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State was fallacious. These gentlemen wanted to make
the citizens who betook themselves to the more congenial
clime of Baltimore county pay for their police, their flu
department, and their Druid Hill Park, which were bom
of corruption and festering in corruption. The citizens of
Baltimore county did not jump over the lines into other
counties because the taxes might be less than in their
county. They did not do anything of this kind. These
gentlemen whom it was desired to strike at voted in Bal-
timore county, and a man's residence was certainly where
he voted.
Mr. Gill thought this objection came with a bad grace
from Baltimore county. The gentlemen who come into
the city make their money there, and receive all the bene-
fits of the city of Baltimore, should surely not object to
pay their proportion of the taxes. He knew of two gen-
tlemen who lived side by side, one of whom claimed his
residence in Frederick county, although there only for
a month or two, and the difference in taxation enabled him
to pay all the expenses of his country residence. Did
these wealthy citizens really live in the counties? No, it
was only a part of the scheme to escape city taxation.
Look how they were burdened now by the taxes imposed
on them by the irresponsible parties in power.
Mr. Barry desired to know why the since of the pecu-
lating officials of Baltimore city should be visited on Bal-
timore county. What had Baltimore county to do with
the almshouse corruptions, the Druid Hill Park, or any
other villainy in the city of Baltimore. They were willing
to receive any one who came among them and behaved
himself as a good citizen should.
Mr. McKaig said the practice of these wealthy citizens
of Baltimore, who received all the benefits of the city
protection, in going into the counties to escape taxation,
was a base subterfuge, and unworthy of a gentleman.
Mr. Buchanan said the gentleman from Allegany had
charged gentlemen who, to his knowledge, had been citi-
zens of Baltimore county for years with committing
fraud upon the city of Baltimore and being liars. Such
language as this, coming from a member of this Conven-
tion, was, to say the least, uncalled for and undignified.
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