Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1878-01-31
EDITORIAL LETTER.
ANnApoLIs. january 2Sd. 1878.

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where the wise men Of the State are sup
posed to gather, and the trained lobbyist
loves ~ linger. After a pleasant drive a.
cross the country your correspondent reach
ed here in time TO witness the opening OF
the days session yesterday and was parti-
cularly pleased with the pious attitude of
Mr.. BsHnon during the performance of the /
praying part Of the ceremonies. The Sen
ate is very dignGed body and was moving |
quietly along ia its little various pastmes
Beyond some local bills there was nothing
to be done, or rather, nothing being done.
In the House, too, the days session was
pretty well taken up in matters of tritling
Importance Everything about the State
House looks splendid The legislative
chambers are grand and gorgeous, and the
court of appeals room is charming place.
and your correspondent is informed that the
executive room, the adjutant generals Of
fee, and in fact all the various committee
rooms and appurtenents are fitted up with
corresponding spicndor All tins has cost
d good big sum Of money! sum far IN ex-
cess of that levied or contemplated by the
legislature which authorized the expendI-
ture for repairs. This exceeding the lin
itation on the part of the Governor and col
leagues has caused great Indignation thro'-
out the State, and it is thought will create
quite stir when the proposition comes up
to provide for paying'the difference between
the amount authorized AND the amount ac-
tually expended. 1t does seem to us that
| in this matter there was a complete defiance
| of Legislative jurisdiction. and an assun'p-
| ton of authority on the part OF the UoNcr-
! nor and his associates which calls for ana
| should receive unqualified rebuke. The
| legislature is alone the authorized power Tor
appropriating the peoples money and when
Governor takes upon himself such rights
and duties he becomes at once usurper,
and should be so treated No one, more
than your correspondent, likes to see things
nice and handsome, aud such as are in all
respects proper, about the State House, bu
then he likes for these things to come thro
legitimate channel, to be obtained by leg
itimate means. He cannot gree however,
that, in order to have these things, it is
either a bounden duty or prerogatve right
of the Governor, il the face Of direct re-
fusal by the legislature, to put his hands in
the State treasury and say that these things
shall be done and paid for whether the leg
stature willed it OF not The magnificent
furniture, the richly frescoed walls, the
thickly carpeted floors. the windows heavily
draped and curtained with the costlest
weavings of eastern looms, at 800 piece,
are grand and gaudy appointments, but
were not at all necessary IN any particular
The lion of the day, yesterday, was the
Hon. Matt Carpenter, OF Wisconsin. He
was here to, and did, argue the question of
! the right Of s,4ei'Ais...@i.ir =. '--s~-.s
the court of appea s He, of course, was
splendid. His peroration is said to have
been Of surprising grandeur. Among other
things as nearly as | can quote he said,
you here in Maryland have the proud boast
of being far in advance of US in the west for
the protection of woman in her Just rights
in the enjoyment of her property ami the
fruits of her own labor Great God shall
it be said that YOU deny to her now the right
to enjoy the fruits of her womb, " sc. This
is not his exact language but may serve to
give you some idea of the bold, dashing, iiu-
passioned and sverpowcring cloquencc Of
the distinguished advocate.
Last night the lion of the occasion was
the Hon Thomas Ewing, of OHIO, who de-
livered, in the hall Of the House of Dele
gates, on the currency question one of the
ablest arguments your correspondent ever
listened to. DR.. Henkle came over from
Washington with G N. Ewing but did not
make speech The generals speech made |
decided impression on his hearers and the |
rag baby is growing very popular. Your
correspondent was pleased to hear the Hon |
Levin Woolford and Hon Barnes Compton /
both express themselves as being in entire
accord with Gen. Ewing's views | think
the general said there were about 2 900 /
national banks whose issue had created 4,
greenback debt of $500 200 600, and how |
could that be paid in coin when the amount
OF coin wherewth to pay it did not exceed |
S33 600, 600 gold aud S21 900 900 silver
IN the treasury. He said that the United /
States was credited with the production of
sixty per cent. Of the silver produced in the 7
world, and therefore silver was the ayaiIa- /
bic and proper coin currency of the country, |
while England gathered from her mines
sixty per cent. Of all the gold produced in
the would and therefore gold was the true
coin currency of Great Britain | wish
could give you full synopsis or at least a
fair outline of Gen. Ewing argument 1t
is true that the wealthy class Of citizens.
the bond holders, bankers and capitalists of
the country all want gold as the current
coin, but the skies are Frightening, the peo-
pie need and must have more money and
their necessities are at last driving them to
action, let US hope with every prospect of
success
A lion will be here tonight, too, aud his
name is Cox-not our Sam-but the cher
shed Sun Set He comes, according to
advertisement, to lecture on ''Irsh Wit and
Humor." | will probably go to hear him.
He is said to be a most interesting lecturer.
forgot to tell you that Mr. Bannen was s
resent and was deeply interested in the t
peech of Gen. Ewing, in fact Mr.. Banaon, 1
Gated in a comfortable ~ 4; ,,.+ - slam 5