Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1934-02-02
Continuing Reply
To Editorial In
Times-Crescent
MR.. Editors:

MR.. EDITOR:
In continuation of my reply to the
"Be Patient" article in the 18th in
slant issue of the mes-Crescent, it
should be remembered that the Senior
Editor of that paper had already
split right much ink with the ostensi-
bic purpose of finding out what was
secreted sin the back of Mr.. Mat
tingly's cranium," but in the article
of that date he seems to have STUN
bled upon a whole reservoir of the
opaque stuff, which for the time
being somewhat impeded his fuss
and feathers quest for, to him, most
important discovery; and may have
to add an X-ray machine to his re-
search laboratory before reaching
his goal. Now, l have realized over
a period of pretty close to forty
wears that the Editor has his spells
of Seeing Red" when he looks in my
direction and finds that it is fact
that he is always mistaken when he
takes my natural inclination to be
genial and accommodating, and even
tolerant of him, when no other course
is optional, to mean servile willing
ness to wear the metal collar Of
feudal days And so, l am happy to
be able to discount at least 100 per
cent his rawlings as to homicidal
trends he feigns to see in possible
revelations by me of lapses Of ma
ture from which he from time to
time has suffered, and prevents him
from realizing to the full what he
has aspired to be, and most likely
will never be. If the learned Editor
could always be judged by the face
he presents when seeming to look one
in the eye, rather than his prestige
for recognized cleverness, in poll
tics, business and law, and even in
matching talents in realms of re-
ligion, many tragedies of life might
be found avoidable by the common
run of mankind; some, far too many,
who have been brought by chance of
necessity to contact with his relent-
less power of avarice.
The unbounded goodness of the
Editors heart is, of course, proven
bal. and no less genuine than the
spiders when it extended the invi-
tation to the fly. That he stands
ready to back me in any further po
litical ambitions" I may have, if
nominated on regular Democratic
ticket" l swallow, hook, line and the
rest of the tackle; but it is all my
own fault, if l should be relieved of
my entire insides to be used as bait
in fishing for more suckers for the
Editors sportive entertainment. !
have quite vivid recollections of the
Editors personal, vindictive and gra-
tuitous expungement of my name from
the list of party eligibles, immedi-
ately after having benefited at his
earnest and repeated solicitation,
from my whole hearted efforts in be-
half Of his election to the State Sen
ate in 1880, as well as my loyal and
active support of the Statewide
ticket, which included, of course,
Governor Richie, who it is hoped got
in full any balance due on account
Of my Justice of the Peace Commits
sion at that time.
So, my account with the party
should not cause His Excellency any
particular embarrassment in the in
term of his finding a man on whom
he might perhaps lavish the extraor-
binary favor, and at the same time
do SO, without running the risk of
being deceived into letting loose upon
the decent people of Charles County
a moral degenerate, incarcerated on
my initiative for an unspeakable Of
fence. VIII the Senior Editor say
upon whose recommendation the pa
role or pardon of this man was ac-
comphshed? He was forthwith EN-
ployed in State road work to the
exclusion of worthy seekers of en-
ployment, and to the chagrin and
disappointment of the member of his
family most apprehensive of the
mans return from prison.
Why, Sir, a truly Democratic ticket
is an impossibility in Charles County,
and will continue to be, so long as
certain Republican members of his
CWA Committee, with membership
by. appointment or proxy, are al
lowed to play hooky with the Edi-
tor, from respective party duty at
elsetion times. The Editor, with af-
fseted nonchalance, takes liberties
with party fsalty as regards man,