. Baltimore : its history and its people . e was appointed by Governor Goldsbor-ough, Secretary of State. In regard to this appointment, The BaltimoreSun, a Democratic organ, said, editorially: In his selection of a Secretary of State, Governor-elect Goldsborough has nameda Republican of the better type. Mr. Robert P. Graham is the kind of man withthe kind of record whom his party can afford to put to the front. He is progressive,clean and capable, and his record and standing argue that his influence in the newadministration that begins to-day will be for good. While a strong party man, heis n
. Baltimore : its history and its people . e was appointed by Governor Goldsbor-ough, Secretary of State. In regard to this appointment, The BaltimoreSun, a Democratic organ, said, editorially: In his selection of a Secretary of State, Governor-elect Goldsborough has nameda Republican of the better type. Mr. Robert P. Graham is the kind of man withthe kind of record whom his party can afford to put to the front. He is progressive,clean and capable, and his record and standing argue that his influence in the newadministration that begins to-day will be for good. While a strong party man, heis not offensively partisan, and his clear understanding of political conditions in theState ought to be of great assistance to the new executive. The appointment is nota political one, but a purely personal selection due to the close friendship that hasexisted between the Governor-elect and Mr. Graham. One of the subjects in which the new Secretary of State is especiallyinterested, in common with all other Marylanders, is good roads, and an-. .^^.--^ HISTORY OF BALTIMORE 727 other is the revision of the old tax system. He also desires to see the Wil-son law changed, in accordance with the principle that all election lawsshould be uniform. He does not accept the dictum of the woman suffra-gists that the vote would uplift, believing rather that it should be grantedas a consequence of the uplifting of those for whom it is desired. Thescience and psychology of government is a subject which possesses peculiarinterest for the new Secretary of State and one to which he has for yearsgiven the attention demanded by a fascinating and absorbing study. It may readily be supposed that Mr. Graham, with his time engrossedas it is by public duties, has little opportunity to read anything with theexception of the literature of his profession of which he has ever been aclose student. Such leisure as he has, however, he devotes in part to hisfavorite author, Lucian, a complete copy of whose works is
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