The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1881-06-03
The Democratic Meeting in Baltimore


A largely attended meeting of Governor
Hamilton and his friends was held at the
Maryland Institute, Baltimore, ON Thursday
night of last week, to aid in securing to the
people of the State a correction of political
abuses the abolition of sinecures or unneces-
sary offices and the enforcement of rigid
economy in every branch of the public SER
vice. Mr.. Samuel II, Tagart presided, and a
list of Vice Presidents from the city of Balti-
more and one from each county of the State
was announced. Mr.. Tagart opened the
meeting with speech, in which he called
the last Legislature to account for its failure
TO carry out the reforms promised in the
Democratic platform of 1870.
Resolutions were adopted re,afllrming the
Democratic platform, which was followed by
a lengthy address from Governor Hamilton.
ground taken in his recent letter, showing
what was done and what left undone by the
Legislature. The Governor was followed by
Mr.. ]. V. l.. Findlay, whose speech was
ton, in order to purify the lists ofvoters and
secure an honest ballot.
While there is no doubt n great deal of
truth and force in the arraignment which
Governor Hamilton has seen fit to make OF
the last Legislature, it is at the same time UNI
just to charge, as the Governors friends are
doing, that n majority of the Legislature were
shameless enough to accept brides or failed
to appreciate the necessity for reform. IN
fortunately there was not that harmony OF
concert of action between the Governor and
his party in the last Legislature, which
should have existed, and for this Governor
Hamilton is as much to blame as any one
else. Honest differences of opinion existed
as to the expedency of some of the measures
of reform urged by the Governor, and when
he saw this, he should have been willing to
yield, in some points, for the sake of securing
the measures most important for the welfare
of the people of the State. The past, how.
ever, can not be recalled, and it therefore re-
mains for the Democratic party to send to
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ness in his speech, when he SAID
"The Democratic party is right. Its great
heart beats right and is in the right place l.
Its resolves at the State Convention of 1875
were right by them we all took our stand
then; we stand by them to-day. y
want n frater1lal brotherhood of Democrats
intent on unfolding good government.
want to see the declarations unanimously
made in the State Convention of 1879 carried
out in good faith, and to the full extent and
in the spirit that the party made them and
expected them to be redeemed by efficient
and generous action"
His stirring words will find n resnonsive
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Governor mas done his duty lie mas warned