Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-11-16
THE GOVERNORS
PATRONAGE.
4 Place for Nearly Allthc Work.
crs in the State. The City of
Baltimore Will Not BE
FOrgotten.

Forgotten.
There are nearly 1000 luscious po-
litical plums ripening on the Republi-
can trees Of promise and patronage.
They will not be ready to pluck and
distribute until after January /, but a
horde Of hungry Republicans are
already scrambling for favor in the
eyes Of Governor-elect Lowndes and
Mayorelect Hooper, who will make
the distribution in the State and city
respectively. The army Of Republic
can workers who have been out so
long are clamoring for clean sweep
both in the State House and the City
Hall, but hundreds, yes, thousands of
them, are doomed 10 be disappointed.
There are scores Of seekers after every
fat job, and even the small places will
not go round should clean sweep be
made. The majority of the place
hunters, however, will grow tired of
waiting The new State and city ex-
ecutives will move slowly. Both are
on record
PUZZLED BY LowNDEs' REMARKS.
Some Republicans are wondering
what Mr. Lowndes meant when he
said at Cumberland the day after his
election that in order to be victorious
certain promises had been made, and
they would be kept. mo failure to
carry out promise | have made"
he continued, shall cause any man to
regret the support he gave me-" Mr..
Lowndes further stated that the pledge
of civil service reform in the party's
platform would be carried out to the
letter.
Mr. Hooper has said the same things
Their intentions may be all right. bit
already tremendous pressure is being
brought to bear upon them. Selfcon-
stituted bosses are bobbing up in the
cit, and State. The necessity of form
ing party machine to keep the State
in line next year is being urged. They
know perfectly well that they cannot
control the votes of 10000 or more
Democratic citizens at Presidential
election. Mr.. Lowndes, aside from
his civil service reform talk, has also
been heard to say that the Republicans
would carry Maryland next year.
The power Of control will enable them
to set up as strong machine in a
short time as the Democrats ever had.
THE GRAPES WILL HANG HIGH.
But, as before stated, there will be
no clean sweep. To keep the party to-
gether and prevent factional fights
Democrats will be continued in many
offices and these places will be held
out as rewards for work TO be done
next year. Mr.. l.owndes has probably
made promises to some of the anti
German Democrats and these he will
fulfil in the hope Of securing their
continued support. The scramble for
the spoils, however will continue and
the consequent disappointments to
hundreds Of the rank and file will
soon cause the most intense factional
bitterness. The power that the anti
German Democrats. by their vote last
Tuesday, have placed in the hands of
Mr.. J.owndes and the Republican
party is greater than they thought.
There are now in office 1900 or 2400
men whose appointments are directly
controlled by the Governor.
GREAT POWER OF THE GOVERNOR.
Under the present State laws the
Governor of Maryland has greater
power than the executive of any other
State in the Union. He not only APP
points State officials, but also a large
number of county officials whose posi-
tions are in other States usually filed
BY popular election or by the county
boards From time to time the Leg
islature has taken power away from
the County Commissioners and lodged
it in the hands of the Governor. All
the local School Boards and in a num-
Der OF counties the Treasurers are APP
pointed by the Governor. Even the
county election officials are named by
the Governor thus giving him an ex-
traordinary political power.
SOME OF THE PLACES.
He appoints the Secretary of State,
salary $4,000; chief Of the Bureau of
Industrial Statistics, s2500; State
Fire Commissioner, $500; State
Land Commissioner, $500; State
Librarian. $500; two Fish Commits.
sioners. $500; two Tobacco Inspec-
tors, $500; Adjutant General Of the
State, $500; Custodian of the Public
Buildings, $1,000. The Governor
also names all the police Magistrates
of Baltimore city. Twelve of these
are appointed ut large. and are salar-
led at 5000 each. Eleven are as
signed to the various police stations.
He also appoints a civil Magistrate
for each ward in Baltimore city. every
Justice Of the Peace, every Magistrate
and every notary public. There are
more than three hundred of the latter,
who are generally pretty good politi.
cal workers The long list of his ap.
pointments also includes the Liquor
License Commissioners, whose power
and authority is absolute. Politics
can enter largely into the conduct oil
these offices.
AFTER EALTIMoRE's POLICE.
Then come the Supervisors of Elec.
ton. three for Baltimore city and
three for each county; all registration
and election officers, all State auction
GERS, Coroners. Commissioners OF
Pharmacy, Inspectors Of Steam Boil
ers, keepers of the hay scales, weigher: