Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-25
The True Reason.

matter of no interest to anybody out.
side the territory directly in interest
This is tacetiae of the finest sort on
the part of the Ne,cs and of heart
breaking fun to its readers.
Still the News candidly says
Naturally we are opposed to the further
dsmemberment of Allegany county. We
can see no necessity for it, nor do we believe
the JOURNAL will ever succeed in working up
public sentiment in favor of scheme 50
chimerical.
Having so clearly located itself in
opposition to the scheme, notwlth.
standing
The Frostburg JOURNAL ought to know that
its new county project cannot be Of sufficient
interest to those who would be debarred from
all voice in the matter to induce any very
exhaustive discussion Of the subject
the Neus assumes to fix the status of
some others in the same alignment.
1t says
The people do not want new county be-
cause neither their interest nor their con-
venience require it.
These reasons are erroneous.
Both "interest" and convenience"
command separate organization.
The apparent want of popular con-
Germ in the matter is due to the fact
that our cause has no leader.
A paper cannot do everything, no
matter how fully dedicated to the pub
lie interest. 1t cannot canvass for
money to pay expenses of popular
movements, nor can it exhaust its own
pockets. All the JOURNAL can do is
to show the people how they are
methodically, directly and indirectly
leeced under the existing regime, aud
that there is no hope of bettermen,
until we cut ourselves loose. 1t was
all the revolutionary pape,s could do
until at last Henry, Adams, jefferson,
Franklin, ETC., sacrificed their time
and business to lead in the great
cause.
That 1.-The people do not want new
county is in the seemi,g not in the
fact. Should some patriot, deaf to the
sneers of outsiders and insensible to
the gibes of the Tories, rise and lead,
host of Spartans would rally under
his banner.
The Neeos next becomes reminiscent
The Journal labored industriously in behalf
of such project nearly twenty years ago;
it went so far at the time as to importune
every voter within the limits of the proposed
new county to vote upon the question at the
regular State election, and prepared and dis
trlbuted ballots for the occasion. The result,
if we remember rightly, was so discouraging
as to cause the JOURNAL to drop all advocacy
of the movement for nearly score of years
1t is venerable subject now, but it has
perhaps less vitality at this time than it had
when 1t was younger, and fresher and more
vigorous. Its discussion may serve to amuse
the leisure moments of literary gentleman
with turn for twisting statistics and mar
shalhng figures into absurd columns, but for
purposes of discussion we prefer something
of real live importance.
y pm INNlSCo llOiu YUM
many judges of election feared that in
some way the informal poll might COM
promise the validity Of the regular
election. At most places, therefore,
no vote was cast at all. Hence, the
result was il no respect a formal test
of popular expression.
But in the narrow field of the
Legislature Cumberland took a deep
interest in the matter, and there the
city's confessedly great social and
political .ff'aesse was quietly but effect
lively voted against measure to allow
us survey and formal test of the
popular wish.
In other words, Cumberland, outside
the Legislature, is unconcerned inside
ltisinveterately opposed to local option
in the new county matter.
Cumberland is the "Heathen Chineen
of game it does not understand, but
the insides of its sleeves are shocking
to see.
Cumberland is opposed to the new
county for reasons other than those
mentioned by the Ners.
In short, Cumberland is opposed to
the new county for exactly each and
every reason we are in favor of 1t
The Difference.
SchOnfarber appears to think that
an editor cannot know what he is
writing about unless he lives in city.
Mr.. Plebian Poverty must live next
door to Mr.. Patrician Progress in order
to see and hear what's what.
Schonfarber says:
1t is really astonishing the number ofnews-