The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1907-10-25
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Senator Beasman.

The people of Carroll County should be
gratified that they have another opportunity
to secure the services of Mr.. Beasman to rep
resent them in the State Senate. His long
public career, beginning as IA member OF the
House of Delegates nearly a quarter of II CEN
tury ago, has demonstrated his especial fitness
for the place. His services in the Senate for
the past eight years have been especially val
liable, not only to the people OF his county
but also to the people of the State at large,
MIR, Beasman has won the gratitude of the
taxpayers of Maryland by his careful watch
fulness over the appropriation bills. His
great care in this regard has earned him the
proud title of Watch dog of the Treasury"
Every session since he began his service in
he Sc nate in 1900, his opposition has saved
to the taxpayers hundreds of thousands of
dollars. His "obstinacy," as it is called at
Annapolis, has regularly, at the close of every
session. brought about reductions IN the pro.
posed appropriations OF the most sweeping
character Lobbyists and agents of institu
lions seeking to get money from the State
Treasury, have found in him an insurmount-
able obstacle to their success, and no man in
the State House has been abused to the extent
that Mr. Beasman has by these grafters, who
flock to Annapolis every session to secure
appropriations for all sorts of deserving and
undeserving ''charities." At the last session,
by actual and careful calculation, Mr.. Beas-
mans opposition in the finance committee
saved to the taxpayers of the State the sum
of two hundred and eighty six thousand dol
lars ($286, 000) which would otherwise have
been placed in the appropriation bills at the
close of the General Assembly. The amounts
saved by him at former sessions did not ag.
gregate so much, but they were we'll up in SIX
figures and totaled many hundreds of thou
sands of the peoples money.
A Baltimore Newspaper Correspondent,
who has been an attendant at every session of
the General Assembly for more than twenty
wears. in speaking of Senator Beasman, said
"If the taxpayers of Maryland understood
the value of the services rendered by Senator
Beasmau to the whole state, they would rise
up, regardless of party, and demand his re-
turn. He has saved the State Treasury more
money by his opposition 10 reckless appro-
priations than any other one man. He Is al,
ways on hand when it comes to action on the
appropriation bills, and he always cuts them
down in most drastic manner. One session,
pear the close, it was reported that Mr.. beas
man was sick and would not be able to attend
The meeting of the committee. Immediately
there was rejoicing among the people who
were on hand working for all sorts OF outrage
GUS appropriation bills, and every effort was
made to hurry up action before the Senator
from Carroll recovered. When the meeting
took place, greatly to the disappointment of
the crowd, Mr.. Beasman was on hand, and
feeble as he was, he remained there until the
bills were made up. and the items he objected
to greatly reduced, or taken out altogether.
One great institution, which secured $5O, 900
per year during the Republican administration
of Governor Lowndes. has had the amount
reduced to one half by the efforts OF Mr..
Beasman, and others have met with similar
treatment at his hands. To catalogue all the
different reductions he has secured would take
too long and be TOO much trouble, but he IS
more than any other one man, the member OF
the Senate who has done most to keep appro-
priatons within bounds and save money to
the State treasury. The people, the taxpay..
ers especially, have in him their best friend
in the Senate.
Carroll county has had a long line of faith
full and efficient men in the Senate, but not
one has done more for them than Mr.. Beas.
man, and few have done as much. He should
be returned by large majority, and the IN
dications are that such will be the case. The
taxpayers of the county will show their ap'
probation of such good and faithful public
servant and the people of the entire State Will
thank them for it.