The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-10-27

ills Worth Something.

MR. EDIToR:-The reference in the
| Marlboro Times to the independent move
| ment not amounting to "shuckS' | do not
wonder at, because "shucks" are closely
| allied to cobs, and therefore, are more or
less corned There were also remarks
from Lincoln Republican,, who has
neither a local habitation or name by
which YOU can hold him. There was also
| Il fling at Mr. Hunters delegates deserting
him at the Convention, and asks if the
| party is to blame. Oh, no! but when a
man takes another's money and promises
his support at the primary and deceives
him and turns his district against him he
ought to be slightly censured by every
man of homer. 1t is also asked in The
Times if MIR. Castle was not slated for his
position folr years ago. | can answer
most decidedly in the negative.
A short time previous to the nomination
of the late lamented J ohm w. Belt l was
overtaken at Redds Corner by j. W. Belt
and Harry Brooke. CA good deal of talk .,
but no organized public sentiment was
against John Belts renomination) When
| was overtaken by the above named,
John Belt addressed me in quite pleased
manner and stated he was on his way to
my house to see me. He said l must see
Mr.. Castle for him, and see that there
as he thought that the Treasurer should
be taken from the upper part Of the coun-
ty. Mr.. Brooke, | believe, took his con-
veyance home. took Belt to Washing
ton. l went to Laurel that evening, saw
Mr. Castle, returned to Washington and
staid with Dclt at the St. James that ght.
There was considerable, but no organized
influence against Mr.. Castles nomination.
He was nominated but not slated. and, if
he had been, it would have been by John
W. Belt, in whose shoes there is no re-
publican worthy to tread. He was the
bone of honor as far as | know, and was
to the manor born and reared, and by
common consent shaped our political des-
TIMES and elected our tickets whether he
was on or off. So much for that, though
l could tell more if space permitted. The
withdrawal from the support of the indie
pendent movement, with some OF the
reasons or apologies for shifting sides, is
rather an abuse of words or useless ex-
penditure of them. Crawfish are regarded
generally as ungainly creatures, who live
in the mud and burrow for their living
like other parasites. These people do not
know what liberty means, or are regard
less of the conditions necessary to its eX.
istence What is to be thought of men
who descry the acts of the close political
communi snists and Immediately prepare
to partake of the bread at the table with
the Judas Iscariots of the party9 They
remind me of petulant lovers who quarrel
and rush together for the pleasure of kiss
ing. The picture should be called ''the
triumphs of love, or happy reconciliation
am sure that in many instances there is
a verbal conformity with mental reser
walton.
1t is to be hoped that the political dose
now being presented by the chief of the
Hassayamps may SO set their gall in mo-
tion that bitterness may be theirs for a
heightened season. Some of their com
plcxions have muddy hue, and l hope
this dose may fix them. I diagnose their
cases as political malaria, with complica
tions. J. L. WARING.