The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-10-19

ness of the State placed on a basis of
honesty and economy.
The most approved system of ac-
counting should be adopted in all Of the
departments Of the State, and these de-
partments should be recognized in such
a manner as to bring about uniformity
and economy in operation. We should
have q more efficient and comprehen-
siVe method of auditing the accounts of
all officials who collect or expend funds,
and also a system OF publicity that
would expose the handling of every dol
lar to the light of immediate scrutiny.
The increase in the State tax rate
from l73 cents during the administra-
ton Of Lloyd Lowndes to the prevailing
rate of % cents has not been justified
by any corresponding benefits which it
has produced. An increase in the as
sessaOle basis should result in a decrease
in the rate ol taxation unless such fail
ure to decrease is accounted for by eX-
traordinary improvements or activities
III behalf Of the public. No one will
contend that the efficiency Of the gov
eminent has been increased by the as
cendgncy Of the ring, which is nov, hap
ply, declining. The dissipation Of the
increased revenues must therefore be
ascribed, in large measure, to e.-traya-
gence, Acknowledgement and such mis-
appropriations as were witnessed at the
last session Of the Legislature, when
thousands Of collars were squandared in
rewards to political retainers.
A thoroughly business admnistra
zion OF the States affairs, uncontanin-
ated ny the faint Of partisanship, viii
result in a decrease in the tax rate. Our
expense account is too high. The time
has come when the taxpayers must no
longer be subjected to the devious eX-
tortions of the corruption fund. "
Mr.. Soper said:
I'm his speech at Fairyiew accepting
the Democratic nomination for Cover
nor, in an assumption Of virtue, Senator
German declared that whatever else
might be SAID against him no one could
assert that he had ever told at untruth
or broken a promise. We expected,
therefore, that his utterances on the
stump would be models OF accuracy and
conservatism. But consider one state
ment which, Judging from the news
paper reports, he has made in every
speech delivered in the campaign. He
says that Mr.. Goldsborough became the
Republican nominee because one man
in Baltimore gave him permission, and
that the members of the Republican
party had no opportunity to say if they
wanted him.
THE real facts in the case are mat
tiers of public record and are well known
to Mr.. German. Under the primary
law, Mr.. Goldsborough filed the declar-
alton of his intention to stand for the
Republican nomination in each of the
% counties of Maryland and in Balti-
more city, every Republican in Mary
land had the same privilege under the
law, but no one desired to enter the
contest.
is it not to Mr. Goldsborough's
credit that the individual members Of
his party, which is composed of nearly
100 600 voters, were a unit upon the
proposition that he was the one best
fitted for the nomination? Why does
Mr. German twist the facts and grow
so foolhardy as to draw attention to the
bitter primary in his own party in the
course Of which the most prominent
Democrats in Maryland stigmatized him
as unworthy to be Governor of the
State