Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-12-07

Nal advises favor of incorporation
because the spirit and tendency Of or
ganizcd local government are good.
IT government in remote sense is
unquestioningly accepted as whole
some II ought to to be taken more
readily as II comes closer home. In
deed, II is the nearest rule that most
protects us in our inherent right to life.
liberty, happiness. Moreover, home
/ rule, which comprehends State. county
and municipa! government. is the only
lawful oegis visible to the naked eye
All other is seen by faith or through Il
glass darkly.
In starting out, therefore. to estab-
llsh police espionage over all for the
good of all, the people of Homecoming
If not too late, should avoid placing
the reins in the hands of those who will
make use of their salaries, raised by
taxation, to play the great superior
being act when they come in contact
with the taxpayers. AS a matter of
actual fact, the taxeater is not greater
! than the taxpayer. Hence, the Iona
coming taxpayer does not want to levy
on his own property for money with
which to purchase masters from the
non-taxpaying element.
The JOURNAL is much in favor of in
corporation-so much that it welcomes
bad government under such auspices
rather than no government. Incor-
poration affords power and means of
! improvement in light, transit and san
itation, alone worth more than their
cost. incorporation affords protection
day and night from fire and burglary,
and, above all. excepting the inevitable
general enhancement of valuations, it
inspires sense of security which is
beyond estimate in dollars and cents.
But to make such government eff
ticient it should be placed iu the keep
ing of a Mayor who is worth more in
real estate than $3.50, and in the Gus
tody of Councilmen who have more
interest in the town than six tramps,
THE county commissioners did last
week one of the most inexplicable
things that was ever chronicled of
that body.
They took $500 OF county money
and handed it to the city of Cumber-
land to repair a street!
This after being exceedingly liberal
with the city in providing an expen
sive bridge, made necessary by the
location of a new factory.
Language is SO poor in resources
| that words cannot be found which
adequately describe this misappropri-
alton.
But it is a miscarriage of the pur-
pose for which taxes are raised so
gross that it is high time some patriot
ic, heavy-paying citizen does not take
it upon himself to test III the courts
the Legitimacy of such grants,
WHILE Cumberland is laying in
new industrial establishments it
would be in the line of economy to
omit Il brass mill, the product of
which would be howling superfiuity
| thrown Oh Il home market already
| distended by an eXuberance of the
stuff in its native and most aggressive
condition. The whole town is brass,
| foiled, and there is hardly a jowl that
is not gilded with what was anciently
| called "Dutch gold"
THE following item is going the
| rounds
Mr.. Campbell, governor elect of Ohio, is a
Knight Templar a Knight of Pythias and au
| Elk. He is also Presbyterian.
Had he dropped clkhood and Cal
vinism and devoted the talents thus
employed to walking us IA delegate,
the trinity of knightage would have
been complete. As it is he is a sort of
unfinished CTur de Lion.
The Pocahontas coal region is try
ing to make it appear that its product
is the best tcam-generating coal on
the continent. That scheme will
hardly work. The Georges Creek re
! gion is not in the swim in getting its
fnel dug for nothing, but when it
comes to the running quality of coal
it can show the cleanest par of heels
on this terrestrial ball.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Live Suggestions by a Liue Writer on
Lie Subject
FRosTBURc,, Mp., Dec. (, lSS9.
! To the MINING Journal.
The present trend of affairs seems TO
| indicate that :; new era is dawning
upon old Allegany county. The AIR
in Cumberland is fraught with ideas