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imp >rure the Maryland laws now
ulz>q uerzciBg s. ballot reform. You
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l caa believe II The matter * Of small
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L i tue that am opposed 10 what
yo0 Term civil service REFORM" a. Il
has been developed and illustrated by
the machinery Of the commission.
| voted for the act originally. The
theory attracted me. and | sutordi-
mated my judgment % my hopes: but
The theory has gwen place 10 5 condi-
ton. and my experience aud Observa-
ton have convinced me Of NV error.
/ an unslterably opposed. except in
Judicial plsceS- 10 life tenure Of Office
IL ! Incompatible with our free iDsti.
tuiioBs. / believe that the highest
standard f01 admission To the civil ser-
vice should be honesty. and capacity.
When appointed, persons in pubic
employ should b free from politicslss-
s@ssmeul, but | am unalterablv oDpos-
g 10 any rule which viii prevent the
people, 81 stated ana fixed periods.
irou chzngiug their public servants.
II : true also that | criticised the So
called Australian ballot law = il
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.StuFs- ! was s. earnestly il favor az
: lsE which would secure s free ballot
ODo z i4lF count, as you But | b.
AeFec maj the act, - drawn, notwith-
s-1Ddl1g the many excellent provis-
Ions which would facilitate the process
OF Coercion aid give undue power for
corruption by capital and corporations
Il the expense Of the weak. the irno-
rant aud the GefenceleSS: and that i
would restrict the influence OF the
Democratic yeOmauFy OF the State, al
influence never Yet exerted 10 the peo-
pies injury. But this question was
long since determined by Democratic
Legislature.
TARIFF ACT OF 81.
Vi my connection with tariff reform
j seems 8 waste Of time 10 sneak.
heEe L q mere phrase construed bv
each ole 10 sui, himself and nesniny
only what the Individual would have
i mean. That opposed the Wilson
izrIn oil a. It left the House in 1894 I
DO not dream OF denying. l an too
LLoll 81 the faer N ,Eist = - !.