Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-07-11
E. W. OWEN,
GEORGE PETER,


e. W. OWEN,
GEORGE PETER,
Z 3. PRETTYMAN,
State Central Committee for Montgomery Co
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HARD TINES. All over the South there il
great complaint about the scarcity of money
The reason for that scarcity is apparent Their,
is no effort made to keep the money at home
and SO long MS that is the case the cry vii
continue to be heard. The South is pursuinl
most ruinous policy in sending abroad fol
everything needed instead of making them al
home { II is this that causes the scarcity o.
money, and until the Southern people learn tc
help themselyes-they must continue TO suffer
for the want Of "a circulating medium su flicient
to supply the demand. Neither immigration
nor an increase in the rate of interest will fur.
nsh the needed capital No man can pay
heavy interest for the use Of moncy--the far.
MGR who does will soon find his paternal acres
mortgaged not only for the principal but tho
interest Of the money borrowed, while imm
grafton would be profitless If these send theil
money abroad for such articles as are needed il
home consumption. These remedies, then
only aggravatc the disease, and other means
must be sought. 1t is a singular fact that du.
ring the four years of the late war, almost
every article needed for home consumption OF
for the army in the field was made at home,
but rs soon as the trouble was over these same
people, who had learned TO take care of them
selves, sought their supplies elsewhere-when
they return 10 this policy prosperity will re-
tnrn and money will be abundant. But so
long as our people buy Northern plows, North
ern hats, Shoes nails, brooms, aye, and even
Northern collins, they may expect this drain
upon their funds, which will keep them poor
and money scarce Not until this is remedied
will the South prosper-she must manufacture
her own raw material and not send it abroad
to be brought back and purchased at a heavy
percentage. This percentage is loss 10 the
South and amounts to the income from the
raw material. Where is the gain The policy
must be changed, and when that is done, all
will be well.
This subject might be pursued, but has so
eftcn been discussed, by other and ADLER pens,
and without producing any profitable results,
that we almost despair of seeing that ''good
time coming" but it wiW come when the
South looks rightly TO her true interest.
THE Primaries. -"All quiet along the Poto-
mac ut present. but The buge-call for the
meeting Of the primaries has sounded, and on
the End OF August the Democracy of the coun-
,y is expected to prepare for action. Send in
your good men and true, those who have stood
by the old flag through sunshine and Storm
and you may expect to hear good report
when the result is duly ch-onicled. On the
primaries depend the character of the Conyen
ton that's TO assemble in Baltimore on the
18th of August, to represent the will of the
people in the choice they make of gentlemen
as candidates for Comptroller of the Treasury
the most important Office in the State--and
for Clerk Of the Court of Appeals If you
want your work well DONE send your best
men, neither tricksters nor trimmers, or those
who may have IAN axe TO grind, Put solid
men to the 'front.' and let tho solid men Of
Montgomery attend the primaries. This is
what has brought the primaries into disrt pute
the absence of The solid men from the meet
ings and the yielding up of their management
TO few managers Now is the time to check
mate such proceedings. Let the people turn
out in body and represent themselves, take
part in the proceedings vote for the men Of
their choice, and they will eilectuallv kill Of
all management, and have their wishes fairly
represented. These primary meetings are just
what Democracy means-the people meet in
council to do their own business, and when the
nominations are made this power is delegated
to others, 10 carry out the wishes of the peo-
pie. 1t is an important matter, then, that the
people attend these meetings and see that every
thing is done "upon the square"
II is easy TO see that the few can control the
many, when the primaries are bat thinly at.
tended, and it is just as easy TO see that the
people will be fairly represented when they dc
their own business. "Them's our sentiments. :"
The DEMOCRACY ofBaltimore has set an ex.
ample that the Democrats of the State would
do well to follow. During the past few weeks
there has been much excitement in the city be.
tween the friends of Mayor Vausant and Gen
Latrobe, as to which of these gentlemen should
receive the nomination for that responsible po-
sition- The excitement ran high, and the
RAIDS were delighted at the prospect of ttfuss
In the family'-but it didn't come. They
followed the old Democratic rule and did their
quasreling before the nomination, and right
nobly did the friends Of each gentleman urge
the claims of each to the nomination for Mayor
The primaries were well attended and the
friends of both parties turned out in force
the Convention represented over Is, 600 of IN,
Democracy of Baltimore-the contest wa,
warm and fierce, but the old Mayor bore of
the palm and received the nomination by ,
majority of more than 4, 600 over his eompeti
tor. Immediately, thereupon, Gen. Latrob
sPrang forth, grasped the hand OF the oil,
Mayor, congratulated him upon his renomina
ton, and greeting him with the assurance Q
his friendship and support. There MAS III
spirit of the old Democracy. And now iher
Is mourning in The other camp.