Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-05-27
Announcements.
To the Democratic and Conservative
Voters of Montgomery County.


FELLOW Citizens = Encouraged by the solicit
tations OF friends in various parts of the
county, as wei rs by repeated assurances
that my course in the last Legislature met
the approval OF The people, respectfully
announce myself II candidate for the next
SENATE of the State. In doing so, how
ever, 1t is but due TO myself TO say, that
among the several measures of retrenchment
brought forward by myself in the last House
OF Delegates, were two in relation to the fees
OF lawers in criminal cases-the one, to limit
the appearance fee Of the States Attorney, in
all cases OF indictment for misdemeanor and
felony, to live dollars in each case, with such
additional compensation as the Judges of the
circuit Court may recommend as reasonable
IN cases OF special labor and the other, TO
restrict the appearance fee of the attorney APP
pointed by the Court to defend prisoner, to
live dollars in all cases. The farmers and tax
payers OF the county have these bills TO pay,
and have, also, the right, presume, through
iheir representatives in the Legislature, 10 sec
That they are not unreasonable.
The two measures above alluded to as hav-
ing been introduced by myself-and which were
recommended by our present resident Judge of
the Circuit Court--passed the House of Dele
gates without dissenting voice, and had
they not been defeated in the Senate through
the instrumenialty of our present State Senator
who | understand is again candidate
would have saved the county considerable
sum. To my measures, reducing Ito something
like what they were before the war; the fees OF
the Sheriff for keeping and feeding prisoners,
as also the fees Of the Crier of Court, the
Senator had 10 objection, but the moment |
undertook TO reduce the fees of the lawyers in
criminal cases-alike paid by the county-the
Senator not only objected but had my bills
10 That elect defeated in the Senate, notwith-
standing, as said before, they had passed the
House OF Delegates unanimously. These are
facts, shown by the record, a copy of which
the Senator and myself both have-either of
which, presume, is open to inspection
| hope, therefore, it will not be considered
presumptious in me, in becoming candidate,
to let The people decide at the primaries
which OF US was right and which wrong
the State Senator or myself. | did all that
mortal man could do under the circumstances,
10 reduce the expenses of the county where
they were not, more Immediately, under the
control Of the commissioners, and would have
accomplished more than | did, had | not been
jnteriered with by those equally entrusted
with the duty.
! need hardly add that, If elected, shall
pursue the came course in the Senate | did in
The ionse-support the Governor in his noble
efforts to reduce the overgrown expenses Of
the State, and thus re-establish, so far AT least
as Maryland is concerned, that old toughest
landmark Of Democracy economy in pub
lac expenditure" and which majority Of
our last Legislature were but TOO successful ia
making secondary 10 their own interests.
Very respectfully,
GEO. c. PATTERSON.
may 27-lfo