The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1899-09-23

forget that economy and parsmony are not synono-
nous terms. For public purposes and for the pub
lie good, there should be reasonable expenditures
for improving and advancing the public interests
by charging the opportunities for education, for
the care of the INDECENT for the promotion of pub
lie enterprise within the limits of the Constitution
NoN-PoLTTICAL POLICE.
Order and peace shall be maintained with the
whole power of the State, to the end that lawess-
ness shall be checked and the vicious kept under
control so that every man, woman and child may
pursue his or her lawful avocatons without fear or
hindrauce and without regard to race or color, and
when crime is unhappily committed it should be
swiftly and Justly punished by due process of law.
To this end the first great requisite is that the police
forces in the cities of the State should be organized
and maintained as constabulary forces absolutely
free from political control in order to prevent the
use of such forces for partisan purposes. There
fore in the selection OF the three Police Commits
sioners for the city of Baltimore not more than two
of said Commissioners should be selected from any
one party. In the selection of officers and men to
fill any vacancies that may hereafter occur board
should be created which should, under proper rules
and regulations. examine al applicants and ascer-
tain their qualifications, both mental and physical.
list of said applicants should be preserved, show
ing the averages made and the order in which the
applicants stand and from said list all officers and
mea should hereafter be appointed on the basis of
merit and efficiency. said examination should be
simple in its character aud relate only to such sub
iects as properly pertain the duties 10 be per
formed by policemen and no question should be
propounded in regard TO the political or religious
belief of any applicant. The police force as now
Organized and as it may hereafter be constituted
should be exempt from all political assessments
and should be prohibited from making contriou-
lions for political purposes The members OF The
force should be subject to removal upon charges
made in writing for inefcieney or for other reasons
only after air and impartial trial. In short, the
police force of Baltimore city must have thrown
around it every safeguard that carefully draw
law can contain, SO that it shall be lifted out OF
politics and kept from the possibility of being used
for political purposes and every man from the
Marshal down should be made 70 feel that the pres
eryation of law and orier is his fist aud only duty
and that SO long as that duty shall be well Per
formed he shall not be subject to removal.
80 POLITICS N SCHOOLS.
The public schools. fastered aud cared for by the
state and always objects Of great soiici,ude to me
should be taken from the domain Of party politics.
and their scope aud eeiciency enlarged aud i'm
proved all OF which can be accomplished without
increased taxation for state purposes On the CON
tr.ry, uy economy in other expenditures, a reduc'
ton in the interest ou te public debt. aud a c'irc
rll outstanding Of the Investments Of the State
taxes can te reduced.
Capital and labor mus; each have the fn.l and
complete protection Of ,be is's. The right to or
sanizs in each instance is already secured by acts
uaS.s.i bv Democratic Legislatures aud approved
by Democratic Governors. legislation that would
retard progress In the Development % enterprises
or nnduly restrict the rights Of our llow ciuHeh'
70 advance their oaR interests, aouii not meet
with my approval
The agricultural interests OF the stale Is the oun
datson stone OF our prosperity and shoud he ~
lieyed 50 far can Dc Of its oaeSosls haFdeus &c
this end an in fsvor Of q better rad system
throughout the state. ihe stvicest economy In the
exreudi,nre Of the states money. enabling u SC
decrease the .4x nate sna any AMI all other proper
legislation that has tendency 20 In The burdens
/ and improve their couiition-
As said in lhe beginning rcFea,. that fh'
apsstlons AZ is.t,c 10 this c,esllaH have nothsng
whatever 20 80 uith the National problems, which
IN another year you iI D. called upon Ia consider
-f.1rths % ths Tax payers % the state. aai
very large share % she iateliizvaes sfd character
Of ogr rcopic are % he found iu the Fanks 81 th'
party which &c represent to-day. shall it d said
that they have satpiusly relinquishci their ho''
upon the control aud power shieA arr r'ssiisIiy
ihclfs. and banded over ,Aei' iesi Interests 10 a
pzrty. tie very iouulaii5n q whose ICNc'. AMI =
very larsc portion II vbn~e cu1st vents arr AZ
4 ,istsc not only 70 the sierii interests q ou'
people. bat - the reace and scr5sy 81 thciF soeiA
life
Thanking you kcatlcEcB. isr me ooar'eay ~l'A
whieh you have DISCHARGED ghe duty imposed uToa
yoa by the ronyrnf.5n nos }yAve ihf snail se''it
n,sni ei all ihese questions 10 The iuAi'idnal voter
he ao, ssuss ,irsersin- s ai - lsi for Tn ssaie
q N.ry land and me people sitbfa lur borders