The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-09-27
THE CECIL WHIG EIKTON SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER D. 1870

this most refreshing expose of the Cor
man political methods. In rising to eX
plain, Col. Joyce says:
"That he was urged to become can
didatc for the Senate, and agreed i'll con-
sequence OF assurances that there would
be no opposition to him: and he believes
there was no organized opposition until
the day the convention assembled. Pre-
viouS to that day McSSrS. 4. p German
and George Cotton sent fer Mr. William
\. Mckewen, Il candidate for nomination
to the Criminal Court clerl.ship. and
urged him to consent to turn down Col.
Joyce and put Capt. Bians in his place.
in consideration of which they agreed to
secure MckewenS nomination. But he
refused, say ing that he had rather he de
featcd than deceive and bctray friend.
German and BianS called to see Colonel
Joyce the day before the primaries, and
protcssed great friendship for him, but
he had never asked them or any other
person to support him.
| visited the 14th ward club room the
| day before the convention met and saw
J. Frank Morrison, who said he could
| rot promise the vote Of the ward to me
until he saw 4. p. Gorman-informin.
me that it rested with Mr.. German how
| the ward delegates should vote, although
said delegation was elected by the Demo-
cratic voters of the ward to vote for me.
| The next day in the convention | was
astoniShed to see the managers place III
the chair Mr.. Charles Waters, a bailif in
the tax department, and whose seat in
| the convention was contested. and i'll
whose ward judge and clerk at the pri-
mary election had been refused me.
| My opinion is that my defeat was in
consequence of my opposition to certain
corrupt measures foistcd upon the LegiS-
lature while was member Of that body
! One of them was bill making an appro-
| priation of 1921 900 to fit up the House
of Correction. OF which $50. 900 were to
be for gas and water arrangements, So
900 for a Kitchen. $50, OG0 for furniture,
so, 900 to build work shop and $50
900 to feed the inmates for 1876 and -,
whereas the building was not to be com
! pletcd until 1878.
| Afterwards Il deficiency bill was offered
| By Mr.. \. p. German to appropriate
SO. 900 to feed the inmates Of that insti-
tuition for 1871, at which time there were
! no inmates nor any accommodation fer
| them.
My official examination of the State
cattle scales during the Legislative ses-
sion of 1876 was i'll conjunction with Mr..
| German, who appealed to me to make a
| general report, and corcr mp the deliber-
ate squandering of public funds. Eut l..
| knowing myself to be a sworn servant of
| the people, and knowing that the weighcr
of live stock had been published by the
! Comptroller as a detaulter. determined
/ wi b.
| give that official Il chance to vindicate
| himself. In that investigation | found
| that all the money collected at the scales
for several years had been spent in tie
| items of - Improvement and salary" the
salaries, il a number Of instances, hay
ing been paid to persons who had never
rendered any services whatever. | also
found the office $4,000 in debt. Since
the cleansing of the department it has
yielded to the State over SAC per an
nun. Mr.. German. one of the commit
tee. refused to sign the report which the
committee made to the Senate. as the
official records of that body will show.
also refused to introduce bill to APP
propriate $500 to run a telegraph line
| from Police Headquarters in Baltimore
| to the House Of Correction; said bill also
/ s''hiiiso ah tlpioPii'1ioii vi '"i.'oo Pei dill
mum as salary for a superintendent of The
same-the position now held by Mr.. J.
Frank Morrison. Such bill was intro
| duced by Mr.. German and engineered by
I Mr. Morrison, the latter stating that all
he wanted was the salary. have spoken
/ to four Senators who are recorded AS llav-
| ing voted for said bill. and they say they
/ had never seen or heard of it.
| also condemned and utterly disap-
I proved OF the system of placing the names
of ex-membcrs Of the Legislature on the
pay rolls of the State tobacco ware
houses, where they draw a salary with
out doing any service.
| also refused to pledge myself to sup
port Hon. William 7. Hamilton for the
United States Senate and have \. p. Cor
man take the Gubernatorial vacancy that
was intended to be made by transferring
Governor Hamilton to the Senatc-it be
/ ing part Of the plan that German was to
be President of the Maryland Senate.
and therefore in the lire Of succession to
the Governors chair.
1t is well for the voters of Cecil county
to remember that this Mr.. Arthur p. Cor
man is the model reformcr whom Messrs
Steele, Mccullough and Tombstone were
selected to support for United States Sena-
tor, if they can secure their election to
/ the Legislature.