The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1874-01-17
The Governors Message.

On the 7th instant Gov. Whyte sent his mes
sage to the Legislature after they had completed
the organization ofboth Houses. tits something
shorter than New Jersey railway, though he
"endeavored' to communicate his recommends
tons "without verbiage." He leaves the fnan-
cial recommendations entirely to the hands of the
Comptroller of the Treasury of the State.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal furnished rev.
enues from ell sources from June lst, 1872, to
November 3Oth, 1873, to the amount of $751;
652.l0. The revenues over the expenses for tina!
time amounted to $3.50, 3s7 .46, which is $780, $780,
03 in excess Of the same period preceding June
lst, 1872. But there is due interest on bonds Of
the company from 1858, which amounts to ST.
$50, 535 90. The Governor calculates thatit will
take about eight years to pay off the overdue in
terest of the company.
The organization of an Insurance Department
in the Comptrollers Office under the act of 1872,
seems 10 have resulted bsnefcially to the State
There has been an increase of revenue of about
$2O,6l since the establishment of this De-
partment. We are unable to learn from the lam
guage of the message whether the increase was
purely the result of the labors of the commissioner
of insurance or whether there was an increase in
the business which would naturally increase the
revenue. He recommends some change in the
law of 1872 Furnishing defsulters to the State
with confinement in the penitentiary mot less
than one yesr zsaEs .kaR sFe years, 9Rllsass5
the amount be sooner paid" He calls this an
anomalous provision in statute. II will be more
of novelty if the Governor ever sees a man in
the penitentiary under the present management
of affairs. When they re-nominate and re-elect
this sort of Maryland Teammates to Office, there is
no need for having or amending the law referred
to. He commends the general system of public
instruction" of the State, but thinks the appoint
ment OF the County School Commissioners by the
Circuit Courts of doubtful constitutionality.-
''This duty is not judicial in its character" He
recommends legislation for the founding and
erection of State Normal School building
This is wise. The selection of the site, he sug-
gests, should be left to a committee composed of
the Governor, the Attorney General and the
Principal of the Normal School He says Tour
system of farming must be changed" 1t is en-
couraging that this discovery has been made
and is promulgated by the first official in the
State. To drive the entering wedge in this direc-
ton it is proposed TO found colony of fifty Eng
lisb farm hands at the Agricultural College
This will necessarily operate slowly. ''The ded-
cation of $50, 900 by the last Legislature 10 the
-, 81 dohtld ~ tho 70 has
resulted benefcially in some quarters" This can
be said Of all the school fund. Among the wisest
suggestions Of the message is an examining COM
mittee for the purpose Of ascertaining what re-
suits have been achieved by the disbursement Of
donations to Academies. II is big job The
Pententiary, for the first time, is selfsustaining.
A Board of Immigration for the purpose OF catch
ing and coa1ing immigrants this way is earnest
ly recommended. He proposes 10 abolish the
registration law and preserve the purity Of the
balot-box by the creation of more voting places.
The duty of voting can be oftener performed the
same day. He recommends legislation for the
punishment of those who ''conspire maliciously
to secure the indictment of judges of election for
acts done in the performance of their official du-
ty." We suppose that means to punish witness
for procuring an indictment against judge ofelec-
lion who changes mans ballot from Republican
to Democrat between the window and the ballot.
box. He recommends the release by the State OF
the collateral inheritance tax on the requests oil
Johns Hopkins to the University and Hospital,
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