The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1891-10-17
That PRINTING Resolution.

Since the meaning of the resolution es the
late Republican Convention, concerning the
publication of the county statement of ex-
penses, has been shown TO the tax payers, the
] Republican bosses arc pretending that the
resolution does not mean what it says. They
do not undertake to interpret it. They want
/ to elect their nominees for commissioners, in
order that they can get some of the public
money for their little personal organ, for
whose existence no legitimate excuse can they
offer, except that the Sentinel ceased to be
the sewer through which might flow their
personal abuse and vituperation of respectable
persons. They have been begging to get the
printing OF the statement from the County
| Commissioners ever since they started their
| little organ, in order to build themselves up
and drive to the wall the old county organ,
the Sentinel, whose owner is widow lady,
but which is conducted by an editor of long
experience and undoubted capacity.
In order to help them to elect the men they
set up for Commissioners, they endeavored to
create the impression by their cut and dried
resolution that some deception was being
practiced upon the taxpayers by the pub
Gshed reports of the county receipts and
expenses. We showed last week that the
same deception now practiced by the Demo
Gratis in regard to the Aims House expenses,
as charged by the resolution, was practiced
TO a greater ertent by their own party in 1865.
We showed from their own published report
that nearly 5000 of expenses in connection
with the Aims House were scattered about
under the head of miscellaneous. We
showed also, from that report Of 1865, that
nearly $500 of expenses of the public roads
were put under the head of miscellaneous.
Since the ADVOCATE exposed the meaning
of that resolution, and laid bare the designs
of the bosses to enlarge the printing bill for
the benefit of their amateur publication. they
repudiate the plain language and meaning of
their resolution. The resolution means ex-
acty what is says. If not, why was it written
and forced through the convention?
| If the ADVOCATE were moved by selfish
motives. we would remain silent or join in to
have larger printing bills. No matter which
party wins, the ADVOCATE would get the state
ment to print. But we do not care to pros
per at the public expense unnecessarily. We
contend that the county statement is now
complete enough, and minute and detailed
enough. Any enlargement Of it would be a
useless expenditure of public money, and
would not now be advocated, except the Re-
publican bosses have little paper whose
revenues they would like to have increased at
the county's expense.
The Republican bosses may deny their
words and interpret their resolution as they
may, but the fact remains that, if the Repub
lican County Commissioners are elected
county statements will be so enlarged, ''by
specifying therein each particular item of ex-
pense, and for what and to whom paid, the
printing bill will run up from 500, OF
whereabouts, to about S,000, with conse
quent increase of tire cents in the county tax
rate.
These are the facts, taxpayers, and you,
who have to bear the public expense, should
weigh this matter we'll. Those of you who
do not want the tax-rate increased can be
sure of it by voting for the Democratic nomi
nees for Commissioners. If the Republican
nominees are elected there is dead certainty
of on increase, and no one can tell where the
end will be-