The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1907-07-11
MUNICIPAL
By JOHN KENDRIcK GANGS.

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By John KENDRIcK BANGS.
Has anbQly yet thought of the de-
STABILITY Of mumapet osanssship Of
the barbersshnrse If not it is respect
fully sugeasted thasethe MATTER be look
ed into. fOrAu1der prsAte control 1t is
undesirable that many abuses have
grown up. No misplaced respect for
alleged private rights should be per-
mitted to take the lather out of the
mouths of the public.
The Brooklyn Eagle says that you
simply can't marry business and poll
tics" All, but you can. Misalliances
are always possible. The real trouble
will come when you try to divorce
them, even for cause.
Only fool woald suggest managing gas
companies, street car companies and so
on regardless of cost.-Hearst's New York
Evening Journal.
Now, William, stop calling yourself
names. Leave that to your enemies.
One thing is very certain. If capital
lists refuse to take the municipal bonds
that are being offered on the markets,
it won't take more than fifteen minutes
for an alert common council to pass an
ordinance requiring them to take
them. Better be warned in time, ye
money sharks. When that ordinance
is passed, who knows but that one of
its provisions will set the price Of a
hundred dollar bond at Sl25?
Too much credit has ruined many
man. Wherefore the city thatcannot sell
its mortgages for over S312 is just that
much further from ruin as S31s is from
par. Q. E. D.
There seems to be a general sus.
picion in New York city that the
more fourishing of its pool rooms and
other gambling institutions are con
trolled by committee of municipal
officials acting ex officio. This is one
of the few varieties of municipal con-
troll which can be said to realize enor-
nous profits.
Mortified, Vt, before starting in up
on municipal ownership owed S20S2
At the close of the experiment it owed
$47,319, a nice little profit of S45,237.
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Opera Note of the Future.-Now that
New York city has assumed charge of
the Metropolitan Opera House and op-
era has been thoroughly municipalzed
the music lovers of the city are look
ing forward with much curiosity to
what promises to be an interesting sea
son. The appointment of Mr.. Fassett,
the well known plumber, to its man
agement by the common council Will
infuse new spirit into the institution,
though there are still tlmid souls who
doubt whether the artists he has en-
gagged. notably Mr.. O'Brien, the livery
stable keeper and Miss Maggie Dugan
of Lacey's ribbon counter, to sing Romeo
and Juliet are vocally equal to the roles
assigned them. Those who have heard
Miss Dugan summon a cash boy are
perfectly familiar with the wonderful
quality OF her voice, especially in its
higher attitudes, and her enunciation
of the word cash" is beil-like in the
clarity OF its tone. Mr.. O'Brien, how
ever, Is more of an experiment; but,
while we must confess we have only
heard him address his horses in the
past, there is no denying that there is
superb quality to the notes of his
middle register. Signor Cospetto di
Napoli, the popular dealer in confetti
in Mulberry street, who will lead the
orchestra on Italian nights, comes of
a musical family, his parents having
toured the country with a barrel organ
for many prosperous seasons.