The Cecil Whig., 1881-11-05
To the Voters of Maryland.

To the Voters of Maryland.
! The questions which you are called up
! on to decide by your votes on Tuesday
next affect at once the financial credit
| and welfare of our State. the taxation of
yourselves and your fellow citizens, your
franchise as freemen, and the fair fame
and reputation of our State among her
sister States.
All agree that there are gross abuses
in the administration of the government
of our State clamoring for prompt re-
dress. The fact is proclaimed by all the
recent State Conventions of the Demo-
cratic party, quite as clearly as by those
of the Republican party, and asserted
quite as positively by Democratic speak
erS as by Republican.
Democratic witnesses testify that the
State is burdened with the support of
useless officers. and with the payment of
extravagant salaries: that gross neglect
of officials has diminished the States
resources. and unwarranted. illegal and
unconstitutional disbursements have
, squandered its assets; and far worse than
all this the same class of witnesses de-
Iclare. with equal emphasis, in open pub
tic meetings, that deliberate. premedi-
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Tue c'hCiu''e VINO ic'us Ihe beiiocfalic
tlckeV tnto"ShouI tle Stale at once tue
hi5h priest anu the Wiling servant OF
the hlhS: ANA are not the legislative
cahuldateS almost "lthout exception
from W"llG' =" "otce,'ei' s"oserVieht
to"i> oi the hihS, whose nominations
were aleta'eu pE the i'inS: an You
theh-cah human lhSehnlty-devlSe Il
way ny whlch yon can vote the Demo
cratic ticket ana not vote 10 sustain the
hing' WIN an tS lra"uS, corruption,
ana 'iolltioi oi Pleu@es. me TWO are
lnSepafaole' As PoIt"ai organism
they are iaehtlcai ana the same. Ii yon
vote the Dehocfatlc tlckei you record
your approvalo OF the the hlng, ltSacts
ana methods: you record your approval
OF the disbursement OF the public money
without warrant OF law, ana IN viola
| tloh ol law: your apPfoFai OF Suosldlz-
ing the press ana IT'S reporters from the
treasury OF the Htate; your approval OF
the appointment oi unht REGISTERS OF
Noteis' ny "iionl' III 'lolt,lioii Vi Id" anu
"i "fhciai "ath. thousands ol voters are are
'''sii"hIn'eeo' 'nu IN INC oioS VI i'ai''-
more alohc more tiah -''ooo hctlliols
names ol dea" men are carried upon the