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

i port of the governmet. The queI
S tion of reassessment is not ne
e issue, but has been before the pee
Y pie for ten years"
E Mr.. Lowndes then reviewed th
various Democratic failures to pas
an assessment bill.
: "Now, in 1896" he continued
"the same party comes before you
again promising a reassessmen
bill. Mr.. Hurst in his letter o
acceptance says: i not only di,
not favor, but actually opposed til,
passage of the reassessment bill a
the session OF IS94,,anda jffteresteC
myself 10 induce Governor Brow
to withhold his signature from the
bill passed in 1892 We haye seer
that the Democratic party in 1891
and 1898 favored reassessment
Did Mr.. Hurst before the elections
in 1891 and 1898 give utterance to
such sentiment as he now expresses:
Why should a change come over
him now? He would try to make
us believe that the depressed con-
dltlon Of business has passed away.
Is this true? ask if you are max
ing any more money; are You better
off now than then? Are your farms
and farm products, your horses,
rye and oats Welding larger returns
now than then? l say the necessity
for reassessment has existed for the
past ten years, and has become
more urgent from year TO year.
We declare for the prompt passage
of reassessment law. We favor
such law as equalizes values; one
that will assess both real and per-
sonal property at just sum.
SCHOOLS.
"Our platform declares an eff
cient school system to be the most
certain of all the means for insuring
that government of the people, by
the people and for the people shall
not perish from the earth. The
public school is the great source
whence springs the current that in
future years shall bear upon its
bosom the honor, the reputation,
the integrity of our system of gov
ernment.
''As the flag of our country floats
oyer the little school house its
graceful folds remind our children
f65rts IN fay ling gtre r5eIs9Elu anu ueo
foundations upon which our State
and its national government now
rests, and as they sing together our
national airs and recite the lnsplr-
ing poem of the Star Spangled
Banner, they are imbued with that
spirit of patriotism, love of liberty
and of country which will make
them good citizens in the future
and incite them to use their best
powers for the elevation and promo
tior of the true interests of the
State.
How important, then, is it that
this foundation source of the future
citizenship of our State should be
kept free from all Influences hostile
to broad and liberal development
of the minds of our children.
"When the control of the school
system Of Maryland was taken away
from the people it was placed in the
hands of the judiciary and thence
passed under the hands of the exec
utive. | am and always have been
heartily in favor of having our
public schools placed under local
control, believing by this means the
school officers and parents will keep
| in touch with each other.
81 believe that free books should
90 with free schools, and that the
State, having rightfully assumed tc
furnish the education free, should
also furnish free the means used tC
that end, thus removing every OBJ
stacle that could possibly stand il
the way of the education of all.
"Whllst l could thus maintain
our public, schools as the broac
foundation of our whole educationa
system, | would by no means neg
lect those established institution
of learning which under the foster
ing care of the State have accom-
plished good results in many speci
fed branches of learning.
ELECTIONS.
"Unlversal suffrage is failur
unless the machinery of elections i
fair and honest, and with such ma
, chinery in the hands of the peopl
it would not be too far remove
: from their corrective power to hel
and prevent abuses growing to
strong for eradication. Experienc
g has shown that our courts have bu
| partially restrained the bad practice
e of the registers of voters; therefor
a their supervisory power should /
t extended over these offices that the
e may be restrained within sue
limits as will be conducive to I'll