The Baltimore County union., 1875-10-16
Correspondence of the Baltimore County Union.
Il BUSINESS GOVERNOR.

What Maryland now wants more than any
thing else in the Gubernatorial chair is q busi-
ness man. There are no great questions OF a
purely political character that will specially
REQUIRE the next Governors attention or on
which his influence could be very great, wheth-
er for good or bad. Never was there time
when political considerations could be more
properly ignored for economical ones than at
present Furthermore our internal affairs are
now terribly mismanaged The parties who
have control of the commonwealth are notorl-
ously corrupt and incompetent. Our taxes are
higher than in almost any other State, and cur
public improvements are lamentably neglected.
Although Maryland from its favorable situation
and great extent of sea-coast, and from Its rich
ness of soil and minerals, ought to be one OF the
foremost States in the Union, it is yet made by
gross mismanagement to take a secondary
place by no means abreast of its possibilities.
We say, therefore, that what Maryland wants
is business capacity in her executive depart
ment. The people have seen this, and the
rank and file of the Democratic party had
hoped to get such man in Mr.. Hamilton, who,
whatever may be his deficiencies, is an &C
knowledged business man who would himself
have managed his department and seen per-
senally to the interests OF the State.
But instead of securing the nomination OF
such a man fer Governor, the Democratic con-
vention, manipulated by the same corrupt ring
whose mismanagement it is SO desirable to end,
has nominated man who is known to be any
thing else but business man and who has
never managed even his own vast property in
terests. About the only qualifications urged
for Mr.. Carroll are that he is a gentleman and
the great grandson of an illustrious man. Thai
he would vigorously take hold of the machine
nv of our State nobody believes. In fact it is
doubted whether he would dirty his aristocratit
hands with any actual public work or do mere
than merely support the dignity and pomp oi
the office. In any thing like reception.
dinner, ball, or a parade, he would, no doubt
| fill his place we'll and show off the State to ad
vantage. But in the work which counts
| which tends to the development OF eur resources
and the reduction of taxes-he would personal
| ly be almost a nullity. In fact he is the las
| man that any of us would think OF consulting
| on such matters. The result of all this woult
| be that the business of the State under his ad
minstration would devolveon his subordin ate
| and that Mr.. Carroll would be only tool IL
the hands of the very ring which has succeeded
| in nominating him and to which he is pledged
to yield the principle places at his disposal =
| The same corrupt cliques which are now de
spelling the State would accordingly still mis-
manage it, and instead of an end to our griev
| ances there would only be greater opportunl
| ty for corrupt practices, The personal honest.
| and gentlemanliness of Mr., Carroll would be o
no avail whatever to secure an honest admin
| istration, For dishonest cliques have Away
conceived that the next best thing tor then
after getting a dishonest leader ls to get al
honest one Who will not personally attend t
matters, Such one will, like A. Oakley Hal
serve to disarm suspicion by his integrity an
hide the corruption which is practiced unde
his authority. In fact an incompetent homes
man controlled by competent rogues is more
be dreaded than boss rogue himself, whom