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10 JOURNAL OF PROCEEDINGS [Jan. 6
stood, a memorial of theiF labors and a crystalized ex-
pression of their ideal of beauty and art..
To-day we are mafcjug necessary additions. We do
not dare to try to improve upon their work. Preserv-
ing the model in all its essential features, we oniy add
what the increasing needs of the State demand.
How shall it be done ? With niggard hand and
grudging heart or with the same obedience to the de-
mands of taste and elegance that controlled our
fathers ?
Building upon the foundations laid by them in State
craft and finance, we have seen the State, although
racked by many storms, emerge from every conflict,
the home of a free and enlightened people, with a
code of laws not surpassed by any State, a iudiciary
equal to the best in the world, unexcelled oppor-
tunities to the youth of the State to obtain education
and attain to the highest development dreamed of by
the loftiest ambition, a credit unsullied by any stain
and a system of finance which has nearly wiped out a
long standing and burdensome debt.
So with the sunshine of prosperity, honor and use-
fulness upon us should we hesitate to make this house
a beautiful, lasting and appropriate expression of our
gratitude for, and pride in, the achievements of our
people?
It is with sadness that we are compelled by the
necessities of the situation to vacate the old Senate
Chamber, memorable in the history of the State, and
in which cluster associations which strike a tender
chord in the heart of every true Marylander. Let us
have if restored as near as, possible to its original con-
dition and sacredly preserve it as the holiest of all in
this temple of our liberties.
Subjects of vital import to the people of our State
will be presented during this session, upon which wide
and divergent views may be entertained by Senators.
In the, discussion of all these matters, let me beseech
you in the outset to bring to their consideration calm-
ness of thought and utterance, worthy of the Senate of
Maryland.
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