Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1901-11-02
New Advertisements.
APPEAL
--TO-
Farmers, Voters and Taxpayers
AueGanN County.
New Advertisements.
Dear Sir q:


WE, the Committee of One Hundred Re.
w publican Citizens of Allegany County
take this opportunity to invite your attention
to a serious and extraordinary condition of
affairs in the government of this county. and
to ask you to lend your influence as a citizen
among your friends to obtain relief. Long
and unnterr pied possession of power leads
at last to corruption and abuse This is eS-
peCially true when the control of any party
passes into the hands of men who dominate
it solely for their PRIVATE INTERESTS.
To what condition has such methods
brought the government of AlleEany county ?
The taxes have been increased and the
schools cut down. The school term has feen
reduced to but seven months in The year, and
our children will toe forced on the streets FOR
FIVE Months EVERY YEAR - UN-
LEARN WHAT THEY A. QN.RED IN
THE OTHER SEVEN. Aud Is this in the
interest Of economy? No there is now ii
floating debt of about one hundred Thousand
(sluU.UOOOU) besides And the larger part of
tins debt Is held by the makers ul tine PRl-
NATE TICKET at the rate Of six PR ccm PR
""n"m interest, WREN rlIECOUN y CAN
BORR w MONEY On HE Market Ar
FOUR PER CENT.
In this conjunction fniiAir, and in response
to the demands of citizens of all parties the {
was nominated Il Peoples Tichct composed
of men of unquestioned ability and honor.
Gentlemen, there are two questions that con
Germ us deeply, but meet us face to ia Z every
Interpretations that we Canuot avoid or sup
press. THESE ARE TIE CONSTANTLY
RISING TANES AND che CLOSING OF
OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR FIVE
MONTHS EACH YEAR.
Year after year the taxes go up. If a levy
nod 11aHa * nur S,Itf r.
debts it would have required 81. 80 or 81 60 of
county taxes. 1t was not done. the debt re-
mains and we must pay It, perhaps next year,
but it MUST BE PAID. Your farm or your
home must pay it, there is no way on of it,.
Then if the tax rate is not raised to pay it, the
school appropriations must be cut still lower,
and they will he closed for half or more than
half the time each year.
THIS CONDITION is solely due to the fact
that few families in Cumberland have come
INTO control of the Republican party's CON
ventions and they and their friends MUST
BE PROVIDED FOR ATTHEPUB IC EN-.
PENSE. We ask you to WEIGH YOUR
ACTION carefully and decide with us to
destroy the "PRIVATE INTERES rs" com
bination and build our party the stronger be
cause it will be PURE AND FREE
We yield to no man in our allegiance to the
real Republican party, but We protest against
its being conducted in the interests of few
selfish men in Cumberland. One good strong
rebuke and our party shall again come to-
gether clean strong and triumphant i'll the
future
We personally pledge ourselves that the gen
temen on the Peoples ticket will do their
full and entire duty, if you elect them.
Very respectfully yours,
WRIGHT BUTLER,
Secretary
To the Committee of lCO Republicans.
state Of .Uo,y'and, .iHcg"ny Cou,ty, to ~it:
T HEREBY certify that on this 23d day of
1OCtober, in the year of our Lord nineteen
hundred and one, personally appeared before
me, the subscriber, Justice of the Peace i'll
and for Allegany County in the State of
Maryland, Wright Butler Secretary of the
Committee of One Hundred Republicans. to
me well known and made oath in due form
of law and on the Holy Evangel of Almighty
God
That he is the Secretary of the Committee
of One Hundred Republicans aforesaid and
further made oath that there are now to his
personal knowled ,e more than one hundred
Republicans of the City of Cumbcrlaud,- of
unquestioned loyalty and devotion to the
principles OF the Republican party, who are
i'll utilization with said Committee, and who
have declared their purpose and determine
ton to work and vote against the present
PRIVATE TICKET or co,called Republican
ticket, and to accomplish its defeat at the
polls, in the interest of honest primaries and
conventions for the Republican party, and to
secure good government in AIlegany county.
by this means in the future
WRIGHT BUTLER,
Secretary
To the Committee of 100 Republicans.
Sworn and subscribed before me on this 23d
day of October, 1901. J. b. GoNDER,
Nov 2 Justice of the Peace