The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1892-04-15
MIRTLIND IN LINE FOR CLEVE-
LAND

MIRTLIND IN LINE FOR CLEVE-
LAND
There was Il great outpouring of
Democrats at Ford's Opera House,
Baltimore, Wednesday night, assem-
bled to give expression of their senti-
ments in favor of Cleveland and Tariff
Reform. Mr.. A. Lee Knott presided,
with Vice Presidents from Baltimore
city and the counties. The views of
the meeting and we believe, also, of
nearly every Democrat in the State,
were expressed in vigorous speeches
by the presiding officer and by Messrs.
William Pinkney Whyte, James Alfred
Pearce, Philip ID. Laird, James E.
Ellegood, John b. Brown and J. Clar-
ence Lane. Ex-senator Robert F.
Brattan, of Somerset county, sent a
stirring letter in which he declares his
belief that no Democrat in the land is
better exponent than Grover Cleve-
land of the unselfish and patriotic
principles and motives which actuate
the Democratic party.
Those present were organized into
the Cleveland Club of Maryland, and
the following resolutions were adopt
ed:
1.-THE Democratic party of Maryland, repre-
sented by members from every county in the
State and the city of Baltimore, in mass meet
ing assembled, declares
"First-That the cause of tariff reform as
proclaimed by President Cleveland in his mes
sage of December, 1887, is still the predomi-
nant issue before the country, and there should
be no cessation of the party's efforts to secure
to the people relief from the burdens of taxa
ton imposed upon them by the unwise and
oppressive tariff legislation of the Republican
party.
''Second-That the business and industrial
interests of the country demand a sound and
stable currency, and that the free and unlimit-
ed coinage of silver would be fatal to the pros
perity of the people.
''Third-That the condition of these great
questions the cause of administrative reform
and the situation of the Democratic party de-
mand the nomination of Grover Cleveland by
the Democratic National Convention at its
meeting at Chicago on the 21st day of June
that this is the sentiment of the vast body of
the Democrats of Maryland, and duly requires
that the State Convention be composed of men
who understand and will, under all conditions,
represent the wishes of the people, and that
the delegates from this State to the Chicago
Convention should be men not only instructed
as to the wishes of their constituents, but
whose character will guarantee fidelity to the
trust reposed in them by the people.
'Fourth-That in order to emphasize this
declaration of principles and to secure success
to this movement, this meeting does hereby
III ..k~ H. (yI..L
Maryland and the officers of this meeting are
hereby chosen as officers of said club, and said
officers and the speakers are hereby appointed
an executive committee, with power to fill va
cancies and enlarge their numbers, and re-
quested to organize at once their respective
counties and this city, and urge upon all
Democrats the duty of active work for Cleve
land and tariff reform"
THE BUREAU OF STATISTICS AND
IMPORTATION.
Mr.. A. B. Howard, Jr., chief of the
State Industrial Bureau, has fitted up
his Office in the Robinson Building,
Charles and Saratoga streets, Balti-
more, and has entered upon the dis
charge of his duties. Mr.. Thomas G.
Weeks, his predecessor, as chief of the
old Bureau of Labor and Statistics,
conducted the business entirely in his
law office, and there has never before
been an office especially equipped for
this work in the State. Every posi-
BILE facility will be added for the sue
cessful administration of the office
Mr.. Howard cordially invites the CO.
operation and assistance of all who
feel sufficient interest in the work to
aid him. 1t is his desire to give care
full attention to all of the material in
terests of the State and especially to
make agriculture and the industrial
condition of the counties leading
features of his reports. There is a
great deal of preliminary work to be
done as groundwork for the first re-
port before its actual compilation can
be commenced. Mr. Howard has APP
pointed as his assistant, Mr.. George c..
Thomas, who at the time of his ap-
pointment was in the service of the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company,
and whose experience there will fit
him for valuable service.
The examination at Washington,
last week, before the Committee on
immigration, as to the unwarranted
expenditure of $4G2, 900 in erecting the
new buildings for immigrants at Ellis
Island, New York, developed singu-
lar condition of things with regard to
the way government affairs are man
aged. The examination of witnesses
was conducted by Senator Chandler
and Col. Stump. 1t had been shown
before that the government was
shamefully swindled in the erection of
these buildings, the estimate being
500, 900 and the cost $462, 900, and the
committee wanted to know where to
place the responsibility. Besides, the
committee had visited Ellis Island
and instead of finding a substantial
building they saw barn-like struc-
ture, SO flimsily built that there are
large cracks all over it, and it is in
imminent danger of toppling over in a
heavy gale. The investigation showed
that Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Nettleton was responsible for this
waste of the peoples money. The in
vestigation exhibited him in such an
unfavorable light that he has been
forced to resign.