Montgomery County sentinel., 1877-05-25
Letters from the People.

Mr.. Editor The communication OF ''Mr.
Bphraim Plowman,h of "Rocky Ridge
under the caption Of "More Sense in the Leg
lslatnre is certainly entitled TO some notice,
if for no other reason than HAT be seems 10
manifest such deep interest in the affairs Of
our county and SAYS 'as nohody else dom I
seem willing 10 do il ! am goin' to say some,
thing on the subject"
/ From what motive this great interest springs
be leaves US TO conjecture. From bis cogno-
men we might suppose him TO be a tiller Of the
| soil and heavy taxpayer hut am rather
! inclined to think be is kind Of ledagouge,
whose horse, being a wooden one, will neither
! ''pull this State" nor pull him before the peo-
| pie to make its laws, though Dame RGmor
/ has it, he has long been aspirant for Leg
/ slative honors
/ His first question as 10 what our members
/ did for the county at the last session Of the
| Legislature, he attempts 70 answer in the para
| graph, by charging that "they went with the
| hal-bred reform party to investigate the Gov
ernor election" and "tryin't turn Governor
Carroll out by putting J. Morrison Harriss
| in This charge is absolutely false. 1t is
true the members from this county, with some
of Governor Csrrollt best friends from other
| parts Of the State, considered it the ksesl
! policy to investigate and by thus investigating,
I clear tie escutcheon Of Governor Carroll Of all
suspicion, and taking this view of the case,
| they honestly voted for the Investigation, be-
leving that a full and fair investigation would
result in establishing his election beyond all
doubt. Had they done otherwise they would
have acted in like manner with the electoral
mission who placed Hayes fraudlently in the
presidential chair without either fair invcsti-
CATION or authority.
AS to the charge Of advising all Democrats
to vote for Carroll, it is conceded that all true
Democrats will and should support the nom-
nees, but we fear from Mr.. Plowman's own
admission he is about taking new departure,
and that be is IN all probability in sympathy
with the new administration party" which
appears TO be composed of few dislppoiated
Office seeking reHegdde Democrats and those
old Federaiss who allowed their prejudices 10
get Tho better of their Judgment and unite
with any party in opposition TO Democracy.
In regard to the big meeting held in the
Court House, asking for law to give Ms a
County Treasurer or Collector, had he been
conversant with the present law he would
have known that it provides for the appoint
ment by the County Commissioners Of one or
more collectors for each county.
As TO the laws that were passed at the
session it is but'just to our members TO say
that all matters emanating from the people,
either by petition or otherwise, were laid be-
fore the House of Delegates and action taken
thereon and we think it singular fact that
one so very deeply interested, as Mr. Plowman
processes 10 be, and who considers himself so
eminently qualified to frame laws for his ie-
low citizens, did not give our members the
benefit of his wise counsel and intelligent
suggestions and advised them what laws they
should pass and we have no doubt had he
been member of that body he would have
immortalized himself and would have pulled
the State through as well MS himself by the
straps of his boots.
No doubt he sees in himself the picture of
all that is good and great; but if we could
only see ourselves as others see u.s. he might
find himself transformed into a s,Hall animal
with long ears and Of the color Of "mce."
As am farmer and feel somewhat inter-
es ted in the affairs Of own county, .ihought
] would drop you these few lines in viudica-
ton of our brother farmers who represented
us in the last Legislature, and as am not
much OF n letter-writer you will please excuse
this, Mr.. Editor, and allow me to bid brother
Plowman respectful adieu.
Truly yours, MRDLEY's