The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1916-01-13
Governor Goldsborough Retres From Office With Strong
Stamp of Approval His Work by the People of Maryland
Close Of Term Of Four Years Mark
ed BY Constant Effort TO Uplift
Humanity, to Advance the hgricuI-
tural and Industrial interests OF The
State and to Give the People a
Wholesome Administration

The Baltimore American of Sunday
says:
The verdict of the people of Mary
land on Wednesday, when Governor
Phillips Lee Goldsborough lays behind
him his term of four years and returns
to private life, will be that he has made
good. This verdict will be based upon
the broad mind, free of partisan bias,
discharge of his public duties and upon
his consideration of all public questions,
his untiring efforts to uplift humanity
and to improve the condition of the I'M
fortunates, to bring cheer and happi-
ness into lives of those whose struggle
for existence is hard and tempestuous,
to advance the industrial and agricul-
tural interests of the state, to exploit
its unsurpassed resources, to impart
confidence of the people in their own
commonwealth.
The verdict, too, will be that Mr.
Goldsborough has been a dignifed and
safe governor; that he has won highest
commentators at home and elsewhere
by his courtesy, by his kindness. by his
polished manners and by his devotion to
his state. And when he, with Mrs.
Goldsborough, retires to his home, at
Cambridge, there will go with them the
best wishes of grateful people; for let
it be recorded here and let it long be re-
membered that the success Of Governor
Goldsborough's administration has been
due largely to the charm, to the graciou q
manners, to the transformations bospi-
tally of the mistress Of the executive
mansion.
Lest the people of Maryland forget
the long list of achievements of Cover
nor Goldsborough, achievements made
possible through the aid extended by a
party in the majority in the General
Assembly opposed to him politically,
but endeared to him because of his
kindly dealings with its members and
because of his devotion to the interests
of the state, let them be recorded here:
Creation of the State Industrial Ac-
cident Commission.
Organization of the State Tax Com
mission.
Organization and creation of the
Advisory Board of Pardons and Parole.
Creation of the Peoples Court in
Baltimore city.
Ten-Hour Labor Law for Women.
Child Labor Law.
State Auditor.
Act passed creating the health dis
tricts of the state under the supervision
of a competent health warden, and
starting of health surveys, and the
greatly increased power of the State
Board of Health over the sanitary and
water supply matters of the various
communities.
Completion of the state roads.
Reform in the administration of the
penal institutions of the state.
Procuring of an educational survey
for the state.
Organization of a Cooperative Pur-
chasing Committee, an agency used
effectively by the state hospitals
for the purchase of supplies, thereby
reducing cost and waste
The Tubercular Conference, which he
called and to which he invited the school
commissioners of the counties, the
county commissioners, the county
superintendent, the county health
officers and others to study the cues
ton Of tuberculosis among the negroes
of the state and to provide some method,
if possible, whereby this form of suffer
ing may be alieviated.
A general awakening of the public
conscience to the states obligations
toward the weaker and less fortunate
citizens, such as movement looking to
the establishment of an inebriate farm,
where persons who have become a slave
to alcohol can find relief
The establishment upon a firm basis
the correctness of the theory that the
most successful form of representative
government is one that is impersonal,
dealing justly and fairly with every
question as it arises without reference
to its effect upon individuals, looking
only toward the general good of the
state. ignoring the source from which
the suggestion might come whether it
be friend or foe, not attempting to use
the powers of Office tor the advance
ment of the individual interest of
friends or the punishment of political
foes.
The launching of the idea of her con-
solidation of the schools of higher learn
ing and giving some substance to the
idea of creating Maryland State Uni
Ycrsity.
The establishment of a technical
school in connection with Hopkins Uni
versity, where the advanced technical
learning might be acquired and where
the opportunity could be best given to
promote the interests of applied science.
Long and honorable as is this record
OF achievements by Governor Colds
borough, his greatest triumph has been