Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-10-28
Compton al LeOnardtoxn.


Mr.. compsia aczk. Every section of the /
ooan.T vas fsps-s~assa and the meeting |
was one Il the largest ssea here for some /
tiuse Ms Jcs. a. Ksycsthe Central csm.i
mlsiec called the uie,sing seorler and an !
organization Was ciTec;esby s,icctiRg Giles !
r. Dyer as ehalrmAn and FRANCIS V. King
A. Secretary. The chairman IN a iew neat
| an appropriate Trsaarks thanked tiae assem-
/ blAgr fpr the honor done him G4i then in
'rodueed the speaker oft day; NJ. Comp
/ ton said
Mr.. Prr~lieni ani Fellow cfiizcns Of
1 ~ MAry's oounty; On the ebri - Septen
+ bcr lat. the Republican convention of the
| 5th Congressional district assembled in
Laurel. ti.e towa In wbIch 4 live, Cor the
purpose VI nominating npuhIIcan can.
tlldAte f,i Cpngrcss toT this District. That
c0nveHfipn accomplished IL or ,aikatioa
AMI after saBdSy bAll1is made DE. Wash
ingiDn a. Turk is Standard bearer. The
DetnreF asis convention hal previously me;
al MafiborV aud made me IL candidate.
| Al ll.r sscoiid meeting at which | spike !
found myself confronted 10y candidate
having no political recurl aud 40 political
utierances % criticise. The issues before
me there were the utterances of Republi-
cahspeakers AID leaders in their convention.
Mr.. Albert saw lit 10 say Of me that was
a spokesman and | saw fit TO answer that
gentleman. | shall not stop to comment
upon Mr.. Albcrts speech At present Fur
ther on l may have something 10 say.
saw in the Baltimore SIMS report Of the
convention n speech of Mr.. Frank n.
Holmes, a citizen II -. Mary'S county"
The speaker here read the Sans report Of
Mr.. Holmes speech and his own reply 10
Mr.. HIS structures charging him with "a
diversion Of the School Fund of the State"
ITO the charge here made | replied. Since
then, have received Mr.. Holmes own
paper containing what purport> 10 have
been his speech in the convention and
presume the report is correct. Until the
receipt of his letter and paper the only
data had Ia 70 on was the Suns report.
| There the speaker lead the Suns report If
his own speech delivered in answer L. the
newspaper account of Mr.. HIS remarks
and pointed out inaccuracies in the rrport(
The State Treasurer has No more "a do with
the distribution Of the School Fund than
has a private citizen. The facts rs every
well informed man ought 10 know. are:
The Legislature appropTiates the fund FOE
schoolpurposeS; the Comptroller distributes
it; the Treasurer pays il out. Mr.. II seeing
the SIMS report of my Catonsvillc speech
sent me a letter which was published in
his own and presumably in other papers
and is hence public property. In il he has
started an issue which has no more "a DO
with the contest between DIR. Tuck and
myself than has the color of Mr.. Holmes
eyes or OF his hair. Mr.. Compton here read
Mr. Holmes letter and TO the allegations
contained therein answered a. the first, $50
far a. know, no." 10 the second, Iii So.
don't know it," 20 the third, No" The
: quotation from the Constitution was correct
T. 'n'-- - -.--.-i a. q. - -. "a
! the Constitution a. follows "Sec , The
Comptroller shall have the general super
intendenCe of the fiscal affairs of the State:
he shall digest and prepare plans for the
improvement and management of the Re
Venue, and for the support Of the Public
Credit" &c.
? The Comptroller has absolutely in his
4 | power the disbursement u the States
p money and the Treasurers duties as pre-
l,..l L. h.
urcr shall receive the moneys of the State
and shall diShurse the same for the purposes
Of the State according 10 law, upon war
rants drawn 10y the Comptroller and on
checks countersigned by him and not other.
: wise. tAct Is, Sec Constitution The
5 school law provides that the Comptroller
shall distribute the school funds and that
r the Treasurer shall pay it out upon warrants
d issued by him and yet Mr. Holmes would
, have you believe that as Treasurer was
! responsible for the alleged diversion of the
: School Funds. II he or any other man
Y will take the constitution and read il and
the school law and read il and say that the
Treasurer is responsible for the diversion
thing OF the kind, then will say that he is
not capable of their correct Interpretation"
The speaker hoped that Mr.. II would at
tain eminence and reflect credit upon his
adopted and native county but said that he
had not vet reached the point when his
utterances would reverberate in and beyond
the Alleghanies. Continuing, Mr.. Compton
said: The point that he would make
against me is that am not friend of the
Public Schools-;hat was silent when
wholesale diversion of funds from them
was going on. This is the milk in the CO.
coanut, this is the mouse in the meal tub
Mr.. Compton spoke of the case of the
Prince Georges Commissioners in the
Courts and asked, "what was TO do: was
70 defy the Comptroller and turn down
. his warrants and override the Courts Of NV
State Such q course would have been fool
{ ish and subjected me TO Impeachment and
trial for malieaseance in Office The first
Office | ever held was that of School Com
missioner under a republican Governor.
II / had not been known as friend OF
Public Schools would ! have been appoint
ed 10 that position: II ] had been an enemy
to Public Schools would l have been APP
pointed Chairman Of the Senate Committee
I ON EducstinnS In that unsition | nr,asantAd