The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-10

the expenses of their said counties, specifying
therein each particular item of expense and for
what aud 10 whom paid, hereby pledge the
nominees of this convention Tor county commits
soners, if they shall be elected TO carry out IN good
faith by their annual publication said law so long as
it shall be the statute book TO the end that the
people may be informed now the money collected
by taxes from them is appropriated, as clearly in
tended by the law as it now exists: and further that
the publication of the expenses OF the Aims House
shall cover all the expenses therefor as required by
law, and not any portion thereof put IN lhe mseel-
laneOus account of the expenses of the county
thereby deceying the people as TO the actual eX-
pense Of said Institution.
The law spoken of in this resolution was
passed prior to 1910, perhaps in the year
1887. There has been no change in it since.
Republicans are pledged to strict compliance
with it now. to carry il out literally, though
in no county in the State has it ever been so
construed and is not now.
Some statements are published as they are
given in Carroll, and in other counties
statements covering ten or more columns are
published. But in none, under Democratic
or Republican control, is leach particular
item of expense, and for what and to whom
paid, set forth. Nowhere, and at no time
since the law was placed upon the statute
book. has such foolish Interpretation been
given to it as the Republican nominees for
commissioners are pledged to give
Last week we gave some idea Of the in-
creased cost to tax payers such construc-
ton of the law would entail, but we did not get
the figures high enough. We took only three
items, which occupied but three lines in the
last published statement, and which cost but So
Ii, hot To- cot fboy,
forth according to the manner the Republican
commissioner nominees are pledged to do,
would have cost siriy fire times as much, or
S3G.5S. We also estimated that to publish
county statements in accordance with the
resolution of the Republican convention
would increase the county printing bill from
about $500, in round numbers, to about
$500. But the figures were too low. The
increase would be fully SS00D, and would
mean an increase in the tax rate from 80
cents on the 500, as at present, to 80 cents
The resolution demands that all the ex-
penses of the Aims House be published
under one head, land not any portion thereof
put in the miscellaneous account of the eX-
peuses of the county, thereby deceiving the
people as to the actual expense Of said in
stitution."
For the purpose of examining how the Re
pubicans published the expenses of the
Aims House, we recently turned to the
statement published in 1865, when the
county was under Republican control, and
when the party was under the same bosses as
it is now In that statement the Aims House
expenses are given as follows:
AIMS HOUSE AND FARM.
Jacob Myers steward, salary $4,000
jacob Myers. maid 5000
In support of inmates and expenses of farm
exceeding l,3blOO
This was a very explicit ~ report. But
there was more about the Aims House ex-
penses in the statement but it was put under
the head of the miscellaneous expenses of
the county, thereby deceieing the people as to
the actual expense Of said Institution" Here
are some of the items, aggregating over 5000
OF expense, that were scattered about under
the head of miscellaneous
j. L. warHeld physician at Aims House......s 10000
John Malehorn, medical attention at Aims
Thomas f. Shepherd to pay the following bills
stouffer 4 Snader use of Aims House........S 23.SS
j. H. Hbberd d .,-............... 2250
To John II. Chew, for boots and shoes at Aims
House. -o.po
VIM. Yeates, ditching at Aims House.......... LOO
Jacob Holmes chaplain at Aims House-...... 5000
Deyries 4 Co goods for Aims House.. 1O2.S0
Joseph stout, fruit trees and lime for Aims
sansblry. syrup for Aims House l0i7
James Geatty. calico for the Aims House,. l44
'1 House 10000
Thomas r Goodwin lime for Aims House.. 800
Lynch & Miller steers for Aims House........ 5i19
Thomas f. Shepherd. oil and paints for Aims
House. oi-"O
John Chew. . bushels of clover seed for Aims
Holm Cohen goods for Aims House-.......... 275O
Welsh ConTadt goods for Aims House-...... $50
S,ool and lru,b.r 1881