Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1880-11-13

FoRdERIrs in this campaign have
Jared badly, and the politicians who
committed them have been "hoist by
their own petard." The Morey let
ter fell far, very far, short of defeat
ing Gen. Garfield, and the Beltzhoover
letter was followed by an increase of
952 on his majority Of two years ago.
CURIoUs.-Did the voters Of Allegany
county in the late election mean to indi-
cate that they had an eye to the fitness OF
things? They voted / ,0s7 majority against
the prohibition of liquor, and at the same
tine, by 1886 majority, for building an in
sane asylum in the county.--Baltimore
Sun.
Leaving in doubt any necessary
or invariabls connection between the
use of liquors and INSANITY, it is diff
cult to find in an analysis of the vote
any bearing of either upon the othsr.
Men who voted for license voted also
both for and against the asylum and
men who voted against license divided
in the same way. The Fitness OF
things" if any, is therefore tangled in
and all through the maze of economi-
cal caprices which frequently disiin-
guish expressions of the popular will.
The defeat of the local ring candi-
date for comptroller in Philadelphia
has led to movement towards form
ing great independent association
in that city which will vote against
all bad candidates, irrespective of
party. We have heard of similar
movement proposed in Allegany
county, but how such compact can
be more effective than the present
system Ct choosing the lesser evils is
difficult to determine. The lessons
taught by the people seem, however,
to be lost upon the politicians, for
year after year they repeat history.
The only true, right, effective way to
remedy the evil of bad nominations
is for every patriotic voter to make it
labor of love and duty to attend
and work at the primary meetings Of
his party, These are the fountain
heads of every political evil with
which we are am cted, and it is very
much more important to cleanse and
keep clean the sources of political
movement than to attempt it after
ward at the polls. The racers who
leave the track at the start have a
poor show to win.
In the late campaign we have seen
men of both parties taking an interest
who never before went to the same
lengths. This is all right; but wee desire
to warn them that next fall a juncture
of considerable importance will arrive
and duty to themselves will dictate
an almost supreme interest in politics.
Independent association" to put
down bad candidates may be imprac-
ticable, but the nomination of coed,
capable men by each party is not. To
effect this the presence. participation
and active work at the primaries OF
those who have hitherto held aloof
therefrom is indispensable. 1t may
be at thi, early day put down for q
prophecy that the party which best
does this work will achieve the most
complete success.
THE insane asylum carried by hand
some majority. Frostburg gerry anacisely
gave q majority against it.-Frostburg
Journal.
Which means, We suppose, that the
vote may be 'cast up" to Frostburg when
she puts in her claim (already incubatedD
for the location of the asylum.-Cumbcr-
land Ne,cs
Hardly. 1t is not fair to Suppose"
our Commissioners will be controlled
by a consideration SO irr relevant. II
Frostburg appears to them the health
lest, brightest, best location for the
institution, it is not likely they will
look back to the fact that in a gener-
al way Frostburg was opposed to IT'S
establishment any,Ohere. The loca-
ton was not in issue. Had it been
and Frostburg had voted against it
because it would probably be built
here, then, and only then, would we
have been estopped from putting in
a claim"
All that was accomplished here in
favor of the Asylum was done by the
JOURNAL. The opposition was active