The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1881-06-04
Correspondence Bai,imors County Ua;.n.
ONE OF THE SUBSIDIZED DEMOCRAT
&c PAPERS.

NiSrn DIsrRicr. May 3Oth. 1881.
Ms''rs. Edit"rs In your valuable paper, which
always permits fair play in the advocacy Of all
political discussions please give space for brief
comment on the inexcusable attack on the Gover-
nor Of our State by the haryt,ad J..Hrnai, one Of
the subsidized Democratic papers which, "insteai
OF being alive Ia the Importance of quickening the
public conscience and disseminating Intelligence
among the people upon these vital issues, (fcar.
lcssly set forth In the Governors Maryland Insti.
tute address,) 10 strangely enough engaged In the
work either Of suppression or of wiiiful msrrprc.
ssntation." A careful perusai Of the manly, pa.
triotic address OF the Governor, published in the
So" Of Friday last, fails to disclose any aiiuson
whatever to the registers Of voters of Baltimore
city. ~ Of Baltimore county either. although some
Of those who held the position in the county are
well worthy Of public notice. Why then should
Mr.. Ruby say, "The Governor was very severe on
the registers Of voters Of Baltimore city, wanting
them all turned OUT! Why should he wiilfully
misrePresent the Executive, In what has the
worthy Chief Magistrate Of our State erred that
he should falsely DO charged by the subsidy editor
with attacking the rirfaoHs Baltimore city regis
tiers. "wanting them all turned out. Does not
the subsidy editor know that the Governor eaa
turn them out, IL he maats 10. Does not the par.
asyte Of tho ring also know that there are abund.
ant reasons Tor the Governor 20 exercise this
power! II 10 too cheeky in the Journal after full.
some praise OF the Democratic candidate for GOV.
ernor In 1879 90 try 20 lessen the great respect en-
tertainsd for the Gov. by the Democracy Of Bal.
timore county. "a silly Governor" "a non CON-
sstible. crow-eaiing Governor" are the coarse
epithets used toward . gentleman % whom We
should DO Justly proud, for 70 not for his sue
eessful canvass well rs the reputation which his
good name gave the Democratic ticket In 1879. We
would have been ignominiousiy defeated. The
insinuation that Mr.. Hamilton favors one man
power, and that his own. IL a. eaiumnious rs the
other malicious hings Of the subsidy editor. The
fact 10 too well known that this very editor IL al
together In favor OF certain onc-man power, and
should the tables be turned he would be among the
first TO cater To the new regime.
His Exeelleney has had exposed the notorious
TACT that over $4,000 were paid for the publica-
ton Of the laws % 1850. and that Of this enormou.
amount the subsidized editor Of the Journal re.
ceived the snug little sum Of 81. ?0OI A wheel.
barrow load Of supplements containing the laws
were dumped into the Journal office 90 be sent out
10 the ten or eleven hundred Subscribers In the
county. These supplements were printed Mt the
ofhee OF Mr. Geo. colton's paper, In Annapolis, at
Q cost 20 the subsidized editor Of the Marsis.d
Journal Of 500. $i,200 received: 500 paid out
net balance 81 100, or one thousand one hundred
per cent. clear gain. One dollar from the State
Tor every paying subscriber the paper has. Thi.
10 subtraction, subsidy aud State estravagance on
large scale. Eleven hundred dollars ceax gain
was very good tiekler. The Governor proclaims
the whole business reckless expenditure, and the
tickled one, pierced by the Governors thorn, lice
on him " declaring him severe ON the registers
10 Baltimore city In wanting them all turned out"
II were not for the one man power the publca-
ton OF the laws would have been given 10 q more
deserving county paper whose editor had the most
earnest Recommendation and endorsement Of the
best representative men In the county, and who
has worked for the party's success for principle
and not for spells. In few short weeks the sub.
sdIed editor Of the yoarnai wili be tackled ON the
other side, but can he or Mr.. IIamIlton's friends
forget his unwarrantabie attack en- the Governor.
and all for paltry eleven hundred dollars!
ASft-Rfsa.