The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-11-27
High LiVers.

The exposures made in the United
States Court during the trial of the
suit of Daniel X. Stewart against the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Com
pany, are not calculated to increase
the public'S admiration for the State
Ring. The american culls few
flowers from the testimony Of the
omplainants, which we herewith
present as evidence of the liking OF
The Democratic bosses for high living.
The rank and file OF the party who
drink at all are glad to get common
whisky, and, failing to get that,
won't turn away from manufactured
cider that has been known to eat out
the bottom of a tin-cup after two
days usage. Now mark how differ
entity 1T is with the bosses
December 9Th, 1874, for instance,
must haye been a heavy day for the
board of Directors for their bill at
Barnum's that day was $119.70,
among the items being dinners and
rooms for directors; six bottles of
champagne, S24; champagne, $4.10;
champagne, S.; whisky, Z; cigars,
50; carriages, IS, besides washing,
bar, board, &c. The next very busy
day was September 10Th. On that
day the hotel bill was $96.70. Among
the items was $12.75 for board, and
$685. for refreshments. One day
T., I, h. al.
payne amounts to $50; cigars, S7.95
claret, $3.50; whiskey. 50 bar, 81 80;
dinners, $50. Champagne was the
favorite drink of the directors, and
bills for that beverage are met with
at every point. In May, 1878, the
wine bill was SIS; in July, S34 but
some ofthe members preferred settler
lemonade and Congress water. July
I'd and Sd were spent at Barnum's,
and among the items of expenses are
50 for carriages ''to German street."
1t does not appear for what purpose
the carriages were used. On Decem-
Der 18th the entries are: thirteen
dinners, S25; seven bottles of cham
payne, S24.50; hook, $3.50. The
following day, December 18th, there
was charged: fifteen dinners, $50;
champagne. S24.50; hook, $3.50
cigars, So. 1t would fill columns of
The american to give all the bills for
wine, cigars, dinners, &C., in detail.
Those given above are only part of
the 50, 116.bill expended at Barnum's,
and do not touch the bill of IS ,442
paid for board and refreshments at
Annapolis.
The proprietor of the Annapolis
hotel, Mr.. w. II. German, failed to
produce the itemized account of the
bills, saying that he could not find
the bietter containing them. mas
much as the bills at this hotel were
four times as large as at Barnum'S,
the nature of the items may be i'm
agined.
Under President Clark's admins
tration a resolution was adopted that
the directors should draw no salaries.
The resolution was never rescinded,
yet the six directors have annually
drawn $4,000 every year, besides be-
ing paid their travelling expenses,
sc. Mr.. Germans salary was $4,000
year up to 1877, when it was in
creased to $4,000. Mr.. German has
also regularly drawn 81 900 a year for
travelling expenses. The complains
ants in their brief charge that A fired
Spates was employed in 1875 at a
salary of $4,000 "for doing nothing"
1t was "to propitiate his influence in
the fight of Carroll VS.. Hamilton"
that Charles II. Mann. register of
voters at Towsentown, was employ
ed as collective" on the canal at so
per month, when he probably never
went near the canal during the whole
time" and that John Gale, brother
of leading Democratic politician in
Somerset, was employed at salary
of $50 month "to hold himself in
readiness to wait on the president"
Gale testified that he was twice on
the canal to inspect the outlet locks,
but performed no other duty, except
"to hold himself in readiness to wait
on the president"