The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-04-24
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EDITOR REPUBLICAN AS the
editor of the Mountain Democrat is
making a desperate attempt to throw
all the responsibility of the special cleo
ton, and the cutting out of the high
license feature from the Local Option
bill, upon the Republican delegates,
it becomes necessary to make an ex-
PLANTATION.
The special election was inserted
and the high-license feature stricKen
out while in the hands of the Garrett
county delegation and Mr.. Hole, un-
der the following circumstance !:
While:he bill was being considered
Senator Browning was invited to be
present in order, if possible, to shape
the Till so as to make it satisfactory
to himself and Us. In order to do this
it was necessary fur us to relinquish
some of the features we bad been in
slsling upon whIle we expected him
to do the same. We requested him
to reiinquish the feature tnat ahroga-
ted the Local Option Jaw until the
election IN the fail aud that in return
we would rcii quish the feature Of
re-submitting the question by dis
trcts. which was so Objectionable to
hiun, but he promptly refused. l
then suggested II special election as
the only way to come TO an agree
meGt, and he accepted the PROPOSE
ton. He then suggested in positive
terms (if my memory serves me cor
reCtly and | feel confident of being
borne out in this(, that the high
license feature be stricken out. /
offered no objections and neither did
Mr.. Michaels, so far as | am aware.
Senator Browning no longer ago than
last Friday said that he was glad to
accept that proposition, (but seemed
to forget that he had suggested it),
which goes to prove that he did not
want it retained in the bill.
He was no more anxious 10 avoid
the expense of a special election than
either of us. The very first bill that
he had prepared, and which he in
vited Mr.. Michaels and myself to eX-
anime, provided for special election,
and we offered many suggestions that
if he would have adopted would have
saved this expense. He did not con-
slider the interests of the taxpayers
so seriously in regard to the bill Great
ing a new district and the rattle.
snake bill. Mr.. Browning had the
amendments prepared himself, and
it was understood that all were salts
fled and was ST asserted by his cham
ron, Mr. Hole, when we offered
some amendments that would not
have changed any Of the main fea-
lures of the bill.
If Mr.. Browning would have ac-
cepted reasonable amendments to his
bill the people would not have to
bear the expense of an election.
am willing to bear all the response
bilitIes belonging to any acts of mine
and have no desire to shift them upon
the shoulders of some one else.
Mr.. Browning originated the bill,
and the record shows that he intro
duceG it and accepted the final result,
Especial election and al), and to Mr..
Browning belongs the Inconvenience
and disadvantage resulting from its
passage.
The attempt made to create wrong
impression in the minds of the peo-
pie is absurd and can deceive no in.
telIigent person. and is a species of
political trickery that only low poll
ticians will resort to.
In conclusion, l will say to the edi-
tor of the Mountain Democrat, that
if, in criticising the acts of public men
it is necessary to have two-thirds of
the article making such criticisms re-
fer to matter foreign to that critics.
ed, land | can lay my finger upon
every irrelevant word). that the prin-
ciples of language must have under
gone a change, or he has not the abil-
ity to properly formulate it.
SILAS WIENER,