Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-02-29
CHARLES COUNTY - :, :

IN rHR COLD.
A report has bc,r ;.
That Gov. McLane bal Ing -" The ro'.a.
~, la,nea' tive days befo,. !. p y. i /, Ii.
ils' OF Appointments. q -. y sem Y !.
ooveraor and leave the 81 = .n' ~ +,
:, a'e'd'ng whom to appoint 1', ! \. nc.
cessor. lie see Ms to b,s. :. " ~ -.
Ter ofit' however, not b..,.. ."'us' ' -
'ne business Of making apoois,' ! I..,
perplexng. but because ~ /,
could have the aid Of other, ! ,' ,I.,ine
n's slate. The facts seem = ! t 'na', III
.nis conclusion, as within g.. l..
lore Tue list was sent in he w., ! clos,
consultation 1t with a number Of DoI,,I.i,p.
IRON baltimore recognized a, m hand.
N breaking a. and making states. ,n5 ,bt
prevailing notion that n. 90 ~
would make his appointment. himself
vanished. . "
We admit we do not undp,,,.., an.
OF Gov. McLanc's appointmen,. but
we do not agree with some who ,hi,. b,
has made a political blunler r. =,
70 Judge mans political act, !, II,
ordinary rules of fairness and b.,..,,
and for ourself we think th;s i. III,
way we would think he had done wrong
out We have too keen regard tor
hcllane's shrcwiness. political s,g,,it,
and selfshness to believe tb,, - n,
nurt McLane or that he has injured BIZ
party's immediate prospects. True
we have heard Democrats with .,,oo,
ideas Of fairness say that If MILAN,
should make this or that appoiutmeu
they would do thus and 80; bat tbes,
are the men most easily gulled, az,
should McLane himself come before ii,
people two years hence they would vot
for him without thought. McI,,pe i
sharp enough to know that he mu.l bay,
the b-hoys, and more than this m
b-hoys of Baltimore City, and taat III
only way to get them is to give then
spolls. otherwise they will not work
With the election machinery of BaltimOr
City running again in the good oil
grooves from which Gov. Hamilton
holsted it, and plenty of good worker
and strikers standing around, Baltimor
City can overcome any majority tn
counties by any possibility born Of dis
gust or lethargy could oppose, and thi
Mr.. McLane and the managers know
But Gov. McLane has not done ripbt
in moral sense, by his political bretb
rem of Charles County, or, to take
higher view, he has not dealt fairly witt
our tobacco growing people of Souther
irrespective of party. tn
law is plain and fairness require
that the tobacco inspectors should CON
from these lower counties. The reason
for this have already been abundant
discussed and will readily present them
selves to any mind. The only justifca
ton for departure from this rule wouI
be in the appointment of man Of sue
remarkable and peculiar skill in gettiu
mt all grades in hogshead os ,oh.e.... Z :
a man, for instance, VINO coda see
through hogshead or who Coul smell
sand las would be an absolute guarantee
of fair inspection. But when We sec 3
lot of old political hulks who know as
much about tobacco as they do about
Heaven, and who can hardly Distinguish
FIVE cent cigar from a clear Havana, =
when we see such men as these appoint
ed tobacco inspectors, we need no clearer
indication of what McLane's policy is to
be, nor could we have a stronger proof
that what we have always alleged is
true, viz; that our tobacco warehouses
areimaintained to feed and support pOliti-
clans for political and party services.
And yet with these facts staring them
in the face our people allow themselves
to be hoodwinked by the politi-
CT ms who hunger and thirst after pa
tronage. and will not insist on abolish
ing this whole iaiquitous system The
worst of it is our poor deluded people
are still consoled with the expectation
that two years hence some of them may
secure an inspectorship or a clerkship,
and this, after all, is the most potent in
laenee in retaining the present system.
At all events, Charles County has
been snubbed by the Governor, and the
question is what is she going to do
about it?
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