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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15
Gov. Lloyd and thu Miners.

Baltimore Sun, May 9th.
CAMBRIDGE, Md, May 5.-The at
trntion of Coy. LLOYD, who is at his
home in Cambridge, was called this
afternoon to the resolutions passed at
the miners meeting held in Frost
burg on Wednesday last. Gov. Lloyd
had not seen the press dispatches in
regard to the meeting, and taking
copy of the Sun, read the proceedings
aloud. At its conclusion he seemed
surprised, but exhibited no resent
ment of feeling at the imputatiOns
cast upon him. He readily furnish
ed statement, substantially as fol-
lows:
1.-THE disappearance of the bill reg
ulating the ventilation of mines is
mystery. The bill was never seen by
me until last Thursday, and owing to
a pressure of important business was
not read by me at that time. l saw
the hill there at my department in
Annapolis. On the day previous I
had received a telegram from Secre-
tary of State Lecompte at Annapolis
stating that the ventilation bill had
come to light, it having been received
in my absence through mail in an
envelope postmarked Baltimore, and
directed to Samuel Brooks, the mes
senger. Either myself or the attor-
ney general had gone carefully over
every bill that had been presented
for my signature, and notwithstand-
ing inquiries had been made concern
ing the whereabouts of the bill, it
could not be found among the list
presented to me. / am still further
satisfied that the bill was never pre-
sented to the Executive Department
for the reason that the original bill,
from which the enrolled copy was
made for presentation, was also en-
closed in the same envelope with it
and was received along with the copy
by Mr. Brooks. The original bill
must, therefore, also have been stol-
en-, or it would not have been receiy-
ed along with the copy, which was
never presented to me-" AS to the
contents of the bill, Coy. Lloyd
states that he never knew them ex-
cept from the statement of other peo-
pie,
In regard to the semi-monthly pay
bill. the Governor states that while
the bill was only presented for his
approval, it never received his sigma
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15

ED. REPUBLICAN Having seen
no correspondence from this district
for sometime, and thinking that a
letter from this place would be in
teresting to some of your readers, and
especially to those of Oakland who
have never visited our beautiful little
town, [ will endeayor to give them a
description of the place together with
the news in general:
The old National Pike constitutes
the main street, which, by the way,
is the only street in the town. al
though it is long enough for two
streets, it being very nearly mile in
length, and built up on either side
with cosy cottages, with large gar
dens 'fringed with fruit trees and
shrubbery and front yards fairly
loaded with beautiful flowers. AS
walk along the street it reminds me
of my favorite son l'the spring time
times come"). L think we are at
least four weeks ahead of your eli
mate, Notwithstanding you have a
railroad, while we only have a pike
to travel oyer. We get there first all
the samee. We have four hotels, and
if the weary traveller can't get salts
faction here he is hard to please in
deed. We have seven stores, four
blacksmith shops, four shoe shops.
two saddler shops, one cooper shop,
one barber shop, timer shop, one
tailor shop, two livery stables, one
machinist, one wagon maker. two
physicians, two dentists, two tele-
graph operators, several carpenters
and stone masOns and last, but not
least, we have three good churches
the German Reform, Lutheran and
Methodist, and close to town is the
Amish Church. This denomination
is very strong here and they are ex-
cellent people, We had four saloons
here, but, alas, the UlUl'lcI6teS came
and took them a,oay.
In my next letter L will tell you
how local option is working, and
what 1T is doing.
1 had almost forgotten to say that
we had a postoffice and a more eff
cient clever and accommodating post
master is hard to find, Yes. and we
have veterinary surgeon.
/ have noted these down as they
came into my mind, and hope no one
will take offence because their pro-
fession does not appear at the head of
the list.
Mr.. Henry Wagner's team ran
away last Monday week and killed
one valuable horse.
Mr.. Lup Frantz is confined to his
bed with typhoid fever.
Mrs. Keller, mother of DR., b. T.
Keller, and Miss Dollie Keller, Of
Oakland, are visiting friends here,
Mr.. Greg. Beavers was married last
Monday to a very handsome young
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15

WANTON, MD, MAY o. 1OOOs
Ed. Republican, From the Gar
rett county forum of local option
hostility, the Democrat, we find, in
the leading column, this introduce
tory to many declarations, showing
but little of the partisan bitterness
exhibited by that Journal vanished
with the heat and excitement of that
dead conflict: "Some of our friends
throughout the county having mis-
understood the position taken by us
during the recent special election"
&c. Our belief is the position taken
by the Democrat was too positively
defined, and its particular views too
vehemently enunciated and recapitu-
lated to leave one nook requisite for
the Judgment Of a doubt as to its
place and purpose. Lengthy ampli-
fications of the Democrats methods
of how each saloon should be hedged
about with safeguards against abuse,
are put forth in the editorial we are
considering. To license the saloon
and observe the law, as suggested,
presents an entertaining problem.
However thorough and astute might
be the capabilities ofthe party behind
such bar the extent of the field for
the exercise of his functions would
far exceed his powers. He must de-
eide whether or not the applicant is a
drunken man; and if sober what
amount of drink will make him
drunk whether or not he is a loaf
ing or irresponsible man; ana wheth-
er or not he will be apt to commit
damage under the influence Of the
liquor given. In other words the
bartender would In any case be Grim
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15

The whiskey- license men of Garrett
county, Md, in a circular to the
voters of that county before the cleo
ton of last week, in order to substan-
tiate line Of argument leading to
she logical conclusion that prohibit
lion can not be enforced, referred to
the failure of local option in this
county, instancing particularly Terra
Alta. Well, take Terra Alta. We
can remember very distinctly the
state of affair in that town when
they had two barrooms running there
and we know the state of affairs since;
and to assert that the refusal of license
has been a failure there, is a false
hood. Prohibition has been a great
success in Terra Alta, notwithstand-
ing all the unfavorable conditions of
success with which it has had to con-
tend. And take Kingwood too. Con-
trast the condition of this town with
that when there were open barrooms
in it, and let any one deny that pro-
hibition has not been wonderfully
successful here. We do not mean that
no whiskey is drank, and some little
is not sold. Complete suppression of
the evil is not the standard by which
the effectiveness of any law is to be
Judged for if so, no law is good no
law suppresses entirely the evil at
which it is aimed. There is gam5-
Hing, though it is forbidden by law.
There is murder even, though the
penalty of it is death itself.
And prohibition is a success in
Preston county Notwithstanding the
fact that there is no organization in
the county for the purpose of bring.
ing its violators to punishment-none
whatever; and Notwithstanding the
fact, also. that the whiskey law of the
State is such that it can be violated
without fear of serious punishment,
and sometimes with absolute profit.
-KingWood Journal.
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Baltimore Live Stock Market.

BEEVEs-Thet trade in beeyesshows
some Improvement as TO activity oyer
last week. with a considerable i'm.
proyement also in the quality of the
offerings. Prices average &c. advance
over last week, considering the better
average Of the offerings. Prices range
at 29G05Bc., few selling at or near the
former figure, and a fair number
more than last Week-at and near the
latter-5B-and few under 81 most
sales ranging from to 5sc.
Hostile receipts number 2,057
head more than they did last week,
constituting a fairly full supply, and
their average quality was slightly
better than that of last weeks offer
ings. Trade is reported as fair to
good, without any change from last
weeks record of July, viz: 5 to 5sc.
net. Same time last year hogs sold
at 6(06Sc. net.
SHEEP-Tbe offerings are largely
in excess of the record of last week,
the increase being mostly of common
sheep, these are slow of sale. Good
sheep and lambs, which are not
numerous, are in fairly good de-
mand I; common to fair sheep sell at
24@34c.; fair to good 43@44c., and
good to extra 44(@33, with few Sc
lections al sc. Same time last year
sheep sold at 23(94sc., and lambs at
74@lO, gross; the year before sheep
sold at 33@6tc., and lambs at 7(09c.,
gross.
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lady. We did not learn her name.
A big crop of sugar but buyers are
only Offering six cents. Farmers,
hold onto the sugar, it is worth more
than that to keep the kids in good
humor.
Messrs. Miller, burst & Co., are
moving their large planning mill and
furniture factory close to town.
Mr.. Gnagey, father of Mr.. Jonas
Gnagey, tax collector, made a sale
of stock, farming implements, sc.
last week. We understand that he
is going to retire from active ser
vice. d,
Let us hear from you every week
ED. REPUBLICAN,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15

A fearful storm of wind and rain
swept over Kansas City, Mo-, Tues
day, continuing from IL O'Clock until
noon. The Court House. on Second
street, was totally demolished above
the second story. A number of per.
sons were hurt there, but none killed
as far as known at this time. The
Lathrop school building, on Eighth
street, was partially wrecked and
many children caught in the ruins.
Seven are said to have been killed
and the full extent of the disaster is
not yet known. An overall factory
on Second street was blown down
and five deaths are reported from
there, out Of fifteen girls at work in
the building, while nearly all the
Others are wounded. At / o'clock a
report from the Lathrop school makes
ten badly hurt besides those killed.
The old water works building, near
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15
ORDER NISl.

VS.. Sthe Circuit Court for
Michael Rice, ct al. Garrett county.
ORDERED, This eleventh day of May, in the
" year 1886, by the Circuit Court for Garrett
county, sitting in Equity, that the sale Of the
made and reported by VIM. p. Townshend,
trustee appointed by decree Of this Court TO
make sale, be ratified and confirmed unless
cause to the contrary thereof be shown ON or
before the eighth day of June next; provided
q copy of this order be nse! ted in some news
paper printed in Garrett county once in each
of three successive weeks before the eighth
day of June next.
The report states the amount of the sale to
be $3.50.
w. IT. TOWER,
Clerk Circuit Court.
True copy-Test:
5l53 w. II. TOWER, Clerk.
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ture, and that he has never signed
bill and afterward erased his name
therefr0m, but has uniformly turned
them over as fast as signed to the
clerk of the Court of Appeals. An
examination of the bill will perhaps
show that no erasure was made. No
name was signed by him to the bill.
In Withholding his signature from
the last named bill, and in reply to a
letter from Mr.. Dando, of Allegany,
asking for reasons, Che Governor
states that he wrote to Mr.. Dando
that aside from the question of public
policy or public health, taken in con-
nection with corporations or individ-
uals he is of the opinion that the reg
ulation by law of the details of pri-
vate business is wrong in principle.
and for this reason the bill failed to
receive his signature.
In reply to question as to whether
he had any general statements in re
gard to the matter beyond his expla-
nation, the Governor replied that
some of the AIlegany papers had
dealt with this matter in a manner
which rendered them easily liable to
a prosecution for Islander or libel, in
1 which the whole truth could be esttb-
lished in his Yindication aeainstth he
unwarranted charges. The Governor
added: 81 do not care how strong
you make my denial of the charges,
as / am as innocent as babe un-
born" The Governor further added
that at the time of the discovery Of
the lost bill he advised that the fact
he given to the press, but that it had
been overlooked at A nnapols.
CAMBRIDGE, May 1l.-GOv. Lloyd,
to whom the original resolutions of
impeachment of his official character
passed at the Frostburg meeting OF
miners on May 4th were sent by a
committee of miners. this morning
mailed the following letter in answer
to the charges:
CAMBRIDGE, Md, May 10, 1886.
Hugh Thompson, President of Miners
Committee.
Sir Your enclosure of resolutions
passed at divers meetings of the
| IF hn
warded from Annapolis to my home
in Cambridge. Your committee eX-
presses the hope that | may be able
to clear up the matter set forth in
your complaint to our mutual salts
faction. You have doubtless been
deceived and misled by the represen-
lotions of parties who did know OF
ought to haYe known better, as can
account for your impeachment of my
official Integrity upon no other the
Dry. After the statements given in
the press of the status of the bills
passed by the last Legislature and un
signed by me, no not feel called up
on to reply further than to say that
my signature has never been attached
to the Semi-monthly Pay bill, or tC
any other bill, and afterwards erased
or Withdrawn, and that the Ventila-
ton or Mine Inspection bill was
never in my custody, nor was it eye
presented to me by The secretary o
the Senate. nor was it seen by me til
the 9th of May. It's disappearance il
mystery that / should like to SEE
satisfactorily explained. Had it beer
stolen from the Executive Depart
ment, no effort of mine would have
been spared to ferret out the guilty
party and bring him TO punishment
Respectfully,
HENRY TJOYD
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-as.--as
mating himself by selling or giving
to the danger point, wherever that
may be. Fog and confusion thicken
oyer the way as you remember that
one or two drinks craze some men
and cause them to seriously menace
the peace and quiet of a community,
while other men will drink excessive
ly day after day and never commit a
breach of the law, or do any wrong
save the wrong to themselves and bad
example to others. A rational adj
ministration of a law contemplating
securities and restrictions of so COM
picked nature will likely prove de-
lusive under the trial test, and surely
no one has the hardihood to claim
that the prospective fruits Of such
provision would have been yielded
to the people by the triumph of the
license defenders in the recent con-
test.
The Democrat says the prOhibitory
plan 'as applied Unfortunately to
whole communities, is not justified
by any law" We believe it is not
only compatible with law but that
the one great cardinal principle, deep
at the root of all law in this country,
is the spoken decree of a majority of
its voters. A French monarch said,
81 am the stale," but here the people
can truly say, tive are the law"
Directing attention to the result in
the election at Annapolis, the Demo
crat presumes a revolutionary move
ment in the current of public opinion.
and adds that the "feeing here is
bound to grow like in Annapolis.n
Might as we'll assert that the flow OF
river is not in its customary direc-
ton merely because under an adj
verse breeze its surface ripples beat
over the backward course. Can it be
that the Democrat fathomed some
depths in this issue a local optionist
cannot sound and then come fresh
and leaping from its mysteries and
reveaiings to declare, that it must in
sist that our motives in the last cleo
ton were mistaken ones"?
A fear is expressed that the voters
may be tempted not only to revoke
this decision but "let down the bars
too low" May the day be far dis
tant when the good people of this or
any county shall in the face of the
whiskey traffic "let down the bars''
so low as to shock the Democrat, and
in the next sentence its hopeful gaze
is directed to coming events of the
next county election and urges "all
our friends to work together in the
true interest of Temperance, which
can only be subserved by wise and
stringent license laws" NoWif these
wise and stringent lawS>are the same
as were so ably and unavailingly es'
poused by the Democrat in the cam
paign just ended then the adoption
of those "wise and stringent laws
will dot this county over with the
domicils of the liquor vender.
"But if the "friends' of the traffic
are thus early beginning to martial
their forces, then "Why stand we
here idle ?" M.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15
Additional Locals.
Court Proceedings.

The May Term of our Circuit Court,
which convened Monday Of last week,
is still in session at the time Of going
to press Thursday morning).
The following are the only cases
passed upon mot given in our last
issue) which are of general interest:
Nos. 4 and 5 Trials. Peddicord &
Combs, use II. Wheeler Combs, VS..
J. l.. Browning and others. Judg.
ment for plaintiff.
No. 10. Baker d McCoOT VS.. Alex.
Read and others. Verdict for de-
PENDANTS.
State VS.. Samuel Friend removing
and carrying away fencing. Verdict
not guilty.
State VS.. VIM. Uppole; false pre-
lenses. Verdict not guilty.
State VS.. Norman Bray I; arson.
Verdict not guilty.
State VS.. Samuel Whirl larceny
Verdict guilty.
State VS.. Chas. Preston larceny OF
a steer. Verdict guilty.
The last mentioned case was one OF
considerable importance, and was
warmly contested on the part of the
State by Col. Veitch, and on the
part Of the traNerser by Messrs. G. s.
Hamill and Ed. II. Sincell.
No sentences had been passed at the
time of going to press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15

Decoration of the graves of union
soldiers by 'Confederates is pleasant
change from the insanity of JEFF.
Davis. Nobody asks the men of the
South to forget the past, but only to
remember that some things have
been settled.-EG.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15

General Master Workman Powder
ly, of the knights of Labor, in cir
cular to the order. denounces the boy
colt practice, and cautions the knights
to beware of demagogues and the too
free use of liquor,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15

In the United States Senate Tues
day a memorial was presented from
the Republican State Central Com
mittee of Ohio, charging that Senator
Payne was elected by bribery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15

CORRESPONDENTS must enclose full name and
address, not necessarily for publication. but
as private guarantee of good faith. Reject
ed communications will not be returned.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15
TERMS OF ADVERTISING.

First insertion, 81 per square of ten lines
SO cents per square for each additional inser-
lion. Special contracts for advertising longer
than three months.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15
SATURDAY, MAY 10, 1886.

The Cincinnati knights of Labor
denounce the red flag and every form
of anarchy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15

the Court House, was blown down,
and one or two persons there are
missing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15

Balance ofindebtedness to May 5, 1886, 81, 100 CO
Indebtedness after all collections are
made and distributed. .....................SG65 %
d. e. OFFUTT,
Burgess.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-05-15
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Financial Statement

Of the Corporation of Oakland for
1855 and 1886.
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CHAPTER ISL.

AN ACT To repeal chapter $40 of the
Acts of 1854, entitled AN Act to
incorporate the town of Deer Park
in Garrett county," and to re-enact
Il
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-30
4 CHAMPION OF ANARCHY.

Mr.. W. S. MEEK, who poses before the
public as the workingman's friend, IN
speaking of the REGISTER foreman, said:
1--WE feel that we have right to de-
mand the punishment of the man VINO
went back on the Union and its principles,
and, with Gods help, we willpunlsh him.
Our foreman withdrew from the Union
that he might, rs a REGISTER stakeholder,
protect his own property and continue to
support his family. While he regarded
the Union as important, yet when mem
bers of the Union would compel him to
make war on his own property and give
up the work by which he supported his
family, his manhood revOlted ut the idea
and he severed his connection with the
Union. His obligations to his home were
greater than to a few dozen mistaken
printers.
Still MEEEs impiOuSly swears that with
Gods help" Mr.. HEPSER shall be crush
ed to the earth, because he had the courage
to be a man and refuse to violate his obi
cations.
Yet this person MEEEs, who gives ut
terance to these lawleSs sentiments is ask
ing that the people of Ohio county send
him to represent them in the Legislature.
He urges the Inauguration of reign Of
terror to unlawfully destroy the means by
which our citizens make 4 living, and then
asks them to step up to the polls and vote
for him to make lawsfor them. This per-
son MEEKs must think the voters of Ohio
county are set of fools. They will re-
member him. Our people take no stock in
such anarchistic doctrine. Such a man
would be nOneutity as n representative
of the people, and would inspire the con-
tempt of every sensible man in the Legis-
Iature.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-30

Soma wears ago was in the heart OF
China. where learned some lessons Ia re-
gard to the development OF empires
Syiyen a homogeneous people, speaking
the same language, bound together oy the
ties OF commerce, and your great cities
will be In the interior rather than on the
seaboard, for the reason that the domestlc
commerce Of nation far exceeds It's LOT
eion trade. China Is dotted over Win
great cities of which we know very little.
| How many Of your readers ever heard OF
Soochow, with 2,0o0, 900 people, or Wau-
chang. with nearly as manyi or score Oh
cities containing 500,000i You see the
same process going on in this country.
CHICAGO, St Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburg'
Rochester, Buffalo, Cleveland, milwaukee,,
ST. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Kansas
City, Omaha, Denver, Atlanta Richmond
Chattanooga.
A century hence the republic Will be
surinkled with great centers OF trade.
The Atlantic seaboard will have It's chaln
of cities-Boston, New York, Phliaoei,
phia, Baltimore, Norfolk, Charleston anu
Savannah. Ney York, by its position It's
relations with Europe on the one manu.
and the interior on the other, bids Ia!r 10
wrench the scepter from London, ana De-
come the worlds banking house. Quite
likely it may always maintain its suprem-
acy as the metropolis Of the republic,
and by and by become the chief city OF
thu world. That Chicago Is to stand next
in rank seems to me to be certainty
rather than a probability. In
Boston Herald