Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1881-04-30

Says Senator Sulivane, in thu
Cambridge Chronicle:

Cambridge Chronicle:
"The truth is that Governor
Hamilton Was bitterly disappoint-
ed last winter was q year at find
ing a legislature composed OF men
who modestly supposed that they
were as well acquainted with the
wants and wishes of their own re-
spective constituents as he could
possible be, aud who committed
the objectionable fault Of wishing
TO enter into consultation with
him as to the best methods Of
practically carrying into operation
the pledges Of retrenchment made
to the people at the last Democrs-
tic convention. Ii will not be for
gotten that the entire body Of
Democratic members of the legis-
lature met in caucus, renewed the
pledges Of the preceding political
campaign, and appointed COM
mittee, consisting Ex-oFFrcro of the
Board Of Public Works of the
State and OF q number OF well
known Democrats, to wait on the
Governor and devise with him the
frame Of bills to enact into laws in
order to attain the end proposed.
Aud that, positively refusing to
cooperate with this committee,
Gov. Hamilton called to his assis-
lance Mr.. Michael Bannon, and
some dozen or more gentlemen like
him, and together with the Repub-
licans vigorously resisted every
measure Of retfenchment in public
expenditures introduced into the
legislature. These matters are
we'll understood by all intelligent
persons who visited Annapolis last
winter, as well as the ultimate mo.
tive which spurred on the Cover
nor TO undertake that no measure
of retrenchment should be adopted
unless he himself should have the
entire credit of it with the people
Of the State.
How he and his coterie did alb
solutely succeed in impeding and
finally rejecting various salutary
measures of reform is well known,
but we will recall one just by way
of reminder. All will remember
how after q protracted fight 10 the
oyster committee of the House OF
Delegates, his followers, having
failed to engraft on the report of
the committee q provision giving
to the Governor the appointment
Of every oyster police officer 10
Maryland, resorted to dilatoIy
motions in the House to defeat the
whole bill, though it reduced the
expenses Of the State treasury
some $50, 600 per annum. A plain
and bold attempt, in the very face
Of his cutlery for reduction Of ex-
penditures, to keep the expenses
of the oyster navy at 100000 per
annum, UNLESS the Legislature
would consent to strip the State
Fishery Force Of the autho rity
heretofore uniformly invested in
thst Board and confer upon him,
Governor Hamilton, the sole ap-
pointment of every officer of the
oyster police force throughout the
State l. And every one knows how
very nearly he succeeded in his
purpose es defeating that great
measure Of reform, which only fin
ally passed both Houses in the
last hours Of the session. How
largely instrumental he and his
peculiar friends were in actually
preventing the passage of the bill
foB mortgage taxation (he him
self having a fortune invested
in that species Of security is
also we'll known TO every one
who passed the winter of 1880
in Annapolis, and there stands the
journal OF the two Houses to corro-
borate the fact to those whs may
think these things incredible. But
these are are mere samples of what
we allude to.
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