Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-05-23
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seemed to haye influenced lis public
policy and aassumen to speak, stink
or act m the interest Of Indian
Heads welfare, il will be applaud.d
for having performed = meritorioas
service without q sin- lie lighting ref.
erenee from the writer to deiract
th,relrom.
l am not likely to suffer a great a.
mount Of humiliation because Of Tie
fact that abr. Mattingly's persoa-
atty is not quite acceptable to the
Times Crescent Unfortunately it
is the personality Of the man, not
what he represents, that too often
prevents the Times Crescent from
arriving at uni iased conclusions in
public matters. When the good
name Of Indian Head is assailei,
when Its material interests are made
to suffer the baneful effects Of dis
crimiI alton, and when the powerful
influence Of the Times-Crescent il
folnd opposed to its development,
@Mr. Mattingly's personality" will be
encountered for whatever il may lie
worth, even If hs is forced t. nas-
sumea the right to speak as a citizen
taxpayer at the risk of humiliation
by a two column breads De from that
paper. The Monarchy that rules
from Mount Hanson AID Castlewood
will find that Indian Head does n t
lie within the limits Of its authority
and that free speech remains one Of
the constitutional rights enjoyed BY
the people here. Mail facilities and
other conveniences that particular y
affect Indian Head and vicinity are
not to be determined by any process
Of usurpadon without protest from
the people directly affected, no, not
even if the finishing touch in this
way is never given to the clever y
sketched plan Of State road conneu-
tons on which tie 4 mes-Cresceut
artist is now working. The Tin,s,-
Crescent would lead the public o
believe that it is not concerned int e
choice Of mail route between -
dian Head and La Plaza, and al tie
same time its Editors are KIN ,wn TO
be doing all in their power persons =
ly in the interest OF the White Plan.
route. They frankly admit the l.,
Lief that the adoption of the State
road route hinges upon the adoption
Of the postal route. This al mission
on the part Of the Times Crescent
Editors leave them open to sic
charge that the important bearing Il. Z
postal route would have upon the
State road ronte was as apparent TO
them at the time the Times Oiescenr
! first suggested the two routes, by one
of which La Plata aud Indian Head
could be con iected, as it is today. 1t
should be borne 10 mind that ii IL al
this point that the Times reseent's
disclaimer o. "ulterior m3tiyesn bs-
gins to get interesting, as well ~
laughable tor the very thin veil By
which it tries to cover those same
@ulterior motives. The Times
| Crescent starts out with the sugge--
ton of needed mail facilities exist
ing. Itsuggests two routes BY eth
er of which these needed faciliIie.
may besupplied, with the firm belief tLe
one selected by the Post Office Dept.
will be factor in the adoption Of tile
State road route. Two weeks latei
the Times-Crescent called attention 10
the fact that copy Of that paper
containing the suggestion had found
its way directly TO the Post Office
Department, and that the Postmaster
at L. Plata had expressed prefer
enoe for the White Plains rauls Civ
ing reasons therefor which the Times
Crescent felt would be given consid.
Grafton by the Department ia the
selection OF a route. The Times
Crescent at that very time knew
that The advantages were on tie
side Of the Ripley route, although it
did not seem 10 feel that it was VI
any n portance 10 lei the public Or
the Post Office Department know Of
those advantages.
On the other band, It took pariica
lar pains to falsely present the rela-
i've merits of the two routes propos-
ed, through its columns to the pabal,
ane in person to the p. 0. Dep.
The Department did not know OF any
contention in the matter When il 4.
dopted the Ripley route; nor dit az,
one else save those in the confidence
of the Times-Crescent as to sthe Pu-
monkey State road secrets. The
Department selected the Ripley
route presumably upon reports made
10 accordance with its instruction,
and under oatl by the Postmaster Il
Indian Head and from other sources
perhaps satisfactory to Itself. Aud
notwith landing the effort r,aie bs
the 1imes-Jres0ent and It's P0mof-
key friends to diseredit that repol,,
it stands corroborated ~ sixteeH
Postmasters from their knowledge ii
the Ripley route advantages a.
from the rcaliz ition thar an oblias
ton rests upon them to promote 4
postal service whenever he oppos-
tunity is presented for them to DO 50.
The Times-Orescent's challenge 80
point out any act on our part Witch
will tend to show that the same
(deep) interest does rot Apply to
Indian Head and her people, will Le
disposed Of by reminding that paper
that it was only few years ago that
it doubted that Indian Head was
any real benefit TO CHARLES count, J;
that it backed a certain eoagres-iona
in a statement to the same