Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1879-10-30
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Hear Eoth sides!
We think We have right to complain ihal
correspondents writing IN the interest Of the re-
publican ticket and against certain Dominses on
the democratic, should have 80 tined their COM
mnncations ne either TO cut OF reply b. others
before election or devoIye Il upon us ~ time
when our attention inust necessarily be eugrossed
by the cares and exaetions involved in the pre-
partition and make up Of a county paper on the
week preceding an election Our disposition,
however, to give I'll sides full showing hasin-
duced Us % admit these communications % pub
lication, and we do II, making response 70 such
points OF our party opponents as are Of local in
brgst an appear 70 Us 10 demand promP, re-
ply.
In the first place we think that failure on
the part Of Enquirer to accept the invitation
Of Mr.. Morgan to inspect tbe-rc,orls in his office
argues something not altogether right There
is one way Of finding out things Of such public
nature and eFen universal report cannot apollo
gize for missia,emcnt. Enquirer" we learn
from Mr.. Morgan, has failed TO make any
inspection, and while charging equigocation,
reiteraies The assertions IN bis first card. We
have inspected TIC records Ia the Office Of Coun
missioners and positively rs.ert lie following
TO &c facts: Ist that Mr. Bond has been paid to
the present timc Int 50 per month under the
contract, signed in June, 1873. The rent i still
standing charged 10 him, and will only be re-
licycd, we are informed, at the end Of the year,
upon ire performance of certain conditions then
10 be settled As proof that the present
Board do not intend to extend Mr. Bond any
fayoritism this question of rent viii be iel 10
the incoming Board, he il republican or demo-
cratic to Dc tlat which the interesteaf the coun-
g and TIE justice Of the case nav demand.
greater portion Of "Bnquires's' card is
taken up with an argument Of interest On the
par, Of SIR. Morgan. This, wt think, should
not enter into the question. We suspect that
Mr.. Morgan viii not deny this inisrest nor will
the taxpayers Of tie county Tie would have
hscn rcinss had he not have rrfuled a charge so
utterly groundless.
The taxpayer who said bis tax bil would lie
as large this year as ever is either woFu.ly igno-
rant or be has no taxes 10 pay We pay alittle
taxes ourselves, and We know that our ax-hill is
IS per cent. lower and il cannot be possible that
any flvoritism has been extended 10 "a.
In regard to the additional per ceniage 10 be
added by the collector, we have nothing % say.
The law requires it, and really II is but snail
item, not over per cent. in the rate A common
error is abroad, tGnd one into which "Repub-
lican falls) in regard to this commission. II is
thought that the 3 per Ger g. in 1873 and The per
ccnir in sra are 20 lie added 20 the county raie.
This is not so. Il is only per centage on the
regular county rate, and il Republican will
take iss two years and add them together, he
will discover that saving has been made TO the
county. even in this item. I. is clear then that
, added 10 50 is not l22, the rate Of 1876, and
that the knowing Taxpayer IS mistaken.
The card Of Republican, after touching On
the question Of per eentase 10 collectors, pre-
tends to answer some points made ia edito-
rial OF ours in our last issue. lie says that the
deficiency Of the Republican Board ofS270O,
which had to be provided for, was borrowed,
in part, from the preceding Board, but Re
publican" forgets that the Board ofisTs and
70, was also Republican, and if be will examine
the records, rs We have, he will discover that
there has been a system of borrowing from pre-
eeding Republican Boards since 1879, the FIRST
year Of Republican rule "Republican' is mis-
taken when he states that,his deficiency dates
hazel, TO Democratic rule The county expenses
in 1872 were sea, 500, ono hundred dotisrs
less than in 1879. Tie deficiency, then. hasac-
crued since that year. lie mskes point on
additional advantages giyen the new BosTd.
under the law Of 1878 in regsri 10 repairing
public roads "Repghlican" is in error here
again. The law Of 1875 gave the present Board
no greater rights than belonged to the preoed-
ing Board II anything, they were restricted by
It, The question Sfthe Aims Hosfse has already
been touched upon 4 reduction Of s0Oper cent.
in this item Is a sufficient argument, aud speaks
more ioreihiy 20 Tic taxpayers than sny shing
we could SAY. IN conclusion We have bnt to
aid that IT Tie present Board Of County CoE-
naissioneFs have found cut lie sesret Of paying
county charges without; calling on the ;sx-pay-
srs tor lew, then they have immorialized
themselves, and they instead Of running for
County Commissioners here should nPply, and
certainly would receive, enormous salaries, 10
impart the wonderful discovery to Other States
and municipal eorpora;ians. Trey have done
even more than discover the philosc pher'sssoR