The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19
OAKLAND, Nd, OCT. Is, 1889.


these questions
OAKLAND, Nd, OCT. Is, 1889.
feel reluctant, at q time like
the present. to notice publicly any commu-
nication or publication which might seem to
reflect upon me politically, but in the last is
sue of the Democrat there appears in It's e1i-
torial columns an article so grossly and flag
rantly personal to myselfthat do not feel at
liberty to let it pass without notice.
This article, appearing as 1t does the editor
of the Democrat, is, OF course, responsible Tor,
although evidently not written by him. II
must nave been written by, and in TACT It's
authorship is generally accredited to Ger
tuin notorious "scribbler' ofthis town, who
In the past has had editorial eXperiencein all
three of the parties now having tickets in the
field. and who would. for q consideration, or
through malice, strip any honorable man as
bare of reputation as he is himself
AS to the charges themselves so far as they
effect me, and this being q personal letter
over my own s gnature, shall confine what
1 have to say to these charges, they are not
only false in TACT and utterly baseless, las
well as base,) and known by the writer of the
article to be SO, made not even Tecllless,y but
wIllfully, maliciously and Indignantly, not
outstanding his disclaimer, but they are so
utterly absurd as to be simply laughable.
were it not for the malice that conceived and
the vindictiveness that prompted their pub
lication; and are nothing more than a repe-
tition and continuation OF the vile and I'M
warranted attack made upon me two years
ago by the same individual.
His statements given as matters Of record
are belied by the records themselves, and had
he examined those records, as any honest and
honorable man oughtto and would have done
before making such assertions as he has, he
would have discovered that they disclosed
nothing to support his statements.
Not one dollar ofc0unty's money has been
levied directly to me for my own use since
the organization of the county, save only the
per diem due me under the law as County
Commissioner for two years, amounting to
the sum of Sl5i.3S.
The records show that all the levies made
since the formation of the county directly to
me or to those with whom l was associated
are as follows:
TO Davis d TownShend S64l. SO, of which
received one half 80 %
To s l.. Townshend & Son..... ............ SIT 81
To myself for outside pensioners ........ 80 90
In addition to this Davis & Townshend
drew out of the contingent fund
S7S.73, of which l received one-halfor 80 81
S, l.. TOwnShend & Son, out of contin-
gent fund NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. A 90
And myself received from the con-
tingent fund. ............................ 40 90
Making grand total of..................sl2O6 %
received of the county's funds in liquidation
ofindebtedness due from the county to me
and to s. L. Townshend & Son, an average Of
ST. per d11nunn for the IL years of the county IS
existence as a separate and distinct organiza-
ton: very far short of the many thousands
of dollars of public money that are said to
have found their way into my 'capacious
pockets; and only 1888 more than the
amount of $1,000 which went into the "pock-
cts" of the firm, of which the writer Of that
editorial was member for tUo years services
as attorneys to the Board of County Commits
sioners. of which said sum of $1,000. the one
half was paid to that firm out of the contin-
gent fund, now so vehemently denounced ~
one of them more conscientious" now than
them as 'corru ption fund.-" "out of which
tiumped up or imaginary claims are paid to
political favorites for party services"
The amounts which l received as above
stated, apart from my services as County
Commissioner were for fox and cat certificates
required to be paid by law, supplies and
materials furnished to the county and for the
use of outside pensioners, as follows:
Levy-Outside ........S $50 50
Suppl eS 236 80
Fox and Cat Certificates ........... l4l so
Contingent Fund-Supplies and Out
Total .sll52 IS
OF the levy in my hands for the use and
benefit of outside pensioners allI have to say
is that the beneficiaries of these levies have
received dollar for dollar for all levies in my
hands Tor their use. l have never charged
them one dollar for dispensing these funds,
and the profit realized upon the goods fur
nished to them is over-balanced by the
trouble and annoyance. These pensions it is
necessary should be levied in the hands OF
some responsible persons. and 1 suppose
those which have baen levied in my hands,
have been so levied simply for the convent
ence of the pensioners themselves. AS to the
supplies and materials furnished, the county
got full value for every dollar. paying no
more than individual buyers were required
to pay for the same merchandise. In these
statements challenge the writer of that ar
ticle or any other person to show. or to at
tempt to show. any single particular in
which they or any of them deviate from the
truth.
The only other levies with which l have
been in any way connected were levies made
to other persons for my use or the use of one
of the firms OF which have been a member,
as has been done for almost every merchant
in this town. and many in the county, in the
regular course of business. Those persons to
whom levies have been made for my use are
those to whom the county has been indebted,
and they being indebted to me, have under
taken this way to secure met being pri-
vate matter between individual and individ-
ual and in no wise on account ofindebtedness
due from the county to me; and I, not hav
ing the fear of the penny -a-liner" and other
"whited sepulchers' before my eyes, have
been reckless enough to accept such security.
Other merchants in the county and in this
town, Democrats. have received hundreds Of
dollars more in this way 1 am led to believe,
than have. and legitimately. and yet their
business integrity and morality have never
by any one been assaled on this account.
The charge that I, either individually or in
connection with any other person or per-
sons, whomsoever, have controlled or sought