The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1879-06-21
baltimore County TAXPAYERS Moving.

BaltlmOr0 county IdA-Edy0r5 H10FAAe
A largely attended meeting of prominent citl-
zens of Baltimore county, irrespective of party.
was held in Baltimore on Saturday last, for the
purpose of considering the best plan to be adopted
for reducing taxation in this county, DC. Mr..
Richard +. Maynard, of the 3rd district occupied
the chair, with Mr.. G. w. Lurman, of the LIST dis
trict, secretary Nearly all the districts were rep
resented and among the most prominent gentle
men present were John d. Hammond, G. thinner
man and David Jean, ofthe I'd district j. Howard
McHenry, Chas. T. Cockey, G. Lyon Rogers,
Samuel Brady, Adolphus Cook, Thomas Craddock
and Chas. b. Rogers, 3rd district; l.. l.. Conrad,
Chas. w. Semmes and Edward p. PhilpOt 4th
district; DIR. NJ. Merryman, Ebenezer Stewart,
Dickinson Gorsuch Geo. H. Merryman and Is.
Mclean Hardisty, Sth district; John Ridgey, OF
Hampton and VIM. B. Sands, 9th district; VIM.
Gambrill, E. +. Raphael and Col b. +. Taylor,
18th district, and Others
An interchange of views was had and num-
Der of short speeches made. Col. Taylor, of the
18th district, proposed, as there was good repre-
sentaton of the taxpayers of the county present,
that the meeting proceed to select candidates for
county officers and the Legislature. Col. Taylor
said he offered the resolution merely to give gentle
men present an opportunity to express their views
Col Phlpot, of the 4th district, favored the
nomination of ticket, but thought committee
ought first to be appointed to select suitable names
of candidates. to be reported at future meeting.
DIR. Merryman suggested the appointment of a
committee to report hereafter. He subsequently
moved that a committee of one from each district
be appointed, with power to call convention of
the taxpayers of the county to make nomna-
tions. This motion not seconded.
Mr. Jean said he thought the object of the meet
ing was to appoint delegates to a State conven-
ton, which had been called in Baltimore on the
second Tuesday in August. He opposed selecting
n ticket now that might be done hereafter.
Mr.. C. L. Rogers moved that meeting of the
Taxpayers of the county, irrespective of party, be
called to consider the whole subject and to appoint
delegates to a State convention.
Mr.. Cook moved that a meeting be called for
the 26th of July.
The motions offered called out general express
sion of opinion, all agreeing that some measure of
relief should be adopted.
The following resolution was finally adopted,
on motion of DIR. Merryman:
Resolred, That the meeting of citizens and tax
payers of Baltimore county, individuals and rep
resentatives offarmers organizations ofthe county
interested in good government, reform in local
administration and economy in expenditures Of
public money, hereby call a meeting of citizens of
the county concerned for reduction oftaxes, ire
spective of party lines, to meet in convention on
July 26, in Baltimore city, to consider the affairs
of the county, and to appoint delegates to repre-
sent the people of the county in the State conven
ton on the second lueSuay III august, anu IuuI
committee be appointed to prepare business to
submit to the county meeting"
This resolution it was agreed covered the whole
ground, and was adopted unanimously.
The chairman was authorized to appoint the
committee hereafter and if practicable, to select
one from each district in the county.
Commenting on this meeting the Sun of Monday
SAYS editorially "The taxpayers of Baltimore
county have the sort of grievances to complain of
as the Taxpayers of Montgomery, Howard and
Anne Arundel counties. At a meeting of some of
the most respectable and influential property
holders of the county, held in this city on Satur
day last these grievances were discussed, and it
was agreed that Baltimore county should be rep
resented in the tax payers convention which is to
meet here in August next. The general complaint
in all these meetings is that too great a proper
ton of the peoples money goes to the support Of
the "tax-eaters" There are too many offices, and
too much is paid in salaries. The machinery ofthe
county administration is cumbrous, inefficient and
expensive. The mode of collecting taxes is not
generally approved, while the mode of expanding
them is universally denounced. The road taxes,
good roads, if they were all applied to the high
ways, but too much stops on the way and is ap-
propriated to the payment of corps of super
visors, superintendent, &c. The pc
litical apparatus at Towsontown also costs great
deal of money to keep it in repair. 1t is to be
hoped that these county conventions will finally
be of service to the taxpayers in enabling them
to get the better of the horde of tax-consumers
who are fattened at thepublic crib without render
ing equivalent service"