Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser., 1889-05-24
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PORT TOBACCO:

PORT TOBACCO:
Friday Horning. Nay oath, 1889
Mudd's Status.
Owing to the fact that Mr.. Sydney
Nudd has by persistent loafng and
mepdicancy about the Departments in
Washington under the guardianship
of McOomas and Stockbridge succeed.
ed in remoxing two or three of the
Democrats appointed to small places
through Mr.. Compton's influence and
substituting some Of his following in
their places and that he has succeed
ed in bringing the administration into
malodorous disrepute in this section
of the State BY the Wholesale removal
of fourth-class pestmasters, some Of
the local republican crew are exult
ing upon this as proof that Sydney
is already recognized as prospective
Congressman.
Nothing could be more at fault
than this assumption. All the defeat
ed Republican candidates for Con-
gress in everydistrict in Maryland have
been made the mediums of the distri-
button of the spoils in the districts
which they would have been pleased
to misrepresent in Congress. We were
reminded of this BY prominent rep
resentative Of the Baltimore american
in conversation shortly after the 90.
lection of the Internal Revenue Col.
lectcr had been determined upon. The
american man said that it looked
hard that . man who clearly had not
been elected to Congress and who did
not stand the slightest chance of get
ting there, should be allowed to name
an important officer like a revenue
collector /; but he added that when it.
was conceded that the appointment
should come from the 5th district, it
would necessarily follow that Mudd
should name the man, owing to this
peculiar policy of the Republican id.
ministration in Maryland. He then
referred humorously to several Mary
land Republicans who had been ab.
solutely showed under in their con-
gressional aspirations, who we're COM
planning of the difficulty they had in
distributing the patronage in 'thsir
districts"
This is exactly how it is with Sgd.
ney. No fair minded man of intelli-
gence who has read, the testimony
taken in the ''contest" can reasonably
entertain -a-sdoubt that Mr.. Compton
will retain his seat in Congress. AL.
though the unconscionable partisan
crew like Quay, Clarkson & Co, who
are endeavoring with only partial sue
cess to control the administration.
would consent to any means to obtain
partisan advantage, 1t is net fair
to assume that the 164 Republicans
of the House will to . man. vote for 20
palpable a-wrong ~ the unseating of
Mr.. Compton 10 shown blythe evil
denoe to be. But even conceding this,
it is absolutely certain thst the 16f
Democrats of the House, armed 40
they are with their full parliamentary
privileges under the rules Of the body,
have the power to prevent it; and
that they will exercise: this power, if
the emergency calls for il, there seems
to be no shadow of doubt. \
Sydney's status then, is that Of .
defeated Congressional aspirant, moth.
ing more. His efforts in the direc.
ton of spoils while more ridiculously
persistent and sere grossly indecorous
than the other defeated a4piranh, have
not been more successful. Consider.
ing that Mr.. Comptn's efficient SER
vices and commanding infuence has
secured to his district . greater
amount of patronage. especially In the
smaller places. than any other dis.
trict in. Maryland and that thus
much better held Of operations 10 af.
forded to Sydney, he has not done %
we'll as some Of the others. He should
not therefore, initiate his balloon too
much, or sail too high, because he
will have . larger sail down on his
parachute when his gas finally fails.
where Our Best Market II.
The statisticiaa of the Agricultural
Department finds after careful inquiry |
that Europe il practically our only mark
ct for wheat, importing IA, ,000, 900 bush
els year. Her crop is I, ,soo, ,oOO, 900 bush
els, or twice ours. but it is insufficient for
her needs. We actually send her annual
ly about $4,000. 600 bushels. Europe
takes IL, ,0oo, 900 bushels Of oats, Of which
we supply $500, 600 bushels. OF rye