Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-10-15
Comptroller wosIford's speech at Up
per Marlboro

at Upper Marlboro on Friday last, as given by
found to contain interesting matter fer every
taxpayer, and those who will read the Comp
troler's very clear exposition will not fail to
be struck with that feature wherein he advo-
Gates the taxation of the large amount Of rail-
road property now exempt. Col. Woolford
has for years past been urging upon the people
the importance Of making all property bear is
burden Of taxation, This action of his. ii i,
has broush, down on him the eumity OF these
great corporations has at the same time en-
deared him 10 the mass OF the people Aud ii
was because Of this sentiment in his favor that
he was unanimously nominated bv the State
Convention. lie is the champion OF the people
and they will sustain him.
Col WoolfoTd's speech;
He said tina; lie had been detained at Anna
polls in the discharge Of his official duties. on
account of the closing Of the fiscal year on
September 30. which had neceSSi tatc3 his Civ
ing his W hole time 10 his ofiisial work. lie re-
GREETED tina, he was no speaker huihc had some
plain facts TO state TO the citizens Of Maryland,
which he thought would interest them. The
Radical party. in secret Conclave, under the
name OF REFORM had made ridiculous a;iac.s
upon him and upon the State Treasury and
he would tie obliged 20 give few figures in
answer TO their assault. The attack on him.
in the first place, ridiculous from the fact
that not one cent Of the public rcreaue is in
his custody. This fact makes the charge ridi-
culous, and therefore he would dismiss it with
this single remark. The partisan press had
also trumped up and revamped old charge
made against him on the Hoor Of the Senate by
Mr.. Earle, of Queen Annc's county. Mr..
Earle is represented as having said that he
w oolford) desired to place man on the pen
sion roll from Somerset county who was not
entitled. This is a falsehood There never
has been man since he had been in Annapo-
lis applying for pension from Somerset couu-
". The only private bill he was ever before
Mr.. Earle's committee upon in his life for any
person in Somerset county was bill for relief
of Noah Webster, and it had no more 10 do
with pensions than it had with matters going
on in the moon. The bill was reported against
by Mr.. Earle in 1872, and in 1874, upon the
same proofs Mr.. Earle reported in favor of The
bill and i, was passed, and will be found
mong the laws OF ilat session. All the IT.
marks made by him while in the committee
upon the subject of pensions were in opposition
TO the bill then pending in the House 10 in
crease the pension list. He did make the re-
mark that he believed there had been a man on
the pension roll, from Somerset county, who
was too young 10 have served in the OF
lSl2-l4, but at the time when he was speaking
that man had been dead for some time. and
upon further inquiry he believes that he was
mistaken in regard TO his age At that time
there was not single pensioner receiving
money in Somerset county from the State nor
has there been since and he has never known
Of mar lyin IN ha mn N the list
Colonel " oolford then proceeded to contrast
the expenditures in this State under Democra-
tic and Radical rule.
EXPENDITURES UNDER RADICAL AND DEMOCRATIC
In 1865 the expenditures under Radical rule
were 50, l25, 565 50. in 1866, 50, 800. Gil 50.
In 1873 the expenditures under Democratic
rule were s., 81, 03S SO, and in 1874, s., 30,
900 80.
In 1861, under Democratic rule, the State
tax was 10 cents on the hundred dollars. In
1862, under the Radicals it was raised to -
cents. In 1865 they further raised it TO 80
cents. In 1867 the Democrats regaining power
lowered the rate to 90 cents. In 1868 again
to 10 cents, in 1872 again to II cents, in 1874
owing to the debt incurred for the Deaf and
Dumb Asylum, by the House-of Correction and
the State Normal School the tax was increased
somewhat and cents was added for the benefit
of our admirable school system, making it in
all 20 5-l6 cents.
THE TREASURY OF MARYLAND.
He said that the Treasury of Maryland had
never been in prosperous condition as at
this day. The balance in the Treasury on Sep
TENDER 80 including the funds laid aside for
building the House of Correction and the Nor
NAL School, were upward Of 81 ,O63, 900. which
is larger than any balance that ever has been
in the Treasury since the State was organized.
THE RECEIPTS FROM CORPORATIONS
The receipts from corporations had increased
wonderfully under the new revenue system, in
augurated by the Democratic party. And this
increase from tax upon capital promises to re-
lieye very sensibly the taxes upon property,
real and personal. Every man owning house
or any other species of property is interested in
this matter, whether he lives in Baltimore OR in
the counties. The receipts were as follows;
1869 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 35,3T9 A.