The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-01-14

The Governor and the Democratic
Party.


litieal PARTY. that owe who has enjoyed frum
has eariy manhood the houors and euolgmcuts
II the higaest offices 20 which his party coald
elevate him. becomes che irsduccr " that
marty Rus We have this nogtifsing spectacle
IN our sfztc to-day A man Who has been
chosen hg his party % represent bis county IN
the state Legislature who has becu chussn
by bis party 10 Tcpnesen; bis state 10 the Ma
tiounl Congress fur twelve wears, three terms
a. = Representative end siN wears ~ SsnB-
tor who has been chosen hy bis party. by an
unusual majority, 20 he the chief magistrate Il
bis state, seeks nov. upon al occasions, APP
parenily with great personal SUBTRACTION, 10
naalign those who arp associated with him 10
the government Of the state and Who, Ike
himself. have been advanced - the FASHIONS
they hoid BY the Democratic party. The
party begins TO feel keenly
How sharper than serteats talik sis
To have q thaBkless ehild-
No mere striking illustration e0aId br had
OF the Governor ingrsagiiude than be has gwen
in the remarkable document he has Just sub
mitted 10 th., General Assembly. To a per
son no, eonversant with the history 81 the
financial Affairs Of the state, BE- sould make il
appear that the Treasurer and Comptroller
have for wears past been fscrpetraiing fraud
upon fraud and dealing in the must reckless
manner with the public funds Vet no one
know, better than his excellency that there i
not even the semblsnre Of truth IN his angra-
einus and ungenerGus statements He rannut
have made them ignorantly for he bases them
upOn an aVowed examination Of the tluts-
They must then have been made naliciopsly
aud with intent "a deceive. He charges that
the sinking fund has bcsn robbed and missp-
piled, and for this charge be j. patted on the
back by the Baltimore 3aeTtcGA snd other
Republican Journals Of the state The is.sr-
iraa heads the message with such aoEds a.
these :-.' Misuse of the Loan Taxes aud he
structiou Of the Sinking Fund "a Fictitious
Balance Sc. Yet the 1asrioaa knew,
quite as well as the Governor, that the Re
pubiicans, when in power in Maryland, passed
the act Of 1861, which authorized the des;ruc.
ton OF the sinking fund and that in pursa.
auce Of that act several millions of stocks aud
bonds Of the state were cancelled and destroy
"a. And further, that by virtue Of two Acts
of Assembly passed IN 1872, the one being
chapter 2I6, the other being chapter 2Sl. the
sinking fund was practically dispensed with,
and from the almost unanimous vote in the
General Assembly or the passage Of these
acts it would seem that their propriety was
unquesti0ned.
There are widely Giverging views, and have
always been, as To the wisdom of creating
sinking funds and since our public funds
have not been dishonesty dealt with bat have
been applied in payment of the obligations of
the state, no one can find cause for complaint
eAcept the yeriest demagogue in politics.
There "a some satisfaction, however, in
knowing that bis eXeelleacy made public the
same statements some time ago ~ . number
of his sore bead friends, seeking thereby Ia
prevent Mr. Keating's re nomination as comp
troller. He failed in his purpose then. The
people have since passed upon the matter, apd
have refused in very peremptory way, to
ion his little squad of sore-heads. His ex-
eellency is charged with having done all he
could to reduce Mr.. Heating majority III the
state. Ii the charge be true thesa was moth.
Ing novel in his exeellency conduct. On the
contrary. it was quite in keeping with his past
political life. When he was candidate for
political honors aud failed to get the nomina-
tion, was he ever known 10 do ANYTHING but
sulk and prophesy the defeat OF his successful
opponent? Gov. Carroll and Mr.. Heating
know something about his party fealty. We
ara not surprised that one who wears his party
obligations 50 loosely that he can draw them
on and of like bs;P nc oyeralls, easily finds
AZ much pleasure in I4alignipg his party as in
supporting aud defending IL.
Many inquiries have been made Of late,
among the rank and file Of the Democratic
party. as to what really is the trouble with his
excellency. Some have been bold enough to
assert that he is seeking TO destroy the eff
cheney of that party to such an extent as will
make possible, with Republican endorsement,
his detection to his present post as an indie
seEdept candidate. Others think the canal
bee Is buzziag IN his gubernatorial bonnet, and
that he VIII not die barry unless he is made
chief physician for the drsssisg If that politi-
cal sore For our part, we eau not dv}ge us
cause of his remarkable misbehayior; nor can
we believe that he contsnplates an exodus
from the party. II Re does we are content to
know and rejoice that no RESPECTABLE retinue
stands ready to attend him, aud 10 hops that
beSs.o the fatal hour comes he win find the
way Of the tfansgressor so hard rs TO bring
him to repentance IA, Bhieh event, If it be
not too long delayed, ahseaintion might be
granted.