The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-09-29


nominees set forth their views upon
questions of present public concern.
DIR. ,HAW'S INDICTMENT.
The proceedings opened with the IN
PRODUCTION to the nominees by Mr..
Murray Nandivcr, chairman OF the
State Central Committee, of the COM
mittee OF notitication-Dr. Frank L.
Shaw. of Carroll county; Frank A.
Furst. Samuel w. Pattison and John
NJ. Toner, of Baltimore city; Robert
Moss. of Anne Arundel county, and
John II. Pattison, OF Dorchester county.
DR.. Shaw, chairman of the commit
tee, made the speech of notification.
He said the nominations came from
the people unsought. The unanlmlty
means party unanimity in November,
and united Democracy means Demo
cratic ascendency in Maryland. DIR.
Shaw continued:
The Executive Of this State, who
has been again nominated for the same
position. felicitates himself because the
platform does not arraign his admins
tration. and argues that the lack of
specific Indictment tacitly admits its
wholesomeness. He will be furnished
later with bill of particulars and the
proof to sustain it. He will find that
the people have discovered the dlscord-
ance of his public utterances and prac-
tces.
"When candidate four years ago
he said public Office should be admin
istered for the public good. He has
used the offices at his disposal to fur
ther personal ambitions and as re-
ward for partisan service. 1t is well
known that after appointing the
Speaker of the House of Delegates
State Fire Marshal he refused to COM
mission him because he did not facili-
tate the passage Of measure which
would have changed the Police Depart
ment of this city and accomplished the
destruction of an adverse faction in his
own party and cleared the way for the
up-building of another which would
have acted wholly in his political inter
est. That this measure cmanated from
a Democratic source and passed the
Senate by the aid of Democratic votes
signifies nothing as to the motive which
prompted his Excellency to support it.
ale said the public school system
should he divorced from politics. He
has Republicanized every school board
in the State.
"When tobacco inspectors of his own
selection we're charged with sQuander
ing the peoples money he failed to dis
cover it until he desired to punish
certain Congressman who had become
a dangerous political rival.
"IIe will be called upon to answer to
the people for his announced willing
ness to dispose Of the States holdings
in the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal for
the sum of 100000 to single and
certain bidder, without providing for
tIie maintenance forever ola competing
line of transportation to tidcwater for
the mineral, agricultural and other
products of Western Mary land, and
that bidder in 1890, or its general coun-
sci, and now president, computed its
ralue. in an interview in the Baltimore
San of February St':, same year, at
more than $7,000,000
"IIe must answer for his readiness
to acquicscc in the creation of monop-
oily to prey upon the inhabitants of
that rich AID fertile section of the State.
STATE FINANCES.
"Although not much fault can be
found with his management of the
finances of the State, he was SO he'd gcd
about 10y Constitution and laws formu-
lated by Democrats that he could not
well err so as to impair the credit of
the State. However, it should be noted
that there is no national bank in this
State with which the higher Republic
can State officials are connected that
is not a depository for State funds.
While it may be true that the State is
paid for their use. it is in exceeding
bad taste for any one acting in 4 tidu-
! ciary capacity to so act as to be in any
wise the beneficiary of his trust. Ex-
cept for its partisanship his admins
traton has been Il negative one. What
great measure of reform has he insti-
tuted? What has he done to better
the condition Of labor? In what way
has he promoted the agricultural,
manufacturing or commercial interests
of the State? Who is the better off
for his being Governor of Maryland!
Tried by the answers to these supreme
| questions his administration has been