The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-04-14
An EXensiYe Luxury.

Inc people Of Maryland are pay
'ng heap of money of late years for
1ueir laws. They are paying too
much money and are getting very
poor laws most of them, in fact, are
worse than no laws at all. The gem
efai assembly adjourned last night at
ihldnlght after consuming at least
Two thirds its most valuable time in
the discussion of measures which
We're of no value to the public and il
passed would have forever branded
tne assembly at Annapolis with the
brand of disgrace. The redistricting
gerrymander was a sample of this.
~ was beyond doubt the intention of
the bosses up to the very last mo-
ment that the bill should pass. The
only difficulty that stood in the way
Of It's passage was the inability of the
=. ASQf the bosses to understand just
',sv'SS eneff scheming masters wanted
|dSae. This inability to train their
iooS in the way that they should
vote lost the bosses a number of
charles which they fought for des-
peraty.
Thrugh the history of these ring
munlhlations, as they are daily ex-
posed y their own open faced rascal
ity. theeople of Maryland can plain
Iy see what fabulous and unjust
prices thy are paying for laws that
are of nNalue whatever in a general
sense andor the making Of laws that
would be. decided evil to The people
| il it was mt for some few who are
keen enOuh to notice the Legislative
proceeding in the interest ofthe peo-
pie and KEEP them informed on the
character certain measures. The
whole costO the people of the Leg.
islature of SS8 will be somewhere in
the neighbGho0d of one hundred and
twenty-onethousaLd dollars, which
is twenty-sK thousand dollars more
than the original appropriation, a de-
fidency billEo the latter amount hav.
lns passed hth House and Senate
Inreturn fOi the expenditure of thi,
enTmOus sim the State of Mary
lam receives a few provisions con
cerdng her tax law which may anC
MAJ not prove of value, she receive
the benefit of new election Law
thatmay or may not prevent tn,
trlcs of the ring from being accom-
pllsed in the future, and beyond tina
shefeceives nothing. A few loca
blB Of doubtful importance consti
4 nVtSe the entire residue.
Ii this is not Gisgraceful state O
affairs then it is not in the scope of al
independent local newspaper to rec
ogniZe disgraceful state of affair;
when it runs up against it in the opel
daylight. For years the Democrat
| Legislature of this State has been en-
deavoring to cut down expenses. |
has been pointed out where from tel
to twenty-five thousand dollars ses
sion can be readily saved, but tn
idea of making an effort to save i
never seems to materia!ize. GOyerno
Hamilton in 1882 cut the expenses 0
the Legislature down to one hundred
and five thousand dollars and en-
deavOred to continue the good work
1t did not continue. 1t got the re
verse motion again and the expens
bill has been growing larger at ever.
subsequent session. The people O
the State do not expect to get thei
laws for nothing. They are willin!
to pay for them, They want to pa.
for them. But they do not want t,
paw three times as much as they ar
worth and they do not want to pa.
for some of them are not worth any
thing. The Legislature of 1883 cam
to an end in time To save the peOpl
of the State considerable more ex
pense and chagrin than they have al
ready experienced. Nobody regret
ted to see it adjourn, because it is JUS
as likely to do something after ad
iournment as it was before. 1t wa
not do.something session. 1t wa
an expensive luxury to the peopl
/ and one which they should deter
mine not to entertain again, Th
State is rich but not too rich.-FFeo
erick Daily NetCS.