Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-09-21

AnV6s astannAU
nsmorsatie Csatrnl Comnailsse, foe g. Ma
sept u, Isss-zs re ceansy.
Or wHoM SPKAKErH THIS PRoPH-
rr?-Brothsr Cotton. in neofhis pub
locations, represents. thatOn one oCca-
sion, pending the naming Of the news
papers which were TO be selected to
publish the laws, he was approached
By an afectiOnate young man who, with
arm about The brothers neck. earn
estly and persuasively besOnght his
influence to have The journal which
this atfsctiOnate young man repre-
sented named a. one Of the papers to
do the work. We have forgotten
whether Brother Cotton named any
names in the publication. but some
how or other il has grown into gen.
eral belief that the afFectionate young
man in question was either editor or
part owner. and certainly q repre-
sentative Of the Hdgerstorn Maii.-
And more than this. it is being
bruitsd that the paper aforesaid, al
belt its present position Of furious OPP
position to the publication Of the laws
in the newspapers, realized about six
thousand dollars from this work dur
ing the years it did the printing and
that the iniquity Of the transaction
was made apparent to it about the
same time that the work was given
to another. OF course. if the thing
was wrong in itself, the fact that the
Null was p0rticeps cyinlssis does not
make it any better, and the paper is
mentioned here merely ito point q
moral" and to give emphasis to the
question which heads this notice. .'of
whom speaketh this Prophet p
OF the policy Ofpublishing the gen.
eral laws in the newspapers. we have
already more than once expressed our
selves. and as we have beef able to
find nothing in the Maa worth re-
plying 10 on this subject. and have
nothing new Of our own to offer, we
shall content ourselves with stating,
that the question is now practically
settled. or settled at least as far as
popular opinion. expressed by legis-
laiive action, can settle it. By
unanimous vote Of both branches of
our State Legislature. madeat italate
session, every democrat and every re-
pnbliCan in the House and Senate
voting afiirmatively, the sound policy
Of publishing tie general statutes in
the newspapers is made law Of the
State. the chief difference between the
present act and the one it repeats be-
i e. that the .marimHns amount to be
pail to eesh county paper shall not
exceed the sum Of six hundred dol
lars. So, the principle Of the publi-
cation Of the general laws in the news
papers is now both democratic and
republican doctrine, and therefore
Ts adjadieafa. the Nail and the Gov
error 70 the contrary nOtwithstand-
ing.
On the subject Of the hostile atti
tude Of ths BEACON. and of the dem
ocratic press generally. towards Gov.
Hamilton, we have a few words Of
explanation TO offer. Pending his
nomination and election to the gov
ernerahip. he never opened his lips
aabout the democratic press. except to
praise its exertionz in helping him to
Office. No word was spoken BY him.
or for him, which indicated that he
cherished other than the kindest and
most grateful feelings towards tie
Journals which were wOrking-lats and
early. and a. il turned out, effective
" IN his behalf. Certainly no feeling
of hostility on the Giovernor's part
towards the press vas ever dreamed
Of by any democratic Journalist. II
was. thsn. : great SURPRISE 70 hen
sshen hey egst hsara. ailsr bis election
I'D inauepration. thai be was opposed
e the publication Of the laws in the
nsusp spers. Many newspaper man
aesrs then thought That ths Govern-
o. was shout TO mako war upon them
and at regarded his clsnFas = Iuiva.
mt "a getting goods ilndkr - pre-
tenceg. but a. che policy 4 publish
ing ths laws was then N open one.
no one asssiled him until h thought
ii q add insult 70 deception and 70
describe the press ID terns bar :