Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1885-10-23
Non Est InYentuS.

| maryland Independent a statement 10 the
effect that the board of county commissioners,
in view of the charges of NAL easance which had
been made agains. them and the fact that their
term Of office is about expiring, had determined
parpose ofinviing the public TO examine their
books and ascertain their correctness. The
statement rerd as follows:
They Tths commissioners also thought ii
prudent their conduct in office has -nd IA he
ing asSailed To hold another meeting on Tues
iay and TO invite The public 10 attend the SANE
for the purpose OF examining into HE aff r> of
| he county. II now hahouve> those who have
! been, and are now making rash charges against
he commissioners 10 90 forward AID "sami ne
| The books Oh the Levy Court and prove their
hargrS or shut up.
Now as this newspaper IS owned 10y Ia" lead
ing rep'.'iicau ufi .h"'derS Of the county it is
properly reg ,rdcd as thsir ore N aud its utter
aGces at this time must be regarded by
authority and srmi-otFcinl il their character
o: course this DO .slfui Invitation to "lhe pub
lie to come and make an examination Of the
county's affairs, in ddy Was regarded, As it
vas intended, rs merely for nuncouhe still,
oucvrr, il WAS determined by some leading
Democrats that il should not he allowed To
pass unheeded. While it woali, of courSr, have
been HOPELESS task for ''the public" or an,
un>kilIed person TO u, dertake to discover IN,
carefully concealed irregularities 10y singh
days examination, SIT it va, believed that ar
expert, thoroughly famili IT With the routine
of the commissioners eff E, could detect .ni
expose even in day some OF 'hr more hagran'
reguiarit.es of which the present county man
cement has teen suspected.
Accordingly, John r. Robertson E-q f r
many years under ;'.e former Democratic rule
the .tficien, clerk Of The board and pert in
the routine and ialrcacies u; the otfi presented
bimsei( on Tuesday Tor the plrpose OF making
an examination H found l quorum Of th-
commissioners present, hut there WAS no clerk
on hand Nr Robertson was ntormei that
he could lock around if he wished and Set
what lie could This he proceeded t. d but
lie found that the records be wi-hti to see
aud which he believed would make upoft mt
disclosures were non est inrentas They could
not he found. They had evidcn ~ been t"ken
out aud stored away carefully al B.yAntown or
elsewhere beyond the reach of the curious
public" or any tneddlesome individual. And
thus ended the boas,fully invited sx,mna-
tion. Now we ask a fair niRded public is not
the effect of this boastfulIy proposed .1nihit Of
the county affairs, thus most ridicuousIy evad-
ed and backed out of, TO increase the suspicious
previously ente, taiued and expressed regarding
the irregularities in The commissioners Office
OF course this was ali game of bluff on the
part of those that started it, and was made in
the worst of bad Faith. II was not suspect.
by those it ernanatrd from that any one would
have the temerity TO respond to such an invita-
ton. hearing upon it's face Impractical le
proposition. and that il would then be in the
power of the managers to use the non-sccep-
lance of the Invitation for campaign capital 10
quiet the spprehensions Of some conscientious
citizens, who begin 10 seriously SUSPECT that
they are doing wrong IN giving any further aid
or support TO The local ring domination. But
the more Discreet men who re familiar with lh.
true inw4rdness OF the county ad,ir> thought
prudence the better part OF va!or IN tins case !;
and so they merely shrunk from the challenge
that had been issued and the whole thin re-
suited in a disastrous izzle
Tire fact is, citizens Of Charles county, no
satisfactory exhibit Of the county .ffair. can
now be had until there is change in the poll
teal complexion of the board Of county COM
missioners, various irregularities in the man
agment of your local affairs may go on eFecru-
ally concealed for years and years, sapping
your substance and imPovershiug you by tbs
burdens Of excessive taxation. Look at your
rate ofIocll taxation amounting TO one per cent
annually OF all yours means, against one haif Of
one pr cent in Carroll and other counties where
affairs are economically administered by its re
preventative and responsible citizens, aud say
will you not deliver yourselves from This bond
age at the coming election