8 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 5

senger, or deliver it in person, and have it received and pre
sented in open session by the representative of the district or
county in which the petitioner resides; or, failing this, then
by any member of the General Assembly, so that the same
may be recorded in the Journals and referred to the proper
committee for action. This is an enlargement of the writ of
habeas corpus. It is an inalienable right and makes one of
the trinity—free speech, free press and free petition.

I would be derelict in my duty were I to pass over at this
time a reference to one (whom in singling him out, I mean no
disrespect or want of appreciation of my friends in the mi-
nority party in the Senate or of their many esteemed qualities
of head and heart, when I mention him) who served with me
on equal terms as floor leaders of our respective parties in the
sessions of 1912 and 1914. Never for one fraction of time
did I, as majority leader, fail to recognize the enduring quali-
ties of the distinguished young Senator from Allegany county.
Fairness, a lover of a square deal, he on every occasion won
the admiration of all his colleagues irrespective of party, and
I can pay him no greater tribute than to say that I agree
with him that there were but few, if any, points of difference
in the respective platforms of our parties; that we are all,
as Senators, pledged to good, economical, efficient government
for the State, and that we shall labor as we best know how
to attain that end, in order that good government shall reign
in the State of Maryland.

On motion of Mr. Frick it was ordered that the address of
the President be spread upon the Journal.

On motion of Mr. Duvall it was ordered that the thanks of
the Senate be extended to the Hon. William J. Ogden for
the able and courteous manner in which he performed the
duties of temporary presiding officer at this session.

On motion of Mr. Archer it was ordered that the Presi-
dent of the Senate be and he is hereby authorized, either in
conjunction with the Speaker of the House, or alone, to re-
quest of the Board of Police Commissioners of Baltimore city
to detail 50 members of the police force of Baltimore city
to assist in preserving order during the inaugural cere-
monies on the 12th inst., such officers to be sworn in as
deputy sheriffs by the Sheriff of Anne Arundel county.

Mr. Shepherd submitted the following order:

That P. Watson Webb, of Dorchester county, be Secretary
of the Senate.