Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1870-03-17

Of senssr, MADDOX on the Eaisssd ga
l-ogl;o. II -iIl le seen from thessse,ch
that cnr Senator, among other things,
.snrges He Governor With neglect o. duty
in not svsIfng himself Of The en---rrrson
set o: 1868 TO enforce TIC collection o.
.hc "nr-frth passenger tax withheld by
the r. 4 q. II. r. C..mrsny from the
State. To this arraigpnent of the Sem
a.or. the Governor responds in . letter.
through Senator HeIkle. Of Anne Arun-
del, and IS We give the speech containing
the c'ssrre. we ssv. shcnri'tit only fair
play to give the letter containing the plea
in defence Mr. Mad,lex has made repli-
cation to the letter If His Exceilercy. bus
our space viii not permit rs to give II
publication ia cur present Issue. We
shall publish il in our next. With any re-
joinder tarat the Gorernor may see pro-
per to make. The following 10 the letter
in question
'r ExKcrTIvs Cnamnrn. !
Annapolis, March Z, 1870.
Hon. z. y. Eenklr. lS,nase Of Maryland:
!My Dear Sir-Tn the debate IN The
Senate on Hoase rssn' u.ions referring to
the refusal ofihe Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad Company to pay into the Tress-
ury the money II had collected for the
State, I end a Senator published in the
Baltimore GazsrrE Of this morning a.
having violently assailed my motives in
not having proceeded against the Com
rany under the. general Corporation act
Of 1868.
Thai Senator's honesty Of purpose and
devotion to the interests Of the State
would have been less questionable il his
undigniied manner, violent denunciation
and cxci;ed delivery Of a carefully pre-.
pared and written speech had not evinced,
to the most careless listener. that he was
animated more by persona! and yindic-
tive hostility to the. Executive Of tie
State, and subseryisney to the interests
o: the Company. than q regard for COM
mon honesty aud tie rights of the State.
Being & Senator Of the State, /. is pre-
sumed that he reads the newspapers. II
he does, he has sFcn my letter to the Bal
timore San, in which l state that the rea-
son did not sooner demand tliis money
from the Company was, that l was una
ware OF its failure 10 pay until shortly be-
fere my letter of the 4th Of November to
Mr.. Garrett, requiring its payment. II
tie Senator did read my letter to the Sga,
and affects not 10 believe the statements
therein made, l have the evidence of their
truth in the accompanying letter from
Colonel Leonard, the late Comptroller,
aud which l request that You will read to
the Senate. for which bod y can never
fail to entertain the highest respect, not
outstanding my contempt for, and the
sianderous assertions of, any individual
member of it.
desire, further, to make the follow
ing statement and comments upon CGlo-
mel LeonaTd's letter
First. distinctly aver that nv frs.
knowledge Of the failure of the Company
to pay this money to the State was on the
ids. day Of September. when, in compli-
ance with the requirements Of the Con-
stituiion. l was examining at the close of
the fiscal year the accounts Of she Treas
ury officers. Colonel Leonard is slightly
mistaken as to the time. 1t was at the
close of the fiscal year, instead OF some
weeks before. as / can substantiate byi
Mr.. Page, uhen clerk in che Comptrol-
ler's Office by the bank book of the
Treasurer, and by the accounts Of the
State in the Farmers National Bank Of
Annapolis. il which a deposit of over
GA. 600 was credited by the bank that
very day, aud while was in the Treas
urer's Office examining his accounts
When Colonel Leonard say that the :'fai!-
ure OF the Company to pay was so noto-
rious that he was very much surprised
when l seemed to receive the iuforma-
ton for the first time that day." have
only TO ask, was there one member Of the
Senate that knew of this failure until
shortly before the meeting of the Legis-
la;ure, when my demsnd apon Mr.. Gar.
rett for the money elected the report Of
the Finance Committee Of the Company
refusing payment? have the assurance
of several Of the State directors that they
knew nothing Of it. and the admission of
the San that the Company. being ..closc
corporation" that wide-aw.kc public
journal was ignorant of it.
How could I, as Governor or individ-
ual, know any more Of it than any other
citizen, unless notified BY the Treasury
officers? The conversation tina. Colonel
Leonard refers to when consulted him
about the issue of Defence bonds was in
December. when, os stated in my annual
message. was suddenly forced bv the
refusal Of the Baltimore and Ohio R.il-
read Company to pay their dues to the
State, TO raise money to preserve the
credit Of the State ard. OF ccurse. i'm
mediate,y lreccding the meeting of the
Legislature, when. l think, m ore will
question tie rrorrie'y of my referring the
matter to that body so soon to assemble
rather than assuming to nc. myself.
Second. I also distinctly aver ,ha. If
had known OF the failure Of .his Com.
pasy 10 Pay this money to the State SOON
81 I would have made The demand uron
it for payment. and, uTon its refusa,sl
would have taken such .eca. measures to-
enforce its rsymen. as I should have
thought bcst, prdcr .hc advice ofthe A.
tcrrcy Gcrcrsi. When notified the las. |