The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-11-03
Carter Harrison was native of Kentucky

! Carter Harrison was Il native OF hentuck,
| and was Is years old. He was the most popu
! lar man in Chicago. Although Democra
! he was elected mayor term after term, anG
was thoroughly in sympathy with all the pro
gressive aims of the great city.
The entire city was plunged in grief at the
murder of its mayor. The official closing o
the great Fair was to have been marked with
gladne<s and congratui.ijuu. instead il was
a memorial meeting to the murdered mayor
The death of Mayor Harrison by the hand
OF disappointed Office seeker has parallel
III the murder of President Garfield by Guiteau.
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Robinson and 81 Fire.
Mn. EDITOR: About fortnight ago | was
in Bel Air. Having heard of then recent
fire, | went to see the results. Passing
through the building once occupied by the
First National Bank, | saw what astonished
me. The wooden outhouseS had been burnt
to ashes; the cOrnice Of the building was
scorched the pine plank end of stable was
one sheet of black charcoal. Had that plank
end burnt through, the stable with its hay
would have assuredly set fire TO the adjoining
dwellings and offices, and in all probability
the whole square and the Court House near
By would have been burned-'.a prey to the
consuming element is the reportorial word.
What has this to do with Robinson, the
Democratic candidate for the Senate?
Had this fire occurred ten years ago all the
men in Bel Air, with all the water and appli-
ances then within reach could not have
checked the fire as did the efficient Fire Bri
gade of our county town. But they could
have done nothing had not water been
brought into the town.
Three years ago certain public spirited citi
zens in Bel Air did what not too many are
willing to do-they pledged their names for
the payment of the cost of bringing water
into the town. That is, they became person.
ally security for the obligations of the Water
Company. Since then, to this time, they have
made up the deficiency in the yearly interest
of forty thousand dollars; for in no one
year has the income of the water works
equalled expenditures and interest on origi-
nal debt.
When Mr.. Robinson was in the Senate he
introduced, at the request of the water COM
pany, a bill looking to the remission of taxes
on the water works, in the discretion of the
County Commissioners, until such time as
their income should equal the interest on
their debt-care being taken that the County
Commissioners should yearly examine the
books of the company so as to be advised as
to when this remission should cease. Oblec
ton being made Mr.. Robinson was asked to
withdraw the bill, and consequently it did
not become law.
\ destructive fire in Bel Air would mean
more than the loss To individual property
hSiNSiS' -NSoiiJ SNSi III TIC 'OunGJ
town is insured in our county Mutual Fire
Insurance Company. i heavy loss by lire in
Bel Air would be a loss to every member of
that company, who are scattered tlTou chout
the county. Besides, the destruction o..
large amount of the taxable basi. in Bel Air
would Immediately be felt throughout the
county in an increased tax rate.
What citiZen-for every ole Gan see the
great benefit the introduction Of water into
Bel Air has been to the wn--what citizen
could be unwilling to bear the tritling in
crease to his own tax bill which this eXcmp-
tion would have involved? Does moi this
one instancc-the fire that threatened MIR.
Batemans stables-show the justice Of the
proposed exemption? And yet the cry is at
this time raised against Mr.. Robinson that he
is untitled to represent the county in the Sem
ate because he is wastefu Of the peoples
money, Indifferent to their interests if pecu-
MARY relief could be secured for personal
friends. 1t is to be hoped that this objection
will receive its due estimate, and the vote of
next Tuesday will show q right appreciation
of one who has proved himself as an able and
efficient and honest representative of the peo-
pie.
Mr.. Editor, l belong to class that finds
little favor in your eyes. l am Mugwump,
but therefore lover of
FAIR PLAY.