The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1900-05-10
Mr.. Editor, We Commend You.

To the Editor of The Republican.
Nothing has appeared in the col
umns of your excellent paper for some
time that has struck me so forcibly
as the caustic comments contained in
the editorial of last week wherein
you struck the editor of the Journal
and his mogrel sheet blow between
wind and water in the matter of
municipal printing.
Now, l am only a common every
day business man, but l can see with
out any exertion of my mental facul-
ties the inconsistencies of the Jour-
MATS preaching and it's practice. AS
l understand the matter the editor of
the mongrel sheet is a member of the
Town Council of Oakland. There is
a clause in the charter of the town
prohibiting him from participating
in any contract, either directly or in
directly, in which the corporation is
a party. That he has participated in
such contract l have no doubt.
This being the case he has certainly
violated his oath of Office and the
law. For a year or more he ham
mered away at our county officials,
begging and pleading for recognition
at the public crib that he might be
enabled to submit bid for a portion
of the county printing and publish
ing. At last he was rewarded and in
the very same issue of his paper
wherein he published the fact that he
had been admitted and allowed to
suck teat he asserted that the com
pensation he was to receive was not
enough for the amount of work to be
done, but he was satisfied. He had
played the dog in the manger act.
In order 20 keep other and more
worthy persons and papers from Sc
curing contract at living prices he
took the work at loss, if we are to
believe what he says in his paper.
He is under the impression, we are
sure, that by such tactics he will gain
a few friends here and there Such
friends do not 'stick as closely as
brothers." if the future is to be judg-
ed by the past.
A few days ago | overheard a con-
versation between one of the most
prominent men of the county and
another gentlemen. The former was
of the opinion that the officials of the
State had made a great mistake in
recognizing the Journal as medium
in which the public laws are to be
published. AS reason for this he
said: Il had occasion the other day
to refer to the new section of the
local law giving authority to the
Deer Park officials to levy an addi-
tional tax. The Journal was the only
paper had at hand at the time. 1t
was impossible for me to read the law
in it, the printing being so extremely
bad, and | was compelled to hunt up
a copy of another local paper before
l could examine the law" This is
only one instance in a great number
where have heard people complain
of the appearance of the mongrel
sheet. Since the conversation above
referred to have also examined the
law as published in the Journal and
THE REPUBLICAN and find that the
former paper has omitted to publish
one of the most important clauses of
the Deer Park law. Probably he
thinks the compensation is not great
enough to do all the work, although
| understand that he has been paid
for it by the County Commissioners.
Having given bond for the faithful
performance of the work the Commits
sioners should enforce the contract
to the letter and compel the re-pub-
LEGATION of the law in it's entirety and
as a tax payer and citizen of the
county demand that they do so.
AS paper without principal the
Journal is success. AS the personal
organ of G.. S. Hamill and the Hamill
wing of the Democratic party it is
also success, but as a newspaper it
is a miserable and rank failure.
JUSTICE.
Deer Park, Nd.