Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-07-01
MARYLAND POLI1ICS.

The corruption and mismanagement in the
State and county governments Of Maryland,
under the present rule Of the
Democratic party, are so glaring that ii is
folly TO pretend longer not to notice them,
and even the Bourbon press seems 10 have
awakened to a comprehension of the fact.
The Easton talbot county, Star,
a strongly Democratic sheet, sums up the
present deplorable condition OF affairs
throughout the State, and says
"These startling facts admonisll our peo-
pie tnat the affairs of the State must be in
iudicious hands, and must be prudently
treated, or our people may be overwhelmed
by bankruptcy. In Baltimore city, and in
the countless the business men are organi-
zing, and are determined not 10 trust the
affairs of the State, at this critical moment,
to pot-house politicians and empires. They
see and feel that, to save the State from
bankruptcy, and the people from oppressive
taxation and ruin, the public expenses must
be Topped off and in order to do this,
honest and decided men must be elected 10
the Legislature, who will defy the lobby.
Little county Rings, organized after the
Radical fashion, are operated as close cor
spells among themselves, and the manage
ment Of the State and county affairs IN
their own special interests, and for their
individual profit and advancement, to the
exclusion of every body else and the detri-
ment oi the public interests, must be broken
up. They see and feel that if this is not
done, and done promptly, the Democratic
party Of Maryland will soon become as cor
rupt as the Radical party OF the North.
There is no denying the fac that the tcnden-
cy Of political affairs in our State for some
time has been morally downward that the
Lobby at Annapolis, during the sessions OF
our Legislature, has been gradually lncrGas.
ing in power and influence: that rs it has
increased in power and dominated in legis-
latioH. in the same ratio have tho public ex
penses been augmented; ana that whcrcyc
local -" Rings" have succeeded in getting
control Of county affairs, there the road
have been neglected, the local administration
has been lax, and the county taxes have been
enormously increased. These facts az
transparent all over the State, aud call fo
reform.
1t is but natural that the paper shoul
abuse the Radicals while ACKNOWLEDGE
its own partys guilt.
But is not alone in coudomning the PIE
unt democratic mismanagcment ot, the alIaii
Of the State. The Baltimore Sun, whici
though proies,ldy neutral, openly symp
thizcs with the "Democrallr1 party, sbnv
up the eXtrayigance and corruption in II
Registration expenses, and states that is
party papers Of that city, Tie CodtHcfci
and the Germun ConcSpoutlcW togclA
received Sil,5lI2l for advaruslpg the Il
for Baltimore city alone, while The Who
expenses for The registration Of the ci
votes amount 10 more than sj0,ODO. ri
Crumpt"Hig" a neutral paper published
Crnmp'on in Queen Anna county coii
the NtH's Statement aud slya ihc m4tfG
little il any better ia the coWiics.
In Queen Annes county llcte j, opea 4
cord in ihc "sDenDcraic' ranks and t
Observer The ohly "lnormtic paper
lhc county urges independent canlidat
wAie lis oppnncri- all " that is course
influenced by the cert in defeat Of It ciit,
within the party, ~ which it belongs I'll
torn By discussion, assi.iled from within d
without, and crumhins 10 pieces Of its o
corruption Tie Bourbon party orMaryland
surely in II bad way. Butt though NIL t
was NOT enough for TN miserable and dy
Old larty 10 hear, The Chestertown 7rt
scrip, An ardent "dcmOcmlc" sheet
Kent county cails The attention of its bro
rrn TO the certainty Of The adoption Of
Fifteenth Amendment and after abusing
and the manner Of It's adoption goes on