The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29
unity. in that it is currently reported

1890 - - -
temporary organization for the purpose of de-
feating Mr.. Talbot in this campaign, its Execu-
tive COmmitte has concluded to publish the I'd
section of its Constitution. which succinctly sets
forth its objects and purposes as follows:
1.-THE general object and purpose OF the Ass0-
citation shall be to secure and promote good gov
eminent in the interest of the taxpayers of Bal
timore county and IN the acc;49 I OF
stroy political bossism and restore the party
government to the people; it will impartially
the character ana fitness of candidates for office
to the end that the voters of the county will be
truthfully Informed of the record and qualihca-
tions of such candidates; it will oppose 10 its
utmost the election of any candidate whom the
League may reEuisrlZ determlne to be mint q, for
Democrat in principle. may become member
in accordance with the bylaws adopted.
1t is intended that this League shall be per-
manent association for the accomplishment of
the purposes above set forth, and its policy will
be to publish the truth fearlessly about all cam
didates that may come before the people, and
concerning the administration of our county af
fairs, without malice i'll will to any one. lift
of fact regarding any candidate, or any public
matter, ii will gladly correct the same with
equal publicity, upon information that it has
made such misStatement.
A full knowledge of the dangerous power ac-
Quired by single individual in our county gov
ernment-that individual being ]. Fred Q. Tai
bott-and the INSCRIPTIONS, undemOcratic and
degrading means resorted to for the acquisition
of such One-man power in all our affairs and the
ABUSE OF THIS power Tor the STRENGTHENING oil his
position at the expense of the taxpayers of the
county, has induced the formation of this League
at time when the substantial voter may, by
single mark with his pencil, declare whether he
favors corrupt boss rule or decent government
by the people.
It will be our endeavor to demonstrate by a
series of publications that j. Fred @. Talbot is
not a Democrat, measured by the Democracy of
Grover Cleveland, William j. Bryan or Edwin
Warheld, and therefore no Bryan or Warfeld
Democrat fOrfeife any claim to his Democracy
by refusing to vote for Mr.. Talbot. That by law
passed by Maryland Democratic Legislature
voter may refuse to vote for Democratic can
didate for Congress and yet be entitled to vote
in Democratic primary. By the terms of this
law, strange as it may be. II a Democrat refuses
to vote for his party Presidential Electors, can
didate for Governor, ETC., he forfeits his stand
ing and rights as Democrat, but not so if he
votes for these and refuses to vote for his party
candidate for Congress. This is the law as de-
clared by Democratic Legislature, and ought
to remove all doubts as to the manly duty enter
tanned by many Democrats who do not want to
vote for Talbot, but feel impelled to do SO be-
cause he is the party nominee.
We will further demonstrate that Mr.. Talbot
county by. which he personally names every
candidate for office in the county, often several
years before elections has them named on a
ticket that should be made by the voters and
Furnishes severely those who have manhood
enough to resent in any way this usurpation of
power by him that he permits no man to be a
candidate in a primary against one of his crea-
lures, under the penalty of forfeiture of future
recognition, and If a man who holds any office,
however ii,
in any way he is promptly removed from such
Office that having named all officials, all know
ing they cannot hold or get office except through
him and his machine, he absolutely controls
their official action and determines all their Off
cial policies.
We will also show that this vast power
exercised by Talbot is not exercised for the
moral standing. and progress of our people
for their general g0od-but for the exclu-
sive good of himself and his selected benefici-
aries who go to make up his machine; that the
of the Talbot system or machine
Is costly to the smaller taxpayer of the county,
and is and paid for in part by the corporations
that want favors at TOwson and Annapolis, but
in greater part by increased taxes by the farmer,
the mechanic and other small taxpayers; that
ers broadened, the expenses of the county have
We viii show beyond all doubt that the big
vices are valuable to them in the accomplish
ment of purposes too often against the interest
OF the masses OF the peOple-have, with one ex-
ception, retained Talbot Tor one of his machine
to represent them. They have lawyers
to try their cases in court, and he seldom ap-
pears publicly for them, but they have larger
in the Commissioners Office, the
Sheriff's office and at Annapolis. which interests
are generally against those of the general tax
payer, and Talbot represents them as against
the people and that he and the legal members
of his machine are in the pay of two large cor
p0rations that have practically escaped taxation
In the county, leaving the taxes they ought to
have paid to be paid by the poorer taxpayers
1t will be shown that Talbot selected our last
to be Democrats, and that at this time, when the
Democrat party is arrayed against all monopoly,
with William Jennings Bryan the greatest in
1ividual anti-corpOratiOn power in the country
-as pur leader these Representatives and Sena-
tor, selected for us by Talbot and for whose ac-
ton he must be held responsible, did by their
votes create two corporation monopoles in Bal
timore county aud did thereby deprive indivi-
iual citizens of the rights the courts have held
they we're entitled to- and some county property /
owners of the free and full use of their property.
That these same Representatives denied to the |
people the right to choose their County Com
nissioners every two years, and without any de- |
nand for such action undertook to extend the |
,erm of two years for which the County Com
nissioners had been elected by the people to a !
;erm of four years. That at this time when the |
,axpayers find dificulty in paying their taxes. !
his same delegation created new Offices, not at
III required, and increased the pay of others, not
there are hundreds of competent |
Democrats who would be more than glad TO take I
;hese offices at the old salaries.
The Talbot machine is now perfected and his /
ystem of government in full force in Baltimore /
county instead of that of the people. and the |
nay be seen by comparing the statements on /
he back of the tax bills Of this and last year by
which it is seen that the expenditures of the |
ear 1908 over those of 1907 are $l04 l06. In the
ear 1907 the people had one representative on
he Commissioners Board. This tremendous in
rease includes nothing for Court House i'm
'rovement, and the taxpayers may see at
lance the extent to which their hands must go J
INTO their pockets to support Talbot and his
Machine. By order,
T. SCOTT OFFUTT, President.
E. WEAKLEY, Secretary.
Aug. 29-1t /