Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-01-28
The Knight of Cracklin.

Mr.. Editor :--If Mr. Allen Bowie Davis
ever entertained kindly sentiment toward
any Democratic official OF this county, the
fact has not been made known 10 The public.
OF him it may be truly said, as of Ishmael,
the wild man of old, that HE hand has been
against every man and every mans hand
against him. IT has not been forgotten that,
shortly after the close OF The late civil war,
he measured lance with our resident Judge,
and that the words and phrases then banded
we're not of the honeyed sort that lover
usually addresses TO his mistress. On The cou-
trary, the harshest epithets and charges of the
gravest character were avishly interchanged,
the sufferer" ronndly accusing the knight
Of being instrumental in procuring his arrest
and Imprisonment in Federal camp. Many
unexpected events have happened since this
rencounter, among which it may be mentioned
that community OF interests has latlerly
transformed these comOatants into political
bed-iellows having
1.-TWO souls with but a single thought
Two hearts thai beat as one"
few years ago, This same redoubtabIy
knight bore down upon our worthy Clerk Of
the Circuit Court and our venerable Register
of wills very much after tie fashion OF his
| lllustrious prototype in bis battle with the
wind-mills, and labored, at IL vast expendi-
iure Of paper and ink, TO convince the pr ople
of the county that these officials were annual
ly appropriaiing to their own use large sums
Of the public money. The people, however,
| hardened their hearts and obstinately refused
to be convinced. lis next tilt, if | mistake
not, was al tie son of his former adversary
in the contest for senatorial honors when
third candidate suddenly appeared in the field
and bore off the coveted prize OF his recent
thrusts at the President and Secretary of the
late School Board, the State Senator, the
| States Attorney and the Board OF County
Commissioners ii is not my purpose now TO
write, nor to name others who have been hon.
ored with the public confidence but whom the
distempered imagination of the knight has
converted into enemies Of the county's well
| fare.
Happening to be ia Rockville on the day
the newly appointed members of the School
Board met for organization, | was an atten-
i've observer OF all that occurred in and about
the Court House. During The previous week
surmises had been rife as 10 the purpose of the
change Of the Board, but on his day it was
| generally agreed that al Interior object was
/ TO oe accomplished, and that the Examiner
would be required 10 step down and out This
| opinion ripened into certainty when one of he
appolnlees declared that he was compelled 10
vote for preacher White because he was under
obligations 10 the Bouics. 1t is due, however.
10 this gentleman 10 say that what little man
hood he possessed did for II short time ieebly
assert itself under pressure, and that he APP
pied to the States Attorney TO write his res
ignation. After so long time the three
gentlemen met together and organized, ad
lourning late in the afternoon, and closed the
labors of the day by going before the Clerk OF
the Circuit Court on their way home and sub
scriblng TO the oath of Office. Before they
erected their organization, petition signed
by every man, woman and child, through
their representatives in every department OF
the county government, declaring that any
change in the Office of Examiner would be a
gross outrage against the public sentiment was
presented to them. No protest. could be more
emphatic or more unmislakable than this, and
yet Mr.. Davis and his colleagues had the
hardlhood to disregard it, This, then, was
the first indignily offered to he county in this
matter, aud il was offered in the person of the
so-called School Board. Having thus defed tie
people, it is not surprising that The people
should defy them. They sowed the wind and
they are reaping the whrWind
II was 10 wipe out this indgnily aad IT.
par, us iar as possible the wf ug inflicted
upon the county that the inierpssiiloa ( iat
Courts was Invoked and al the same .iase 3D..
rest The whole fabric OF the school s.steirit,.-
a iirm and secure foundation. ihu, ruthlus
each aud every County Board TO uiain..ia al
the rights with which The Legislator Dr.
signed To invest u. <Fhit this can nos ga,
done under the prescu, law Mr. Davi, ;nr-
self was assured bi The Abicsl jurisls in Bal
ilmore City This movement, therefore. ,,.ts
prosecuted in the interest OF the county and
State, and as one of the many who gave il
their encouragement and support | have no
apology TO offer. Wy uuly rtgrei is thar. a.
the question OF the consIjlufi .u5lity tr Oh.