The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1904-03-10
From our Special Correspondents
STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS.
March 9th. 1904.

March 9Th, 1904.
Senator Lewis road bill for Allie
gany county passed the Senate and
is now in charge of the Allegany
delegation in the House. Its fate Will,
therefore, be settled before many
days. Mr.. Robb, of Baltimore city,
has introduced bill in the House.
limiting the price of gas in Cumber-
land to S1.25 per thousand cubic feet.
Business in both houses is becoming
livelier as the session draws near to a
close. All the old time beliringers
and Doodle bills are appearing on the
files and the lobbvis becoming active.
Most of lobbyists have passed away.
Mr.. Rasin is not at the State House
and says he has retired from business
permanently. The new crowd of
lobbyists are comparatively green
men. The workers lack the necessary
skill to manipulate things with sue
cess, but what they lack in skill they
make up i'll zeal and energy and the
week of the session promise to equal
any former meeting of the General
30 mebly in rottenness and corrup-
-4on. Corporations will be plugged
and individual interests will be held
up and made to pay well for all they
get and the indications are that a
veritable saturnalia of corruption will
take place here, lasting until the clos
ing hours on Monday, April 4,
The Burnt District" bill for Balti-
more city passed the Senate and will
be passed by the Honse without DELAY.
Other bills for the relief of Baltimore
will also be disposed of this week,
leaving the way clear for action in
the measures which promises to fill
the treasury of the grandmothers'
fund to Tepletion and enable the
statesman, whose in> nations are
crooked, to pay off their outstanding
notes and mortgages, when they go
home next month. Last week there
was nothing in sight and the hearts
of the boodlers were sad, They feared
that they would go home empty hand
ed. Today they are joyful, for they
see a rich and plenteous harvest be-
fore them and they are Fastening to
gather in the sheaves.
In the fight over the passage of the
Acknowledgement amendment to its
third reading in the Senate on last
Wednesday, Garrett county played a
part.
Senator Palmer did his best for his
party by the introduction of an
amendment to eliminate the grand
father, use and also the property
qualification. Failing in that he
spoke in favor of an amendment by
Senator Mccullough, intended to
counterfeit the effects of the measure.
Mr.. Palmer's speech follows
Mr.. PRESIDENT i arise for the
purpose of putting myself on record
as unqualitiedly opposed to this pro
posed piece of legislation and to all
legislation which partakes of the same
nature.
We are here today as the represent
atives of the sovereign people of this
great Commonwealth, and | am actu-
ated in my motives by but two
thoughts, viz to carry out the wishes
of my constituents, at who Instance
| am here. and to lend my voice and
Untn an6 int1nnYnn in Infa 4f Il
for the furtherance of good govern
ment.
l believe that every person in this
BODY is here for the same purpose and
actuated by the same two motives.
Hence | have implicit faith in the
failure ultimately of this class of leg
islation. 1t may rise, flourish and be
tolerated for season, but its founda-
ton principles are false and fall it
must, sooner or later. Let us hope
that this body in this year of grace
will not be deluded~even temporarily
into giving its support to a doctrine
that is false in principle and that can
meet but one fate-its final destruc-
ton
The sovereign people, in time, will
always be right and they will wipe
the laws, the government and the
constitution itself out of existence if
need be to make the voice of right
supreme. And right makes right.
The conscience of today is the destiny
of tomorrow.
Mr.. President, | am no political phi
losopher, but there are few founda-
ton principles of all government, con-
corning which not even any ordinary
citizen can be mistaken.
For nearly century this nation
divided on great constitutional
question-one on which the wishes of
the people were at first but dimly de