Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1890-07-14
ON THE DOWNFALL OF ARCHER
The Rev. DIR. Huntley ON Lessons to be
Taught by the DownfaIi Of Ex-Treas-
urer Archer.


Taught by the DownfaII Of Ex-Treas-
ursr Archer.
Rev. DR.. z. D. Huntley, pastor of the
First d. Z. Church. this city, preached
yesterday morning on Lessons TO be
Taught by the Downfall Of ex-Treasurer
Archer" His text, taken from First Co
rinthians, tenth chapter. twelfth verse:
Wherefore let him that thinketh be
standeth take heed lest he fall" He
said:
Mr.. Archer had the prestige of an
honored and distinguished family. His
home training was ell that the most con
sentative could have demanded. lie wGs
VIGOROUSLY careless concerning certain
parts of bis own business, and while
habit or carelessness is even TO be depre-
Gated. when that habit becomes possibly
pFeiudicisl 10 the interests Of Others It
must be more than deprecated-it must
be condemned. That Mr.. Archer ever
Intended to inappropriate one dollar of
the trust funds committed - his keeping
by coHfiding friends aud peighbors win
not believe. The very thought hereby
now Tepudiate. But 10 lay aside an even
fairly rsmunerative business In your own
town for the life of q Congressman Ia
Washington at eight dollars q day is TO
which much Of the questionable Is tan
central. and before one knows IL he 10
apt to iud himself environed by pecula-
tory pressures.
THE members Of Congress, 40 well as
many others OF the United States officials.
are inadequatcly paid to-day, when the
salaries are very consid erably 10 advance
OF what they were from 1866 to 1879, the
years that Mr.. Archer spent In the House
of Representatives.
Few who have not bad any connection
with the life of public men In Washing
ton have a fare Idea of the demands to
which they are subjected. They are
field targets at which are leveled 81 the
artillery which the bood-lstting art OF
importantly has fabricated since the
world began. They are the public pocket.
into which must reach the skinny hand OF
every eleemosynAry institution known to
the age. Think OF q man like Archer
who was never known to withhold an
aims from q fellowman held up by this
never ceasing throng OF beggarsl With
trust funds at bis command he could
silence the immediate cry Of Washington q
notorious and shameful horse leech, and
bye and bye he hoped TO put back In
ample time the funds 80 desperately used.
am not asserting that all the money
went for charity, nor that the NEST OF 1t
so went That family conveniences, social
elegance and political demands were TO
some considerable extent met from the
same funds is possible and. TO my mind.
most probable.
do not misunderstood me. / am not
attempting to excuse, but TO explain. To
show how his generous nature came to be
his great temptation, his social strength
developed into moral weakness. Nor can
the State cast her disdainful chances Of
the penuriousness of the Federal govern
ment as exhibited In the belittling salaries
she paid her representatives. from GO TO
~. Where else than In My Maryland
will we find an oficial required to bond
10 tho sum Of $500, 600. who receives but
the comparative pittance Of $4,000 as .
salaryf Such salary with such q bond
aavertises disproportion which reflects
discredIt even to opprobium upon The
State. He was not protected as he should
have been by frequent, careful scrutiny.
All public offices have right to that pro-
lection against the opportunities OF their
office which the expectation Of rigorous
and legally appointed inquiry would give
them. Take heed lest you fall because OF
the opportunities which an exceptionally
favored condition In life may bring you. "