The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1895-11-09
The LAUGH ON GORMAN
Is What the Republicans and Their Friends
Smile and Say About the Election.
GIVEN ATAsTE OF.THEIR OWN MEDICINE,
Expected by tho -welIins-
tom, the Republican Leader, Talks
Very PrettiIy Of What the Rcpul-
iicnn Party Intends to Do Prom.
inent Democrat Differs with Him.

Baltimore, Md, Nov. 8.-Hon. Lloyd
Iowndes will have large list of ap-
pontmcnts to make. more patronage TO
DcStow and greater power when he
becomes Governor & Maryland two
months hence, than could fall TO the
LOT of the executive of almost any
other State iii the Union. In addition
to the appointment of purely State Of
licials. 1t is under the Constitution and
laws of Maryland. incumbent upon the
Governor. who has always heretofore
been q Democrat. to appoint Il large
numbcI of county officials, whose Ecsi-
tions in other States are usually flied
Dy popular election or by authority of
the County Commissioners. BY reason
OF the negro majority or great strength
IN some counties 1T has been the policy
ol inc State to concentrate more and
more the Government in the hands of
the Governor. Then. too, whenever a
county would go Republican, the Demo-
Gratis would rush Il bill through the
Legislature taking most of the fruits
OF the victory from their opponents by
transferring the appointment to the
Governor.
In this way several of the Urea surers
IN the counties are named by the Gov
crnor; the local School Boards are all
named by him. lie also appoints the
liquor license commissioners, police
mlSiStra tcS and justices OF the peacc
for baltimore city.
But most important than ell these is
thc Governors absolute control, through
his appointments, of the entire election
machinery of the State. Not mauy
years ago the election officials were an
pointed by the County Commissioners
hut as soon rs a county went Rcpubli-
can. the law was changed by the
dominant purity OF the State until now
oil are named by the Governor.
Win the exception of n few super
risors Of election minority representa-
tivcs Democrats now fiji all these
hcrths. Taken altogether, Mr.. Lown-
dcS Will have II small Republican army
installed i'm office within fifty days of
the opening of the session OF the Cen
efat Assembly next January, the law
recurring that appointments be made
within that period. Since Tuesdays
election results became known Demo-
cratic oflicc-holdcrs and their sympa-
lhiHerS have been bitterly denouncng
me Unparalleled consolidation of power
In the hands of Maryand's executive.
ne Republicans smile ana reply:
we nave complained increasingly
ior twcnty-cight years; now it is our
tnrn to laugh The Republican army
creased through Mayor Hooper's an
potntmcnts in Baltimore city, and tho
patronage attached To the control OF
the General Assembly
There are about 1000 positions TINT
the Mayor can fill directly. or through
his appointees. Tho Civil Service Re
form plank of the Republican State
platform is n subject that is interesting
mat class OF citizens who think they
ought tn hold office under the newlv
elected State and city government. The
reforms promised in regard to rccistra-
non ana election laws is an engrossine
tonic among the people generally. MANY
IchuihS Democrats openly air their con-
ElctlonS that unless reforms are intro
duccd. 1t will not be possible for the
Democrats TO reclaim that State in the
immediate future. On the contrary,
zion. George l.. wellington, the Repub-
llcan State leader, says:
lhe iirSt mission of the Republican
party in Maryland must be to enact a
Jaw to guarantee that every voter of
ms state shall have vote which shall
ne honestiy counted and properly re-
turned. We must keep our prom
iscs ana If we do the Democrats who
We're with us this year Will stay with
us FOR years to come"
prominent Democratic politician
smiled Sardonically when told of what
Nir. Wellington had said '"1'he Reprb-
lichns are more likely to keep Mary
land in the G. O. p. column. through n
continuation of the dcspotic power given
10 them under our present laws, than by
weaving over a lot of Democrats
,,hfoush reform legislation. The Repub-
ilclhS nave suffered for so many years
because of the unusual power given
10 our Chief Executive. With the first
opportunity before them of using that
power Tor the Dtrpctuation of Repub-
licanism. is II reasonable to cXpect
that they will throw 1t away? No. they
are much more likely, despite what Mr..
Wellington says, to give us q taste OF
our own medicine"