Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1879-10-18

large and oucht to be diminished,
and that The compensation allowed
them is excessive and ought to be re-
ducsd by law.
7. That the expenses of the foI ced
collections of taxes by levy and sale
and the commissions allowed to bail
ifs s. ould be cut down, and that an
effec Ial remedy should be provided
ior the taxpayer to meet the many
cases of UNI ust ver-asse5sment of his
property.
s. That the expenditures of the
S ate government should be lessened,
and its direct taxes largely reduced =,
and that he needful revenues should
be as far as possible raised by indirect
taxation.
g. That the government should
faithfully perform its pledges ma to
the Union soldiers at time Of enlist
ment, especially that they receive one
hundred and sixty acres Of land in
fee simple on being discharged, and
an equitable payment Per month, Of
each soldier according to the value cf
the legal tender dollar at the time Of
service.
10. That such laws should be en-
acted by the Legislature as will secure
proper ventilation and other sanitary
regulations of all enclosures whersin
manual labor is performed.
IL. That prison convict labor shall
never come in competition with free
labor by the contract system under
any means.
- That debts due for labor per-
formed shall be entitled to equally as
stringent remedies for enforcement as
any remedy tolerated by the State for
the enforcement of any other debt.
Is. That any person who offers to
| buy or does purchase vote, or any
person who shall intimidate a voter,
shall be DISTINGUISHED.
IA. That the laborer is worthy of
his hire, therefore equal payment
should be made for like labor per-
formed.
Is. That a more rigid scrutiny
should bs made into the management
| of the public schools; the number end
qualification of teachers, and the al
lowance of the salaries paid to them;
unnecessary cost of the construction
of school edi6ces, and all superauous
expenses should be avoided, and in
the selection of school commission
ers entire independence of party in
hnence should be maintained.
l6. By the reductions and reforms
which we propose very large an
nual saving can be effected and the
rate of taxation be brought to a lower
figure than has prevailed in this
county for many years.
II. By vicious and reckless ad-
mlnistration of public affairs we have
seen our industries crippled and our
people reduced to want and misery.
Neither Of the old political parties
offers any relief, but on the contrary
are responsible for this sad state of
things, having legislated invariably
in the interests of the few at the ex-
pense of the many, and against land
| and labor, which are the source OF all
wealth.
We call upon the people of Allie
gany county, in the name oil the Ne
tiolal Greenback- Labor Citizens and
Taxpayers party to free themselve J
from taese political evils and restore
to US the precious rights tequeathed
to US by our patriotic fcrefathers.
The committee also reported list
of candidates for nomination, but
there was objection to this and the
list was withdrawn.
Nominations for the House Of Del
egates were tax ken up first and the fol-
lowing persons were named: Albion
Coles, of No. 8; VIM Broder lex, Of
No. Is; Benjamin Thomas, Of No. II;
J. B. Oder, of No. IL, and 7. +. Me-
Cardell, Of No. IA.
Mr.. Oder's name was received with
loud and prolonged cheers.
The first ballot resulted IS follows:
Coles-Nos. s, 10, 12, II, Is, 5, 9-To-
tai, Z,
Broderick-s, 4, G, 10, 12, 13, Ii. IA, 8,
15-Total, TO-
Thomas-4, 6, 10, 14-Total, 4.
Oder-S, ga, 10, 10, 10, II, 8, IA, Is, S
Total, II.
McCardell-s, 4, 6, 10, 12, IS, II, IA, 10,
Q, 5-Total, II.
Messrs. McCardell, Oder, Brodcrick
and Coles were declared the nou inesR.
On motion Of Joseph Logsdon, the
executive committee was authorized
to fill any vacancies that might arise
in the ticket.
DR.. J. Jones Wilson was nominated
by John Hendley for clerk Of the
court, and the nomination was made
by reclamation.
J. G. Lynn was nominated for fher-
if by E. Spate. Joseph Logsdon was
also named but declined in favor Of
Mr.. Lynn, whose nomination was
made unanimous.