Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-06-14


Correspondents r shs Beaeon-)
OtxvstrE, June Il. 1877 2
MaA XksSj i ;eves oec
70 yer sSllus 1sse o tAst thsss-
iosrtAss - 49, vsse pa;d'ly per
soss ss -, - ~ 80 60
the a. sss3P ~ iasss1ee. Il IaaJ-
lord = - -. istepest. rear and
tear - t6s t1,l1snes 10 lie smosnt Of
rent charged. esseqyealy the whole
amount & psid 81 TIE tenant. The mer-
chant. vAsa - lnhrs tIe matter ofpro-
Ct into coa.5sr.Gfoa, (Which i the most
inpoortast trsssk u rs tssinsssJ. be
.saEs@llx enaai1nu hia-sweaaea. saeh
= ifeiskt. drsyage. license, travelling
exPeaseA iasersaes pseniups and bis
tases. 11suslt>s - sasise snossAs
psis - ths essssness - kis vsses To-
discssnisstely. s.. that 4 O were {
blacksmith End I . tanner. while he was
hammesing - e1peasss ont otk1 Gus
TONERS. wosra esdsavoe tostan the
hides Of the wsu1sss Of shoe leather II
they refssed e pay mine. II would
ssem therefore = Be IN sct Of great
isjuseics % 49, ass-tsx-payiss peo-
pie 10 bslls1o1s then out e. their
voice in $500 20 nationally con-
Germs them. A. %E 70 look forw.stl
to the enactmest Of . law which would
so completely curb the ambition Of the
sons Of toll and sti6e the hope Of their
ofspring' Surely civilization i. retro
grading. Do not Americas noble sons
boast Of their republican form ofgovern-
ment which secures to the majority
(when properly ascertained) the control
Of their public institutionss The bone
and sinew Of the county are not pre-.
pared for The shock which . restricted
franchise would bring upon them' o
speaks Of Commissioners Fenw,ck an
Alvey As being the only representatives
Of the material interest of the county,
and urges their reelection upon the
grouad that they separated 50 nobly
from the other members of the Court
upon all matters where the party separ-
ated, and where the officers of the conn.
ty in their gift were given to parties in
opposition to the interest of the tax
payers Of the county. How unfortu-
nately for these gentlemen that they
could not discover more honorable
ground for separation! I believe the
Court stands . unit upon al matters Of
interest to .thescounty. But If o i'm
AGNES that Democrats are the only tax
payer Of the county and that they are
so poorly represented in the court, I viii
assure him that if one Of the Commits
sioners above named had not received
the support which he did from the re-
publican party in his own and other dis
tricts, he would not be able to lay claim
10 the Office he now fills. But I will
just here remark that the Commission
ers' Court Is q body has been grossly
misrepresented in the matter of ..ex-
cessiye taxation" The present Court
found the county largely in debt. The
very last act Of the retiring Board was
to pledge the county's faith for the pay
ment of $4,000 to, Mr.. John Parsons,
who would not wait for his money any
longer, since he not been returned. The
county roads were in Z, terrible condi-
tion. Notwithstanding this., road bills
were pouring into the Court c. adjust
ment. Large taxpayers, lsDh as Dr..
J: NJ. Bronze, urged the Commissioners
to build . bridge over the creek at St.
Mary's City. The people in the Fac
tory district had long felt the need Of a
school house. which was supplied. The
Circuit Court and Grand Jury represent
ted TO the Board the necessity Of build
ing county Jail. matter conceded by
all to have been needed for years, yet
had been neglected BY many preceding
Courts. A large sum had to be levied
for the payment Of the Assessors and
that moders political economical inren.
fion, the grand but unique Reviewing
Board, instituted 1t the instance and on
behalf Of the material interest of the
county, which could not be neglected.
And oil this in addition to the regular
expenses Of the county, which, as a
matter of course, swelled The rate oftax-
alton from 80 cts. to 8 - on The e10O.
As regards the county ol6cers. without
one exception, they are taxpayers and
some Of them large ones. and If they
discharge their. Offices faithfully, il is
impossible for the tax-paying interest
to suffer. II they do not, the county
has recourse On their respective bonds.