the conviction that the home and the children would suffer by
ernment than at any period of the nation's existence. They became students of the nation's history and the international relations. They have
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granting woman the ballot and that fe other countries and are
society and the nation would not bene therefore in a large measure better
fit therepy. Tnffertsnnian hastens prepared to exercise the voting priv-
However, The Jeffersonian fastens i p conditions of war and the
to concede that one of the greatest s women took as mothers, as
achievements by women in all history P sweethearts and in the work
is the Privilege accorded them to vote carried on by the various societies
tft participate in the election of men ^^ battlefields by these
t? PTeEL^ha trfnT drawn fleht but angels of mercy, taught them the suit nasi been a long drawn fig!it wt *j it f dem0Cratic form of gov-like all moves made by women it was £ over R other governments fought to a finish In some states t women ^ave been voting for several world's need than they
years and a number.or Stares in winu „ArAr -q^nmpri of nnrl created within
women vote has been increasing until eyer^ dreamea^ot ana createa witnin
the sentiment became strong enough to secure the ratification of the constitutional amendment Which makes the privilege effective in every state in the Union.
It must be conceded too that this extension of woman usefulness, this high privilege of participating in the highest principles of our government,
"I Have Lost The Receipt"
Thus spoke the man who was asked to settle a bill that he claimed to have paid a month previously. He had placed the receipt in his pocket with other papers and now could not find it.
He had paid cash, so could do nothing- except pay the bill a second time.
That man learned a lesson from this incident—he now pays his bills by check. In case of dispute about a paid bill, he can use his cancelled checks as proof of payment.
Do you pay by check? It is the safe and businesslike way!
Second National Bank
of Towson
UFF1CJSRS—
THOMAS W. OFFUTT President.
ELMER J. COOK HARRISON RIDER
Vice-Presidents.
TOSEPH B. GALLOWAY Cashier.
THOS. J. MEADS
Assistant Cashier.
DIRECTORS—
THOMAS W. OFFUTT ELMER J. COOK HARRISON RIDER CHARLES H. KNOX W. GILL SMITH NOAH.E. OFFUTT GEORGE HARVMAN ALLAN McLANE GEORGE H. STIEBER J. H. JARRETT LEE OSBORNE I. YELLOTT H. COURTENAY JENIFER
Adoption Of Charter Would Mean Council And County Commissioners Too.
Judge Burke, referring to some comments which have been made upon the proposition stated by him that the County Commissioners cannot be removed from office under the proposed Charter, nor can the powers and duties granted and imposed upon them by the Public General Laws be taken from them nr assumed by the County Council, s/a.id:
"I have heretofore pointed out the provisions of the Constitutional amendment and of the Act of 1918 which indicate very clearly to my mind that no such power was intended to be granted. But if it be assumed that it was intended to confer upon the General Assembly the power to authorize the voters of the county to remove the County Commissioners, no legislation has been passed authorizing that to be done. It is true that the amendment empowers any county, which 'may elect to do so, to create "A Charter or form of government" for the county, but no powers can be exercised by a Chartered county except such as have been granted by the General Assembly. This is expressly stated in the amendment. It is declared in Section 6 that Article XI-A— that being the Constitutional amendment under which a Charter may be formed—that this amendment "shall not be construed to authorize the exercise of any powers in excess of those conferred by the legislature upon said Countiesi"
No power has been conferred or attempted to be conferred upon the counties to remove the County Commissioners, oi to change or modify the (Continued on Page 5, Col.3.)
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i The Jeffersonian staff from editor to devil Has always been square and on the level; Hope they will live long, the paper the same, To always uphold the Jeffersonian name.
them that patriotism that filled every life they touched with inspiration and courage and placed them with the greatest heroines the world has ever seen. They have, therefore, been crowned with this exalted privilege of voting with the hope that their patriotism may have a chance to grow and that the standard of the ballot may be higher and that many of its abuses may be eliminated by their influence. Certainly our election will be made better and we trust cleaner by the admission of women into the inner circle of our form of government.
Women have demonstrated their ability to improve the standards of every cause they have participated in and, advocates of woman suffrage contend, will enter this new field with every prospect of improving the government of our State and Nation.
But the women themselves. must prove their right to suffrage by exercising it. Opponents of the cause have long contended that the average American wom/n did not want to vote and would not vote. This privilege and honor of equal citizenship has now been accorded to woman and she must respond by exercising regularly and properly her new born right.
The proposed new charter for Baltimore county is encountering opposition on all sides. Its proponents, as a result of the carefully prepared articles of former Judge Burke, urging its rejection, have been placed on the defensive ,and they are making frantic efforts to hoodwink the people. They are not attempting to answer the vital objections to the charter urged by Judge Burke and others, but are talking about "Home Rule,"which is not mentioned in the charter at all. The issue before the people is not home rule, but whether the proposed charter should be adopted or rejected.
Judge Burke has asserted, as his deliberate opinion, after a very careful analysis of the Constitution and Laws of Maryland relating to the subject, that the adoption of the charter, as prposed, would mean a dual form of government in the county, with useless multiplication of offices and taxes, and up to this time no one competent to discuss the subject has been able to successfully combat his assertion. By a "dual" form of governmentisi meant that the county would, in the event of adoption of the charter, be governed hot only by the County Council, the County Manager and his department heads, but also by the County Commissioners, who are Constitutional officers, and who can not, by virtue of the adoption of the charter, be dispensed with. This objection to the charter is vital, and until it is removed no sensible taxpayer is going to hazard the risk of bringing about an anomalous and expensive torm of government by voting for the charter.
During the week two well known men, one a Democrat and the other a Republican, have come out in opposition to the charter. William H. Lawrence, who until the recent annexation act went into effect, was a legal resident of the county, and one of its leading citizens and who at the recent election in Baltimore City came within a few votes of being elected State's Attorney, on the Republican ticket, nn Tuesday wrote Judge Burke a letter in which he states that after a careful investigation and study of the situation he has come to the conclusion that the adoption of the charter "would be detrimental to the best interests of the people of the county." Although a staunch Republican, he says that politics should not enter into the contest, and that he intends to appeal to every patriotic and progressive citizen of the county, with whom he comes in contact, to reject the proposed charter.
Mr. Lawrence's letter, in full, is as follows:
August 31, 1920,
Hon. N. Charles Burke,
Calvert Building, Baltimore. Dear Judge:—
I read in the Baltimore Sun of the arguments advanced, pro and con, relative to the adoption of the proposed charter for Baltimore county. I have made an investigation and study of the situation in Baltimore county, and find it would be detrimental to tne best interests of. the people of the county to change the form of government which has prevailed sdnce its inception. Since annexation, which has taken away a large part of Baltimore county's thickly populated section, it is incumbent upon the remaining portion of Baltimore county to look to an economical administration of its affairs and to lessen the burden of taxation, instead of increasing it, and at the same time give the best government that can possibly be had. There can be no criticism of the commission form of government that has prevailed. The tendency, now, in the government of the City of Baltimore is to centralize power as much as possible, and to have men of high type bear the responsibility of government so that the people can look to them for proper guidance, administration and protection—for illustration, Gen. Gaither taking the place of three Commissioners in the Police Department; and recently there has been much agitation to eliminate the First Branch of the City Council of Baltimore, showing that public sentiment is against the suggestion of fifteen couneilmen, as advanced in the proposed County Charter. As the Board of County Commissioners, now constituted of five members, will be superceded by a board
of three, under the recent Act of Legislature of 1920, the taxpayers and all citizens will be amply and &bly protected and guarded. /
As, a Republican, and being identified for the past twenty-five years in the civic matters pertaining to Baltimore county, I intend to appeal to' every patriotic and progressive citizen of the county, with whom I come in contact, to reject the proposed charter and recommend the continuance of the present form of government.
Being one of the most important public matters that has come to the attention of the people for many, many years, the fact that you are taking such an active part in the stand (Continued on Page 4, Col. 3.)
REPUBLICANS EXPOSED
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Economy Boasts Bunk; Bnly Twice
In Thirty Years Has Congress
Failed To Cut Estimates.
(From the Washington correspondent of The Jeffersonian.)
If Republicans expect to win the election upon their boasted record of cutting off two and a half billion dollars of the estimates made by the executive departments, they should first examine the record of the Democratic Congress.
While the war was at its height the Democrats cut more than fourteen and a half billion dollars out of estimates made by the departments, or nearly six times the alleged saving by Republicans in the last Congress. This feat was accomplished in preparing the supply bills for running the war in the (Continued on Page 4, Col 4)
CASE IN PROGRESS
Sheriff's Jury Engaged In Enquiring Into Sanity 0( IK. Marie W. Bussey.
Sheriff Samuel C. Mahle and a jury have been engaged during the week in inquiring into the sanity of Mrs. Marie W. Bussey, widow of former State's Attorney Robert H. Bussey, at the instance of her daughter, Mrs/. Marie Frances de Sales Duffy Seidewitz, who in a petition recently filed in the Circuit Court alleged that her mother is a lunatic, without lucid intervals, and incapable of the government of herself or property. Quite a large number of witnesses have been summoned on both sides and it is not expected that the case will be concluded until some time next week
Mri. Bussey herself was on the stan Thursday and Friday and made a very favorable impression, answering intelligently and coherently all uestions put to her by counsel, and the testimony of most of the non-expert witnesses was in her favor.t Dr. Charles G. Hill, of Mt. Hope, testified however, that in his opinion she was competent, and he was substantiated by Drs. B. F. Bussey and B. F. Benson, Jr., of Cockeysville.
The testimony on both sides disclosed the unhappy relations which have existed between mother and daughter for the past two or three years, and some of the witnesses were disposed to question the sanity of the daughter.
Seidewitz was represented by Attorney John E. Magers, while Attorneys Osborne I. Yellott, Elmer R. Haile, A. A. Piper and L. O. Machin P.ppeared for M'-Sv Bussev. ^^H
CROWDS ATTEND
Timonium Fair Mecca For Sight
Seers. Best Ever Held.
Exhibits Large,
Record-breaking crowds have been in attendance each day this week at old Timonium fair. Never in its history has such mammoth exhibition been displayed.
Those who are in a position to judge state that the fair this season equals any held elsewhere, and far surpasses anything ever held at Timonium. From early morning until late at night automobiles passed through Towson in "streams," auto buses and other conveyances were taxed to their capacities with folks anxious to get to the fair grounds.
BREAKS RECORD
This August Has Distinction Of
Being The Wettest For
100 Years.
August, 1920, has set the record for wetness for 100 years, notwithstanding the fact that prohibition is a reality. Twenty of the thirty-one days were rainy and only five of the eleven rain-Ss^SeSS^eSSSSS^e^eSSOe^Se^less days were clear.
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