Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-03-04

Editors Beacon This week has
been more than usually interesting IN
the law making department OF the State.
the session was disposed OF, viz: the
mortgage bill. II will be borne in mind
that when this motion was first intro
duced, its opponents endeavored TO cre--
ate sensation by FASTING bills on the
walls representing poor man with his
house on his back placarded with the va
rious taxes, such as ''county tax, Estate
tax" "wateF tax" ''gas tax" and last
", mortgage tax" This poor man,
together with his poor wife, with an
infant in her arms and little boy
about sax years Of age, all with shackles
around their ankles, the poor man in an
attitude of prayer before rich man in
an easy chair, and by the side Of ta-
bic with several large bags Of gold, the
poor man begging The rich man tOloan him
money TO pay his debts, but the rich
man informs him that be cannot have
the money except on mortgage, and
not even then unless he agrees To pay
The mortgage tax. But all this only
made the friends Of the bill wax strong
er, and the opponents were compelled
10 doff their disguise, and when this was
done, il was clearly shown that the rich
men, who held mortgages, were the
real opponents of the bill. There was
a lively scuffle in the House on Thurs
day over the bill between MIR. Cox and
Mr.. Bannon. Mr.. B. offered many dIi-
atory motions, but was worsted in eve
nv case, and after little lull in the pro-
ceedings, Mr.. Bannon moved to strike
out the enacting clause, and upon being
nut, resulted 43 Tor and 80 against the
motion, SO the bill was beheaded and
finally lost. During the little recess,
Mr.. Bannon canvassed the House and
learned the sense thereof. The mort
gage bill and the State bounty bill, be-
lieve, were the only matters of general
interest acted upon during the week,
but there were great many local bills
passed. A joint resolution for the re-
lief of Col. Jno. III. Sothoron was passed
asking Congress to look into his claim
for damages sustained during the war
by reason of his farm being occupied by
the government authorities. The tenn
perance committee seems TO be doing
very little for the cause. II seems to be
very tardy in reporting anything of gem
erai or local interest. The chairman Of
the oyster committee, Mr.. Legg, who
has been absent from the Legislature
for several weeks on account OF serious
illness, returned to bis place in the
House on Thursday. He was cordial
ly received by the members of the
House. The members of his commit
tee were delighted to have him take his
place as chairman again, because he is
in full sympathy with the tongsmen on
either side of the Bay, and with his as
sistance we are in hopes of getting a
good law. The Governor has made on!
his nominations for the various positions
in the State, the most important Of
which are the tobacco inspectors. In
consequence of the delegation from
Anne Arundel county failing to agree
on o man that county gets no inspector.
The gentlemen appointed are rs follows:
Leo. III. Hayden. Of st. Mary's; Alex
ander Somerville, of Calvert; F. A..
Bayne. of Prince Georges; Peter Haw-
kins, of Charles, and Isaac M. benson.
of Baltimore. A large delegation OF
butchers waited on The Governor on
Thursday and protested against the re-
peaiing Of the abattoir act. These
gentlemen represent the fat ofthe land.
SE-vARG.