The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-02-06
ANNAPOLIS.
A Very Interesting Letter From the
Capital City.
ANNAPOLIS, Feb. 5, 1896.

| l. Ne SeIeCGlOu Ol pOllCG COHihIlS-
aoners for Baltimore city is at pre-
sent the all describing question.
Tie Republican party took high
ground in the recert campaign, anil
there is a determined purpose on
the part of the leaders of the pas<Ty
to maintain it. \
Under the Democratic regime
these positions were given to the
most INSCRIPTIONS partisans; the
police force Of Baltimore city was
organized and drilled as political
machine. From a connection with
partisan politics to positive venality
the step was short, and many de-
velopments of recent years have
shown the entire organization to be
permeated with corruption. Instead
OF protecting the citizen in the exer-
else of his right of franchise it be-
came, in the hands of politicians,
the most powerful agency in dis
polling him of the rights and priv
leges of q freeman.
1t was to rescue the police power
of the CITY from the hands of the
ring, and to place it in the control
of men, and under the protection of
system that would insure It's eff
cheney in the preservation Of order
and the protection of the personal
and political rights of the citizen,
that the Republican party was
placed in power by the people.
1t was not simply to change from
Democratic to Republican control
that the people sought. 1t was
more than that that the Republi-
cans promised, and they must keep
that promise is the hope to retain
the confidence Of the people. This
is the view Governor Lowndes and
his friends take of the situation,
and they have determined that the
two police commissioners to be cleo
ted shall be men who will COM
mend the respect of all classes of
the people; they must be men whose
fitness is unquestioned, and they
must be chosen more with reference
to their qualifications for the re-
sponsibilty Of their position, than
in consideration of their political of
party standing.
The Republican party must place
the police force of Baltimore beyond
the reach of the politicians of either
political party, and that is the work
which Gov. Lowndes and his friends
now have in hand. Who will the
commissioner be? That is an un-
settled question as yet, but when
they are elected the people will see
that the Republican party is true te
its pledge.
Mr.. Ohr informs me that the
committee of ways and means, OF
which he is member, has agreed
to recommend an appropriation OF
$500 TO purchase books for the
pupils of the public schools.
He has received a petition, signed
by nearly all the members of the
Allegany county bar, asking the
Legislature to extend the time of
service of Judge Bryan beyond the
constitutional limit. From the
way in which the lawyers assume to
dispose of matters of this kind, it
might be supposed that no one had
any interest in the preservation OF
the efficiency of the bench except
members OF the profession.
Messrs. Campbell and Dick are
preparing bill to amend the law
providing for the inspection Of
mines in Allegany and Garrett coun
ties. Not having seen the bill
cannot give very correct idea of it,
features, but | understand it pro
vldes for acknowledgment aud makes
the office of inspector elective by TIL,
people.
Upon the subject of minority re
presentation upon the boards o
election supervisors for the countle
the Democrats kicked before the
were spurred. Gov. Lowndes in
yited the Democratic members, a