Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1901-02-15

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Our attention has been salledao :
production in the Crescent Of last ksek
wherein i, gratuitiousIy undertakes 70
comment on our structures on he par
tisau action Of the Democratic majority
of the School Board in combining the
publication Of it, public matters to ons
County paper. Oar article contained
no reference, rejecting in any way upOb
the Crescent, hence we frankly confess,
We do not sec how our irassibls neigh
Dor gets into the affair unless it is
"sp'line' for a controversy. We are
noe much Of a believer in old sayings.
and in these days we sanno. favor .
strict observance Of any precsps laid
down b. some deceased crank iss the
guidance Of the actions Of bis more sen
sible descendants. hence. we are not
tempted to quote the golden rule in the
case Of our contemporary, bu. in viow Of
the fact tina, it was not authorized to
speak for the School Board, we throw
out in the way of kindly admonitiSn the
suggestion, that it lstsothers affairs
alone.
We have always favored both County
papers Publishing ALL pablo matters,
and this the Crescent knows, aud it is
unnecessary at present to speak plansr.
aud we opposed the passage Of the law
leaving it discretionary to con6ns the
public printing to one County paper, but
experience has led US to the conclusion
70 Try always to accept the inevitable
grasiously, and when things do not 70
eur way to strive to reconcile ourself Va
conditions. That Law ought net to have
been passed, and We trust that We viii
be pardoned for rsmarking that We 90
not believe, it would ever have some
into exisiause but for the untimely poll
teal bias Of the Crescent in unnecessarily
sriticising an influence that then domin-
ated she affairs Of the County. So, =,
We see it, the Crescent has cracked il,
own head--we had no band in It's mis-
fortune and now that it is suffering please
do not be spitsful toward us. We bear
the kindest feeling to gard cur nsighbor
We plead guilty to the charge II not
bowling when the County printing was
not given the Crescent. 1t was not our
time to howl. Sush conduct would
have been undigni6ed, aRd ungraIeful.
1t was the Crsssent's plase 10 howl ii
did howl, loud and long We heard the
uuseemly noise. sympathissd with oar
afflicted friend but were poverlsss to
render assistance, because its hHrs was
the york of its own hand.
Our position as regards the Sshsol
Commissioners is entirely different.
We have said netting ugly Of our
School fashers They are representa-
tive men and in them We recognise COM
pstent represe natives Of the public in the
Of the Public Schools. We
know that majority of the Board are
Democratic partisans, but We do NOT
believe they would allow their partisan
bias to interfere with the performances Of
their public duties aud We have alWays
spoken kindly Of them, hence when they
treated Us 50 stability. after thinking so
we'll Of them. it was our turn 70 howl,
aud we did howl aud we still howl, and
trust that il the Crescent will not again,
unauthorizedly interfere in the matter
they will hear our bowling and hearing,
they will awaken to a sense Of Justice
and not visit the sins Of others upon ~,
bat reconsider their illadvised action
aud do the right thing.