Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1889-05-10

I Mr. Cough Again Mr.. Gonuh. n ~.
Other communication in the last issue of ma
Times, siives sill, notwithstanding our ais.
c.aImer, to show 10 the people OF the connie
that We were trjiag 10 do him an iniurv
when We failed to publish in full his imfor..
ant (2) testimony, given before the Commits.
sioncr Ia the MWdd and Compton contest case
la the aforesaid communication he saws 81
did rot think 1t necessary in vindicstion ~
myself before the honest people Of Charlss
county to deny bis (Payues) statements for I
thought they knowing me to be an honest
and law-abiding citizen, (which they seem
bent on declaring am mott would not require
IT," This statement seems a contradiction
We published the most material portion If
PaYnes testimony which referred 10 Gougbfa
having attempted to buy bis vote The m.
important portion Of the said testimony which
referred 10 there heibg n political society IN
Newport section, we did not publish: this was
his Mr. Cough grievance If this distinguish.
ed and highly moral citizen constable, &c az
Newport was so well known to the honest
people Of Charles county as not to think il AZ
al necessary to deny the sworn statement az
creditable witness charging him with a
high crime how can lie reconcile his act II,
writing the long wOrded and able (2l ep,stle
Of tNo weeks ago, explaining some minor
matter that did not reflect upon him and lit
lie concerned anybody elsc2 Now the INpF-
PENDENT when commenting on the fact that Mr.
Cough made no denial Of the charge Of bride
r, had the fun knowledge that some Of those
whom we bad known previously TO he the
most upright and honorable citizens were
mixed mp in compromising degree in the
wholc.ale purchase Of voters IL 1885 ana in
abiding to his failure to deny the sworn
statement OF PAYNE, we were very naturally
led to the belief that if PAYNE told the truth
Mr. Cough, like many C the others alluded
10, cared nothing about IL, and had
concluded that if buying votes in direct vio-
lati0n of law did not injurc them IN the
public estimation he could not be.
for simply trying TO buy a vote or two,
considered other than an honest and law
abiding man We held over him no threat.
we merely stated that If the evidence were
I laid before United States Court and not dis
proven he would be disbarred from future
citizenship There was no vitupersiion or abuse
IN 50 stating, we merely asserted n well known
4 fact But Mr. Cough saws as we are inclined to
do him An injustice, which is incorrect, by
/ "Chewiug on this bone we will knock thar
I last prop from under them and now positive
/ " assert that ! never offered Pay ne q bride 70
vote the Democratic ticket" OF course after
! this positive denial, by Mr.. Cough, as against
the equally positive sworn statement Of the
4 witness Payne, we must conclude that the only
rule to apply is that laid down by the lament
ed Judge Brent, that is, that both men told
/ the truth and both are entitled TO credit. por-
/ ton ofthe evidence winch We give in fun, and
not synopsis, says, ION Saturday before
I the election he Cough came over to mark
some shoats we had, aud we were going halves
T ii them and there were five; there was an odd
one; there were two and a half pigs apiece
/ lie says what are You going TO do abou; this
half one? ! said one or the other would have
/ 10 buy ont, and bc said if YOU will 90 my wav
I ! know what will do with my half. said
/ ! can't do it," In reading the above il will
! he seen that certainly Mr.. Cough made no
offer to bay the witness Payne to vote The
I Democratic ticket, aud Mr. Coughs statement
is verified by the evidence Mr. Cough sim
py offered a half pig to this benighted son OF
I Ham to 20 his way. Somehow or other from
/ the above evidence the INDEPENDENT was so
stupid as to believe that Mr.. Cough wanted
Payne TO vote the Democratic ticket. Not so
however lie only wanted the man TO leave
what he considered the crooked, winding and
iborny Republican way, and get on the
broad. open, SmOs IT,. MA AID mixed Demo nti'
pike: and evidently he was impressed with the
| belief tllt half pig, even il not roasted, was
equally Us tempting to Payne as ''possumanI
sweet taters' are to MANY others Of his color,
and which he CONCLUDED Payne wGuN be
powerless to resist There WAS no hrie of
icrrd 10 vote the Democratic ticket lIeouly
wanted him TO @. his wav But eveo pig
would not induce him to do it, We ar re-
minded nf the fact that il we make further
attuSi0u 20 the iiy pavus or G0uph We xii