The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-02-07

the same right to hold thousands ana
thousands of acres of land, and to-
keen it in their hands until its natur-
al rise in value made them men OF
wealth, that was exercised by specu~
lators or railway corporations. But
he would have no tribal property.
Give each man farm OF desirable
average, and make the title inallen-
able for twenty-five years either for
debt or for taxes, so that he could not
be cheated out of it while he was
learning the ways of civilization.
Third. Give him schools and means
of education, and through all these,
and in all, let the missionaries carry
on their work of redeeming from
paganism the scattered remnants OF
a race with many noble traits.
THE GOVERNOR INDIGNANT-LoCAL
OPTION.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 2.-Governor
Hamilton arrived here to-day from
Hagerstown. In Baltimore quite a
number of friends met him. The
Governor appears to be rather indig-
nant at the action of the majority in
recommitting the report of the Judi
ciary Committee in regard to the
abolition of the Office Of Tax Com
missioner'to the Committee on Ways
and Means. The friends of the GOV.
say that the issue will soon be made,
and that every i1ember will be COM
PEELED to show his hand. The i'm
preston is daily gaming ground that
Colonel Harry Gilmor will be APP
pointed Adjutant General. The Gov
ernor has not communicated his
intentions to anyone, but the opinion
is general that Colonel Gilmore will
receive the appointment. Baltimore
county is making determined fight
to secure the position of weigher 1
llye stock, and the delegation has
hopes that if it unites on one man
she may receive the appointment.
At present the candidates from Bal
timore county are innumerable.
This will be quite busy month In
Annapolis. True, there will be mo-
delegations to wait on the Governor
to recommend seekers after office. but
there will be legion of delegations
to secure legislation, favorable or
otherwise, from the General Assem-
bly,. The Local Option people will
be here in the course of the next two
weeks, and will demand to be heard
before the Select Committee on Tenn
perance. The delegation will be quite
large and influential. and those Of
the members of the two houses in
favor of the passage of a local option
bill for their respective counties will
be invited to be present. The COM
mittee will have no objection to grant
local option to those counties whose
delegations are in favor of it.
The committee on inspections will
on Tuesday evening hear arguments
for and against the present tobacco
warehouse system from merchants
and planters. A large delegation Of
merchants is expected from Balti-
more. 1t is stated by those who adj.
vocate change from the present
system that the total Indebtedness of
the tobacco fund to the State at the
close of the fiscal year of 1879 was.
S103,340.9l. The effort to secure u
change will be the strongest eyer
made, and is acked by the wishes
ofthe present State Executive as well
as the late Governor. 1t is thought
that the politicians cannot hold the
fort much longer.
Attorney General Gwinn has pre-.
pared about ten bills, which are
pretty well advanced on the calendar.
These i'll Jude two revisory revenue,
bills, a tramp law, bill to punish pub
lie drunkenness, disturbances of the
public peace, regulating habeas cor
pus, providing for enforcing fines and
costs, regulating fines and forfeitures,
providing one police justice for each
county, and the new registration law,
which latter. however, has not yet
been introduced. For each county
it is proposed to designate one Justice
of the peace to have the powers of
police justice in Baltimore city, and
also to give him the same Jurisdiction
which the Saturday court possesses
in Baltimore city in respect to petty
cases. TO protect the right to jury
trial the States attorney, as we'll as
the accused, are given the right to
ask it before trial by the police JUS
tees. The House of Delegates has
shown very decided inclination to
pass the bills pending to reduce the
pay of jurors to 81 day, and to re-
quire deposits to secure payments Of
costs in the courts of the State. These
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