The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-08-03
A CASE FOR vIRGrNIANs TO STUDY.

in MARYLAND politics. and the way IN
which he has established himself IS the
auto1tatic boss" of the State. but very
few yircinians know how absolutely this
is the Sc. The following account taken
from the Baltimore sun. of the way IN
which German dictated the nomination Oh
Mr. Hurst. ough; to give them some idea
OF it. The sun says tRasin is the DOES
OF Baltimore city,.
IL was a GOiman-Rasir victory =.
These two men agreed upon the cahui-
dates. and then they issued orders 10
their followers In the city and couhues u
fan In line.
Many personal pledges had to be
broken, but, like thoroughly discipiinsu
army. most Of the delegates oDcyeo tne
commands and carried them out WIN
such machine-like precision that even '"e
old-timers had TO smile. TO-. TO-
Here is the way the nonlhd'iV" '''
Governor came about: - =.
Senator German had said In erect 10
Mr.. Rasin. Il will not accept as - San-
didate Governor Brown, Judge i'oOi"-
son or Judge Fisher
Nr Rasin had said in effect TO Sena-
tor Corn an: Il will not accept as a can
didate Thomas g. Hayes, spencer -
Jones. or John Walter smith ,,o ..or,
Then came the question: vi ""o"'
can we unitc? $780,, 81
several gentlemen were considereu anu
finally Mr.. Hurst was decided upon
Friends OF Mr. Rasin and frienQ5 OF otn-
ator German were sent TO Hi'. e tir' ~ he
aratelv so as to make the oner o. VIZ .
governOrshp look Ike a spohiah'c'o ''.
movement. Mr. Hurst consented "or-
man and Rasin did the rest. ooo-
The selection has had thus lat o"o 80
spicuOus result. 1t has unmaskeu ncn
ator German on the reassessneht pu'a
lion. But he don't mind that, because as
one Of his friends explained II, In hd.' ;
plaving politics" Up TO the last le" u1s
Tho Senator had succeeded IN Hdhi"s
many persons think rcasses smeht Wd s
the issue Of the campaign. by 'nis po o,aoa
he was enabled 10 use Hayes as d me' -, ~
with which 10 knock down 9PpOsasrs o.
dida.os Hut when the critical tlnne az
,ivod no iumped at one Dounu IIoi"
HAYES. the champion Of a drastlc. Ioa -,
sossment bill 10 Hurst, VINO wa -
the strongest opponents or me me- q, IA
II was playing politics. pnI .n.ing that
not prevcnt the people from se,.'e ~
no real issue was Gormanlsm VIE .'n,io
u. dcronstrated by their comments ""'o
The convention was in progress
1,-b,, tan, of free government "hen
such things as this can take place "e
ncople those really interested nave nau
ro more voice in determining VINO s""'
no mt ND to receive their votes IMAM -
,no,, were sheen. Boss German corners
Nth Ross Rasin, and the TWO ue'o'-
IT, that q particular man VIII answer
Co., r,,tfnr their personal aims into erect
the convention is ordered to ADOPT ma
-, &c their choice. they do what theS
orc ordered TO do and the worid Is 'o'u
that q deliberative BODY mas
tho subject. and resolved on course
that they were ordered TO auop'' "'''
when i'm tact they have adopted Co"ioo
that rot q man Of them had the shsh'-
est part in determining on. Ana inns $40
70 the world as the work OF represent
tative government.
Mn naturally ask how German can eA-
ercise such a power over representa-
tives of the people? 1t Is as simple %
nossible. Some twenty-odd years ago ne
was made President of the CHESAPEAKE
and Ohio Canal. in which the state hau
tho controlling interest This canal trav-
ersed many Of the counties OF MaiS'"''u'
and had many salaried places. German
filled all Of these with men VINO proii'i'
ed him that they would do as ne WISH
cd i'm Maryland politics in CONSIDERABLY"
Of the salaries they received from inc
offices he gave them. in this way he 20
tablished a trained cohort all over the
state. These people got themselves sc"'
90 tho state Conventions, and IN this
way German got entire possession oil inc
machinery of the party. Having cohtioi
of this. ne has ever since dictated every
officer in the state until every one Is now
his obedient slave. These men control
the local machinery of the party where
they live. and through this, they are
henchmen to all the conventions or inc
marty. In this way German comes to be
the dictator and master in every con-
vention of the party. The cure for TINS
sort Of thing lies in the principle which
we know as civil-service reform. The
cure lies there and there only. The par
" cry. that 10 the victor belongs the
spoils is the most damnable and vicious
dogma that ever went out amongst a
people. The holder OF an office in the
civil service should be as firm ana Sc
cure in his place as the officers in the
military or naval service. This is neces-
sary for getting good service, and 1t is
absolutely necessary for cutting up the
rule of the boss" which is the seri)ls
danger that threatens our institutions.
When an English administration chag-
es. few heads OF departments are
changed, not more than sixty in all. we
believe. and no other officer is disturbed.
The result is that England is better serv-
ed than any other government in the
world and the political boss IS UNI
known there OR Leople should Study
Maryland's case and think deeply on its
lesson and ii becomes the people TO
determine whether they will allov an
other German 10 set up Maryland rule
here in case there should be one Inclined