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Proceedings of the Senate, 1900
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42 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 10

tnre should be kept within moderate limits. Let us have
no unnecessary appropriations. Let us not incur the
charge of extravagance in that regard. The member-
ship of both Houses of our General Assembly is of an un-
usually high order. In my long experience as a Senator,
I can say quite confidently, I have never known the per-
sonnel of said membership to have been excelled. The
new lease of life, therefore, which tue people have seen
fit to bestow upon the Democratic party has a most aus-
picious beginning. It encourages me not only to hope,
but to believe that we shall fully measure up to the high
standard cf merit assumed. and promised by the party in
the campaign which returned that party to power. By
so doing we shall be enabled to retain the confidence of
the people, and thus hold the reins of Government for
many years to come. But should we fail to meet the
just expectations of the people in this regard, we shall
be hurled from power as surely and as overwhelmingly
as we were defeated at the polls four years ago.

The political events of the past four years in this State
prove beyond doubt that the people rule. They make
Governors and Legislatures, and they unmake them.

The system of public instruction inaugurated in Mary-
land thirty-five years ago has borne an abundant harvest.
It has grown and expanded to such an extent that the
people, even the humblest in the land, have become
readers of the newspaper, and close observers and stud-
ents of public events. They have become intelligent,
critical and jealous of their rights. Any attempt to de-
ceive or any dereliction of public duty is at once detected
and exposed. It therefore follows that any public offi-
cial, whether he be Governor, a member of the Legisla-
ture, or the humblest officeholder in the State, will be
held by the people to a strict accountability; and so it
should be.

I realize, my fellow citizens, the great responsibility I
shall assume when presently I shall take upon myself
the office of Chief Executive of this State.

I am aware of the many embarrassments attendant
upon the position. I can only say that I shall try to do
my duty. If I should be unsuccessful in any particular,


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