Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1880-01-08

that the fnHi0 aFtacte ] wrote - 0Pp1~a-
tion 10 changes ia The preseEt school
law would provoke the nncourteous re-
ply Il has from Mr. Holmes. for ] said
nothing personal of o. disrespeeffnl Of
him. / presvne, howeveF. L was my
references to certain facts connected
with The administration Of the school
law IN this county rejecting credit upon
The Board which 50 provoked the gen
tIeman's ire, and caused hlm 20 charge
me with changing my views to subserve
nv purposes. Either IL was this or the
gentleman Is aware Of acting from such
standpoint himself. !. q, or changing
his views 10 subserve his purposes. and
therefore il unwilling to attribute .
w0rfhier motive ia others. My views,
however, With regard to the school law
are the same now that they have al-
ways been. Where was he about four
wears ago when he stood up in the
Teachers' Institute and in an essay
carefully written spoke in such eloquent
and laudatory terms Of the administers
ton Of The school laws Truly has views
have undergone q change! He tells
us, however, that ssthe financial condi-
ton Of The school oficc il due to the
exertions Of the late Benz. Tippelt, I"
etc. Giving Mr.. Tippett ell due credit.
Il is well known that neither be nor any
other Exsminer Gould do asabt @itlfh
out the sanction and approval Of and
by direction Of the Beard.
But since the gentlemen charges
others with changing their views to sub
serve their purposes, would ask, un-
der what political banner be fought un-
til shoit time previous to the late cleo
ton If my memory serves me cor
rectly he always claimed to be staunch
democrat. Where is he now Where
he has right 10 be of course. He says
that / need not disturb myself about
what 81. Mays county receives for ed
onafpurposes, etc., that ''poor men
can vote TO tar rich ones and poor coun-
tres the rich Counties" In addition,
will state that The rich counties have
ALSO been voting to tax themselves for
the benefit of the poor counties, and
this is the very state of things wish
to see continued, and which have been
writing in defense OF, but when those
rich counties see such expressions used
by one of the poor counties representa-
tives, as that Just quoted, their generos-
lty might not be proof against such
boasts, and they might vote that they
will be no longer taxed for the benefit
Of the poor counties, and being the more
numerous and powerful, they cannot be
so taxed without their consent.
The gentleman informs US that the
cost to the State of building aud main
tanning the different colleges and acad-
emies during the past six years. exclu-
sive Of ST. Johns and Baltimore Female
College, has been $500, 900 or 500.
900. have not had time 10 examine
the statistics in this matter. but would
ask the gentleman IL this county has re-
celved no favors from the State in the
recent pasta Do not Charlotte Hall
School and st. Mary's Female Semina-
nv each receive donations : and has the
gentleman forgotten The appropriation
by the Legislature to this county for in
ternal improvement purposes Of SLIP
900 not many years ago, which sem
was voted to a worthless railroad corpo-
ration, without security, by the elected
agents of the party be is now proud to
represents / write this not as oppos-
ing what st. Mary's receives-I would
be glad if she received ten times As
much, but in reply to The gentleman and
in favor of ''letting well enough alone.
The gentleman, however. tells as that
the people have decided there should be
change in the school system. In what
way have they so decided 7 Tpresume
he refers to his own election, but he
knows that those by whom he was main
ly elected were colored republicans
who voted Tor him, not because of has
opposition 10 the School Board or the
school Law. but because he was indoTs-
ed by and was the candidate of the re-
publican party. The great majority OF
the intelligent men Of the county and
of the democratic party voted against
him. This is shown by the fact that
while receiving all or nearly all the re-
publican vote, composed mostly oil COLI
ored men, he ran ahead OF bis ticket
but one or two hundred votes. So that
as far as his election Is concerned, II re-
suited in . triumphant vindication Of
the School Board and OF the present
school Law by those whose interest was
most involved ia the matter.
RegretHing. Messrs. Editors, the me-
cessity FOR this communication, which
the personality of your correspondent.
called forth. an