Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-07-18
the Democratic and Conservative
Voters of Montgomery County.

Y Fellow Citizens lit is your cause, not my
Town, | now defend The extent to which you
are being taxed to uphold the overgrown ex-
travagance of our State government IS out OF
all character ] say State government, be-
cause the County Commissioners are not SO
much to blame for the sknning process to
which you are now subjected, rs the wild,
reckless, and in many cases, infernall y-concoct-
ed legislation which, Of late years, has charac-
tered the law-mlking power of the State
whether in Constitutional Convention or Cen
eral Assembly-and which, so far as it has af-
fected county expenditures, the Commission
ers, of course, have felt themselves bound to
carry out.
Taking its start in the destruction of the
old long tried and universally approved one
Judge system, to establish which, the Democra-
cy Of the State had, so long, so faithfully and
so successfully fought-then why destroy II,
and by re-establishng the old repudia.cd
three Judge system and otherwise increasing
the number and salaries of the judges (actual-
ly doubling the salaries of most of them sad
die the people with an additional tax OF up
wards Of $50, 900 per year? And all for
what Not, certainly, that anybody asked II
or that the ends Of justice required it, but sim
ply TO pension on the hard earnings of the peo-
pie, fifteen or twenty more judges than were
who have already pocketed over half mil
lion dollars of the peoples money-no Won
der some fish swim faster than others-follow-
ed up, TOO, rs il has been, by the steady null
| tiplica,ion of offices since, (many OF which
are of no earthly use 10 the State, II Is not
only eating out the substance of the people,
but is directly opposed TO all the old traditions
of the Democratic party, and if persisted in,
must inevitably end in its destruction 10 the
State. Do you doubt it? Look at the coun-
| ties Of Frederick, Washington and Allegany--
largely Democratic before this state Of things
was inaugurated, as shown by theirfull Dem
ocra,ic delegations in the Constitutional con-
venrion of '67-where are they now Let the
heavy majoriiies cast against our late popular
candidate for Congress answer. The same
thing, so manifest there, is at work all over
the State, silently and slowly, ii is true, but
none the less surely Notwithstanding.
! war upon no man or set of men, but these
things are not in keeping with the old princ
Piles of the Democratic party, nor should the,
be tolerated as such, for moment, by any on
calling himself Democrat.
1t behooves all true Democrats, therefore, n
we'll as Conservatives in the State, to take th
matter in their own hrnds, and whether II
nominating conventions or al primary cleo
,ions, to vote for no men for the Legislator,
telher Senate or IIouse) who are not know
to be uncompromsinglv opposed to all sucl
useless expenditure of the public money.
As one such, and believing the necessi,ie
of the people TO demand more economical
administration of the Stale government, ali
| that the great body of the Democratic part
, are in favor Of il, ! respectfully announce my
self a candidate for the u ouse Of Delegates
(suhject, of couESe, 10 the primary elections,
and ia doing so, wish it distinctly understoo