The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-10-19
To the Public of Hartford County

| am constrained to notice in this manner an
editorial published by N. n. Mock, In ms news
paper, the Times of last week. The article reads
Notwithstanding the large majority by which
local option WAS adopted in this county, the au-
thorities who are charged with the enforcement
of the law arc hostile 10 il. All their iaiiOns
are hostile to it; So far as can he learned their
intentions are hostile to it. We have heard it
bnaSted by one of these officials that the cost of
enforcing the law would make il unpopular-
This is to he brought about 10y summOung hOrdcs
of witnesses in cases in which convictions cannot
be had. and thus making 1t appear that the law is
both expensive and Ineffective.
another of these oiciuis, thr states AitO"-
ney, whose duty ii is to prosecute offenders
against the law, shirks that duty and leaves to
the Temperance Alliance. Although more than
twenty violations of the law have hccn inquired
| into by the magistrates NJ iiavre de Grace, Mr.
Maynadicr has never been present at any hearing
| of these cases. True, the Temperance Alliance
offered to employ Mr.. Marine to prosecute these
cases. but would it have done SO il il had believed
| they would have been faithfully prosecuted with
out its watchfuneSsp And would not 4 State 5
Attorney in full sympathy with the law have
| given it tho moral support OF ms presence a.
these trials, ut some time or another, instead OF
| ahscntiug himself altogether and thus showing
| that the States officer whose sworn duty it is TO
| bring Offenders to justice, was indifferent If not
actually hostile to the local option law? The
fact that the yiolatOrs of the law were the person.
| al or political friends of the States Attorney was
| all the more reason why he should have vndcat-
ed his official character and shown his sym athy
with the law, even if the discharge OF that duty
did cost him some votes. His failure to do so is
| 10 my fellow-citizeus of Hartford, irrespective
of party affiliations, ! say that the above Is q ma
| licous falSehood. The facts connected with the
| matter, rs briefly as can state them are simply
| these:
| Grace, as States Attorney by AS. Adams, Esq.
Justice of the Peace to advise and take charge of
certain cases arising out of the alleged violation
| of the Local Option law by John liamm and
| Henry Veschon. | responded to this call and
| was present at the hearing-yet Mr.. Mock says
| "although more than twenty violations of the
ti,A1 n
| ut Havre de Grace Mr.. Maynadcr has never been
| present at any hearing of these cases.
| On the occasion of my presence Mt liavre de
| Grace, above referred to, ! consulted with Rev.
| Henry Baker, of the Temperance Alliance, ut Mr..
John Wrights store, in reference to the entorce-
ment of the law. examining the act OF assembly
| together. Mr. Wright Joined with MS in the dis
| cussion of the matter.
| Again was at Hayre de Grace, at the meeting
| of the Grand Army Encampmcnt, and was con-
| suited again by Justice Adams with reference to
cases pending against Joseph Mackin for viola
up TO Bel Air on writ of certorari. Justice
| Adams has had my advice ms States Attorney
throughout all of these eases of which there are
| twenty-four now pending He was entitled to
| call upon me for it. gave it TO him both by my
presence, which { am not called upon by law
to do, and by letter every time he desired my
advice and consulted me. Mr. Marine also in
formed me that he had been spoken to by the
Temperance Alliance TO give his attention pro
fessonally to these cases. / not only freely
granted him, as far as was concerned, the right
to represent the State in the matter, but express
/ ed my prAIlnCuIlOu III HdNlllp MS III tilt
forcenent of the law. We consulted together
and acted upon our joint conclusion OF what was
right and proper TO be done.
| 1 have mentioned four names in this cOnnec-
ton Messrs. Adams, Baker, Wright and Marine
with none of whom have ! spoken with referenet
to the subje of the Times article about the facts
and now refer to them to say whether the above
l statement is not literally true. Upon this t"sti
mony and my own knowledge now say That
have given my personal presence at Havre dc
Grace on several occasions, ana by letter ana tel
egram at other times, and have given my most
earnest endeav0r to the enforcement OF the law
| Therefore Mr.. Mock for the purposes OF polit-
ical campaign has invented and published wilfu
| falsehood.
Whilst il is not obligatory upon me by ia0 to be
present at trials of this nature, am expected and
willingly do aid Justices in the discharge of then
duties by advice, and oftentimes where consid-
err IL important, as | did in the Havre de Grace
| cases, by my presence:
| Mr. Marine being close Mt hand. considered
an eminently proper person to give attention tC
| the cases. and was pleased when he informed me
| that he had been asked to do so. He and myself
acted after full consultation, and with the under
| standing that If deemed important in any partc'
| uiar case, would be present.
| [ shall continue to so act in these cases, and
they shall be fully and fairly invest gated by oui
Grand Jury and Circuit Court. where it is my
duty 30 the law enforced. AS far az my position
l ia concerned, | shall not swerve from my duty
NV ODiciM acts are, of course, open to fAlr crti-
| eism by all citizens. No one however, has Il
| right to fahrcate n falsehood, and upon that
| falsehood base q sneer and attribute an unworthy
| motive to me.
| Mr. Nock's assertions are false. He asserts
them as true knowing them to be false.
| The little chickering's of political campaign are
to be expected and with my experience are very
easily to be borne with in silence. A. fie uncon.
| tradicted may do harm to the cause of truth and
Justice, and no gentleman, and none but Il
COWARD, will publish lie for the sake OF polit'
| ical advantage. GEO. Y. MAfNADlER.