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

ceed 81 once 70 nave tne law passed Dy
petihony to the General Assembly.
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-a,s sLCoENvNsATED.A 4
el sssGCzrMrrrss BAY, 'Feb. n 1878.
|, .NesTs,s EaSiorss y dee pinsiEs right
of -. Ameriesn Ereemsn % pcriliciselhe
aets.pf hisH fellew-men. partsealaFlt
~he6 6shey attempt 60 srrOgate 70 them
Selves povets Which they do b not d pos
sess, ! would respectfully ask . smsll
space IN the cOlsrkns Of Jour paper, not
alone for the mere purpose Of fcriticisrn,
bat also to1st ithe. majority Of the peo-
ple-the iaborihg class Of our county
know what ia going on at the wOuld Be
founiaia head<4srxs l1so-1-g resl a'ss
1.-The writer of this Witnessed 4 meet
ing, composed Of some Of the best men
o. our, county, on Tuesday, 2s.h ult..
ior. the purpose of recommending legis-
latiou for retrenchnent genefaily.H A
committee Of seven having agreed upon
> report the question, was uROn the
adoption in Con ventioa of said report.
Ifseems that thsiC CohssBtioa ne vefwas
nor intended to be Stetfian thitty.five
members, ff6m the taet that at ono time
Of the proceedings On the adoption Of
the Committees repOff, when those
csher than the isfrsy.fre fhe ring),
whose interests were IT stake. Hon. B.
G. H, at their head, commemorate
slaughter their several items, IL was de-
cided by the presiding ,oficersthat none
but the riag Thirty five were entitled
10 a voice, which brought my friend B.,
of the 9Th election district, mot one of
the ring) who had been participating in
the proceedings, to the front actually
apologising for having thus participated.
II was then, aud not until then, that a
second thought more equitable entered
the craniums OF some of the ring, when
it was, proposed and adopted to allow
those (pEesentl outside, ofsaid ring. q
voice, after which, outsiders took but
little interest in the proceedings, as did
many Of the ring when some ofits mea-
sures, were shown to be unwholesome
and ,impracticahle. Because when she
most important item--the road question
l--(as acknowledged by themselves twas
up Cor final Iadoption, Abe house being
very much thinned (aboht halfithe ring
being presently il was movedrby one ol
its fossHeF .stFong adsbcatesst 30 "quash"
6avsaid read items ut which timed be-
came Disguised and 1lell helieyungthe
imovess swonld, ard j. afterwards learned
did. sueceed IN having . mel pres. en-
tered. BE-. al1 sa.x.Eisd c'sIsai sssaes
Now I propose iakiag up some OF The
items and see if they are digestibIes
Firss, but not least on the list, stands
NE, Jprymsn. aCut him OF one-fSfth ~
Nows Mr.. Jurymans ois "a lpdlatzble to
lose, oRe.fiilh of feed and lodging for
yourself and dhorse D. / think not be-
cause, in fendering decisions, (although
andef oaih) yOn might not give due
weight etoa the matter before YOU, and
precipitate matters one-fiith on aecount
of losing each one-6ith meal and nights
rest. rca5s4zni sua.f9Ig i.Fofliu 8-ai
Messrs BaililEs. are y6u willing 70
losc ione-fifth Of your per diem 2 4
think nss, you :cannot afford 20 leave
yenr growing crops for the pittance %.
Messrss Judges oil the Orphans, Court,
iit is proposed 10 kalrs yon. Your de-
cisions hereaiier will be worth Just -.
The two ends or the Court House, be.
ing present and taking para neither pro
nor con, IlwIll net attempt their defence.
But Il really DC, sympathixe with ycu,
Mr. sSheriff, Cor 4 don't believe your
thoiisand and nfe iaaionty ever intend
ed that you should Be slaughteTedin IN the
manner proposed by the would be law
makers of to-day. The proposition TO
allow the SheriG thirty cenis per day as
sufficient instrumentation for . prisoners .
fare.lis one that no fsir-mindedE citizen
can aceept when everything pertaining
10 the -earsa Of prisoner Is taken into
consideration. The Sheriff tells me
that he has TO keep servant for che
espeeialsPsTpose slof attending TO the
prisonersaa and ress0vating the jail. &c.
OF course, the serssnt qnsust Be led and
paid, .and -alls this. isato be. dehe with
ihif1y csatss ) q aoI't want ipunder-
stood fhai sdvocsts the payment of
ike Gherzl7ss servant oat Of the eountv's
money.bus itis nstursl toisapp0se slsat
The Sheriff will consider the amount si-
ldwed ardfeea scrosdineiys Thenwoe
beiozths prisoaer Who enters the Pos-