Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1888-01-27

eirs Bouic to Ex-
Bowie.
iend, probably Ex-
imself, did me the
of the Baltimore
ant in which find
e ex Governor, en-
Judge Bouic,' &c,
he'd last week. |
plain reply" and l
paper because l spoke
to the people of our
sr benefit, largely for the
& to them the necessity of
hen by by better methods
hcnt of public offices, and
5hsidered my remarks of SUI
lic importance to publish
er and more substantially correct
0f them than any other paper.
synopsis OF my remarks at that meeting
8 published in the american and Sun not
II my words, but in those of the respective
reporters That in the Sun was in words
to which the ex Governor might with much
greater propriety have objected than the re-
port in the american, which you will find
by his letter TO me, land given belowO he calls
me to account in no mistakable language,
and now he makes his defence before the
Republican patrons of that paper rather than
before the Democratic patrons of the Sun;
and he seems somewhat piqued that have
no taste for Republican political literature.
l suppose the difference in our taste is ow.
ing TO the difference IN our Intellectual and
moral natures and habits.
BALTIC, Jan 9th, 1888.
WIN. VEIRs BoUIo, ESQ.,,
Dear Sir In the american of this morn
ing there is letter from Rockville report
ing a meeting held there with reference TO
the O. 81 o. Canal, in which you are re-
ported To have said in lone OF the most Wig
orous and telling speeches of your life"
among other gross assaults upon gentlemen
who were either ex Governors of our State
or ex. Presidents of the Canal, that "Mr
Clarke was made President at an immense
salary; that Clarke engineered through the
Legislature the Incorporation of the BALTIC.
and Potomac Railroad under the direction
Of Governor Bowie, and that was Clark's
reward"
Will you inform me whether you are cor
rectly reported; that If so, in the absence
| from Maryland of Mr.. Clarke, and in justice
| both TO him and myself may promptly
and publicly characterize such language as
IL properly deserves.
louis respectfully ODhN Do"lE'
The Ex-Governor made mistake. He
| has known me for many years, but does not
seem to understand that had spent too
much of my life in the woods to be fright
ened from the propriety of my course by
the "hooting of tub OWL"
ROCKVILLE, January 10, 1888.
Onrx, pow,r Eco
oDN "N D'S'
| De0r or = our communication Oh the
9th instant reached me aiter sohe deiay ny
an oVersigntln its uehvery 10 me ! nasten
to answer IL as II is not In my heart 70 pain
you by causing you 10 nurse your wrath
TO Keep IL warm by my neglect nave
not seen the NUMBER OF The American
| 10 winch you nave reierred as containing
report oil remarks MADE oy me az the pup
lie meeting OF citizens Oh TINS county 10
consider the SITUATION OF the v. " ". Cahai.
l nave neither time nor Inclination 10 READ
| such political literature as IS usually iurnish-
ed by That newspaper, ana lcannot therefore,
say whether the report Is correct or not. But
as well as can recall TO mind my remarks
| the report Us stated In your letter Is not YER
bally correct.
My remarks were wholly mpromptu,
without notes or previous preparation. My
opinion is, and SO said on that occasion,
| that the canal had been ruined by the poll
| ticians of the State, who had manipulated
| its management for their political purposes
| and personal ACKNOWLEDGMENT and that the
only way left to the Legislature to save it
| for the people and from the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad, to which it had been sub
| staDtialy sold by transfer of majority OF
| its repair bonds at u large discount by its
political managers was to take it out of
their hands and place it in the hands of the
original preferred bondholders, and to re-
auire them, as business men, Us they are, to
manage it on business principles only. That
when you were Governor of the State you
took deep interest in the passage by the
Legislature OF an amendment of the charter
OF the so-called Baltimore and Potomac
Railroad, and exerted actively your great
energies and tact in public matters to pro-
cure its passage without provision similar
to that in the Washington Branch of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, in
which the State has large interest as a
stakeholder and from which the State re.
ceived besides some seventy thousand dol.
| lars annually from the so-called captation
tax. That your bill called the road The Bal
timore and Potomac Railroad, but you knew
| il was but an authority for the Pennsylva
MIA Railroad Company to extend its road
from Baltimore to Washington city by u
parallel line with the Washington Branch
OF the b. s. O., and that yon well knew that
the passage of your bill without the capita
ton tax clause would force some future l. }.
gslature, in pure Justice to the b. Il o. Rail.
road Company TO release it ofthe capita,ion
clause in its charter, and the consequent
oss of the large revenue to the State from
that source. and which has been done. That
4
road for n number of wears that the Penn.
sylvania road did, under your law, extend
its road from Baltimore to Washington par
allel and almost In sight of the B. s. o; that
| a branch of the Pennsylvania road, made
under YOUR law. from Baltimore TO Wash
inptop' was built from o station now known
| as Bowie, located on or near your land, by