Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-08-28


gives rs rnore satSs fsetioa, THAI the Sc
rond resolution which declares s-
"If WI be The duty Of The next Gen-
ersl Assembly 20 tighten the burdeh Of
taxatson in this State BY sbolishing al
Offices not necessary for the public SER
vice; BIZ reducing MI salaries and fees
subject 10 Its coatS0l 10 The limit Of the
compensation Of persons engaged IN
similar employment IN private hses BY
compelling the practice Of economy m
every detail Of State, county and fnn-
nscipal expenditures, and By enforcIng
the observance Of The eonsiiiutlonaI rule
that every person IN the State, OF per-
con hoIding property theseia. csght 10
contribute his proportion Of public tag
es for the support Of the government.
according 20 his actual worth IN real os
personal property"
Mr.. Hamilton. I'm his speech accept
ing The 0ubtrnstorisl nomination, &C
knowledgrd the isstiee snd@ binding
force Of shis resoluaioa, when Ne sas0:
1.-THE moetrigid economy shouid be
praciiced In every departmeniofihep ab-
lIicservsee. The peoPie'smoney paid into
the treasury Cor the support ofthe State
ands nemictpal eovesssAszts is The pro-
ducis toll, and most sacredly shOuId H.
b. applsed 20 its honest pasposes- re
nan that HespoiIs L - worse than the
comfnou tb;ei, Sbr o agsiast hisa Ne
have indsyidual vigilance a. weh e
police ingenuity, whilst the other ssieh
more 20 the general care and the con-
| Hdenee Of trust. Every wrongful sp-
| approximation Of Il ID IN absolute spolia-
ton, end should meet with the severess
/ rPpsobation. ng etf ~ 1855 q
S1peffuous officers snd employees not
required for the public wants sh0uld'be,
Dispensed with and their places shol-
ished. Whilst there Us On honorable
ambition in the patriotic desire 10 serve
the State, where service - necessary,
| and nj reasonable compensation, IL 10,
uDon the other hand, dishonoEsbls to
| impose ones self upon The State. under
The pretense ofservice, when % - neifh-
er required nor rendered. The former
reflects honor NJ deity, whilst the oahs
er betrays The voice Of The parasite"
Now, ~ Mr.. Hamilton % . man who
means what be says, We hope that soon
4 after his inductron into the 0iice OF
Governor, he will pay particular atten-
lion 10 oar pfesent tobacco inspection
system, and use bis influence towards
hsying tie ssaae sbolishedy orimpr0sed.
Years ago this State, following the ex-
ample Of other States, who believe that
public inspection laws were restrictions
on trade, abOlished most Of them, but
suffered the Tobacco Inspection laws to
remain an they provided SO many '.sOit
places" for politicians. The slast Leg.
sslasure, after d hard contest succeeded
in abolishing The once ssof Supervising
Inspector, WhieA was@about Is neees-
sary "as che ffth wheel 60 0 wsgOn.'
and we feel sure that all .e6otts to
reduce The number Of the present
| Tobacco Inspectors. or their salaries
will be violently opposed by the politi-
clans, who want these fat Offices for
themselves, or their friends. The pre-.
Isent salary OF an InspectOr - ., 300,
and was, We believe, fixed nj that som
cause Of The power pese9asnt legl.ls-
In oiden times the salary was 81, 200.
and these Offices were then filed by eur
best citizens. Now, by reason ofthese
high salaries, there is always q great
contention for these Offices, and our
State Senators end Delegates hiainly
owe their nominations 10 the influence
Of the aspirants for the inspeciorship..
State Comptroller Heating in bis last
report SAID Aa'f-T - tatf 81
The receipts Of the Tobacco Ware.
houses are SEE forth in Table No. 8, and
amounted during the year 10 Si24,.
O32.03, and the net earnings 20 only
! "a, 1921. 80, not enough by @l2. 372. IS,
TO pay The salaries offhe Supervisor and
Inspectors. These must be paid out Of
the General Treasury and the Tobacro
Inspections are therefore q burthen TO
the State notwithstanding the large
amount they pay % the Warehouses.
This ought MOI to be, and tits tosbe
hoped, that the next Legisiaiure viii
either revise or repeal the whole sys-
tern. A' $3.50 fiais'i7s'l
The Taxpsyets' Convention which
lately met in Baltimore city, also re.
solved ~ ial sti3i ias1 STdiai -1r
84t t0S I8Ws bVt@1n8 70 Tue tnSpeCs
tios ef tobacco should be repealed, %
relieve the producers. and The State, Of
what has become burdea 10 the pro.
ducers and u Feproach 10 the State. I" =
We learn from The proceedings Of
that Convention that the reading Of tie
seventh resolution, calling Cor q repeal
OF the tobacco inspections laws. was r..
ceived with applause and indications
Of approval, and was enthusiastically
passed. ~ = 'lfH 23fts
If the Democratic party in this State
intends 20 be true 10 its own platform.
and to be faithful to It's Professions of
economy in the administration % our
State government, then we will have q
great snsnge for the better ID COT tobae-
co Inspection system, and Ne feel sure
that Mr.. Hamilton win give his power
Iul aid towards the accomplishment Of
such needed REFORM T 80
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