The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1885-02-07

The last issue of the Democrat gives
its readers some additional reliable
info. ".v1s.-zss' TnaU reIIaD,o Journal is
reliably informed, 80 it says, that I'M
der Republican auspices road super
visors were not required to give bond
as now. Road supervisors in this
county were always entrusted with
public money by the County Com
missioners and required to give bond
except, perhaps, during the years
1880 and 1881, when they were en-
trusted with no money, but were paid
for repairing the roads when they
presented their accounts properly au-
thenticated. Up to 1882 there was no
local law upon the subject nor any
law requiring bond to be given.
This source of reliable information
intimates that in giving the afore-
going ne,os it furnishes a reason why
the roads have been, until recently,
in a bad condition. Now, in the name
of all that is sacred, we ask if the
roads have been improved lately? If
so, how and when? We know the
Democrat cannot hoodwink the hon
est mountaineers of Garrett county
by such intimations, insinuations and
reliable Information.
Our esteemed neighbor says we
have given the county com missioners
'some fatherIy advice" This asser-
tion is about as near the truth as the
editorials of the Democrat generally
are when speaking of Republicans or
their doings. Our neighbor seems to
lose his head entirely whenever he
undertakes to say anything about
the Republican party in this county,
so much so that it seems almost i'm
possible for him to make a correct
statement In this connection. Now,
the fact Is, we gave no advice to the
commissioners or anybody else. We
simply called attention to what SEEM
ed to US to be defects in the present
road system. We did not even adj
wise that our suggestions be followed.
We did not advise the commissioners
as to their duties in connection with
the roads. We complained of the sys-
tenn, and not of the manner in which
1t Is executed, although many COM
plain Of that. If anything exceeds
the malignant hate manifested by
our neighbor it is the Ignorance Re
betrays of the subject upon which he
was writing when he penned the edi-
torial to which we have referred. He
says he looks to the county commits
ers to devise good road system. The
county commissioners have nothing
to do with devising systems or max
ing the law. All they have to do is
to execute it. If we had to look to
the commissioners to make the laws
on this subject we should have said
nothing about it. We would not have
suggested change for fear of making
1t worse.
Now. with regard to our walking
out of the county "when the Demo-
Gratis make a clean sweep" That
time we believe is long way of, but
In any event, we may say we were
here before our neighbor came to this
little mountain town and we expect
to be here after he has gone.
Before we close this article we re.
new our demand for information
about the school debt. It is the right
Of the people to haye this informa-
ton. The present law requires the
present Democratic officials to give it
to them. There is something "rotten
In Denmark" or this information
would not be withheld. Give us,
oh! give us some reliable informa-
ton uponthis point. Now, neighbor,
there is no use fooling about this mat
ter. You cannot evade it by parad-
ing the virtues of the county com.
missioners, and calling attention to
the faithful manner in which they
have discharged their duties. That
was nice little dodge on your part.
but it won't work. You need not tell
the people about our fatherly advice
to the commissioners. You need not
talk about the corruptions existing
under Republican rule. Tell us about
the school debt and then we will dis
cuss these other matters to your en-
tire satisfaction, or dissatisfaction, the
one or the other; most likely the
other.
Our neI9hbor aspires to leadership
and wants to be looked up to. In