Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-02-22

canal steal bill was thrust into the
clerks hands for its second reading.
Mr.. Pearre arose and submitted a new
proposal by Messrs. J. J. Alexander.
Owen Hitchins. Park Agnew, r. Fl.
Gordon and w. r. Percy, offering to
take full care of the canals creditors,
toput 1t in complete repair for water
transportation, and to give the State
twice Us much for the r@pus us the
paper railroad people offer.
a lengthy and lively debate followed
on motion to refer both offers to the
Judiciary committee, in which it was
fortunately developed that all the
ability seemed to be on the right side.
Senators Randall, Stake and Pearre
spoke strongly; Poe, Wentz and
Peter, the latter most notably. very
weakly. The vote resulted l3 to -.
Senator Pearre then moved refer
ence to the finance committee. This
carried by l3 to -, Senator Urner yot-
ing with the waterway people.
1t was Il hot skirmish in which the
Cumberland cavaliers betrayed no.
ton that they had been licked.
The JOURNAL went over into the
House: spoke to Mr.. Cunningham, and
the latter approached Speaker Hubner
The twain had brief talk Mr.. Gun.
r'ngham came back and said the
I Speaker would in few minutes do
him special favor. And so he did.
The Frostburg water bill was lifted to
! the clerk desk, read Il third time,
passed, and sent to the Senate. Hur-
rah for Cunningham
A II that Senator Pearre has now to
do is to push it, and we know he will
do it. The bill should pass the Senate
and be signed not later than the 18th
Of March.
The waterway demonstration ap.
| peared to confuse all the Allegany del
egation in the House except Mr. Gun
ningham, but the entire quartet will be
all right henceforth. That monster
petition OF 1900 people, some of whom
have never been on earth, many in
| heaven, and a few who are at this very
moment bowling for water, ratified the
boys somewhat.
The JOURNAL met Hiram p Tasker,
an enthusiast in the matter of having
| Garrett county's assessment basis en-
| largcd so as to get taxes out of the
owners of certain military lots. Task
er is a democrat, although he contends
| that the men who do not wear the col
lar are denounced by the ''regulars"
us ''no democrats" In other words,
if u man is not Il German man he is
not II democrat.
Tasker said he had bill before the
Legislature looking to the military lot
reform. He had heard something in
tangible from it which looked discour-
aging. He had heard that the bill was
regarded as emanating from a ''kicker."
or rather Nazarene in democratic
politics. Now" said he, ''if they
deal with that bill outside of its merits,
I'll expose the whole durn business -
And yet-and yet-an hour later,
with Tasker in full view, an unfavor-
able report, adopted by the Senate,
showed his bill under the daisy germs.
His bill had merit undoubtedly, yet,
because he is "kicker," it would
never do for him to obtain credit for it,
SO with nearly all legislation at An
napolis dominated by the ring"
Proposals must be distinctly local, or
bring grist to the rings hoppers to OBJ
tain proper recognition and treatment.
Eugene Higgins is in supreme com
mand. He is the highest authority on
Maryland legislation, and A. ?. Go
man is his vice president. When,
therefore, the JOURNAL heard that
Higgins had declared that the Legis-
lature would ratify the steal Of the
canal, hope, even eternal hope, fell from
the joyous heights held "when yon-
der spheres sublime pealed their first
notes to sound the march of time
Frank J. McMahon was much M
pressed by the mining regions impos
ing display of numbers, intellect and
muscle. He recalled the day two years
ago when "The Big i" took the city by
storm, aud this crowd he dubbed THE
Big A."
The JOURNAL aftcrward gave this
joke to presiding elder John Chambers,
and the last words we heard the latter
say just befo,e leaving was something
about 81 times 1. ="
There were other people on the
ground besides those above named
Messrs. Owen Hitchins and d. f. Nc
Mullen, of Frostburg; p. O'Connell
and Capt. John Sheridan, of Mt. Say
age Patrick Carroll, John J. Bell,
David and J. NJ. Sloan and Robert
Boyd, of Homecoming, and John Coles,
of Barton. All these favored the
restoration o the caual as water
way,
Our old friend, George w. Sheetz,
and others, of Westernport, were also