The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-10-26
Letter from B0Lttn1 ore.

BALTIMORE, Oct. "a, 1872.
Eds. Union There was not much interest
felt by our citizens generally in the result of
the election tor members of the City Council
yesterday 1t was generally understood that
the City Hall ring had fixed things SO that
Conn and Towson, Orndorff and Namuth, Green
field and Hardesty, King and Seim would be
elected and tax payers felt that no financial
relief was likely to come from the possible cleo
ton of Republicans in two or three ofthe wards,
nor from the success of Balderson and two-horse
riders W ho dickered orsupport from tenn perance
and other party organizations. This condition
of things explains the lack Of enthusiasm at the
polls, and the falling off in the rate compared
with the last gubernatoral election. Nobody
felt that Baltimore could be rescued from the
hands of the Phiistines. The personal friends
of candidates showed some interest and the
colored voters were on hand because they felt
that that was the way to re-elect Grant, but
there was a deplorable exhibition of "don't care
how it goes" by our business men.
We are Just now in the DRIFT Of Grand Lodge
meetings by different secret Orders, to elect
Grand Officers in some cases for the State of
Maryland, and in others for the whole United
States. Baltimore is popular place for holding
these grand reunions. Her people are emf.
nently hospitable, and she has numerous hotels
that are admirably managed. The Grand Lodges
of Odd Fellows, Red Men, knights of Pythias,
Good Templars, and other Orders find Balti-
more easy of access from all points, and nice
| place in which to spend fewdays. The Grand
Lodge of the Harugari has just held very inn
| portant session. The Grand Division of the
| Sons of Temperance will meet here next week.
| While the strangers are in our vicinity it is
| to be hoped that those who are interested in
the mercantile prosperity of Baltimore and
who see in the developments of our manufac-
lures the path to greatness will take advantage
OF the Fair of the Maryland Institute, lasting
another week , and have ali their country friends
visit it, 1t is fine display of inventive gepius
and practical service and the crowds who at
tend it daily and nightly are the elite of Balti-
more and strangers from distance.
Baltimore is shortly to have some fine must
| cal entertainments. She has deal of must
| cal talent and cultivation and the great sing
ers who come from Europe recognize it. Mrs.
Richings Bernard is playing at the Opera House
and her voice is greatly admired by people OF
| finely cultivated taste. The Holiday Street
| Theatre is doing well but the Front St. House
| leads all others in the variety of the entertain
| ments and the lumber of sterling artstes who
appear there. Yours always, M. OBJ.
P. S.-Since the foregoing was written the
election for City Council has resulted in the
Republicans carrying three ut of twenty wards
gain of two. They carried the 18TH 10th and
Goth wards. There were $500 fewer democrat
| ic votes cast than at the municipal election in
1871, and the opposition candidates poled 800
more votes than were cast against the democ-
racy in 1871 ,