The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1900-04-27
A GOOD APPOINTMENT.

The Baltimore He,dld says: The cleo
ton of the Hon. Lloyd Wilkinson, Speak
er of the Maryland House of Delegates,
to the position of State Insurance Com
missioner was in accordance with public
expectation. Speaker Wilkinson has been
slated for that important post for some
time, and the honor comes not only as a
reward for valuable party services, but
for faithful public labors performed dur
ing the recent Legislative session.
The appointment which has thus been
made by the Board or Public Works will
doubtless be pleasing to the people Of
Maryland, regardless of politics. Mr..
Wilkinson is citizen of conspicuous
worth, of the highest standing, lawyer
of ability and a public official who has
served his State well in the past. He was
for several terms a member of the House
of Delegates, and for a time creditably
filled the post of Appraiser of Merchan-
disc at the Port of Baltimore.
1t is not to be doubted that Mr.. Wiki
inson will satisfactorily discharge all the
duties incident to the office of Insurance
Commissioner.
The following beautiful tribute was
paid to him by Hon. A. j. Long, in pre-
senting the silver service at the adjourn
ment of the Legislature:
Mr.. Speaker: have the honor of ad-
dressing Won for a moment on a matter
not pertaining to the affairs of state. For
ninety days the members of the House
of Delegates for the session of the year
1900, under your unrivalled leadership and
unexampled parliamentary skill, have
labOred for the Commonwealth of Mary
land. They have not accomplished all
they desired, yet certain wholesome legis-
lation was acquired that even the most
hopeful did not expect. AS matter of
course, all legislation receives criticism
favorable and criticism unfavorable. We
ask the public to judge the acts of 1900
as a whole, and not the whole from one
or several single acts.
Just as the several ingredients Of q
but when taken in the compound, give
health to the human body, so may sim
gle acts of legislature, by themselves,
be of little value, while, as whole, will
add strength and give relief to the body
polite.
Here is combined the wisdom Of age
and the energy OF youth, and this combi-
nation must inure to the good of the
State.
We have sir, at times, differed in our
views in matters before this body, but we
knew they were differences of honest
opinion, and no member of this House
ever doubted the sincerity of intention or
honesty of purpose of our presiding
officer If bad legislation was done here,
it was not done by you, but in spite Of
you.
And now before we see you adjourn
this House sine die l am authorized by
every member of this body, to thank you
for your uniform courtesy and fairness
and to assure you that there rankles in
no bosom here any ill-feeling toward you,
but that in each breast rests the sweetness
of friendship.
And as very small part payment of
the debt Of gratitude we owe you, we beg
of you to accept from US this silver SER
vice. ''Service'' is indicative of your SER
vice to your State, and "Silver" is repre-
sentative of the brilliancy of the lofty and
bright winged valor, with which you
rendered that service. 1t consists of six
pieces, one for each of six ennobling
traits you so prominently displayed
throughout the entire session,-the vir-
tues of calmness, fairness, courtesy,
courage, forbearance and integrity.
Elsewhere we reprint, by request, a
card from Messrs. Richards, Leftwich &
Company in reply to an editorial in the
Prince Georges ENQUIRER. We regret
| that we have not at hand the editorial in
question so as to print it also. From the
card, it will be seen that Messrs. Richards,
Leftwich Accompany express their willing
ness to guarantee free storage in their
warehouses to the tobacco planters, but
the tobacco planters will no doubt bear in
mind that they already have free sto'd
in their own warehouses, and they will
doubtless require other and stronger rea-
sons for going back on themselves. Free
storage has been secured in the past by
sustaining the State Warehouses, and the
very best security for its continuance is
the maintenance of the State system
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