Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1883-12-13

pernicaous. Iney look back with
yearibg to their younger days and
compare the bad Of to-day, with the
good ef yesterday. and forthwith com
clnde thas the world Is going to ruin,
They determine not to be drawn into
the Whirlpool Of what they deem err
ror and plant themselves as aign-posts
by which future generation may
mark its progress
It Is often asserted that politics has
grown to be simply profession ia the
Rass 81 q 80 s'a y ssis
M BepefaaaE nsasa on tne palm
Now "lsn my limited experience
anu ing n..'e history ! nave read ana
studied, nave reached . different
ccnciuluon. foiitlcs mas always been
profession, II l read Alright; un-
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ssuisy 'ii0As 'ney nau piayeu upon
s"ei "stsA',e.' 'FioAs 'nA' nau 'ney
Dee" tAC.'seu !" 'f@ue "ou'u nave
O'0usus uisgface upon tne Perpetrs-
'OfSl me motives oy winch men are
ac'ua'eu ana the principles oy which
.ney are governed are the same TO-
day as yesterday. They may seem
70 change' but 1t Is only the new light
tnat IS cast upon them. The dishon-
est OF To-Day "ouid nave been dis
nOnes1 yesterday ana so with the
honest
Senex proposes the abolition of pri-
mary meetings and trusting to a grab
bag method of selecting officials. He
hopes by this method to eliminate, or
check the wire-puller. Now, Messrs.
Editors, the last named individual is
irrepressible. Head him off at one
corner and Immediately he appears
at another. When there was but one
organized party in our county, and
the grab-bag method in all its glory,
was ne silent? Did ne rest upon his
laurels and await the coming of anoth-
er partyY Methinks not. ASK some
OF our old politicians. aud they will
unhesitatingly tell you that he was
as ousy ana as potent then as ever.
BESIDES, II you could prevail upon
oo'n party organizations to abandon
tne primary meeting and convention,
90 yon think the voters would aban-
don their parties Z Would not a
man party draw to him the votes of
1t regardless OF his merit? While
not wishing to be personal, am forced
10 cite the late election In this county
as an instance. The IndePendenttick-
et was See"''''gty put up without any
organization. Were all the men on
that ticket worthy of support by hon
est and intelligent citizens? Yet all
received very nearly the entire sup
port OF the party with which they af-
tllated. It's now' just as it has been
and always will be. Dishonest and
scheming men, by knavery and du-
plieity, may obtain temporary ad-
vancement, but in the end will sink.
Honesty is still the best policy"
though the man who is honest only
from policy needs watching.
The per capita tax is a relic Of bar
barism and has been found, wherever
tried, one of the most potent engines
to foster fraud and corruptiop The
law compelling men to work upon the
public roads has been submitted to
our PsODls under much more favOra-
bic circumstances than at present
and most emphatically condemned.
Charles county, | believe, adopted it,
but found that it was impossible TO
enforce it. This is another reason