Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-11-10

AN ClCClltl IUNSt hlOtC ullC pldIC
Attorney letter which drew from
that officer the following very clear
response:
CUMBERLAND, Nip, Nov. 3 1SSS,
D,oy Si,,-Iu reply to your inquiry as to
the manner in which the count of votes
should be held, beg to refer you to the Gath
Section (page GGl) of the copy Of the election
laws furnished you by the clerk, in which
you will find there must be no cessation OF
the count that Immediately after the close
Of the polls the box shall be opened and the
count proceeded with in the presence of
those entitled to be admitted until finished.
| understand it has been the custom to
close the box and suspend the count until
after supper or until next day, but this is
contrary to law and ought not to be tolera-
ted, especially in an election where the ticket
is as short as it is this time.
Your attention is also called to the Glst
section of the election laws making it the
especial duty of the judges of election to
give information to the States Attorney of
all nfractions Of the law, under a penalty,
and shall expect a strict compliance with
this section and promise a vigorous -prosecu-
ton of any attempt to violate the election
laws. Respectfully yours,
DAVID w. SLOAN,
States Attorney.
The JOURNAL has long held this
to be the only unQuestionable course
to be pursued. 1t has gone Il step
further than the States Attorney in
contending that the entire ticket, no
matter how lengthy, should be I'M
mediately and continuously counted.
Otherwise, au election judge who
may be as pure as crystal and spot
less us Il snowflake, invites suspicion
when he assumes sole custody of bal
lots partially uncounted.
If he cannot stand to stay up all
night, if needful to carry out the
law, he should (1) not seek the po-
sition Of judge; or, (2) if appointed
without his own motion, he should
decline the office.
The defeat in Baltimore of Isidor
Rayner, one Of organized labor's he
roes, may be counted us another in
stance Of the political ingratltude
which the Noble Order metes out to
its ''unpurchaseable tribunes." His
speeches in Congress in behalf Of the
oppressed ran close TO the danger
line, and the frantic appeals in the
Baltimore papers to the workingmen
in his district for his reelection
showed that he expected his yells for
justice to be reciprOcatcd.
But alas, poor Yorick. the Noble
Order, the Hamlet OF our politics,
may now commune with his grave
diggers and moralize on all that is
left of brief career of demagoguery.
The republicans made such large
gains Ill Maryland that they are al
ready laying pipe to carry the State
next fail.
With such men as Baughman,
Brown, ct III genus Omue, and W. f.
Stewart, in immediate charge of the
democratic party, they enjoy acceSso-
ries which they should cultivate
without despising them any more
than they can help.
The prediction Of Rev. Obadiah
Bates, Of Alabama, has come to
naught.
About month ago he issued IL
proclamation to the effect that the
world would come to an end Novem-
Der 5.
He was out only one day.
Fortunately, the democrats took
the Salt River instead Of the brim-
stone route.
WHAT became of Sinclair? Let Tray,
Blanche and Sweetheart tell us,-Cumber-
land Ners.
Gone ulimmnrinU