Saint Mary's beacon., 1878-02-08

Seaeh Won, Mr.. CLERK 10 the Commi
sioners' Coars. and must say you hs
nren completely qgRriered aaa !
sy is 81 = Il. .
&in Of Be CSuf Ioa fhe neki
.lera reskh i ! veg IHrpFtaat ONE
Iks Bile ioh Of lke loci lasss. IA
Ne 2ssss 81 see fh6 avs ~ pFints f.,
asst assuFedIy we do. How. IN coln-
f.s0u eAe. arn we 20 be c0nverxant
s;fh :. .Is& We never see ifs Again:
sonld l ever be 50 unfortunate a. to be
- inmats Of our jail and friend Smith
s1aaId come with his half loaf, would
e. him,-by=what sush8Fisy he wiEh-
heidB the other half, and should he not
b reed %ftli bis SsEk6rily lin print.
his nasal organs would Be sadly fstten-
- ieains sh0uia the f0aIi supesxis'
So visil me IN nv harvest Geld and say,
s.k0ine, would lie to know hR what
aQshofily "a eome-y. sBefare leaving
this subject lesnnot refrain from saw
ing fA9k yon. Me- -ee-E Edisers defended
your carse like . hero. D0n't Be. dis
hesftened.s Ahhoukh completely shorn
q youf head yours mas, just esuse and
reserves the epdorsement uf all
moo sense .meR- Now.ior the Jadgek
and Clerks al elections. II isiprop0sed
q confne said lodges and Clerks loene
dank with one exception, sihe TeAaFhi
How can this be dane With the
isEaS Hst ofgvoteFs befor9 rs 2 q thkes
% daT 90 receise the vetes. one 20
n and one to make cut Ahe re-
fpfp. This i : ronpmdrum lhat am
nof sble 70 fathom and must give Il up.
Lm4st, Tor Want Of time and space. pass
over. some OF the ,iiems Recommended
an not wprtky Of mach potiee and reach
that aIl-Ihportant subiect-@-sbe road
item, II, was proposed by the immertaI
Hirfy-frf, that 81 able-b0died male cit
izens, Within. the, limits OF St.yhfary's
county who had arrived at the age Of
q years should do days work on the
public roads Of said eounty or pay slim
Len thereof Penslty for- Ron-eOmpli-
ance-$2, or, 90 to jail 10 Be sfRTCed.)
Now, Messrss Editors, this uhwaEranf-
able and imRracticsble proposition meant
legislation for the masses Of the people.
and / think the masses should have been
consulted and heard upon .. subject
Of sueh vital importance. lid the So
called Taxpayers Convention meet By
the authority Of The nassess .Hso, |
am yet 70 learn II. They may say they
met BY the authority OF The taxpayers.
By the authority Of q few they may have.
but by the majority. deny and should
they say by the authority Of the people,
doubly deny il. consider il would
Be equally as Legitimate to pass law
requiring men to keep your fencing up
and gf6b your fields as to pass road
law with that Obnoxious feafure-com-
pulsofy labor, init. Good roads enhance
ibei value OF real estate, good fencing
and a clean field enhance the value Of
Il. Who owns the real estates II Is
certainly not thenon-taxpayer. Another
thing. If we are to baye compulsory
labor, let il be in proportion TO amount
or value Of property owned. Then, in
deed, would. the words of the President
Of the taxpayers Conyention-"Asw we
are equal before The law, we should bear
a fair (proportionate y share Of the bur-
thehs of the governmept"-be verified.
II is strange that The so-calIed Conven-
tion, after having exhausted itself upon
rctrenchment. did not go into morality,
advocating "locai option" another sub
ject that Concerns the masses OF the peo-
pie. Now a word TO the wise would
not I think be out OF place. Our hon.
ored representatives,. at, Annapolis. be-
fore making any radical. change. in the
local affairs Of our county. should con-
spIt the wishes Of her people, not felr;
but all, Tor ] would be grieyed to hear
Of them casting a stain upon their we'll
earned reputation that might not be cas-
ily erased. They should understand
that though they sit npop the. throne,
there is spcwer behind it.. -
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