Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-03-17

sarcophagus.
EIGHT lines were needed to com
plete this column, and nothing being
left to speak of outside the perennial
merit Of the JOURNAL as Il paper
has roamed vainly til, 81 uelectable
mazes of exquisite phrases to discern
something sweeter to say than "now
is the time to subscribe
Mr.. WEEKS speaks of "the Georges
Greek region, Maryland" in the
'eminine gender, and he speaks of
ficially.
This is not more surprising in Mr..
Weeks as rhetorician than as State
official preaching the propoganda of
Il secret order.
PEOPLE, elect one good man for
Mayor and three good men for Coun-
cilmen. What we want, without re
Election upon the present body, is
a sound, intelligent administration.
Success is available in this direction.
and success, like "heaven," as Sam
Jones says, sis just beyond the ter
minus of doing your level best"
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THE number of miners employed in 1887 ex-
ceeds that oflss6 by several hundred. - Thomas
C. Weeks.
A gross misstatement. The mum
Der was ~ less than in 1SS6-a re-
duction brought about through the
wise administration of Inspector
Hamill, and one which very mate rial
" enhanced the average earnings
per copjta for the year.
THERE have been many evil things
said of him, but the paragraph below
from the Lonaconing Reuew places
him before the public in a favorable
light:
Eugene Higgins is posing as walking
delegate" for the coal companies of this re-
gion. His services seem to have been quite
effective in working against the passage ofthe
Ventilation bill.
Age cannot wither nor custom
stale the infinite gullibilty Of some
people.
WITH the Homecoming Reriew com
parisons are not simply odious, but
''side issues"
The teacher-pay business, not be-
ing an issue at all, cannot be side
issue.
But if the Reriew is as great Il
friend of the teachers as it is of the
few miners who are Knights of Labor,
as it pretends TO be, why has it p"
semimonthly pay bill ,,,,.> he
Legislature for them?
Who. then, raised the tissue" and
did not raise the "side issue ~
Who made fresh meat of one
species of labor and treated the other
as carrion
And who is ''otf the track" now:
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II Mine Inspector Hamill had advocated
the passage of a stringent mining law instead
of opposing such measure, his chances of
succeeding himself would have been better.-
Homecoming Reeiew
Not bit of it. The scheme was
to get Mr.. Hamill ont and keep him
out-not expressly, but all the same
to put and keep him and such as he
out.
Hence, the advocacy of the bill
would have gained him nothing
The truth is, the domination Of
Mr.. Browning had everything to do
with defeating the ventilation bill,
and the gentlemen who are primarily
responsible for his appointment are
those who So persistently forced the
obnoxious measure upon Legislative
notice.
THERE is an outfit in this town
that speaks of the JOURNAL as com
position Of "frail humanity, paper,
ink, &C., and at the same time holds
the JOURNAL accountable for the
small tariff meeting here. 1t goes so
tar US to say thar many were not
''prepared to be influenced by an in
stitutlon which is divided against
itself on the toritf question" 1t does
not appear to know that there are
very few great ''institutions" which
are nor so divided such, for in
stance, as the republican party, the
democratic party, and even The free
trade outfit of the high protective
Knights of Labor are all cut up on
this subject.
What the outfit wants is to reduce
the swelling in its mind, or the or
dinary human epidermis will not
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