The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1908-10-29
ANOTHER BROkDSIOe kT"H. P. T.
What Independent" Says Concern
Ing The Mountain Democrats
Chief Editor.

To the Editor of Oakland Republican.
The intrepid gyascutus who has here
toiore written in the Mountain Demo
Graf under the initials H. ?. t.
now reverberates through mountain and
valley under his cognomen, H. p. Task
er He accuses himself Of speaking the
truth, and while admonishing ''our old
Republican friends, " fires Iurid broad
side in the interest Of hell fire and dam
nation. Whether the twocolumns used
NJ is a paid advertisement. or if the
proprietor chose to waste so much
sweetness(?) on the deser air. we are
not advised, but it is evident that the
self-anointed moralst(0 has worked
himself up into a jiggering frenzy over
the Christian principles of Judge Taft.
This Grass, dense, pudgy, grumpy
crouch Is like q mud-turtle attempting
to criticise a carrier pigeon. The poet
. Burns seems to have had MIN in mind
when ne wrote:
g..'. a.. .'-.',- .''' ."."'S " 'a'th
Now a,aos,,. NOV. NM, f,, ,.....,.
He's .ampm. and he's tumuu."
/ itiS noted that week arte, week. this
Mr.. Tasker in iaundiced vision, breaks
imbecili.y. and in the most ri5icuro,,-
ont in a Bible TRADE with unScruDpIou.
and absurd manner attempts to rove
/ hv scriutwal quotation that T,,dgo Tar.
/ is an iuflel. Josh RIIjngs esti,ostir,.
a man. SAYS. He will tan, to-dav like
/ a VIE man. and tomorrow ike - ,booI
on the same subject. " bu+ Mr. Tasl.o,
never changes his talk. meyer ,,rings
| off, " he ALWAYS talks ..to-n,orrov, =, l..
Pope saws:
.,,.,....,....
wen tbron,n ''' ANS que '''. -
lie spins the slight -eIr-pleasjng thread
anew;
r,'''','l HIS ''.'' OF 'ohl'>tr| in vain
'''' '''' 'S WIZ r gam
but can 1t be possible that any sane
man would change has vote for such
lraVeSIV on truth and reason as
MI asker Is spinning? cannot bring
"ySell 10 any such convection. On the
contrary have too much faith in the
judgment ana feeling OF fair play in the
citizens OF our community, however
PrgJuulced some may be.
mere are some men, as well as ami
mas VINO at IImeS beats their record,
ou' only man may allow his record to
peat MN Inc man who persists in the
roie Oh moral censor for community
anu PreIelluS 10 teach and lead the way
ior MS nelShDorS' and we are all neigh
ooIS' must expect the hight turned on
MS oW" past ana present that one may
Gl'',''i'S ms eteueh llaiS ne may be a
"'i''u : ui,''' 'aI~e prophet an Ignls-
r''I'''' ,i"'e '.'cNeriilg ana unsteady
'is'O ""uIu leau Us III the SWamps and
INA, s'',S' '''e Dogs ana IenS OF religion
al" p'''''0S' we regret and are sur
=, ''e up"" n''eS''Rauoh' TO ma that
} ''lN'i CouI' record does not
l 4'"' { d / an "l'n nus reiglouS activity
directed against William II. Taft. Here
w NM a '''S'i''E array OIL lhe most re
- ''''I'S'D'e "e'S 81 MS, Smircmng and
canning MS cur Se 'S irleha' counsellor
''''u c'"e
10 at '"0N a. III lN'3' ana several
1'''e' III '''e I'Ilo"li'G years. this Mr.
'''"V' "'S y 'uho L" lhe amount OF SItO
,' ''e'' ~ Neep ''e peace. IN the wears
io' @ anu o>' ne was heId Tor bond Tor
'''''>''' '''''' a. 0o'l' On 'ne charge "1
assault ana paIIefy. In 1898 and on
10y - ioo4, ne was before the court
ma '''S "a'd at mana ana VIII prob
'o'S 80 INTO "details later. For want OF
space we VIII report but one charge
against Mr. laShef III Allegany county,
'l"' nat was an assault upon Mr..
Oi''ei " oari' OF Cumberland which
occurred III MS once about two years
ago MS was considered most repre-
hehSiDle act. ms is the Mr.. TaSker
VINO Is no" Juggling scripture texts and
C'itlciSihg Judge rats religious
oPHelS