Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1873-05-08

longings are so very dirty, is as thick anu
tough as mailed armor, and almost as
tenacious of its subjects as our pleasant
President is of his family group. By the
way, Mr.. Chvo,eicle man, don't forget the
Senatorial chairs in which sunny Conkling
and leprous Morton sat. Do the thing
thoroughly and then clean or be cleaned
yourself again.
The Fish and Oyster Interests of the
state-vigilant Policeman Timmons.
That sterling Democratic sheet, the Eas-
ton Journal, in an earnest article entitled,
aCapt. Timmons and the Oyster Dredgers, :"
clearly exposes the wanton abuses of the
oyster law, that are of VIGOROUSLY common
occurrence, even in those vicinities where
tthe-s1sr1:sf Esrvn4 CapssT inamons loves most
to Hnger. ASIDE asa painted ship on
. painted sea" is trite>old saying, and
the energies Of the happy Capt. Timmoy1
seem directed solely to giving it pith md
point. Among other things on t6esublct
the Journal says:
ssIt is, unfortunately, well established fact
that Capt. Tmmons, commander of the oyster
police force does not do his duty, and it is great
| ly feared shields the violators of law whenever
he can do so, instead of bringing them to pun
ishment. During the past two months over
two hundred cases of violation of the law in
the waters of Talbot county have been brought
to the attention of the Magistrates and war
rants have been issued and given to Capt. Tim
mons to arrest the parties and bring them be-
fore the Justices as required by the law. He
has, we believe, failed to make but three ar
rests, and has made no return of the other war
rants He has simply summoned the parties to
appear, as if it was civil case instead of GRIM
inal, but arrested none and brought them be-
fore the Magistrate as the law requires. The
parties have disregarded the summons. and an
attorney appearing for them has had the cases
postponed, promising that the parties should
appear, only to again fail to put in appearance
and with renewed promises of personal appear
ance.
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tsCapt. Timmons is certainly not fit to be in
command of the oyster police force, as it Is said
he owns several dredgers himself, and is there
fore interested in lax administration of the
law. Even if this is not correct, he evidently
does not want the law enforced as he fails to
Win AtS pIdtucSt " III Coz
parties dredging in forbidden waters and with
out number, argues that it is beneficial to the
oysters to be "dredged, and favors as constant
pioughing of the beds as he would field of
corn, and was heard in st. Michaels to advise
dredger not to pay the fine imposed, bat TO ap-i
peal to tie county Court. /" 4,
80
Waea a4.rsalyf nd a.; - LOO.
- S1s ag -, ~ finsras2 ~
Ohm See ~ t e
singI. :. $ - ~ this man should be
longer tolerated in the position he occu-
pies by virtue of State authority, but
whose requirements, as common rumor
seems to assert, he fails to meet by virtue
of very modest regard for his own pecu-
mary benefit. Rumor is sometimes wrong,
We know, but then we believe that with
out some fire there can be no smoke. We
do not exactly see, however, why Timmons
himself is not brought up to answer for
his short comings, like any other violator
of the law, whose irresponsible incompe-
tency on the one hand, or money grasping
greed on the other, make him the proper
subject for public indignation. In another
article and with other reference, per-
haps, (D the same paper speaks ola 'ring,
and we gravely suspect it is to the mysteri-
Gus influences of some such talismanic
charm that the people are indebted for this
licensed plumber of their property, and
these unmitigated outrages on their rights. |
Why Capt. Timmons is longer permitted
to abuse the Office whose obligations he is
sworn to respect, is question which we
fairly confess ourselves unable to fathom.
It is hardly within the range of probabili-
ty that the continuance of coveted reward, |
in the shape of a position of honor and
trust, is to be offered as premium for un-
qualified failure in performing the duties
it requires. 1t might appear quite unrea-
sonable, then, to suppose that such a fail
ure, which results either from gross inca
pacity or deliberate dishonesty, should
claim, as its rich recompense, the gilded
guerdon of official favor. Why is it, then,
that the Commissioners, who voted Mr..
Timmons in, have not acted and voted Mr..
Timmons out Surely they are not all
compassed by 'ring?" In this connec-
ton, too, we would like to know why the
fishing interests of the State are SO COM
pletely ignored by the powers whose duty
it is to protect and foster them The same
powers that turned over to Timmons' ten
der mercies the oyster grounds of the State
also surrendered to the same disgraceful
neglect the fishing berths of our citizens.
The Act of Assembly applicable to and
Operative in the premises still stands upon
The statute book, as explicit in its author
lty as any law of the State. No subsequent
repeating clause has declared it obsolete,
40 high appellate court has pronounced its
publication, and yet, forsooth, it is dead {
etter. I