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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10
A New Tariff.

For veal or woe the Tariff and Tax
bill, which has just become a law, is
the work of the Republican party.
Although the division was not strict
ly upon party lines, the Democrats as
body opposed it, and the Republic
cans carried it through. 1t effects a
reduction in taxation estimated at be-
tween sixty and seventy millions,
the greater part of which is due to
reduction in the internal revenue.
The average reduction in tariffs
hardly exceed ten per cent. It may
be said that the Democratic objection
to the measure was chiefly that it
did not sufficiently reduce the pro-
tective duties. A few Republicans
opposed it because it made any reduc-
tions at all. There were other Re-
publieans who opposed it on free
trade grounds. But the credit and
the responsibility will rest with the
Republicans, because they began the
movement by referring the matter to
a tariff commission. This commits
sion was composed exclusively of
protectionists, and yet, after fully.
hearing all the American interests
that asked protection or increased
protection, the report that it made
commended very substantial reduc-
lions in the tariff, particularly upon
iron, steel and wool. The President
in his message took substantially the
same ground. The sentiment.Of both
houses at the onset seemed strongly
to favor such action. Yet, during
the protracted discussion of the SUBJ
ject in both houses, gradual change
of feeling was noted. What General
Hancock said as to tariff being 'a
local question:" absurd as it is, SEEM
ed half true. Local interests of all
sorts asserted themselves upon the
floor of Congress. The amendments
made to the scheme of revision pre-.
pared by the Tariff Commission were
nearly always in the direction of
higher protection. AS the House
and Senate bills matured they be-
came more Objectionable to the low
tariff men and more favored by the
high protectionists. This caused the
death of the House bill. The Senate
bill. however. passed, and became the
only practicable measure. It.became
evident to the House that it must be
this or none. A disagreement to the
Senate amendments as whole sent
the bill to committee of reference.
Upon this committee the Democrats,
upon one pretext or another, refused
to serve, and thus threw the whole
responsibility upon the Republicans
and gave them full power. 1t cam
not be said that this power was wIse-
ly used for the business of a confer
ence committee is to adjust or com.
promise differences, not to make
changes where differences do not ex-
ist. For example, both the Senate
and House had, after full debate, fix
ed the duty on iron ore at fifty cents
per ton. The committee of confer
ence raised it to seventy-five cents.
On steel rails the House had fixed
the rate at SIS, the Senate at S15.68.
The conference committee raised it
to SIT, On green glass bottles the
House had set duty of 80 per cent.
The conference committee changed
the rate to one cent per pound, which
is equivalent to an ad valorem tax of
66 per cent. These departures from
the strict duty of a conference COM
mittee were pointed out by Senator
Beck and by Mr.. Carlisle, and thus
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men to- buy, and their economies
would show first in articles of i'm
port. They would show later in in
ternal revenue receipts.
There will of course be a material
reduction of revenues, but just how
much, or where the bulk of the re-
duction will fall, can only be known
when the returns come in.- Wheel
ina LatetLigencer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10

Hon. George F. Edmunds, of Ver-
mont, was on Saturday, elected Pres
ident of the United States Senate,
vice Hon. David Davis, of Illinois,
whose term as Senator expired with
the 47th Congress.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10

The date for cheap postage has
been fixed. The conference commit
tee on the Postoffice Appropriation
Bill agreed upon October as the date
at which 2-cent postage shall 60 into
effect.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10

$50 far as the choice of death is con-
cerned," said DIR. Collyer in his Sun
day sermon, 1--WE are all like the poor
fellow who preferred to be hung on
a gooseberry bush, and expressed
perfect willingness to wait until it
grew large enough for the purpose"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10
. The Sum of the Saying.

A measure of general tax revision
and reduction having been passed
not more to the surprise of the coun-
try than of the men who passed it,
it becomes matter of great public
interest to know the direct money
effect OF the reduction.
This is at best a matter of specula-
ton. 1t was so treated in both
branches of Congress, and by the men
who would know if anybody could
have definite knowledge of matter
of so much uncertainty. The prob
able reduction of internal revenue is
variously estimated, $50, OOO, 900 being
the minimum and $4,000, 900 the
maximum. For the fiscal year 1882
the internal revenue receipts were
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Correspondents must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication, but
as a private guarantee of good faith. Reject
d communications will not be returned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10
SATURDAY, MARCH 10. 1888.

On Saturday last the Forty-Seventh
Congress closed its existence by con-
stitutional limitation.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10

Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, Gov
ernor of Georgia, died at 3:15 O'Clock
Sunday morning, aged II years.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-10

Major Harry Gilmor, the we'll
known Confederate cayaIfyman, died
in Baltimore Sunday.
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TERMS OF ADVERTISING,

First insertion, 81 per square of 10 lines
0 cents per square for each additional inser-
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han three months
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-12-14

IA rRoNou NCiNG the construction of
an interior waterway between the
chesapeake aud Delaware bays import
ant MS a means If national defense. Sec
netary Chandler is but rcpcsting the
language OF the government engineers
who have from time to time been en-
gagged in the study Of the varinnS sspccts
Il the pref "tcd ship canal across the
Mary land peninsula. y canal 50 lorNt-
ed as to be free Of ice and nsviGablr
summer and winter has been described
" these experts NJ an invaluable 'up-
plencnt to our small navy and inc"n-
siderable fertilization. in the work VI
protecting from hostile Sect the num-
erous cities and towns which stud our
Atlantic coast line between Cape May
and Cape Henry Such connection
would present means Of concentrating
the aoating dcfenscs of the two bays,
thus rendering more secure the coidluu-
aications between the nav III stations at
Philadelphia, Norfolk and Washington.
Ii would also render 1t impossible tor All
enemy 10 close the port Of Philadelphia
" of Baltimore unless he had a squadron
numerous and strong enough To cstab-
Hsh an affective blockade at both the
Delaware and Virgins capNs.
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This vast circulation is because the BLAnF
isa paper for the whole country. 1t is not
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bT competent hands. II is complete epi-
tome OF the news OF the week, and whosocyer
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serials BY Nasty, entitled Nasty in Exile,
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besides our regular departments,
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THE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS
AGAIN.

Since our allusion last week to the
failure on the part of the School Com
mis.ioncrs to publish statement of the
receipts and disbursements of the school
fund as by law directed, statement has
been prepared by them and published IN
this issue. In publishing this statement in
the month of December as they have
done for years previous they have sub
,tantially complied with the law in u
practical sense. Yet it is not in reality
compliance with the strict letter of the
law, which the people seem DESTROYS
Of having done. Tue law in plain and
unmi>takah'e language requires them to
make the publicaties in the month of
November, and at no other time, ncith-
cr before nor after, and when they fail
tc do it they violate its plain require
mcnt, aud are guilty Of malfeasancc.
The examiner, Mr.. Ncalc With whom
We have had some talk on the subject
since his attention has been called to the
law, informed us that he was not even
aware that the law required the publ,
cation to be made in November of each
year, and that he always made it as
soon F." convenient after the quarterly
meeting in the fall, which goes to show
c,nclusivoly to our mind that this tech
meal omission of the board was simply
an error Of Judgment and nothing more
The bottom Of all mislemeanors Of tb;s
kind, that of the County Commissioners
who were tried and punished for il and
nearly every official in the county and
state, who daily commit them and are gill
UNPUBLISHED, is. that they are simply mis-. |
taken rs to the true intent of the law or
nave foil wed an old beaten track made
by their predecessors; and while tbov
should be set right when their nist,Le
/" discovered. we do not think thew
should be subjected to criminal Dnn;J, i
ucnt. But in these days of minute mar.
ticularity' we cannot see very we'll how
ln---farness we cannot adopt one mod. 10
remedy the mtcchnieal wrong ,omDi,.
by one set of men, aud adopt auotbor
and different mode as to ano,L.
guilty of the same ofFens,
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o. 2fI .~W7S@arrs sSmS>sion to the
Naval AcShcmy ~ Nm qdi- the past
yesr, 50 were rejected forfeiture to p4ss
the mvntsJ sS~.navIicn cad SO for
physical d 6cjcpclcs Tb, curriculum
OF studies tyr tho N~-,g ~ as necessa-
rily severe. hut only -seh rs Is demand
ed for the 'rvre, R,ps whn desire to
yet into shF server need not think they
Van have a jolly eao,- should they get
iUi The r,jecpnn If siHty-uine for
mental ability shows lamcntablc con-
liiion of ~ as for the boys Of the pres
cut gcncrstaon.
Abnut 10 same condition Of affairs
szist rs to West Point Military Academy
there being large number Of rcj.ctions
"a, uccounr'of IN, n'al inability
The boy Of the present generation is
eonstirutionally indisposrd to labor,
either physically or mentally.
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THE RUM POWER.

The BLADE will fight this monster iniquity
with all the power it possesses, and in every
wsy possible The BLADE holds the liquor
traffic TO he a greater curse than slavery, and
= thousand times more dangerous to the roan-
try.
ofthe Republic tmt our work may be etfcc-
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states 10 assist iu extending the circulation
~ the BLADE, especially among those of the
republican party who believe as NE do in the
nse,.sity of Pnlverizing The Rnm Power. We
wapt the BLADE in as many families rs posi-
NE This winter, tAat it may be read befofe the
s,citement Of a political campaign, giving it
80 er lis truths to take root in the minds Of
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-12-14

Ara MEETING of the Maryland oys-
ter commission, held in Baltimore. Prof
Vim. X Brooks read brief statement
giving mn outline Of the results reached
by the commissioners from th,ir c1ami-
nation Of the oyster question. aui a
synopsis Of the recommendations which
the commission will make t0 the Eceis-
l"tnre This report was adopted oy the
two commissioners who were present -
Among the rccnmm ndatiuns is one that
the St'te Of Virginia be requested
3" appoint commissioner or comlniS-
rionors who shall meet commissioner
or commissioners to be Appointe! by the
State of Maryland to agree upon and
report to the next I.egis Aturc of each
STATE y plsu to -till further regulate the
" stei dshrries &c those waters: also that
ahc State of Maryland assume the tx
4 lusivc right to regulate the oyster fish
wng in sll waters whrr' dredging is ser
'iaitttrd and that all laws comforting this
power on local authorities be- repealed.
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TnE TINES AND OUasIhp.

Referring 70 sn article the last
Port Tobacco T;mes, in d with
much irrelavent sud other koneous
"aftrF II accuses Us of a misssatement
u the evidence in the case ag1inst the
County Commissioners. we mut repeat
that The ev;tcass H. tiiat case, * given
BY Mr. NHdd, when we belieyc,was an
entirely truthful witness, vas tlthe e.
feet and did show that the Annual
St''emcn's as pub ishel by the q1nmis
.ioncrs in 1892 and 1888 wersof the
same scope aud particularly as MI pre-
vious statements 1t will probably be
remembered that Mr. Mitchell offered TO
follow up this oral testimony by docu-
mentary evidence as contained in some
old book which he produced. The Court
decided this was unnecessary. prcsuma.
bly, satisfied with Mr. Mudfs testimony
on this point, as the Court afterwards
said his attention had been called 10 this
very method Of rendering statements al
least thirty years ago by his uncle Ma
jor Stone, when the Commissioners
ieried ten thousand dollurs for Contin-
gent purposes. Then Mr.. Cox. Of coun-
sci for the State, offered, IL rcJdid,
showing that he realized the furce of tie
previously given testimony. the Port
Times Of some date in 1870 to
show that an exact account of road ,r-
penditurcs had been published in that
year. Mr.. Mitchell explained this pub
Iication by saying, ia substance, that
the publication Of this complete and
statement was only due to
thc fact that a man like Capt. Page
then to have charge of the
roads, a man who was most particular
and exact in alt things that the state
nent was SO published merely because
Iapt Page had so returned it. In other
words 1t was an exact transcript Of Capt
Pages report to the Commissioners.
We allowed for this in our statement,
which excepted the year 1870 from the
Tcars il which the Annual Statements
we're the same in scope and particularly
IS in the last two years.
As the Elitor of the Times was
ounsel in that case. and as some people
ssert their belief that he had and has
omc personal. as well as political inter
at. in making out a case against the
commissioners, he is prof. bly, excusably
or some of his misrepra 3cntations. as
or instance. in his local headed That
INVESTIGATING Committee
Whether the facts broGght ont on
he trial of the Commissioners are facts
r not is not our concern at present, nor
ave We anything to do with the ques-
ion whether the testimony produc d in
hat case was relevant 10 the issue or
Iot. Indeed We believe great deal of
rrelavent testimony went in, although .
bjected to, as when the Court took tn
'ecil Democrat, offered by Mr. Cox, to
how what is the system and method Of
rudering accounts in Cesil county -.
This, while it possibly may be guide
,ur Commissioners in the future, had
bout as muck to do with the question
t issue, as if he had off cred the Toxic
Times to show the price current of rats
nd puppies in Japan.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1883-12-14

TnE ANNUAL REPORT # postm,Eter
General Gresham. recently roAde public
coaisins a number Of imprgtsnt Susg"s-
tinns 1t shows t.,at since thc time that
Mr.. James took pn>c>>i ~ Of the drpart
n,ent in 1851 the rcpript- have increased
aud the expeuS, : diminished. there he
ing surplus to the credit Of the d.
partmcnt of over one million Of dollars
nj the close of thc fiscal wear ending
June 30th, and that thiS result has been
achieved without ushg any part ut the
appropriations made 10y congress tor the
rear-route service The free delivery
service in CITIES Of over ~. oct inhabi
tants has worked WE'LL and At pr lit Of
over = million af dAih,~. a,rhnayh the
expenses exceeded the eos Of delivery
in only fourteen cities out Of "ne hun
drcd and ffty-fnur lie dcprccstes the
reduction Of local delivery to one cent.
and the extension of the system to
smsller cities lie recommend, that the
uaitc Of weight Cor 6r,tslaSs mail mat
ter be increased from half an ounce ia
one ounce, and that the rate Of one cent
for newspapers and periodicals up to
tao ounces be changed to the same rate
for three ounces. lie asks that law
be provided prohibiting the use OF tho
mails to newspapers publishing lottery
advertisements, and he is emphatieally
opposed to the governments going intp
SIC postal telegraph business, either
alone or in cooperation with charae,
tered company. Ills views on this sub
j-ct in its connection with official pa
,ronage and the abuse of the syssem for
partisan purposes are very strongly ex,
pressed.
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GroKGIA's cotton factories ve,. -,
der Investigation before Senate, ~. IN !,
committee in Augusta last weo I''''r !,
witnesses testified that those in Am, a'lu
employ 1000 operatives. mostly s
and children. Some factories VIII, amen !,
20 per cent dividends until ~; Welded
since that time the average hos ia I ana q
per cent. The goods are ANY,, oce1 )
Boston and to Africa and CbiD,p P'g u, to
operatives go to work at 6A. NJ ~
eleven hours a day, and, are nj, a0rA
average Of eighty cents day. ''~ an
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Tnk T's,es insinuai,- that uur rndcavar
!" eIcusr an act IN The par, It the tie
publican l,usri 1t County, Com ri..ioncr.
which nearly cvrry ofhcia in the ; .
y guilty ~ frum III governor Iowa,
" MT IN arrord With our pronounced
principle ct Independence We beg
l..ave IN ASSURE that immaculate jrurnsl
that W. src running tbs p'pcr according
IL our owu notion 4 Independence. and
Tat W. srr responsible to our subscribers
fr amy mistake ~ may make in that
regard, anil not L. il. We must further
Assure .ac TH,,s PAT W. are no, re-
,phnsible FIR the comprehension
II IT, editors and that We
cannot rxacilY ..-e ~bN prinri-
lie. pnigical &c osiyrrSi=.. there eau be
Involved IN the .~'l@ct 81 our article,
except tlei ~ SIMPLE ju-t'oe tn ST Of
Ihen wlrcs vNo k,lsrvr hswe been UNJUST
y asssiSed BY sSorvloEH ans pr'judiced
reWspapcg.
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Expressions OF graii'uds on tue part Of the
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EXECUTORS NOTICE.

oHPHANs' CorRT ron CHARLES CouSrr, Set
Nov. 9th, 1893.
nRDERED by the Court. that ! M,rr;or
~ Freeman mud Emma :. Dent, Executors q
Stouton ". Dent deceased, give the notic,
required by law to the creditors ofs.id ,lrce ;.
ed, to exhibit their claims legally aufbcnti
Gated, by advertisement inserted in some ono
newspaper published in Charles county V,rD.
land, once in each Of three successive weels
True copy-te>t:
JAS N. HARVEY, Reg. Wills Cha, n
NOTICE.
INlllSiS to give notice. that the subscribe.
i has Obtained from the Orphans Corrt
OF Charles county Maryland. letters te.la.
mentary on the personal estate of
STOUTON ". DENT.
late of said county. deceased. All ncr,on,
having claims against said deceased arc 49,
by warned 10 exhibit the same with tho
vouchers thereof legally authcnticat.J 't ~
the subscribers, on or before the 3otb da, -
May next. They may otherwise hv
be excluded from all benefit Of said creased a.,
estate ''Seu :
Gwen under our hand this 3oth DIV of
November, 1853. VI
J. MARION FREEMAN
EMMA S DENT.
Executors Of St0uton " hon.
nov. Scam