Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-06-12
MINING JOU RN A L.
FROSTBCRG, MD, JUNE II, 1915.
j. Ii. ODER. Editor

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TINE Baltimore 4me, lean intimares the
decline of that sort Of political scrvility
which constantly succumhs 10 city dlcta-
,ion." THIS means that the country people
have grown tired of ratitying the selfish
lccertlenlain Of Baltimore wire-pullerS. BY
this we learn also that AllCSany is not
;.lone in suffering the evils of metropolitan
prescription. So that VIC find, as IN in
stance of the operation of this system, that
Allcgany is two-fold sufferer, rrst, as sub
icct to the political Vaccinations of the
States metropolis, and second, to those of
its own highly favored scat. The former,
distributed through an extended partner
shlp brings the lesser evil the latters To-
local identity concentrates its hane every
where in the county, cheating or demorali-
aing whonsoevcr it touches The election
is several month"; off, but the Cumberland
manipulators OF both parties are making up
the states, the paramount calculation being
to SO adjust the assignments that the honest
countryman will not suspect that they aim
10 DuTclldSC HIS StiuIdSc iDI Guy tdHuliihttS
The price paid is generally iigurc-heads OF
the sections, put up with no particular in
tenlion of elccting them, though this some
times happens. These groups of bats will,
ifclosely surveyed, develop semicrcular
conveyance upon Cumberland. And why
not? If Cumberland is SO good as to
assign you a seemingly prominent place at
the board which our representative system
spreads for office hunters, why should you
not go twain for Cumberland? This is
plausible because it ceuntcrfcts reciprocity.
But when the lines are drawn IN ii is found
that Cumberland holds Il larger percentage
of the spoils than the entire county beside
that with less capital it realizes more than
the outlying districts have ever dreamed of
claiming This has been notably the case
for years, so long, indeed, the people have
contracted habit to regarding this one
sided disposition of things as normal. 1t is
not, therefore, an inauspcous prcsage
which the .lmsrtcan notes. The logic of
politics as now managed must, sooner or
Inter, COIpICtt lilt Nolh VI tHt
mask from the chicanery, greed and pillage
of ciques. Already the people are arousing
to more independent habits of thought, of
Judgment of action, BY the tireside, in the
shop, in the mine, OH the farm, and in con-
vention, men are looking to character and
ability as the best representative qualities,
without so much regard to eXtraneous and
Nnn,aterial conditions. And if they exert
the influence which this growing sentiment
implies in the ensuing contest for State and
County offices our city friends will find us
less plastic than heretofore. And the pop
ulace, more widely represented, will gain
executive capacity and administrative hon
csty by thus dispatching the office in search
of the man, instead of having the city juntos
assign themselves and protcges-men who
never shed sweat except for unmerited hon
ors and emouments-tQth the Offices
If the Press computations about dirt
had been apparent several weeks ago it
would have been spared eating little of ii
this week We remember quite distinctly
when it was very favorably disposed to the
use of stereotype !" also when it suddenly
thought itself much superior to some OF its
contemporaries because it was printed
wholly at home :" and then how it actually
improved itself by using stereotype; :" and
now it is again the best paper in the coun-
ty" because half of it is not printed at
home" This is an illogical story, bat it is
Press autobiography.
After all this it pretcnds to guess that we
are mad or jealous" Mad at what p
Jealous" of what? The Press or anybody
or anything attached TO it ?-its history p
its reputation, deserved or undeserved?
Never, no, never NOT while life, reason, or
pity lasts We have no ambitions, hopes,
or prospects, which the Press can impair or
destroy, OF fears it can enhance! Mad! y
jealous" If these are "fattering unc-
tions" clay them not" etc; they are spectres
that cheat little souls.
Now, would it not be well for the Press
to permit us to go along as of yore and have
our say about its propositions for the public
good ?--to commend them when they seem
wise, and to burlesque them when they are
absurd This is our privilege and a large
part of our duty, and we mean to preserve it, !
THE statesmen have done their work we'll |
They have joined in Il petition to which no
one to whom it is addressed can take eX-
ception. 1t is respectful appeal for a
short abatement of their present contnc
ment to the exhaustive routine or monoto-
ny of daily work. No merchant can rca-
sonably decline accoding to it,
If the statesmen have committed an error
at all i'll the matter, it is in the time. Eight
o'clock is too late for the purposes sought
in the movement. Seven, or halfpast sew
Ell at most, would have answered their re
creative wants better, and, when accustom-
I'd to it. the merchants would soon fancy no
more hardship from it. In localities where
the stores are closed at early hours seven
is generally the hour as giving the most
favorable and seasonablc opportunity for
preparation for the evenings enjoyment
Let the statesmen go on. They have the
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