The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-07-22
JOHNS TOWN, July 18th 1882.

JOHNS TOWN, July 18th 1882.
ED. REPUBLICAN I'm last weeks
Democrat notice an article entitled
"Insolence of Office" in which the
editor of that paper seems to have
grown highly indignant at some of
the official acts of our Hon. Board of
County Commissioners. One of
which was. as he says, to take $35 or
$40 out of the EDITORS pocket.
Now this is certainly a most dis
tressing state of affairs. The idea of
a Board of County Commissioners
taking so much money out of an
editors pocket is sufficient to shock
the nerves of every taxpayer in the
county, and l should not be surprised
to hear that when Collector Margroff
calls on you to plank down the cash.
that your nerves will be so completely
parallzed that you will fail to re-
spond. for fear the County Commits
sioners will steal the balance of the
county's funds. knowing as you do
that they are the custodians of your
hard earned cash, and that you look
to and expect of them a wise and
economical distribution Of the funds.
But, gentleman, there are two sides
to the question at issue, and you, the
Taxpayers, are to judge as between
the two.
This editor, the great "Jumbo" of
the Mountain Democrat, who is the
possessor of more wind than brains,
appeared before your Hon. Board and
filed bill for the sum of $156 for
printing the levy list of 1882, and after
the Board had thoroughly examined
the bill, the President informed the
editor that they were of the unani-
nous opinion that his charge was an
exorbitant one, and that they did not
feel justified in allowing him that
amount. when the same work had
been done for two years past at sum
not exceeding $40; but after consider
able ado he consented to take an Or
der for S11S.75, and when he had
received the order he quietly left the
Office without making as much as a
bow muttering as he went; 81 don't
like this shaving business" What
is his next step? Why, ne singles
out the Democratic member of the
Board, who stands head and shoulders
above him in point of intellectual and
business capacity. and charges him
with "voting blindly," and that he
"should have, looked more carefully
into the matter, &c. Well, now, as
to that, it may be good thing for the
taxpayers of Garrett county to ha We
their public officials "vote blindly"
upon all such subjects as these, espe-
cially when they show to you by said
"voting," that they are fully capable
of taking care of your county's in-
terests as against all sharks, the pecu-
mary wants of the editor of the DEM
ocrdt to the contrary Notwithstanding.
And as to Choking more carefully
into the matter" we certainly think
Mr.. Mattingly has discharged his
duty in that respect, although he is
not altogether satisfied but what the
amount allowed is still much larger
than it should have been, notwith-
standing the reflection that he is
surrounded by political enemies"
&c,
1t has been said that experience is
a dear school, but fools will learn in
no other" and it does seem to us Mr..
editor, that from the experience you
haye had, you ought to know by this
time that your policy of defaming
public officials, simply because they
do not cater to your own private
wants, must in the end rebound to
your own discredit; and have not
the least doubt but what honest Gov.
Hamilton read some of your COM
ments upon his efforts at reform in
this State, and, as the result. we have
not been able to detect any state
printing in the Mountain Democrat,
and must conclude that you have
been weighed and found wanting"
to the amount of about $500.
TAXPAYER.
. from the Cumberland News.l
A Democratic Union Soldier has some