Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-01-18
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h'e' 80 many repeated me-,
' '@'," , made BY the candidate. n
the powerful hammerins r, ''~l aa'
o"v' Hamilton to those GelslII,
who have been recroao,
'e"nded IN them, through Il. ! ~, ~
OF messages to the Legislature. y, ~
speeches on the musings. ~, - y
~ '',''e step taken NJ 1.
Legislature of 1882. in 49,, y
pruning knife and cropping I'll \ = =
necessary Offices, and REDUCING y r
''"t salaries it was thought ; III
day was about to dawn upon ~ y.
IN the management Of their S,,.I
e'"me"'' But lo' as Handy, r..
nent figure in the Legislature frol' u
'lmore said. this was but poli,io,I I.
Trap l'eiorn was but a deceptive i,
used by politicians to ensna,..
ular suffrage. W
Two weeks of the present sa,.;..
the Legislature has passed. and Do,'I =.
has deem done, except to call 4 o,nI...
and adroitly endeavor 10 -
through with undue haste. III. Nv
OF Treasurer, and to pass resolution,
creasing the expenses of the session
One of the resolutions 20 passed w..
allow the members $50 worth Of no.,,
stamps to correspond, and send pubE,
uments to their constituents S,o
piece, will purchase at III. No..
rate fifteen hundred stamps ,,,a,
Tor every constituent the members h, !,
The vote of this county, as Obtain.
from the election returns Of the u
November, is 3,3ll;a and the gross np,o
Der OF two cent stamps, which can i
purchased from the $40 allowei an
three representatives aud senator
5000, which is quite two stamps 1
four cents to each voter. How muoh !
this money will be appropriated towar
benc6ting the people of the Sate
can readily be ascertainsS
upon the number IF documen,
sent each individual voter, during, or Al
ter the sitting of the Legislature.
small portion of the above named sun
is doubtless used in corresponding viii
prominent politicians, to whom the mem
bers are under obligations for their cleo
ton, or who may be of personal seryie
to them in the future, and the remain
der goes into the members pockets, as
little perquisite attached to til
office.
In addition to this, other resolution
have been offered, locking to the in
crease of Offices, so as to provide "a
places for partizan henchmen. A rcso
luton has been offered, proposing tia
two policemen for the rotunda of tn
State House, aud a janitor of closet
be appointed, each to receive s. pe
day Squally times must be anticipated
when the police of Annapolis are inadr
quate to preserve peace and order witt
in its limits, and the State be called upc
to preserve order by appointing addition
al policemen at double the per die
received by the most efficient policem,
in the largest cities. If there 10 sesit
any need for an additional police fore
to guard the State House, why not en-
ploy the force needed at the regua
price paid policemen. Again, the priv
lege of employing janitor Of closets al
a salary of S. per day. One huudrei
and fifty dollars per month, for perform
ing a service that any laborer would be
glad to perform at fifty? Is their any
more service to perform in keeping the
peace among the members of general
assembly, aud those having business
connection Herewith, than in prcserv.
ing order IN any Of the large cities; orp
their any more work required to keep
the closets at the State House clean.
than to clean the filthy sewers that run
through our lsrgc cities, that such enor-
nous wages should be asked for those
employed to do the service?
But this is reform We presume, in the
sense Mr.. Handy expressed it, and the
outlook now seems as though it is the
spirit of reform, which will characterize
the present session of the Legislature.