The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1878-01-12


the formation Of the various committees. We
give summary Of the most important pro-
ceediugs.
TUEsnAr.--In the Senate n communication
was received from Judge Stewart, ofthe Court
Of Appeals, stating that next November he
will have arrived at the age when the consti-
tuition debars him from further service on the
bench without special legislation in his case.
Leaves we're granted to introduce bills to in
crease the bond of the State weigher of live
stock to pay for adjusting the boundary be-
tween Maryland and Virginia to amend the
law Of inheritance, and to amend the law as
10 competency Of witnesses.
In the House, Mr.. Brown, Of Carroll, Of.
fered an order for the appointment of a spe-
cial committee Of nine, three from Baltimore
city, two from Western Maryland, two from
Southern Maryland and two from the Eastern
Shore, TO examine into the improvements of
the State House, furniture, &c, with power
TO examine persons aud papers. Mr.. Vandi-
yer moved Il lie on the table, which was lost.
Mr. Rayner offered as an amendment that
the committee also report by what authority
said additional expenditures were incurred.
Mr.. Vandiver offered as further amendment
that the committee shall present to the House
an ifemized bill Of the expenditures. The
amendments were seyerallx adopted, and the
order as amended passed Mr.. Osborn Of
fered an order that the Speaker appoint a
committee of 1--WE, with authority to examine
into the condition Of the State tobacco ware
houses in Baltimore, their management, the
number Of employees, their duties, pay, &c.
Referred to committee on inspections Sew
eral leaves to introduce bills were granted,
among them one TO extend the jurisdiction of
Justices Of the peace to cases Of petty larceny.
A committee was appointed to investigate the
House of Refuge. Mr.. Blair offered Joint
resolutions looking to judicial inquiry as to
who was elected President and Vice Presi-
dent of the United States at the last election,
as follows
Resolved By nc Honsc u Dcegates ne Saaie concsr-
ing, that the following memorial be signed by the
President Of the Senate and by the Speaker OF the
House. and copies thereof be transmitted 70 the Pres
ident Of the United States and the Speaker Of the
The memorial, which was read, is as fol-
lows
10 tie Senate aad House a Representatives. IN ON
CTcs1 Gesealb2od Your mem0riaiists the General As
sembly q the State Of Maryland respectfully repre-
sent that By the terms Of the aet OF the forty fourth
Congress establishing the electoral commission. IL
was provided that no decision OF the presidential
decision Of the question that the obvious intent Of
this provision was 70 assure the people that should
be determined on its merits BY the proper judicial
tribunal In the event that the commission should
hold itself incompetent 9 render such declson /;
mission held that Il incompetent 70 inquire
whether the formal returns Of the several States
which were submitted 10 Ii were true or false that
In consequence Of this decision the present incum
bent Of the presidential chair seated In virtue Of
the returns, which were VIGOROUSLY false and fraud
whose vote seated him, and also by the incumbent
hisaselL IN disregarding these returns respects
state officers, whose titles TO Office also based
upon them and were ia every respect identical with
his Own that whilst the reputation of these re-
turns By the incumbent foral purposes save his own
election Is an admission that il was fraud to use
them for that purpose. the motives which induced
this paTtsl population greatly aggravated his Of
Young Brown, which has remained uneontradeted
since april 1877 appears that this repudiation was
the condition imposed by said Brown and his
clates. then holding the balance Of power in the
House q Representatives, upon which alone the in
cumbent would be allowed % be counted into Office
upon these false returnE: that this condition was
accepted for the incumbent by Aessrs. Stanley Mat
thewz and Charles Foster then and since his closest
friends and most authoritative representatives. that
said Brown and his associates had been elected
adverxnrfes Of the incumbent but separated from
the great body Of their political associates in the
House Of Representatiyes to carry into effect said
arrangement, shat at the time Of entering into i
they were the leading advocates Of bill then pend
ing in said House 70 grant large subsidy TO the
Texas Pacific Railroad Company. to which the Pres
ident elect was known 70 be opposed and It IS Just
Inference from all these circumstances that whilst
they We're willing 70 defeat his Inauguration for this
reason they could not venture 70 act with their po
lical opponents for that object If such co-operaon
involved also the surrender fthe local governments
votes % their political opponents that to remove
this obstacle Il was stipulated. in effect that the in
tar as they affected the local government OF said
States by Withdrawing the United States troops, the
presence Ct which alone II was known. gave them
any force that Il thus appears that the
question graycly and elaboately debated in Con-
gress. before the electoral commission and in the
public press the question which the presiden-
fal contest hinged and with which the public mind
was 70 long exercised had no part whatever in de-
termining the contest but that il in fact deter
mined By a body Of men elected by one party, but
openly acting with their opponents in the interest
ofeertain railroad eorporaons, at the decisive mo-
Of Is rrnu
preirdiced and is most vital interests put in
jeopardy b. suffering the people to be superseded
such moneyed Organizations as viii pay for defraud
ing them that in the opinion Of your memorialiss
the continued prostration of the business OF the
country Is largely due the fact tina: the confidence
OF the people In the conduct Of public Affairs IS sha
ken; that an irresponsible executive administration
has been installed which has not the support othe
country or Neither OF its great political parties that
this conflicts with the whole theory OF our nstitu-
tofis and OF those of the mother country whence
they were derived that 10 carry 10 get posses
sion OF the government, the incumbent must seek
this relation Is in itself corruptng is shown by
son well as by all experience that useful pub
lie service can be rendered By an administration
whose title TO power rests upon fraudulent election
rettLsns manufactured by Us own partisans. and
mace efectual by an agreement with the subsidy
diobblng men OF the opposing party; that the in
disp<nxabie first step 20 any reform OF the public
service IS % restore the government 70 the people;
that Il IS only by who have eiectes by the
people, and who are fres from ali entangling al
hances with the jobhing interests from which all the
efIectesi % 'N'S''''
Your memorialists therefore pray that the needful
legislation may be adopted 70 ascertain judeially
who was elected President at the recent election,
and TO give effect to the viii OF the people and Will
ever pray, &c.
Resolved That our Senators In Congress be and are
hereby instructed and Representatives be and are
hereby requested. 70 favor the object OF the above
memorial, and that copies Of the same be forwarded
REMARKS or Nh. BLAIR
Mr Blair. IN introducing the memorial, said the
ftf af
fccied Maryland as well as the whole country COM
PEELED US 20 look for its causes beyond our immedi
ate CONTROL and IN doing this could not fail TO
that was largely due ~ the political stuaton-to
the want of confidence In public affairs they have
been and are likely TO be administered by execu-
tive government owing it, power 10 corrupt inhu-
and not responsible 10 the people and not con
nded in by either OF the great parties of the country
This was violation OF the cardinal principles OF
Tree government and WAS plainly due 10 influences
obyions - n Il now ssie nv wm EhandIer S
secretary Of the Republican national committee. and
who was one Of lis emissaries to Florida that the
false returns procured from that State procured
by the pledges given by the present incumbent of
the executive chair made by his attorney general in
Ohio thai he would sustain the State officials who
gave these returns IN their places and that the
pledge was given 20 Packard in Louisiana by the
present Secretary ofthe Treasury and absolutely
certain that the count which put him In the cxecu
tive chair was allowed 70 20 ON BY Messrs. John
Young Brown and his associates under agreement
made by them with MessE. stanley Matthews and
Charles Foster upon distinct pledge by them made
on behalf Of the incumbent, that he would break
And the tact that these men who thus combined with
MessrS. Matthews and Foster the peculiar friends
OF the Texas Pacific railroad subsidy makes il plain
that II in the interest Of that subsidy that Mr.
Hayes was allowed % be counted In.
These facts put beyond cavil that the election was
controlled by corporate influence. Nor is this the
only occasion when corrupt influence has been man
Tested in deciding great public ISSUES. And unfor
tunately Il has not been confined 70 the choice Of
executive legislative officers but has been extern
ded 20 the judicial power isel-thus when the legal
tender law had been declared unconstitutional by
the supreme Court we remember that Il was revoked
by the votes OF judges appointed from among the
counsel of the Pennsylvania Central Railroad Com
pany and at It's instance that that decision was re-
yokcd in order that its bonds and coupons might be
made payable in paper money, at the time greatly
below pn.
Il is manifest indeed, to every thinking mind
that the question OF the day is whether the people
or the great corporations shall govern US. II has
been by the government OF these interests that our
country has been brought 10 It's present depiorabie
conditOss. The old anti-slavcry men, led by Gree
ley and Sumner separated themselves from the Re
publican Organization because they SAW il was used
merely 20 plumber the people. which they saw must
bring on the collapse in The business OF the country
which has followed. Il was the predatory classes
by which the South DISTINGUISHED and its pOlitl-
Gal power appropriated by the military TO jobbery
II Is therefore Of the first Importance that the couI-
Try should be aroused 10 the true situation of its az
fairs and that those who are siding with its plum
dererS. by whatever name they call themselves
should be seen IN their true character
Our politics no longer turn upon Southern Affairs
That issue has been Kept up BY the jobbing classes
for the purpose OF conceang their schemes till IL
has resulted In Frustrating all business Now when
the wolf Is at their door. the people Of the Northern
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