He took the position that the State should not put or keep its
money in private investments, and it was on his advice that the
State sold its unproductive interests in the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal for $155,000 and its 5500 shares of stock in the Wash-
ington Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. He further
recommended the sale of the $1,500,000 mortgage of the
Northern Central Railway Company. The results thus far
have placed Maryland practically out of debt.
In Governor Warfield's term the new oyster survey was

•created and inaugurated, the cause of good roads was materially
advanced, the increase in the facilities and efficiency of the
State institutions was notable, and in all the board and commit-
tees and general meetings in which these interests of the State
were discussed and decided, Governor Warfield was almost
always present; he devoted his time unreservedly to his State.

Governor Warfield was called upon to fill many important
offices by appointment. To succeed Senator German he selected
the Hon. William Pinkney Whyte, and this choice met with
such universal approval that Senator Whyte was renominated
in the Senatorial primaries without opposition. Governor War-
field appointed more judges than any Governor in the history
of the State, and these appointments were uniformly approved
by the people. Among them was Judge Crothers, who succeeds
Governor Warfield as Chief Executive of Maryland.

Shortly after Governor Warfield came to his office the great
fire occurred in Baltimore. He contributed a large share to
the splendid work that was done after that catastrophe.

His prompt action in ordering the State Militia to the assist-
ance of the local authorities saved Baltimore and the State
from the humiliation of having to call upon the Federal gov-
ernment to maintain order and protect property. Governor
Warfield gave special attention to the militia, recognizing in
it the main reliance of the State in the time of need. This
interest led him to participate in the cruise of the Naval Militia
and in the practice march of the mounted troops.

During his four years as Chief Executive of Maryland,
Governor Warfield has endeavored to give the people an honest,
economical administration, with an earnest promotion of all
their interests along progressive lines. He has steadily held
forth not only to his own fellow Marylanders but to the citizens
of other States the unequalled position of Maryland and the
value and glory of its history, and it is not too much to say that
the State has profited materially from this work and this policy,
not only in its business growth and the development and en-
hancement of its resources, but in all its political, social and
'educational progress.