The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-05-04
A Reply From Consistency.

mritoy's name.
Reply From Consistency.
NORTH EAST, April 30, 1895.
Mr.. EDITOR:
There is an old saying that desperate cases
need desperate remedies. When a man holds
public office, if his sayings and dongs don't
harmonic, he throws himself open to criti-
cism. | have said nothing but the truth
about gentleman of this town. denouncing
the old parties, and saying from the pulpit
that "he thanked God he had cut loose from
the old parties, for they We're both rotten and
corrupt to the core Still he says he has
| always been Democrat. Now if he had
said there were individuals belonging to the
Old parties that were corrupt, there might
have have been some excuse for him. We
had right to draw the conclusion, we did
that. he was only on an exploring eXpedi-
ton. after Republican nuggets, but returned
! like the Prodiga Son, and was received in
the arms of the faithful, and rewarded for
| the labor done.
/ He says that Cecil county was never in Il
more prosperous condition. Think of it.
/ Property assessed for more than it will bring
under the hammer. This assessment taxed
so cents on the $780, wheat 80 to So cents per
hushel, and wages so low and so little employ
mcnt, that our people can scarcely get the
necessarcs Of life. These are the facts, aud
this is what the gentleman calls prosperity
Yes. it was sixteen or seventeen years ago
that | consented to have my name placed ON
the Greenback ticket. Under the same
circumstances | would do it again admire
the great principles Of the Republican
party rs they were eXpounded by Abraham
Lincoln and taken up by such men as Gar
field, Blaine, Harrison, Sherman, Creswell,
Mckinley, last but not least Thomas b. Ree6.
But | never asked any personal favors from
the Republican party in local affairs. He
says | have got an Office at last. SO | have.
| was elected as one Of the Board of Town
Commissioners, and they elected me their
secretary, with the understanding that all
moneys shall reach the treasurer through the
minutes. And report of all money in the
hands of the treasurer. shall he made to the
Board at each meeting. No bills to be paid
unless passed by the Board and 50 entered on
the minutes. With that understanding |
accepted. And when my time expires
| shall hand over to my successor n clean
book with Il clear conscience and a report
such as any citizen of our town can read and
understand.
Look at the report of the last board rs pub
lished in the star of March 10th. You will
mud entered:
Received from all sources ..........56 ,402.37
Balance in treasury, 543.s7
and handed over to the incoming treasurer
1913. There is a beautiful opportunity for
the star to write an editorial. Let him go to
the treasurer's book and find out if he can.
where this 1915 came from. and how the
book was balanced. And who authorized the
bills paid? Examine the secretary's book.
and see how his book and the treasufer's cor
respond These gentlemen, including the
treasurer. were pets of the star, and under
their administration he was to give us Il new
North East. Let him take a promenade
through our beautiful granite street, and
describe it, and "a walk over our lovely pave
ment, and view the stone crusher and ascer-
tain from Mr.. Craig if he has been paid cent
on the stone taken from his quarry. Let
him examine the law, and see if it don't say
that the money shall be used to improve the
street and pavement and nothing else, and
give the public an opinion whether under the
law they had right to spend II 900 for "A
stone crusher or not. And tell how he
pacarded the commissioners of 1913 for not
having brains enough to make a report. On
these things whole side of newspaper
could be covered with interesting reading.
The star should do that. for it was largely
responsible for the condition we are now in.
encouraging ignorant and irresponsible
persons to vote for this loan. Under that,
the power to tax is the power to destroy. Of
the bad management of this affair." not one
word has been said by that paper, because all
of their Incompetence was alike, actually
crawling into "A hole he dug for himself, and
it's high time that some of the rest would take
the hint and go to digging, and leave the
people alone, for we have had enough of
their judgment and leadership. The evidence
OF this we have all around u.s. Yes, | took
an active part in the first campaign for pro-
hibition under that law, and will say as an
experiment. | or any one else could see that
prohibition did not prohibit, and to come to
solid facts in my judgment, it was failure.
Look at the whiskey that was jagged into our
town around our river shore. Drinking
whiskey and playing cards were a common
occurance on the Sabbath day The same
with kegs Of beer in the woods. Travelling
barrooms, pear cider ranches, and speak