MARYLAND. 





law on the subject of drunkenness and disorder is, I 

 think, tins ; A man who is drunk may walk the streets 

 without U'in,' arrested, provided he does so in an or- 

 derly inuniier. If when he is drunk he commit* a 

 broach <>t' tho peace, or what is called a common nui- 

 sance that id, an oifcn.se against tho public order and 

 common regimen of tho State ho may bo punished, 

 n>t for l>oin.{ drunk, but for breaking tho peace or com- 

 mitting the nuisance ; but he can not DO punished, 

 nor can he bo held to bail to answer for tho offense, 

 unless the breach of tho peace or act of nuisance of 

 which he is accused is described with some particular- 

 ity. If, for instance, ho breaks the peace by assault- 

 ing A, he should be charged with so doing ; or if he com- 

 mits a common nuisance by using obscene language 

 publicly, ho should be charged with that particular 

 act Before he can bo convicted ho may demand that 

 an indictment by the grand jury bo had, and that ho 

 bo tried before a petit jury. 



A young woman, by name Lillie Dner, com- 

 mitted the most extraordinary and incompre- 

 hensible act of shooting her young female friend. 

 Both were cultivated and intelligent, and held 

 very respectable positions. She was indicted, 

 tried, and convicted of manslaughter. In view 

 of the prisoner's previous good character and 

 the recommendation of the jury to mercy, the 

 Court remitted imprisonment, and simply sen- 

 tenced her to pay the maximum fine prescribed 

 by law, namely, $500. 



The Democratic party assembled in Conven- 

 tion at Baltimore on August 7th. Herman 

 Stump was chosen President. The following 

 nominations were made : For Governor, William 

 T. Hamilton ; for Comptroller, Thomas J. Keat- 

 ing ; for Clerk of the Court of Appeals, Spen- 

 cer 0. Jones; for Attorney-General, Charles 

 J. M. Gwinn. The following resolutions were 

 adopted : 



Tho Democratic Conservative party of Maryland, in 

 State Convention assembled, resolves as follows : 



1. Our acknowledgments are due to tho Governor 

 and other executive officers of this State for the firm- 

 ness, ability, and discretion with which they havo dis- 

 charged the duties of their respective offices. 



2. It will be the duty of the next General Assembly 

 to lighten the burden of taxation in this State by abol- 

 ishing all offices not necessary for the public service : 

 by reducing all salaries and ices subject to its control 

 to the limit of the compensation of persons engaged ia 

 similar employment in private life 5 by compelling the 

 practice or economy in evory detail of State, county, 

 and municipal expenditures ; and by enforcing the 

 observance of the constitutional rule that every per- 

 son in tho State, or person holding property therein, 

 ought to contribute his proportion or pulilic taxes for 

 the support of the government, according to his actual 

 worth in real or personal property. 



8. Public offices were not created for the benefit ot 

 individuals nor for tho purpose of rewarding political 

 services, but were intended solely for the public ad- 

 vantage. The perversion of their use to any other 

 purpose is injurious to good morals and to good gov- 

 ernment. 



4. The General Assembly ought, at its next session, 

 to make such further reforms in our civil and criminal 

 codes as are needed for the more speedy and economi- 

 cal administration of justice, so that every man in this 

 State may be enabled to obtain quick and sufficient 

 remedy tor any injury done to him in his person or 

 property, and that all offenses against the laws may be 

 promptly and speedily prosecuted and punished, and 

 public order be rigidly maintained. 



5. Tho maintenance of free institutions in this State 

 and tho essential interests of its people require that all 



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elections should be free and pure. Tho General As- 

 sembly ought at ito next session to provide further 

 security for fairness in such elections by providing for 

 a correct and accurate registration of the names of all 

 persons entitled to vote in this State, to be made by 

 competent officers at certain fixed successive periods 

 of time, and by directing tho flret of said new registra- 

 tions to be made at the earliest practicable period. 



6. The obligations and credit of the United States 

 and of the State of Maryland ought to bo sacredly 

 maintained. Neither the Federal nor the State deb't 

 ought to be increased, but provision ought to be mode, 

 as soon as practicable, for funding the debts of each at 

 a lower rate of interest and for the gradual payment of 

 such debts. While they continue to exist, every proper 

 means of legislation should be adopted which may be 

 necessary to give effect to these public obligations and 

 to confirm confidence in their complete security. 



7. When the Democratic Conservative party re- 

 gained power hi the Congress of the United States it 

 enforced an economical administration of public affairs, 

 and made the resumption of specie payments a possi- 

 ble event. It will be its duty to maintain the advan- 

 tage thus gained by firmly establishing the credit of 

 the country upon the basis of com exchangeable in all 

 the markets of the world. 



8. The Democratic Conservative party of the coun- 

 try was deprived by fraud of all the fruits of victory 

 in the Presidential contest of 1876. The reprobation 

 of history will fall upon those who committed this 

 crime against a whole people. It is the duty of that 

 people, acting in their respective States, to protect 

 themselves and their posterity against the recurrence 

 of tho offense, by enacting laws which will afford no 

 future opportunity for such fraudulent practices. 



9. The Democratic Conservative party of this State, 

 faithful to the supremacy of tho Constitution of the 

 United States, rests its construction of that instru- 

 ment upon the express words of tho tenth amendment, 

 adopted in 1791. The powers not delegated to the 

 United States by tho Constitution nor prohibited by 

 it to the States are reserved to the States respectively, 

 or to the people. 



10. The Republican party in its conduct of national 

 affairs has violated this fundamental article. It bos 

 provided by law for Federal interference in State elec- 

 tions. It lias assumed the right to confer upon Fed- 

 eral courts, supervisors, marshals, and special deputy 

 marshals the unconstitutional power of enforcing State 

 laws. It has deliberately sanctioned the unconstitu- 

 tional use of the troops of the United States at the 

 polls in the several States. These are measures of 

 centralization which show a determined purpose to 

 change the organic character of tho government be- 

 queathed to us by our fathers, and such measures 

 ought to be resisted by every means within our power. 



11. We return our hearty thanks to the members of 

 the Democratic Conservative party in Congress for 

 their endeavors to secure impartial trials by jury in 

 the Federal courts by the abolition of test-oaths, and 

 for the manly steadfastness with which they have re- 

 sisted Republican encroachments upon the limitations 

 imposed by the Constitution of the United States. 



12. The Democratic Conservative party of Maryland, 

 having no other purpose to fulfill except to secure the 

 good government or this State and to aid in the re- 

 form of the administration of Federal affairs, expects 

 all citizens of this State who share its opinions to unite 

 cordially in the attainment of these great objects. 

 We therefore ask for tho candidates of that party an 

 undivided support of all its members, and wo com- 

 mend them to tho approval of all other good citizens 

 of this State. 



A Tax- pay era' Convention assembled at Balti- 

 more on August 12th. Nine of the largest tax- 

 paying counties were represented. William 

 M. Merrick was chosen President of the Con- 

 vention. He explained that the Convention 

 was without partisan purpose, and did not de- 



