The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1881-05-07


Assistant Postmaster Brady has been running
the mail letting department for years, without
any regard to the contract price or congress
sional appropriation, and without any super
vision or examination by the Postmaster Gen
eral, whose chief business appears to be draw.
ing his salary and attending to the disposal OF
party patronage mere hgure-head as tar
as the practical business of his department
was concerned.
From the TogrsontotcA Journal:
IT, as Gov Hamilton alleges, the vast bug
aboo he has discovered within the Democratic
fold is due to a vicious administration of our
Registry law, he has all along had power to
Kill the bugaboo. No change is needed in
the law, but merely in the administration OF
it. And Gov. Hamilton has solepower IN the
appointment Of those Enthusiastically
Registers. He appointed every one OF them
now in office, and if they have yicIously ad-
minislered their trust why does he not tarn
them out? As an apostle OF Reform, the
Governor certainly does not reform With
marked ability, aud he has no right 10 blame
the party for his own sins Of omission to re
form.
From he 81 Narg's Bedcea:
The constitution reqaires that every body
shall contribute has proportion Of pablie
eording to his acJual worth in real or personal
nroperty. The obligation therefore on the
legislature 10 pass n law taxing mortgages IS
Just as obligatory as any other obiiga,loE that
the constitution imposes, and Il IS little s7r'
prising that the ''reformers Of our State,
whose chief shibboleth Is the relief Of Cypress
ed taxpayers. should strain SO severely At
excessive legislative expenses and other
abuses, which aid but The iTactioR Of cent
10 our burtheus, and swallow 80 cOmplacenuy
the mortgage exemption feature Of Gar laws,
which allows untold thousands 20 escape their
just responsibility for the support Of govern
meat.
From tie PriHcs GsorgiaH.
There was an explosion Of this harmless
machine bombletl IA Annapolis on last Tues
day evening, Whea Hons 2. J. Henkle aEd
NJ. Baanon came TO the fToat as advocates Of
the Governors policy This is sImpiy and
purely an effort 10 divide the party, nj Iinc
when there is really 10 trsuble Of any sort 30
create mere ripple Of disturbance. Men
sometimes grow imPai'ent OF pFeiermeHt aad
honors and, when they do ret come readily
at their bidding. they seen determined upon
compelling then. ia their own peculiar wAy,
aud al any expense and cost 10 the E.AE;y.
Now, what IS the necessity Tor this great Po~
WOW orcr reform Il IS well settled fact
thai there has been more harra aHd Wrosg
perpetrated under the cover Of this high
Sounding name than has been wrought by ar
other means known Of men. Oar state credit
to day stands IS high - that Of any other
commonwealth in the country ogr people IN
every section are prosperous. aud fast getting
out Of deh,-our coaniy and municipal taxes
TALL under DemocsAiie rule are low, and sn'
deed. take any view OF the situation, q seems
ssh
up this Sight Aad WranEle, which, after All, IS
only for Office.
Cumberland Co,TespoRissse ef IA BaiiinaTs
Herald
The pamphlets Of Govsrnes Hhmil,oa has
reached Cumberland a. last, but ia coatsats
were pretty well understood some ~eess ago
in the HcYGlds AnaaPolis correspondence.
The only apparent effect made here since its
publication Is = disposition among The orsl-
cal Hamilton naen 10 desert their old leader,
and stand by she present leaders in ihe5r ef
forts 10 keep Maryland Democratic state
One By one the friends Of the Governor have
been deserving him since the campaign d
1879 commenced, and nos the HagersioNa
Nail stands almost alone among the Demo
papers published ia Western Ma1land IN de.
leRsa OF bis course siace be has occupied the
gnbernaGorial chair, and especially since be
has made public his hhauahs6eH, rs ~ IS
commonly called, which hAs d0ae 80 far bat
litile damage 70 any one except him Wao hred
It. In 1878 Senator Hamilton had a large
army ready 70 follow him, Who Were wiliiag
not only 10 make warfare against The comlaon
enemy, in case be vas nominated, bat ready
to Eight those who we're eenspiFing % defeat
his termination By unfair means, NoE, in
1881, when another Democratic aickei must
be nominated, composed Of popular candi-
dates, Gov. HamiltOn can hardly summon a
eorporal's guard to aid him 10 the stand he
has lately taGsn- | speak this independent
", as far as my knowledge extends about the
Democrats OF Allegazy comfy, knowing the
Herald to be an independent paper, ready TO
give all sides fair hearing, and 10 reiiec,
public opinion as far as possible. Governor
Hamilton has maHy warm irieads in Allegany
county, who sill Ike him personally aad who
stood by him 10 many close political battle;
but his political course since his Inauguration
has driven many away from his leadership,
who would have followed him willingly two
years ago.
From The East0a Leigsr;
We believe that the Acts Of Assembly
shonld be supplied TO the people ia some eeH-
Venient form as sooa as practicable after they
are passed. We believe that their publica-
ton in the newspapers is the eheapes, and
best way Of supplying the people with the
laws they are required to obey. Hence we
hold that il is right and proper, and just what
should be done by the State, 10 publish all
the acts Of assembly in one or more newspa-
pers in each county, and to DO this in the an
ierests of the people and not in the interests
of the newspapers, except as thsy may be in
directly benefited by what the State may
choose to pay for the work.
This generation is generation Of newspa
per reading people. From the farm laborer
TO the landed proprietor-from the road ped
lar to tbs banker-from the jOurneyman ar
tisen to the heaviest eontractor-eyery man
is patron Of The press. in every home
newspaper goes and there Z Is Fead; IT'S con
tests iniellgently diEcussedi its opinions
freely criticised; what it says form subjects
for thought and topics for conversation.
He who thiaks that the people do not read
the newspapers, and do not read the laws
when they are published by them fails TO see
what is passing around him; and he who
thinks that the people cannot understand at
least the general drift Of law when they read
1t and discuss it among themselves, himself
disparages the intelligence of his fellow Cit
zens When the people are heard from It
Will be found they will demand that the laws
their representatives make be published Ia
the newspapers that we, the people may
see how our agents have discharged their
trusts and what are the things the laws
require rs TO do and to fOrbear doing
Had We been Publishing the laws, and
receiving pay for the same for twenty. five /
years, we should write just az we have writ
ten, fer no fear of misconceptions OF cur no. /
tiyes shall ever deter US from stating ouF
honest convictions, when in our judgment, it /
is proper and timely to do so; but, in this /
case, not ''evsn the appearance Of evil can
attach to what we write. The present editor /
of this paper has published Maryland news
paper since 1866, except during three years
and has never received a penny from the I
State for publishing the laws.
We come now to notice the charge that the /
demecrElie press Qf Maryland has been sub
sidized. TIE charge Rag directly made by |
Gov Hamilton in bis special massage 70 the /
General Assembly in 1880. 1t has been MADE /
again within the month by the Hagerstown /
Mail, democratic newspaper. The alleged /
subsidy is the amount paid to the newspapers /
By tbs State for publishing the laws. The |
charge means t4at the support of the press