The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1907-11-01

The party, ever jealous Of its honor
and aroused at any possible be-
trayal of it's trust, at once proceeded
with painstaking industry to dis
cover possible wrong and apply
proper remedies for any evils which
might exist.
1t found that in certain cases,
clerical improvement was needed,
and that business methods should be
modified to conform to existing law;
but in no case had malice afore-
thought prompted the action ofeither
officials or their servants, and that
the public finances of the county were
generally healthy and free from sus-
picion.
Accepting without question the
findings of their advisers, all recon-
mended reforms were promptly inau-
gurated and have been ever since
faithfully carried out.
On this record of not claiming to
"know it alp but DESTROYS to learn;
of being human in judgment but
honest in heart; of being close in
touch with the people and desiring
to do their will; of having nominal
ed a ticket by an unusually full vote
of the party; of having in their ser
vice corps of we'll equipped clerks
possessing that special skill which
comes only from experience; of being
the party which comes from the peo-
pie instead of an oligarchy, and holds
itself subject to and not exalted
above those whom it serves, the
Democratic party lays its case be-
fore the jury and doubts not what
will be their intelligent verdict next
Tuesday.
Remember that you are one of the
jurors.
AN LLUSTRATION AND ITS LESSON.
By a recent explosion in the Du Pont
Powder Company at Fontanet, Ind,
causing the death of some forty citi-
zens, the wounding of nearly every
person in town, and the complete
demolition of all its buildings an
object lesson is furnished which de-
serves thoughtful consideration. For
instance in the town of Bel Air there
are located two hardware stores
which carry in stock high grade ex-
plosives in considerable quantities.
These stands are located ia the heart
of the town where it is dangerously
easy for fire to spread from building
to building, and if either one were to
burn, such an explosion would pro-
badly follow that there would be no
one left in that section to tell the
tale.
AS a matter of fact the one was in
imminent danger not so long since
by the burning of a small building in
its rear, and the other has twice
within the past twelve months been
distressingly close to destruction by
fire.
We are advised that in Baltimore
high explosives are stored in certain
designated repositories accessible at
stated hours and under proper re-
strictions, thus reducing to mini
mum the danger connected with
their sale and distribution.
Every one recognizes that explo.
sives must be carried for the con-
venieace of the general public. Our
object is to suggest the propriety
of assisting our local dealers, who
we understand are anxious in COM
mon with all other residents and
property owners to be relieved from
the heavy expense and moral risk
entailed under present methods.
If the town authorities would con-
struct asmall fire proofstructure with
a few separate compartments for the
different renters and allow them
access thereto under proper regula-
tions serious menace to life and pro-
perty would be removed at small
cost, the interest on which would be
more than offset by a reasonable
rental; and our dealers could pay this
rental out of the money saved on
fire insurance premiums alone.
If our suggestions are not timely
and practicable for this and similar
towns we will be pleased to publish
anyone's objections over his sigma
ture; if they are, we can i'll afford to
wait for a disastrous object lesson
to compel proper action.
| AN UNFORTUNATE DEFAULT.
The Republican Campaign Com
mittees have disappointed the friends
of good government in their failure
to consummate their proposed agree
ment with the Democratic COM
mittees looking to graduating the
improper use of money at the coming
election. Having taken the lead in