Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1938-09-08

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was nothing Enthusiastically not
purposely untrue.
Your article in your paper only
made denial of few things said
celebrating ON the Sheriff's bill.
In my pamphlet / stated two I'M
necessary offices were enacted-one
for fourth man in the Sheriff's
office-the other for an Attorney
for the County Treasurer.
say the 'Sheriff's office alone
costs $49,600. for four years for
salaries and allowances; that that
sum does not include, as you say,
expenses Of County jail, prisoners
food, Warden's salary, etc.
A levy of $12,400. has already
been made for him and his deputies
for the present year-further, l say
have this day copied these records
at our Court House-$3,00O, salary
for Sheriff with $1,000. allowance;
first Deputy $2,400 and $500 allow
ance; second and third Deputy each
So, 100 salary each with an allowance of
$500. say there are hundreds of
capable men who would accept that
Office at 81 300 per annum with $400
90 eS14OWo4k\Ns Will O1LC OCPuLy at
81, 400 and the same allowance, and
that they, could easily do all the
work of that office, which would be
a saving to our County of $50, 900.
The work of those officials is
principally the service of papers.
One man could serve more papers
than those that come daily to that
office, and am so advised by men
who have worked in that office and
likewise advised by lawyers in active
practice. The police do near all the
criminal work. AS the Treasurer's
Attorney costs $4,000 for four years,
challenge you to name one cent
that Office has saved our taxpayers.
So these things are true as is again
contended, and the two offices are
justly called sinecures.
Among other things you say, is,
eve are all familiar with the con-
stitutional provision that-no men,
Der of the Legislature can fill an
office created or of which the salary
is increased, during the term for
which he was elected. If you knew
that law, why did you defy it twice
once by increasing from 81 200 to
$1,000 the salary of the then Com
missioners- by having Miss
Engle and DIR. Edmonds appointed
to that office, both of whom assisted
in enacting that law? Were you
not already in the good graces of
our Commissioners? Had you not
then already made II land sales to
them? Was it thought by giving
them a hand-out of other peoples
money, that at least, your dealings
with them would in no wise, be
injured? If the bad boys - The
Republicans and Independents =
stalemated you in that effort, as
was done, your good friends would
know you had not forgotten them,
was, perhaps, your motive.
Nine of those sales were made in
two years and fifteen days for a
total of over $340,000.0O. To this
day the public does not know the
amount you received for. the other
eight sales, so any one would rea-
sonably conclude the prices were
exorbitant.
In none of those II sales was the
price named in the deed. We're not
our people entitled ITO know the
price of land that they had to pay
for? The further record is you got
the money in one case and gave the
deed % days later or so that deed
was so recorded, and in that sale of
over $42,40O, your price was about
% times as much as it's taxed value.
About the time you were receiving
outrageous prices, our County took
two strips of land from me for a
road to a colored settlement, which
road runs within Is feet of four
houses own and within 6 feet of
another house 1 own. / have de-
scribed your payments-what about
mine? 1t took me two to three
years to get my money-$600 out
of which I paid an Attorney fee.
My article could in no way be
construed as advice to Democrats,
and that said about Mr.. Coughlan
was ten-fold more severe than that
about anyone else to whom l re-
ferred.
1t is not true as you say, "I ran
several times on the Democratic
ticket. ran once-only once
and that in a primary. All my life,
practically, I've thought, in national
elections, the principle Of the Re
publican party are usually night.
So why did aspire as above stated?
1t was due in a large measure TO
the persuasion of two friends-Mr.
Albert Almoney and Mr.. VIM. H.
LAMAR was young, and as / then
had no qualifications as a legislator;
there never has been a time from
then 30 this day but / have thought
the voters did right in not naming
me. So it was after the primary,
went to Mr.. Almoney and Mr..
Lamar and thanked them for their