The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-11-13
For The Cecil Wig.


| addressed to The TaS PAYERS o. Cect,' had
! carefully read the lengthy argument, as he
! styles the Report Of TIE County Commission
/ cis. about wh ell he has chosen to exercise
! his pen. and the necessity and propIicty of
! publishing which be questions were II not
| that he seems strangely obhvious to some Of
! the statements contained H. that Report. It
! is perhaps safer but at al events a mere
| charitable, presumption that thc writer Of the
! article in question has nat given the subject
of his critici:ism as careful a pcrusal as he
should have done These Reports not being
a democratic institution hcrrabuuts, and one,
! at least, having shown up, "-tousea phrase
Of his, some democratic ma practices in rather
| lively cuorS, he has taken some offence mt the
whole thiHg,-hiS mind has been prejndced
against thGm. and being rather " lengthy
wlhal he has failed to read them thoroughly
! The logical consequence is that j. L. is Meth
er good or candid critic in this matter, else
| how could he have made the misslatcmcnts
contained in his article?
! His argument upon the impropriety and
| usclcsSncss ofthcSe Reports Of Commissioners,
! which are not very torcibIc, or concise either,
| | propose to leave to The constellation Of the
/ Tax Payers who read the Democrat, and the
| County Commissioners and will, only Sug
! gcst, by way Of facilitating a sal c conclusion,
| lhat it will be difficult for any Board % Com
miSsipneis, while such Reports are deemed
necessary, to fail of rendering proper ac-
count in them Of SUES rs large as hralrc M0u-
sand d3H,WS, received by them from ether
! thaA the regular sources Of county revenue
! Ii would not have answered j. C.'s pur-
+ pose, suppose, to have given the 1ca drrS
Of the Democrat much information in regard
| to the Levy fDr 1888, which ne takes aS his
| standard i'll judging OF the !eyicS Of latter
| years. lie would have found, ard no doubt
did find, much food for thought, IN he Report
| that inaugurated This system of special
| pleading" lengthy Arguments &c, to
which he seems to have referred for Just 50
much information as suited his purpose to
give the public in his communication. For
instance, he would have found, or did find.
that the sum, produced by a levy Of Is cents
| in the 500, i'll 1883 was not Tie oaiY nmopnf
applied TO diIaylng Necessary or uEHec gsSdrv
expenses during that year, and that. in add
ton to the sum Of tn lee Mous0ad dollars eX-
ended that year over the amount produced
! by the Levy Of IS cents in thc $lUO, there
were some SercH thou Gm )otW huadIcd dol
| irS, which shoulG have been provided for IN
| 1898, suffered to lay over to swell the Levy Of
| 1904 under the successors OF the last demo
cratic board, TO whom, as J G. tells us, they
!" o''ui'"cc 20 ,'t voice O. inc H"'UitiGh
pccolne 'I'ihqo'Hhra lte &ah'N'N,ra'lon OF the
aIi''s o. ','e county ne WonId aNo nave
'on"a' a'o no DOUBT 1i9 i'h'; 'ha' 'he entire
amount 'HPe"ucu III 1000 Ho'eu 10 tne sum
''a' Si''uio properly nave been pfoVIdrd thal
year D"' was hot' was e4"ai 10 rale OF II
I ,, III ',e : oV' u. l"e amount Oh h'7oS'a-
p'e properly 'hen 'NiH'inE' "h'ch iate ii tax
| ,'"H at 10 ''ne since ""|l' '"e r'Stht ytaf,
| ne. - f'aG'eo' the largest rave from 1908 to
i"o' inclusive De'h$ % cents IN the %lVo
D"'' e'9 - w. '"e wax VI 'A," year "ouLd
W more '''"n uoupIc lhe nominal late OF 1905
we" VIE y MOI Tor an Increase IN property OF
".'I' surprising ms l'eufe$ 10 he
" a. =" ''i, '',C' t"Hc II - SNOW oy the
Nv H., ~ oo''''' ''a''',I'' ~ M"'SH NJ mas
'"'t" our "'''a'''n' mat Ill the matter OF
'oaU ' n Tr''>eS ''etr .'S "'So npe" all increase
W %o"i 40 since io1' ai'a inns !" equal 10
| '1 lP ., ~ Genus l" 'nc @ioo' nearly on the
na,irr rnoJs ,h"i !; .'crs G i, Is5S
| then the Lcvcv Of 1888 would be but 10 cents
IN the @lrO, for all the ordinary or usual cX.
Fe"S,S OF me year. WhIch the Commissioners
',' ' ,"' I'' 'P-'"" oP
| 7, W, o' 'r"'| "'N ''."s'"' 90 vac