Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-23
CORRESPONDENCE
4 SkIMHINo! OF Politics.
\ PoIyglot Council - A Republican
City Councilman of Baltimore
who Has Talked Temperance
in Frost >tburS-Spicy Politi-
cal Pointers.

| have enjoyed nice quiet rest
since the "ldeSn of November have
told IN" who Is to sit IN our chief mag
istrattS chair for the next four years
but again the sea of politics is becom
lug ruitl"d and many bonnets have
many bees" buzzing in them just now.
The present City Council is poly
glot affair. Its first branch pres dent
Is of the celebrated Continental
d order; the majority on the f""r
are republicans. and of course all 9th
,rs. save one. are democrats. This
one is "a democrat, too" $50 he says.)
but he hardly knows which party
elected him. will confess. though
that 1t l. the most respecta ble body Ot
city fathers We have had for mauN
years. and, if no deadlock occurs, this
winter will see some excellent ordi-
uances emanatlmg from that august
body.
BY th,-way. II very prominent mem
her of this Council is the representa-
tive from the 20lh ward - Cecil J
Kl sner. He is a repui licaG of the
Blaine faction and is head and shoul-
ders above his fellows in intelligence
and ShewdueSS. Gour readers will
remember him as the Grand Worthy
Chief Templar of the Independent
Order of Good Trmplars, as he lectur-
ed twice in Frostburg during his term
OF office. He is the close advisor and
friend of Henry Stockbridge, jr., who
defeated l~ldor Rayner for Congress
in the 4Ih district. | understand that
almost any office within the gift of the
Republican party III this State is sub
Jrct 10 hls REFUSAL
The Compton Mudd contest in the
fifth district Is exciting much interest
NrIther side claim the election 10y over
IA faIr "baker's dazpu,' vet Just here
Is seen tn" Ill effects of forced nomi-
nation. Almost any good democrat
in the 9th district could have beaten
Mudd 10y II good ma jurity, and Comp
ton WAS not wanted. But he was the
leaders man and he must 90 in There
is too much of the lash in this process
Compton WAS not the choice of the de
mocracy of his district for the nomina
ton, but he got there. Yet before the
Shrll winds of March commence to
blow through his whiskerS he will fully
realize that defeat Stares hIm fairly in
the face. Sydney f. Mudd is plain.
unassumlng man, and know that he
Will not measure up to the standard Of
Barnes Compton. nor will he have the
weight and Influence with the mem
bel> of the lower House that his ad-
vcrSary has: yet If he was elected he
should be allowed the privilege of en-
loyrug the fruits of it.
It Is Il settled fact that Isdor Ray
ner is to be proifrred the gubernato,
rial char when Gov. jackson steps
down. That goes. He was defeated
by Stockbrldge outwardly, but by his
own political household within the
circle. a better Congressman Mary
land has not had within my history.
And | doubt not but that 1t will be
sad of him that he eXcelled as a Gov
ernor. | am glad now that he was de
ttated, because OF the greater honor
that awaits him and which will surely
fall to him.
Here's the very latest fad Tom
Weeks, the labor statiStician, is ont
for Congress in the Sd district, now so
ably represented by the Hon. Harry
Welles Rusk. Can he be elected ?
Not If the worklngmen' votes amount
to anything and they generally
amount to considerable in that dis
trlct. The new club, IL powerful fac
tor, the Young Mems Democratic
Cub, | believe, will cut him to II man.
The people don't want Tommy, and if
he looks beyond his nose he will
quickly discover it.
The bosses have made some poor
nominations within the past few years,
thinking that the rest of the ticket
would carry them through, but the
"Scratcher' gets in his best work and
the objectionable ones are showed un-
der. AS proof of this witness poor
Rayner's defeat, due, of course, to
Morris a. Thomas name on the tick
ct. The democracy of this State can
not afford to imperl its ticket next
year, or the next, by placing objec-
uonable names on it.
One of the most popular men in the
city, a"d | might also say in the State,
is the present clerk of the Superior
Court-James Bond. He is also "a
member of the State Central Commit
tee. He was elected to his present po-
SltlOn nearly SIX years ago, and so well
and ably has he performed his duties,
which are manifold and eXacting, that
the people are again mentioning his
name for the same Office. He is one
city official whom | honestly believe
would have almost walk-over if he
should be re-nomnated. He is deserv-
edly popular with the bench and bar
aud also with the business communi-
ty. He has made numerous improve
menis in his Office, and parties outside
OF the city owning property, or inter
ested III any within It's boundaries, do
not have to consume a week or so
looking up the records-as what form
erly took days to accomplish under
the old clerks now only takes minutes
under his regime. In this particular
he is ably assisted by host of deputy
clerks. among whom are such names
aS Major Allison, X. T. Ward and
Louis NJ. Duvdll. OF course, he will
be the next clerk, for trusty iudica-
tions point that way.
Now | have dwelt considerably in
this letter over the democratic side of