The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-03-11

out of which the inspectors are to pay
to the State the sum Of ten cents !!
What a good thing this would be f"r
the managers favoriteS who are to
he appointed as inspectors may be-
imagined, when 1t is stated that a
pI ointment merchant states he is
willing to pay to-day to the State
the sum of 49,, 900 for the privilege
of taxing charge of the warehouses,
and pay the State forty cents for every
hogshead. The inspectors under the
new II would take charge on May
LIST, when there will be in the ware
houses twenty thousand hOgsheads.
The outage and accrued storage on
this would not be less than $50, 200 to
which the five new inspectors would
he entitled, and AS the tobacco is held
as collateral security for the charges,
there is no question but that the
money due on it will be collected,
and some arrangements would be
made by the inspectors to clear the
warehouses before their successors
two years hence would be appointed.
The inspectors would have a first
class berth under the bill. If there
is a large crop. and $4,000 hogsheads
are inspected in the five warehouses,
their receipts would be $4,000, and
the State would receive the small
pittance of So, 500 for the use of the
five buildings. The inspectors would
draw $66.5O0, which would leave
them magnificent sum each year
after paying all the expenses. AS
before stated, there are merchants in
the State willing to pay large bonus
for privilege which it is proposed
to grant to a few politicians. and pay
the State forty cents for each hogs
head inspected. The proper title of
the bill would be evidently "An act
entitled an act to provide lucrative
offices for five politicians, for extra
ordinary services rendered the man.
ayers and to perpetuate their power"
Some of the most obnoxious of the
lieutenants of the managers. and
whom it was found necessary to dis
place from their offices on account of
an indignant public sentiment. are
lobbying for the bill, and have been
promised positions of inspectors. 1t
is announced that the places are all
"taken," nut this is rather prema-
ture. If the bill passes the Senate,
it will not be so easy to pass it
through the House. In order to make
the bill palatable TO the merchants,
the compulsory inspection" feature
of the present law was stricken out.
But the snake coiled up in the bill
has been discovered. and if the legis-
lature passes the bill it will meet an
in the executive cham
Der, where the Governor will knife
it, as he certainly ought. The bill is
evidently the biggest job heard from
this session. 1t throws into the shade
as Il political levee the police commits
sionership. the printing contract, the
city collectorship, &C.; and all this
power to say who shall be the occu-
pants of these Offices is to be vested
in the Board of Public Works This
board is gradually becoming stu
pendous monopoly in the patronage
fife.
But even this is not sufficient to
satisfy the cravings of the managers
for power. They are determined to
strip the Executive of all the patron
age at his disposal if possible, and
have introduced bill to take the APP
pOintment of the supervisors of cleo
ton out of the Governors hands and
let the Legislature elect these officers.
But this bill has AS little chance to
become law, as the Governor has
veto ready for it. Tie bosses haye
not acted very discreetly about these
and i'm their madness to re-
tain power haye Over~tepped the
mark and made themselves objects
ofridicule.-Balto. Sunday american.