Montgomery County sentinel., 1891-02-06
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ROCK KvILLE. MD
Friday Morning g......"February 6. 1891.
IMPORTANT WORK.


The great importance of the next election
in this State is being recognized by think
ing Democrats in every section, and the ef-
forts Of few to throw glamour of glory
over recent achievements and thereby divert
the attention of the party from the need Of
a radical change in party management are
bound to fail The honest and intelligent
masses of the party are tired of dictation,
and propose to take hand themselves in
making nominations in future. The serious
not be repeated, even to crafty those who
imagine that they are great leaders, or the
party will suffer thereby. The people want
both efficiency and honesty in the conduct
of State affairs, and they will have it if pos.
sibe. The following extracts from recent
able editorial in the Baltimore Sun in regard
to State affairs should receive the thought
iul consideration Of our readers:
"Shall we have wise and equal law
framed for the assessment Of property in
this State, and just distribution of the bur
dens OF taxation-a duty which the last
Legislature failed successfully to perform,
and which will, therefore, devolve upon the
fexf 'sali we have the work of electoral
gefJm, Of purifying and protesting the bal
lot box and guarding the independence of the
voter-a work which was only begun by the
last egislature-perfected and completed
Shall we have an honest and faithful ad-
ministration Of the State finances by men
who will take. the trouble TO understand
their duties, and who will be proof against
any temptation to neglect them or to betray
their trustg Shall we have Legislature
which will strive 10 act for the peoples
good, and not sit merely to carry out the
schemes OF grasping corporations, adven-
turers and spectators, and which will in.
dignantly spurn the yoke OF the lobby and
the dciation of any ringP Shall we have
vigiant and intelligent executive and a
careful and impartial execution of the laws
Shall We have any relief from the abuses
and evils of bossism, from the prostitution
of official patronage for merely partisan,
personal and selfish purposes2 10 word,
shall we have any of the reforms which
have been so often promised and as regu
larly deferred, and the necessity for which
is made palmer and becomes more urgent
every day?
"These are questions which come home to
every intelligent voter in the State-which
appeal to every mans sel-interest as well
as self respect and State pride, and which
are TO be answered, not in Washington, but
settled here in Maryland, and by the votes
of our own people The force bill, for the
people OF Maryland, presents no weightier
or more important issues than these. 1t does
not touch SO nearly or so vitality the in.
terests of the community. These are not
questions of constitutional law or construc
ton. They are plain matters OF common
sense and common honesty, which every
plain man can understand as well as the
most learned, and the decision of which
rests with our own people
"a great sigh of relief has escaped from
people everywhere at the relegation Of the
force bill to the foot Of the calendar in the
/ Senatea 10 a position Of obscurity from
which stis 10 ne hoped it will never emerge
And now that the great strain is over, Tor
the present at least, there is time and oppor-
tunity to think of other matters not less i'm
portant, but which have been temporarily
pushed out of sight by the predomnance of
one great, intrusive topic of interest The
field of local politics does not present as
lOftV or imDOsinp a stage of action as tho