Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-03-14
CAMPAIGN ExpysES.

Ne"i OF comment sul interest
4 among people generally
'"e circumstances are these: Mr.
brown the chairman Of the Democratic
convention which nominated Lltrobc
and Mr. Keyser the head ofae Demo
cratic City executive Committee which
m'n'g"d the last polite, i campaign in
Bltimorc are both Civil : r,i,e Re-
,'''nFrs' The usual pledge, gsre made
by the can lil4tes las, EN- d. rrre al.
n,'n'''rllIon ia their respec.ir olHees
ie'sr' Brown AMI X User. knowing
now he appointing power vested III the
Mayor might be abused. sought Mr
h'trobe and secured from him the per-
tonal assurance that be would # elected,
! re'p'p goof D,ca IL o6.. ami appoint
none but COOL men to Office. Tais they
did, not IN the interest Of m, one man
ny name but as civil service r.frmcrs,
to justify themselves in supporting Mr.
Latrobe, and Mr.. Latrobe cave them
,"'s assurance to secure their support,
knowing, as every one el.e did that
they were civil service reformers aud
independent enough to throw him over
board II they found be did not come up
OF their standard.
After the election these gentlemen
went to Latrobe again ami asked. in
pursuance of the pledge already made.
that Mr.. Taylor, the City collector. who
had proved himself an unusually efficient
officer should be retained in Office -
They discovered that Mr.. Iatrobe was
under some promise to Mr.. BIB G,rreft
Of the b. Il .. Il. r., to appoint some
'nc else to this oiTi,e, but he agreed to
lppolnt hr; Taylor if Mr.. Garrett would
ct him. Mr. Garrett refused II seems
md Mr. Taylor was turned out.
Those facts appear to be established
rom the various letters that have passed
between the parties, although the con-
freely deny the statements
i each other. But apart from the
candal which the good people of Bllti-
more must suffer, some facts incidentally
rought out are Of general interest as
re have said, illustrating as they do
ONE Of the methods Of campai-nino
ow-a-days.
II transpires, or is reported, that it
ost over thirty thousand dollars to elect
re reform judges in Baltimore year be-
IRE last, and that in the lnayoroltv
'ntest last fall Mr.. Latrobe spent some
Velve thousand dollars AMI Mr.. Gar
TT some other twelve thousand in Mr.
atrobe's behalf, which the latter was to
fund to him, whether in patronage or
loney is not reported. Twenty four
lOusand dollars to secure an<SSye |
hieh pays s;aeyen or eight thousd,y$o |
20 years! The inference may a. NAV
OF be damaging to Mr.. Lo,-abe -.
-aws it.
We do not suppose, however Mr..
atrobe is the only man who has made
heavy outlay to secure an Office, al
ough we do not often hear Of a mans ,
more to secure an office than {
ie salary amounts to- 1t Is one t
the evils of our time, not only in the
which it works among voters,
ut in the after-corrupti0n into which 1t
ads the successful aspirant by his ef
,rts and sometimes tie necessity, if he
e a poor man, to make good bis cleo
oneering expenses. True, an ambi- ;
ous man, who can afford it, may seek I
n office for the honor of the thing, and G
e may, in the desire to succeed for the O
Ike Of success, be led to spend money. :,
tut a man who is known to desire the /
flee for what it will put in hi pocket, |
N not spend, ordinarily, half t what Il
lat office will lesitimalcly pay to secure !,
4. The result is, as campaigns are i i
ow run, that an honest poor man can a
ot aspire to a high office, and it must II
left open to the men of money, wheth- t.
: they have brains or not, or to the cor I
apt rascals who arc too lazy to work i
nd who are debosing our whole gov, s.
an civil system. Ii
If any man can conceive law which "
i'll absolutely prevent the spending of :
oncy in campaigns, he will do a SER h
ice to his country. The bill may he :
AIMED and hedsed about with .ll sorts
provisOcs and penalties, but we want
to be practicable and capable of being S
AIDE effective IN operation Until, how u u
'er, a deeper morality and higher
'nor be developed among men, we fear m m
lch laws will not work. Of
til
Our Bodies Afta, no