The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1876-06-23


would doubtless outweigh all else ant en-
sure his defeat. Then there are Thurman,
Hendricks and Parker -al pure and able
men, who would adorn the position; but
after calm survey Of The whole field, and
without any prejudice, We are inclined to the
belief that Il ticket composed OF TIden, of
New York, aud some good Western man
would carry the banner of "Reloim' Ia
triumphant uictory next November
|
! A TICKET FOR Sr. LouIs.-Pfobahly all
things considered, the ST Louis Convention
could not do better than to nominate such IA
ticket MS the following;
For PresideHtt-SAMuEL j. TLnEH, OF
New York
For TrG PreadcH-TIuMA A lTENnkICks,
of Indiana.
Two candidates like these would 90 very
well together; and it would he difficult To
devise amy Republican ticket HAT would NOT
disappear before them like n morning mist
| before the sun of summcr.-N. J. SIM
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Col Levin Wnoliord, Comptroller of the
| Treasury OF Maryland, has written letter
| in reply To ii joint letter from the Presidents
of the 'nnlts of School Commissioners of
| Frederick, Carroll, Baltimore and Washing.
ton counties in regard 10 the distribution
of the school lax. These gentlemen were
under the impression That the revenue from
the public school tax is not distributed ac-
c0rdirg TO law, and that n balance IS kept ON
! hand in the Treasury from, yral to wear.
The Comptroller IN reply says this is not
| true, and explains fully lhr method OF distr-
button, which is, he says, in exact c~niorm-
ty with the provisions of the law governing
such distribution. He also adyclts to the
misupprchcnsioucXis lin"0mong some School
Boards that the law Of 1874, incrcasinn the
school tax To II cents instead of 10 rs form
! elly, would make the distribution To white
schools larger than it had been under former
acts The Comptroller explains that ON the
contrary lhc distribution to white schools
has been lcssrncd by tive change. The ad.
ditional two cents were added 10 the 8chuo!
levy in 1914 for paying the specific ap.
preparation of 100000 to colorcd schools.
| This additional . cents failed 10 IaiscIhc
Sl00,O 600 required Tor the coorcd schools, aud
the deficiency had to come from the appro-
! priN,iun TO white schools. The COMPTROLLER
| points out The fact that owing TO the abatc.
ments allowed every year by the County
Commissioners and Appeal Tax Court, it is
unsafe TO calculate on the collections oil The
entire levy in any one year
The famous Caldwell despatch from
London, in confirmation Of Col. Thomas A.
| Scots explanation Of some of Blaincs
| crooked courses turns ont to be, as was pre-
| diCtCd, pul-up job. The dispatch was
manufactured by Scott in Philadelphia, tcIc-
| graphcd TO Caldwell, WHO sent it back to
Mr.. Knott, OF the investigating committee
OF course Blaine beinga party to the dispatch
or at least cognzaEt of it, could assert boldly
that Knott had it, and demand lis produc-
ton, He did not think, perhaps, that the
source from which ii cmanatcd would ever be
traced out. lis buster and bravaGo over it,
in the light of the testimony a! the telegraph
managers, will not elevate him in public cS.
timation, Men may laugh at his Sharpness
but they viii trust him no lon"cr.
sisls of ,@S members. 1t votes, however, are
cast By States, each State being entitled to
the same number Of votes rs it has Reprcarn-
tatiyrs and Senators in Congress. Thus
while there are ,dS members, the total mum
Der o! votes that may be cast in the Conycn-
tinn is only 800 This is the reason why in
the reports Of Democratic Conventions we
frequently see half votes cast for different
candidates. Twolhitda oflhe whole number
of votes will be necessary to nominate Il can
diaat@ !3r President and the man who gcts
24G votes viii be nominated
On Monday lhc [. s. Senate Committee
on Railroads heard argument in favor Of the
passage If the hill rcconlly introduced ly
Senator Cr0&in, providing for the conatrnc.
tion Of the "Nn'ional Railway from Wash
ington Ia New York City, with sundry
branches and i,nica acroof tho Delaware and
Chesapeake bays. Nogoyclrmcnt suhacrip-
tionis asked for, hut only national charter
and rights Of way. The now railroad if
built, will probably hc too far south 10 he Of
any use Ia us Of Hartford.
The lGth annual meeting Of thc Nation.
al Educational Association viii lie held in
Baltimore, ON The 10Th, lih and 12rh Of
July next. The most pro minml educators
"i his country will meet together ON this
occasion, WHOM aGdross,s viii he delivered,
and papers and reports rcaG--uli having in