Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-10-13
FRosTBU ;G has spoken.


as "a town susceptible to eruption.
when any great moral question is in
volved.
Not many years ago at public
meeting at this place the governor of
the State was inpeachcd .or com
plicity III crime whose perpctra-
tion is to this day cnyiroucd III.
darkness.
Later the popular voice was heard
from citizens meeting condemning
one Of the most fragrant m!scarrlages
of Justice that ever disgraced county
annals. For prominent parliclpa
ton in this meeting, aid for talk
outside, the machinery of law was
invoked in the case of four citizens,
whose mouths were thencelorward
stopped by libel suits. Notice WAS
thus served upon this community
that it should utter no public word
in its own defence.
All remember the occasion Of this
high handed business Il man
Was acquitted in spite Of his contes
sion of guilt; how, later on, he was
tried upon another charge, the jury
disagreeing, and how, by some
means unknown to the lay mind, he
was released from Jail, and Is to day
an eXile-tn outcast who, if innocent,
enjoys Il perfect right to be at home.
1t was all this that aroused the
righteous Indignation of the people.
More-the popular expression of that
day laid for all time precedent
which should have never been for
gotten-that tie peOple Of fr0$fbHIy
are mno'ierwbiy aM perpet"q1y op.
posed to aAy compr0niSc "iH "rime!
SO pronounced was this utterance
that several prominent gentlemen
were named only to be denounced.
But IA great change has come over
us. Time builds tombs for senti,
ments as well us mOrtals. At best
our virtue is spasmodic. lester
dav We scolded because man W0S
not convicted to day We seek the
exemption from death of one who
moS convicted Yesterday we con
demned the instrunientallties by
and through which Il confessed
culprit escaped the vengeance Of the
law to day we ask those in charge
of its enginery to reverse motion this
side of the death penalty and iapd
another confessed criminal at a sta
ton on the road which leads to the
eventual liberation of II conteSSedIy
dangerous man.
| We have not been consistent. Our
public expressions avoWlng devotion
to law and order are not in unity
with themselves. Hencelorth, il
may be, that whether We overflow
with resentment at wrong to society
or exuberate with apologies for its
retributions, the cold finger of I'm,
forgetting consistency will point us to
the speechless dust lis at once the
symbol and the end of our unavail-
ing reproof or plea. Even in our
own behalf, no matter how or by
whom threatened, our own words
will rise in Judgment against us and
the hand of silence smte us into
mute submission.
ALL tie registration officers Of the
county met in Cumberland Thurs
day except those of districts II, Il
and 13. 1t was ascertained, no
doubt, that the ''trust,' previously
organized to have all the printing
done in two offices in Cumberland,
had panned out amazingly well-to
the two offices. At any rate, ii vera
ciOus chronicIer reports that
Business matters were discussed at length
and all the gentlemen present concurred
that an organization could conduce only to
the good of all.
Which, interpreted, means that IL
monopoly of registration printing 10y
two establishments is all the excuse
the public can see for such IL love-
feast. A banquet followed, and then,
o then, these democrats, officially
"distinct us the billows, but" other
wise "One as the SEA, separated;
WI mony vow an lock'd embrace
Our parting was full tender;
An Fledging aft to meet again,
We tore Oursels asunder.
n CORRESPONDENT at Eckhart
wants to know "why the JOURNAL
does not report the speeches of the
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