Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-05-03

tronagc dispensed to newspapers by
the n0n-partisan democratic school
system and that which grows out Of the
would-be partisan Orphans Court
makes any difference in the NetrS' Pro-
crustcan notions of one species ofVlrtue
OH the one hand, and another variety
on the other At the current rate Of
mortality the administrators and cN-
ccutors of the county. with Dowdcu
as a signboard for the Ne~s, could pour
hundreds of alien dollars into the bank
account of that paper. Meanwhile,
taking its own ethics as our cue, II
/ would not and should not get a cent
from the democratic School Board. Il
body which has undcniahly the full
control of its newspaper fund.
Fellow papers, organs and copyists,
non-partisanship isa very fine thing
when our enemies cXemplify it, but
as a a sample Of the Golden Rule for
om' side it isn't worth pin.
THE JOURNAL waited week to re
ply to the Baltimore Crtic Of April 10
in order to give that paper opportun-
itv to correct misquotation, if typo
graphical. But its issue Of last week
permits it to 90 mcorrected. and we
are compelled to assume that the .lOUR-
MAI. was misreprcsentcd for Il purpose.
| The critic said
/ The Frostburg MlNrN4 JOURNAL dis
| tinguishcd itself again last week by giving
| the workingmcm mean and coutemptuouS
| hit below the belt It appears that the Pied
mont CIV. Va Hcroid visited its ire upon the
democratic majority Of Maryland because
the weekly pay bill was defeated in the Leg
| stature The Frostburg paper quite proper
| ly explains that 1t is the democratic minority
that runs things in Maryland but it adds
| gratuitousIy, the voting down of the weekly
pay bill was one of the few good things that
the democratic minority did. The JOURNAL
hopes the minority will continue to hestow
upon Us the same great blessing The true
laboring man enjoys no claim to special
f;tvors.
Below is the full text OF what the
JOURNAL said, the italics indicating
the sentiment omitted by the critir:
The true laborng man does not "ccd irYia-
Iutioo Of that ki,d, anil tie sp"ri""s lobori"g
D,sGn enjoys no claim to special faVors.
Why did not the critic controvcrt
Chat proposition? Why did il not for
once forego its propensity to sur and
show why it is necessary torthe Lcgls-
lature to go out OF its way to burden
and annoy employers inthe interest OF
the tiriftleSS when the welfare of the
provident workers demands no such
intermeddling!
We will answer:
The C,itic could not question 1t, nor
can amy other paper, or amy other
man-from the Czar Of Russia down to
Lord Gomprrs. up again to Master
Powderlv and back again to Mcjfuirc.
Esq.
Hence, its resort to iuurndo as fol-
lows:
1t is easy to see that the editor Of the
Journal must be Il true laborin% man, ac-
corhing to his own definition. He does not
need legislation OF that kind in order to
have his subscriptions paid promptly. by
the way how do the mine owners pay him
for the prostitution of his pen and paper
! tavor-montlIly, weekly, or whenever he
strikes them, or how?
II the Crjiic will come up We will
show up. We Will show that our joint
friends, capital and labor, are our pa
irons. For the best job work and the
best paper in the county each pays Il
fair price-n0 more, no less. The con
sequence is--that the JOURNAL is the
typical and unapproachable friend of
labor in this country. 1t is the friend
of that Indispensable element Of ma
terial and moral progress i'll that it
does not employ the shams of II secret
order to promote public pul'po G, non
advocate the humbug Of class leglSla-
ton to destroy general good. In
short, it INDUCES not a solitary import
ed objection to monarchy in Europe
as a preteXt for caste rebellion against
the sovereign mass here, nor employs
Il single evil in in the powdcr-blown
mines of Pennsylvania as Il reason for
legal interference here with the best
ordered, best provided, best otlicrred
and best manned underground opera
ations IN the world.
The above would be enough to saw
on this occasion were it not that the
CrHic shows that there are Sncaks in
its own crowd here:
One thing is pretty certain-no man who
is true workman can take and read Tia,
Frostburg MIMI" JorNNAl. That i, moi
openly. Of course, men will take it aroluo
the corner of the woodshcd and peep into il
to see what new insult is thrown at them by
the organ Of the enslavcrs who defeat lc@i,
lation demanded Ly poorer cilizons every tw,
years.
Brave men the critic thinks you are
miners. 1t is Il singular patent of no
bility il beStows upon you--that You
are inclined to pocket insults TO youl
dignity and grace within the shadow,
Of your woodsheds.
But thar sort of insinuatjon is char
actrristic of vOur ;niOlnrHut orarlrS