Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1888-08-18

/ courtesy he VIII state, tllat he, lrSt, never
/ issued any order for a camp; no order for
such cncampmcnt could he issued until the
money to detray expenses was raised; and,
third. Il suitable, hcalthful site for an encamI-
mcnt could not be obtained III Fr"stburg.-
/ Cumberland IHdpWdcm
The gallant colonel appears to be
correct generally and particularly.
But it may be doubted whether
anybody ever held him accountable
for his actionS,' or if they had, it is
also to bc doubted whether his style
miiitUirr would have exempted him
from any proper explanation Of
factions" involving the interests of
others. Not quite all of us are gov
crned by martial law.
Perhaps also nobody ever said he
had "issued any order for IA camp"
1t is equally probable that nobody
ever contend ed that can order for
such cncampment could be issued"
before "the money to defray expenses
was raised"
But somebody hnS said that "a
suitable, healthful site fo" an encamp-
ment could not be obtained in Frost
burg"-this, after looking at one To-
cation and the way wide open to look
at others. Frostburg has more ''suit,
able, heaIthful sites for military en-
campments than Col. Wardwell Can
shake stick at
All was well, however, until the
tinancicrs discovered that there ought
to be bonanza in the combination
Of subscription bonus and "camp
privileges" ." Then they raised the
point of order of ''no quorum"
against $600-this, too, after the
Oakland enthusiasts had gone so far
in the beginning us to announce that
"the encampment would go to Frost
burg, because that town had raised
more money than all the other places
together"
Up to this time also the mystic
word ''privileges, had not been
spokcn-so far us our committee can
remember. 1t is IL broad, meat-ax
term, one which struck the COM
mittee with the hammer side when
it did fall.
In brief, Col. Wardwell's explana-
ton does not explain. There is man
ifestIy IL colored gentleman lurking
in the cord wood
AS between Messrs. Wellington
and McComas the JOURNAL is not
and cannot be Il partisan.
1t knows each to be brilliant and
promising, and all that.
But we cannot forego the oppor-
tunity again afforded by the con-
vention of last Tuesday of referring
to the gross injustice to the maority
liable under our current district
system in representative bodies. The
fact is, in both parties the principle
that "the majority shall rule" is
knocked endways -hindpart foremost
in every county convention. Prac-
tically the republican districts put
up democratic candidates, and dem
ocratic districts nominate republican
candidates.
Each party should adopt IL system
of district representation based upon
the party vote.
Then every aspirant will be able
to see with greater exactitude what
he is worth in popular estimation
before the real crisis comes.
A CORRESPONDENT elsewhere sug-
geSts II summary method of dealing
with that element of our mining pop
ulation who in ambush are 50 Jealous
of their health.
The method proposed, we repeat,
is summary, but it would give the
just and unjust an equal taste of the
wages of cowardice.
A favorte maxim of the Noble
Order-''an injury to one is the con-
Germ Of all"-would be fully exem-
plified in wholesale discharge.
But the disciples of the great
apostle, Uriah Stevens, have never
felt it in the nature of boomerang.
Applied by IL coal company, it
would be found to work backwards
with great force and effect.
But it ought to be tried. "Let no
guilty man escape" said Gen. Grant,
IL believer in the drag-net method of
catching troublesome spirits.
AN employee Of Philip Armour
III I I