The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-10

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: expressly submits such a propositio
aaa 1t agrees with the Demo
cratic platform of 1887, in whic
thEann.al registration of voters i
cities, whose inhabitants numbe
10000 or more is recommended a
proper to be incorporated in the con
stltution of the State.
n would thoroughly urge at leas
quadrennial registration in tn
countles, with the usual annua
revision of the lists, as heing il
X harmony with that general senti
Il mint our registration lists shoulC
j cessessins within the respective regis
tration districts, only the names ot
those who are actual and bonafide
residents therein, and, therefore,
entitled to participate in the elec.
ton and to exercise the highest priv.
llege Of citizenship.
"a few years experience with
the Australian ballot convinces me
that while the object of the statute
primarily is to secure fair registra-
ton, fair elections and a far canvas
OF the returns, yet in the hands of
interruptions and partisan election
officers the election machinery is
and has been so manipulated as to
override the high purpose of the
statute and perpetuate the very
mlschiefs 1T was intended to aboI-
ish.
"An important omission in the
present law and one which fire.
quently interferes with the fair en-
forcement is the failure to require
that the person appointed as the
minority representative or Judge
shall have the recommendation or
Endorsement of the political organi-
zatlon which he is appointed to rep
resent,
Holding these views on the great
question of fair elections, as | do, it
is hardly necessary for me to assure
you if elected it will be not only
my duty but my pleasure to recon-
mend to the Legislature such
amendments of our statute as will
render 1t more effective, and in the
appointment of those who are to ex-
ecute its provisions to hold ever in
view, as the sole and only test of
fitness, those high qualifications
-~a''' CIVIL SERVICE.
ga reform in the mode of ap-
pointments to public Office in this
State would seem to be demanded
IN the interest of the tax payers, as
we'll as in the interests of good gov
eminent.
"There is no more reason why
those who seek appointment in our
public service should not be required
to measure up to some certain stand
ard of fitness and to satisfy some
test as to their qualifications for the
respective positions to which they as
pire than they wonld be why-in
the channels of trade and commerce
those who are employers should
not institute inquiries of the most
searching character in order to as
certain the standing and qualitica-
tions of those to whom their in
terests and affairs are entrusted.
"This mode of selecting the sub
ordinate officers of the general gov
ernment has been tried for a number
of years, and the uniform testimony
of those in a position to speak of its
operations has been so fayorable
that but recently it has been so ex
tended as to embrace large numbers
of employees not heretofore classified
and within its scope.
"rhe adoption by the citizens o.
Chicago of the civil service reform
law, recently passed by the Legisla
ture of Illinois, is conceded to bt
one of the most important victories
for reform won in recent times.
GIVING THE STATE TO THE REPUB B
LICANS.
"a distinguished Democrat o
national reputation remarked tn
other day that Maryland was nov
the worst boss-ridden State in tn
Union, and that the only way t.
redeem 1t was to let the Republican
beat the bosses and open the wa
for the Democratic party to regal
control of its own destinies. W
hear much about turning the Stat
over to the Republicans, and b
: some it would seem to be ccnsidere
, as a calamity to be prevented at a
hazards, For years our State ha
been governed by an office-seekin
0 and an office holding class-tho'
e who have axes to grind and logs
t roll and it Will be found that the
S are among the foremost in maxim
e this cry.
e "There are others not in this ella
who have the fear that If the Sta
h goes Republican it will be hard
e turn it back again into the Dem