The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-10-02

minority is more useful than one adj
ditio1al Democrat, because by him
the State can get aid of both sides of
the House, and hearing in the Re-
publican Senate. 1 believe every
Maryland Democrat in Congress will
admit this. Mr.. Urner here will
affirm it, and his record proves it.
The whole people readily see that it
is true. A solid delegation from Ma
ryland would he sheer partisan folly.
l have more than once proven this to
he true. confess l can't control four
little offices, but can serve the whole
people better than any new" man, be-
cause | know better how to serve,
and have gathered the influence
which goes with acquaintance and
experience to every faithful and in
dustrious man in legislative body.
Speaker Carlisle honored me with
place on the Appropriation Com
mittee, and have thus been able to
render my State such as no new man,
however able, could do. | aided to
bring through Western Maryland the
subsidized fast mail to the far South.
| led the Fl yht for the miners which
struck free coal from the Morrison
Tariff bill. Each tariff bill for three
years held this threat over our min
ers and our struggling canal with its
boatmen on scant pay. | fought for
the Oleomargarine bill, to compel the
product to be sold for what it is, and
prevent bogus butter from competing
with the honest product of our dairy
and farms. l spoke and voted for
the defense of the public credit, for
the honest currency. both silver and
gold for more silver dollars, with
more silver in the dollars, and with
paper convertible into either, we
may keep safe the money of the
Constitution, the business and credit
and the public faith of the country. |
voted to pay Outaccumulated revenue,
after guarding the greenback reserve
and allowing working balance, in
order that the millions thus applied
to the public debt might go out
among the people, and, if possible
Tighten the hard times of to-day.
Although the Civil Service law has
been weakened, evaded, perverted
and abused under this administration
in Maryland, l have by speech and
vote resisted the effort to make
farce of the law, because | believe
the people have right to the service
of trained, honest and capable Off
cials, and because | believe these
minor places should be open to all
upon merit, the poor as we'll as the
influential. BY careful study of the
public business l was enabled in a
speech months in advance to warn
the country that the present Congress
would prove most eXtravagant in eX-
penditure, in the increase of offices
and salaries. To-day / give you the
official figures, which | hold in my
hand. While last year the regular
annual appropriations of the peoples
money were S2l9, ,595, 2S3.IS, this year
the total is S263. 3.914, ,613.25. The per-
manent annual appropriations swell
this total to about three hundred and
eighty four millions-thep precise sum
l predicted, and the talk of a surplus
thus far is a delusion. Judge Hol-
man, my colleague on the committee
an eminent Democrat, declared that
this Congress had made more new
offices and increased more salaries
than any CongaeSs since the war.
Against all this extravaganza | pro-
tested and steadily voted. While
humbly confess that, if elected, |
would not have influence enough to
get four little offices for this great and
prosperous district, 1 found l could
exert influence of a better sort.
"When Julio Santos, formerly of
this county, was imprisoned and
abaut to be shot in Ecuador, / labor
ed in season and out of season to save
his life. procured Secretaries FIRE.
linghuysen and Bayard to send war
ships, and did not rest until he was
free on American soil, because | felt
it my duty to fight for the safety of
an American citizen anywhere under
the sun. And when the Democratic
President vetoed the pension bill of
a worthy Maryland patriot--Joseph
ROmiser-and a Democratic House
was sending the long line of vetoed
pension bills to their grave in the |
committee room, l was able, by a
single speech, to awake the honor and |
conscience of the House-to make |
them pause, and finally pass over the
veto the pension for this worthy de-
fender Of the Union. No other SEN
atOr or member of Congress has yet
had that honor but your representa-
tive. When the strikes were rife over