The Baltimore County union., 1883-04-21
PLAIN FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

PLAIN FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.
few weeks ago the model Clerk Of the Balti.
mors county Court undertook the arduous task @!
defending himself from a faneisd assault upon his
seononieoi management Of the Clerks Office, bu,
finally succumbed to the inevitable By acknowiedg.
ing In his "organ" las. week the truth Of the CON-
Parison made by Tar USiOS between the repor,
for 1851 Of the Clerk Of the Court for Carroll cOun.
~ with his own for the same year. wepublished
that the Carroll county Clerk, out of total receipts
Of Sd.s6s.IS, paid into the State treasury sIOI2.
and Baltimore couniy's model Clerk paid In only
SGli.9s out total receipts amounting to ,72I
~, and We said that this was not an "insin nuation
but naked fact. To which the confessing model
Clerk at last replies "h !. no donGi maksd
Jae'." This Is what he should have frankly nc.
knowledged at first, because the Comptroller re-
port contained il. and the people knew Il to be
published fact.
In the article from which the model Clerk quoted
We Published another naked" fact, which he
skipped over Here Il Is The Baltimore county
Clerk retained ~ 200 for unfinished work" while
the unpretcntious Clerk for Carroll county showed
clean balance sheet. for he retained nothing for
unfinished work" The acknowlei cement Oft
fact will come after awhile.
The model Clerk need not say he is "stiIl re-
fusing To answer plain questions" for he has been
answering without having been asked any quc..
tions whatever. This Is the usual way with one
who is trying to get out Of elk"
TnE USioS will not permit him to hide the
"pakcd fact" he has acknowledge Of having paid
less into the state treasury for lSsl than our Car
roll county neighbor by publishing an array Of
figures from several counties and the city Of BAL.
timOre. or by continuing to play the "artfui
dodger." As is usual when Il suits his purpose,
he rakes up the record of the dead, and instead Of
sticking 10 the Po'n, ., leu. goes back q lev
years TO the record Of deceased baltimore city
Clerk, for the purpose Of making his own record
exceptionally good. Ths"artful'' comparer refers
to Comptroller report four years old. and says:
"In ISIS Mr.. Provost, fthe Superior cour, Of BAL
iimore city-receipts S27, e-nothing paid
into the treasury" Mr.. Provost Is dead and the
model Clerk, in place Of referring To any Of h. old
reports, should have done that deceased gentleman
the justice to say Of him that for the year IsSI-
the year under discussion--Mr. Provost paid into
the State treasury $3.OSS.9S. nearly i've times a.
much as that paid in by the model Clerk But to
publish that would not he favorable foi his rur-
pose and he did not do Il, he selected a year that
suited him and the repor, of Clerk whose lips
have been sealed in death. The report Of Mr..
Provost makes better showing for the State trca-
sury in lssi than that Of the model Clerk To- the
extent Of the difference between Sl.0SS.a5 and
SGii9S which l. just So 1922 IN favor of the de.
ceased Clerk.
But this. of course. makes no difference 10 the
Baltimore county Clerk who boldly proclaims 81
don't my Office for the benefit Of the treasury
at Annapolis" The people will recolcct tha; this
public official, before his election t, promised to
be his own cashier, &c as far any one man can.
Now he says lac don't rHH his office for the benefit
Of the treasury a, Annapolis although the ,reasu.
ry l. managed for the bench, Of the State. TnE
CSiOS is rendering the people of Baltimore county
service by forcing these public confessions from
the model Clerk. They are Ieavcn ,ha, will
work for the general good.
This ar,fui dodgcr complains that i, did no, sui,
the purpose of TnE uSicN to compare bis returns
for lSSl with those Of any Of the other Clerks but
!, selected the largest of Dr. Shaws returns he
had seen. This Is unfair. because the Carroll
county Clerk. as far a. the Comp,roller's repor,
shows. made only return for lsSi, and we
compared that with the model Clerks for the same
year.
Now. TO accommodate him, We shall refer 20 the
returns Tor lSSO. In them VIC find tia, the model
Clerk, who does no, rnA his Office fcr the benefit
Of the treasury a, Annapolis, paid into i, excess
Of fees $685. and the Clerk Of Carroll eoun,y paid
in for the same year s;iS.Ss-aboui four times as
much as the model Clerk paid in. Bu, thi. large
difference nigh, be accounted for because the Clerk
for Carroll county may run" his Office for the
benefit Of the treasury Mt Annapolis. and he may
be his own "cOur, Clerk, Equity Clerk. Cashier
aud Record Clerk as far any one man can"