The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-09-28

IlulhllIOH us u TelOTIn 1OVeTnOT L IluSJ u'
the same to Governor Carroll. am happy
to say that throughout my life have had TIN
unwavering friendship of Governor Hamil
ton, and from the very first to this day not
shadow has passed between u.s. but II cordial
warm political brotherhood has ever existed
and no effort of mine was spared to cleo
him Governor of Maryland. So it was il
the case Ex-Governor Carroll. 1t so happen
ed that | returned to the service of the Stat,
the same year that he was elected Governor
1t never embarrassed me to differ with him
not the slightest ! recognized his full RICH
| to recommend to me, as II member of the Leg
islaturc, all such measures as he though
worthy of my consideration. That was hi!
constitutional right But it was my right tC
have my own opinion as to what he had re
commended, and voted rs my judgment
dictated. Mr.. McLanc said no man who is
entitled To the respect of the intelligent PEG
pie of the State could afford to do less
and no man in or out of the party had q
right to complain of such independent
action and thought He referred to reforms
which had been consummated in past State
administrations, and gave due credit to those
of the present one He did not propose to
enumerate them. These had been presented
to the people on the hGstings over and over
| again al nduSeum in two successive CAM
paigns. What we have done is subject to
| the verdict of the people, and we promise to
| do all that is possible in the same direction.
| What more can you ask ? The pledge |
| make is that so far is i'm me lies | will endea-
vor to carry forward the policy of reform,
economy and of honest administration. APP
pause. And more than that, promise that
will interest myself in the welfare of the
people of this State; that will look to the
condition of the masses ofOur peOple-let me
use the term which is explicit and requires
no eXplanation-l will look to the interests
ofthe laboring people, applause, and lift lies
in my power will take from the statute books
every law that interferes with them in their
associations, and rs much more as it is pos
sible to do consistent with safe government
and the welfare of the people, shall be done
for them. Loud and continued applause.
| am not under n moments hesitation
with questions of labor and capital. Capital
has no existence without labor. Capital
would be worthless but for labor, and the man
whose political soul is so narrow as to look
at one side of that question would never re-
ceive my suffrage, and | ask the suffrage of
no man who would ask me to look at but one
side o. it.
This shall be no defensive campaign
Applause. | have no excuses to make for the
honorable gentleman, (Mr Thomas,) whom l
saw at Annapolis thirtytive years ago, nor
have any for my honorable friend on the
left, (Mr. Carroll,) nor have | any for the
present administration. | approve cordially
of the efforts of Governor Hamilton to secure
reform for the State. want the people of
this State to know that he never brealhed
breath in defence of great political reforms
that | would not willingly share with him.
la npnnnarnf in hp OF to lou hac q
ardent desire to see every abuse reformed,
and to see an enlightened policy of reform
adopted by the State, than | have. Loud
applause.
will return to the topic of rivalry and
contest between public men, which | consi-
der natural and proper and not to be condemn
ed not only not to- be CONDEMNED, but to be
encouraged to be encouraged and rewarded
by the people. expect the people to choose
between public men. | expect, where pub
lie men rival each other in their efforts for
the public veal that the public will decide
which deserves their favor. Rivals in love
and politics never can decide contested points
for themselves. Laughtcr,l In connection
with this mean TO refer to another difficulty
in the canvass. lmean to refer to the idea
that you might perchance nominate a super
scrviceablc creature of Il ring or clique. Now
it would be much to your shame if you did
il would be to the shame of the whole Amcri-
can people if such representatives rs You are
should have so little discrimination rs to
choose any such superserviceablc creature,
and would like to see face to face the man
who could suppose that ! would be such
a creature. | tell you, tellowDemoc. ats, if
he had honor and truth in him would make
him eat his declaration, but if he had no
honor and no truth in him, but was Il mere
political triller or malicious political scan
dal-monger, | would treat him with the scorn
and contempt he would deserve. Applause
But rings and ciques are just rs natural as
political rivalry, and no honorable man in
politics dare gainsay that fact. So far as !
ali concerned, consider such talk as mere
bosh-1 was going to say trash, but the term
is not perhaps parliamentary. | speak of it
to you with the same frankncss that ! do
personally and individually, and do not
choose to say MS your candidate outside of
this hall what cannot say here to the dele.
gates who nominated me for Governor My
conscience will never allow any man TO come
between me and the Democratic party
Never. [Great applause.l
81 want every Democrat in the State to
give me his assistance whilst overcome this
monstrous combination ofmen known to-day
ms the Republican party | say this mon.
strous combination OF men, and all history
in America shows no parallel to it, Twenty
years ago to save the life ofthe nation every
thing was permitted. Five hundred millions
of dollars were collected from the people at
n cost of one hundred milions--a corrupt
cost, an acknowledged fact-acknowledged
by the government, acknowledged by the off
cial report of the Republican Congress
made to the Republican government, that
out of five hundred million dollars one hun
dred millions went into the poe kets of the
collectors. From that day to this, fellow
Democrats, remember 1t, through nearly
twenty years no crime known TO the law,
no crime denounced by the law, has been
omitted from the current of public life
An extraordinary statement to make in
the face of II free and intelligent people!
Bribery, perjury and forgery-the three most
contemplate crimes denounced by the laws
of God and men-are the three great crimes
to which the chiefs of the Republican party
resorted to inauguratc when they could not
elect a President of the United States. No
man doubts it; every man excuses it, every
man regrets it, every Republican ms well rs
every Democrat regrets that the country
could be brought to so low pitch. So great
is the patronage of this government that al
though we stand to-day with an acknowledge
ed majority we can not install President
In the election of1S7G Tilden had more than
100000 votes more than Hayes, and yet
Hayes was President. In the election of 1880,
when it came to Hancock rather than Tilden,
shocked and trembling at the crimes to which
they were driven, the Republican party, fear
ing the necessity for such crimes, took the
money from the public treasury and expend-
ed it in the presidential election in order that
they might not have to commit perjury and
forgery to get n President after the election.
"Fellow Democrats, l say it is no season to
stop by the way until you have rescued the
country from these abuses. Your points of
difference in home politics sink into the far
distance and become insignificant. ! have