Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-04-10
VI | MING } o UR \ \ L.
j. Il. ODER. Editor

= TRDSTDCEG, MD, APRIL 10, 1S1,
IT is affirmed by the opponents Of the
Water RonGs that the election lnvoring
tho issue is invalid Oh the ground that the
Act author iz;ng Tie issue Of the bonds pro
vidcd for its ratification at the HCt Corpo-
iutc election after its. passage. Now, II
turns out that the Act was approved by
the Governor on the I'd day of April, 1874,
and The election occurred on the 6tl!-tour
dnys later. We remember making a siren
Uous cfIol" 10 get the matter before the
Council in tine for submission to the PEG
plc at that iuneture But we could asccr-
tain nothing, nor could the authorities IS
to whether the Act had obtained the Gov
errors signature, until over week after
the election.
Since the above was written our attcn-
ton has been called to the concluding par
agraph of the corporate election report i'll
our issue of April II, ls1i-iivc days after
the election
Seven votes were cast upon the W alter
Bll-thrce for and four against-actlon
somewhat premature since the Governors
approval is prerequisite to submission to
the people
A rigid construction of the Act would,
of course, permit the unfortunate and una
yoidablc failure, above alluded to, to defeat
its purpose But fair consideration Of
the circumstances will not allow a concu-
sion unfavorablc TO the equity and authorl-
" of the late vote.
At any rate it would be well for the in
Coming.muncipal administration to ascor-
tain the correct line of pursuit and act ac-
cordingly.
THE Times complains of its exclusion
from publishing the "ShcritTs License No
ticc," alleging political prejudice as at the
bottom of the discrimination which gives
the work to all the other papers. Now,
we arc not able TO speak for Sheriff Lynn,
but so far as this place and LonGconing are
concerned he has acted fairly and justly.
If there is to be quarrel over the matter
we should not be dragged in, as the dis
eriminaton against the Times does not in
volve comparison with county 50 much as
with Cumberland papers.
We suggest further, that in the good
time coming" when the county admins
tration is revolutionizCd, and when the
Times threatens TO gore the other on,
that vast deal of advertising, to a share Of
which the country papers are entitled but
(which never gets out of Cumberland,
should be divided all arouud-insidc and
out of Cumberland. We refer more par
ficularly to Clerks Office advertising which
is dispensed aCcarding to the assumption
that the country press is rcycling in fat
ness and that all the hungry publishers live
in Cumberland. it is a mistake OF
course the Clerk will say he has no control
over the lawyers business, etc, or give
some other definition 81 the Wond, Gus pat
rOnagc which flows through his hands into
the columns and Golfers of the city press,
But there is defect somewhere If thc
Times will find ii and make it right for che
future for us, We'll swap with it our iEd:s-
putablc claim to the Shcrif's Notice.
THE Cumberland Committee met the
Canal Board at Annapolis on Tuesday and
delivered the Cumberland WtimotuD,. 1t
is difficult to find out whether the mission
really accomplished anything, as the fol-
lowing, from the Ners, looks like it was
what the Canal Company proposed to do
anyhow:
The report consists substantially of
recommendation of reduction of eight
cents upon tolls and Wharfage at this city
This IS, of course, based upon the decision
OF the canal company TO control The wharf
age here, and will make the tolls and wharf
age combined tiiiy-onc cents From this I
:ameunt Il further reduction is contemplated !
:ythrowing OFT the charge for "1riA,ming' |
Vnats while the laiscr are ipading-some- |
thing more than one cent pcE ton, the whole |
making the tolls and whartage little less !
than fifty cents per ton
The next mission to Annapolis will like |
" demonstrate against the sinfulneSs OF |
Canal extension to Nesternport.
THE Water No1c shows the sentiment ci .
Abe people anyhow. With huge efforts to
defeat ii and comparatively none in Its ia
vor it beat down all opposition. In the
count of the vote, like Il good racer, ii kept .
about ten behind No Water until it bound
cd forward on the home stretch and ran .
neck and neck, gaining at last and passing
under the line four ahead 1t was an even .
race, but the odds against Water shows
where it stands in the quiet thoughtful
Judgment of the people,