The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1906-02-08
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of the bill introduced by Delegate Ash
by, which provides for the election of
the Clerk to the Board of County Com
missioners, is not reasonable.
1t argues that the proposed law has
not proven successful in other counties
of the State and to this | take serious
exception because, on the contrary, the
election of the Clerk to the Commits
sioners has proven satisfactory from
several different standpoints of view.
Take our neighboring county, Allegany
1t has not suffered in the least from in
competency through the election of the
Clerk, but splendid service has been
given by the several gentlemen elected
there. They have been chosen by the
people and have given excellent service
to the Board and the people in general
Why should the people fail to select
competent man for Clerk to the Board
of County Commissioners any more
than competent Clerk of Court, Reg
lister of Wills, County Treasurer, Sheriff,
or any of the other important county
officers? His duties are not more i'm
portant or eXacting than that of the
officers named, and the same judgment
that, without exception for many years
in Garrett County has chosen efficient
and splendidly equipped officers is GER
foip1yr tho rofn orl
judgment to select the Clerk to the
County Commissioners. Being chosen
by the people directly he is more apt to
serve the people as a whole than he
would if he were chosen by the votes of
two or three men, as is the custom at
present prevailing in this county.
If the Journal contends that this
proposed legislation is unadvisable and
yet admits that it has some good points
about it, it would seem to be but reason
able that they should demonstrate
what are the good and bad points of
this measure. If the Clerk should not
be elected as well as the other officials
named, let the Journal tell the people
why. If it argues that the judgment Of
the Commissioners, who are the Great
ures Of the people, is better than that
of their creators, then let the Jour
nall give US it's basis of reasoning for
this conclusion.
In republican form of government
the people can always be trusted with
the certainty of more success than the
judgment of a few men.
Its question as to why one of the
legislators does not introduce bill to
have the school officials of this county
elected by the people, is somewhat
amusing. They remind us of the little
boy who first saw the moon. The Re
publican party gave Garrett County
this legislation; the democratic party
took it away from US, and the journal,
in particular, knows that the democratic
partisans in Garrett County or those
who direct its policies, are not in favor
of this legislation new, and that the
probabilities are if one of our legisla-
tors from this county introduced such
bill that it would meet with defeat at
the hands Of the democratic politicians
at Annapolis, because of the partisan
appeal that would go up from democ-
racy's representatives in the county.
We would be pleased to hear further
from the Journal upon these two
questions, and would ask that it DO
little less of generalizing and be more
specific in its criticisms.
Trusting that the Journal will en-
tighten our voters upon this in a detail
ed statement, and especially let us
know what it terms the good and bad
point" of the law proposed for the ell
ection Of the Clerk to the County Com
missioners. beg to subscribe myself
as believer in a Government of the
people, by the people and for the
people.
Very truly yours,
A Citizen
Revival at Deer Park.