The Cecil Whig., 1875-10-30
THE REFORM PARTY'S PURPOSE.

GA Lifelong Democrat writes from
Baltimore to the NeU York Tribune, de-
scribing the political situation in that city
"The Legislative ticket in Baltimore is
disgrace to the community. The nomi-
nees, nearly all, are small politicians, who
live by means of politics. | think | am
safe in saying that the twenty members do
not pay on the average more than $50 in
taxes. Several of them are keepers of
liquor stores. A candidate for the Senate,
who is liquor dealer, is charged by The
american with having been several times
presented before the Grand Jury for violat-
ing the Sunday Liquor law, and every time
he was fined the smallest amount was al
lowed. The american adds that if the law
were enforced this person "would go to
Jail, instead of the Senate" With two or
three exceptions, the nominees for the City
Council are unfit for the place, being with
out business qualifications and professional
"ofice seekers" The expenses of the last
Legislature were about $40, 900 more than
in 1864, and yet the same number of men,
bers sat the same length of time! The
State printing is charged with costing be-
tween $4,000 and $125,00 the exact
amount cannot be as yet determined.
am sure that any job printer in Baltimore
would make contract to do the work for
100000. The heating of the Controllers S
Office is set down as costing nearly S., 900.
The "miltia" cost in 1874 upward of
$50, 900, when the law only appropriated
$25, 900. And just in this fashion all the
Expenses and appropriations appear.
In Baltimore City the registers, under
the head of stationery bought baby
carriages, pocket knives, albums, copies of
Byron works, &c. The debt of Baltimore
has been alarmingly increased, the taxes
increased, the assessment of property in
creased, the offices increased, the court
expenses increased, all 100 per cent more
than the increase of population would war
rant. By the party machinery as exercised
at the primary elections the ballot boxes
are stuffed and the Ring" favorites are
counted in, although the tax payers candi-
date receives three fourths of all the votes
cast. Never was city and State more
Ring ridden than ours is at the present
time; proportionately we have suffered
more than ever New York did under the
Tweed regime. / and host of other nom
office holding, non Office seeking, Office re-
fusing citizens tried hard to purify the
Democratic party within its own ranks,
but we could not. Its numerical strength
and supposed security made it bold and
unbushing, and what is the resulto The
result is, that if the party is not defeated
this Fall, the fact will only be owing to a
dishonest manipulation Of the registration
books. This believe
ST. NICHOLAS FOR NoyEMBER.-ST.
NICHOLAS begins its third volume with a
telling number-fresh, bright, varied ana
healthy. 1t contains some twenty five in
teresting contributions; it gives us articles
from more than dozen of the best writers
in the country. In the excellence and va
rety of its contents, as single number ii
could hardly he surpassed. It crowds {
strong story by one fine writer with an in
structive sketch or dainty poem by an
other. From Mr.. Brooks serial, "Th,
Boy Emigrants which is just begun ane
promises an amazing story of adventure
to the rhyme OF " Little Dutch Gretchen ,
with its quaint little picture, it would b
hard to find single dull or common plac'
article. There are poems by Mrs. Dodge
by ]. T. Trowbridge, Harriet Preseat
Spofford, Susan Coolidge, Abby S. Alger
and sketches by Rebecca Harding Davi
and Donald G. Mitchell. Then, too, thu
talk about Alligators," the bit of Botan.
in GLOW Plants Grow from Seeds, th'
funny poems of "Ten Little Country Boys
and ''The Reformer," with their illustra
tions and lastly, the paper on the collec
ton of Postage Stamps-all these will
surely interest any boy or girl who read
them; while just as surely will the " Yer.
Little Folks" be delighted with Christin;
G. Rossetti's Alphabet from England
with its rollicking pictures by II. L. Steph
ems And the artistic merit of the numbe
is equal to the literary. The illustration
generally are very beautiful; the fronts
piece reproduction Of Sir Joshua hey
nolds' portrait of Penelope noothhy ~
Is wonderfully fine. Among the most nota
BILE of the other pictures are the illustra
tions to Mr.. Brooks serial by Thos. Moral
and W. L. Sheppard, and the very comca
drawings by Frank Beard. Jack in the
Pulpit, The Letter-Box and the Riddle
Box bring with them, as usual, {, gererou
94dnd of amusement and altogether, tn
November Number of ST. NICHOLAS is on
of the very best issues of this unequale
magazine for children.