Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1894-03-01
The baseball season "Opens April 10Th and
closes September 30th.

The baseball season "Opens April 10th and
closes September Both
All imbued with the spirit Of progress will
attend FRIDAY evenings meeting.
The Rey. J. T. Marsh of Walkersville
preached two profitable sermons in the NJ E.
church On Sunday last. The Sacrament of
the Lords Supper was administered in an
Impressive manner by Rev j. T. Wilhlde of
Brucevile.
What has happened to the Local Option
bills for Creagerstown and Woodsboro dis
,ricts! The former went through the House
of Delegates promptly; was sent over to the
Senate and introduced: then 1t stopped
short" is it 'never to go again.
COMBINATION LosT.-They do say that the
former management of the Board of County
Commissioners has lost the combination and
that there will be re distribution of political
favors. Well, politics is politics; it Is sim
pie proposition of in and out; on top and
underneath; get there and get left
If we had a political advantage we would
work 1t III our own interest and that Of our
| friends, and the man who says he wouldn't
is either dispenser Of multl-colored truth,
or submated ultramundane, wholly too
virtuous to exist rs all intcger or exponent
Of American politics.
There is room for mistakes IN the matter
referred to; "be sure you're ahead and then
20 right"-along, Is so near what Duyy
Crockett, Diogenes or some other political
epigrammist sald, that We venture to suggest
its application in this case.
For efficiency and urbanity, the places now
held bv Messrs Baughman and Eader, tax
collector and clerk, respectively. will be diff
ficult to fill we do not hold the ''rest of the
world ut such slight value as to fear that the
places cannot be filled; of course they can be,
but it will take good men to do it, If the
"open sesame" to political prefer ment Is set
on new combination, SO be it, {; there is
nothing unusual in that and "uftcr the ball.
every last one of us will be ready with the
cry, "Le Roi est mort rire s Roi.
TIE New ASSESSMENT 1t is fair to as
sumo that in exact proportion to the opposi
ton developed Is Il new assessment needed
Were property holders satisfied that new
and lust ass. ssment would reduce their taxes
there would be no grounds for opposition.
On the contrary we may weigh the motive
of the strong opponent IN the same scales
liz cwse the active advocate.
Whence comes the strongest opposition?
From Baltimore City, unquestionably.
Can any one doubt the cause;
The decrease in revenue from city property
as compared with that from the farms in
the State makes n showing that renders 1t AZ
easy task to demonstrate the proposition
that under a just assessment Baltimore City
must pay more and the State at large less
taxes.
believe that if Baltimore City felt assured
that. by REIMBURSEMENT Of tax gathering she
would pay less taxes, that she would be IN
such extreme opposition
The strong men of the city, representing
great organized bodies, go to Annapolis and
talk cloQucnlly on abstrusc theories Of com
merce and finance; they formulate high
sounding propositions, raise profound
questions and urge shrowdly devised ohjec
lions and to what end ? Primarily that the
complications may I've SO multiplied that the
clearcst legislative in sight may become
obscured and ultimately the movement de.
iea,cd--and WHY First, that the intangible
personality, which largely composes the
wealth Of the city may AVOID taxation;
Baltimore City is one colossal taX-dodgcr
and the San is its prophet: again;
How, as an investment, does the San com
pare with a Frederick county farm? Would
the proprlctors exchange it for Frederick
county farms paying double, yea, triple the
taxes it docsg
Would the owners nf the ground.rents in
that city give Il rod for an acre?
Is there Il business block that produces the
pnltry ne, revenue of our farms?
In a word have values aud revenues fallen
in that city, keeping pace with that of the
farm?
No; and Baltimore CITY knows it and
while she knows it SO too do others.
We trust that the Legislature NAV not be
hoodwinked by the specious argument the
Sun. the organ of tax dodgers; if new
Object
The Sheriff says they are good.
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