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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02
Fourth Term WOOIfOrd's $1,000
GRAB.

Some time ago VIM. Brace, Jr., member oil
| .o lust Legislature from Allegheny county, adj
dressed the following letter to the Baltimore
american:
sIn your issue to-day l observe a communica
| ton in regard to our Legislature, signed 'Voz
Populi' This article refers to the effort made &c
nav Mr.. Woolford the sum of S. 500 for drawing
revenue bills. Now, Mr.. Editor, if may be al
| lowed the privilege Of using yeur columns fol
that purpose, desire to explain that transaction
so that when the matter comes before the mex
Legislature the people may watch their represen
tatives and know how they are voting.
"The Legislature of 1872 passed resolution
requesting the Comptroller to revise the revenue
| laws In compliance with the resolution he drew
several bills, which were presented to the Legls
lature of 1874 to be passed. In regard to thu
merits of the bills have nothing to say, theil
usefulness (?) has already been tested. Nothing
was said in the resolution of 1872 about paying
him for his service, because it was evidently con
sidered that it was his duty to perform it withou
charge. But in the General Appropriation bill
of 1874 the sum of So, 500 was included to pay
the Comptroller for drawing the bills.
"By the constitution of 1861, (now ia force,
the Comptroller, in addition to certain dutle
therein specified, is required to perform sucf
other duties as shall be prescribed by law, and
is also therein provided that he shall not be al
lowed or receive any fees, commissions or perqui
sites of apv kind-in addition to his salary fol
| Tt out, out was overruled by the House. Mr.
Woolford not wishing any agitation of the mat
ter, addressed letter to the House withdrawing
the claim until time and events can demonstrate
the value of my (his) services in regard to tn,
measure This letter was referred to commit
tee, who recommended that payment of this claim
be made by the next Legislature This report
was laid on the table, but afterwards taken ur
| and adopted.
"Unless it becomes apparent that the people
will not stand the imposition, the claim will be
paid next winter. hope the newspapers of the
State will ventate the matter before that time. -
The Comptroller of the State is paid stipu.
lated salary for the performance of his duties, but
here we have 4th-term WOoford who is willing
to put his hand into the State Treasury and
''grab" $4,000 extra for drawing up revenue
bill which was not worth the paper it was writ.
ten on after it was drawn up. Democrats, can
you vote for Woolford with this fact staring you
in the face?
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

How JOHN LEE CARROLL RESPECTS THE Work
INGMAN.-At reform meeting held in the 18th
Ward of Baltimore, short time ago, Professor
Krantz, in speech, stated that John Lee Car
roll, had expressed his contempt for the work.
lngman. When poor man in his employ de.
sires to enjoy little of the conveniences OF
life, Mr.. Carroll forth with wants to know why
poor man should desire such comforts. He
once asked one of his workingmen for his son,
and when the reply was given that he was at
school, he wanted to know what a poor mans
child wants with education, as q poor mans
boy, fourteen years of age, was old enough to
work. "What does poor man want company
for?" was the reply Mr.. Carroll gave to a
workingman who desired to construct parti-
ton in one of his buildings, so as to separate
the parlor and the dining room. He honored
the signer of the Declaration of Independence.
but John Lee Carroll was the unworthy son of
a noble sire.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

GS- How is it that the Democratic orators
don't say anything about the man that is sacri
icing himself for the fourth time as Com ptrol
Ter of the State? 1t is pity that he is not the
great-grandson of some peer of the realm. No
BILE ancestry fills the place of numerous lacking
virtues. Why should the orators give man,
who received the unanimous vote of the con-
vention, the cold shoulder? Come, speak out
gentlemen; you must not repudiate Woolford
because he can't boast of his ancestors like Mr..
Carroll. He serves the Democracy so well in
his position that we should not wonder if he in .
herited these appreciated qualities from his
great-grandfather They are just as gratifying
to the Democracy as if they were.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

L
BEGGING FOR THE CoLoRED VoTE.-The Ha
gerstown TOice-a- Week, red hot Democratic
sheet, in late issue, p ublishes lengthy arti
Gle begging the colored voters to sever their ties
with the Republican party and come over to
| the Democrats. 1t ends its twaddle thus:
"Colored men! You who think about these
things look around you and ascertain who are
your real friends. Down in Virginia the Dem
ocrats have placed men of your race upon their
county as well as State tickets, and have elect
ed them to State positions, and the consequence
is that the colored people of that State are get
ting their eyes opened to the true merits of
their position. Break the chains that bind YOU
to just as slavish slavery as ever held You
IN the days before the late war. Show that Won
are beginning to have thought about this mat
ter. You are freemen now. Exercise YOUR
rights"
What do our Democratic friends in Baltimore
county think of such language as the above /?
1t has not been year since the coored voter
was thing too contemplate for them to look
upon, and now they are their knees before
him asking his vote To follow the example
of the Virginia Democracy the Ttoice a. Week
would elect colored men to State and county
offices. Horrible to think of The very
thought of this will ruin our friend RUBY cf
the Journal. 1t knocks his "nigger" police
scheme all into smithereens, and then where
would Ruby's electoneering dodge be7
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

WHAT A DEMOCRATIC PAPER THINKS OF THE Re-
FORM MONUMENTAL is not serene in the Demo-
cratic "ring" camp. A number of the party pa
pers in this State are ''kicking over the traces"
among them the Eastern Shoreman published at
Salisbury. In late issue it discourses thus On
the Reform movement in Baltimore:
"The men engaged in the Reform movement
get aha stth chaFgss arg toe fidicn
lous to be denied. The petty "ring" politicians
of Baltimore need not question the Democracy of
those opposing the regular city ticket, for judg-
| ing from their delegates in the Legislature and
their representatives in other official positions we
hardly think they know what the principles of
the party For the past few years the coun-
ties have had the brains in the Legislature Of
Maryland, and the members from Baltimore lin
this respect at least) have made a poor showing
No wonder then that there is an uprising of hon
est and intelligent voters of that city They
have men of integrity and marked ability whom
they wish to see elevated to official positions, but
who, because they have nlodesty enough 10 ask
nothing, have been kept dswR by set of men
who would pander 10 every thing perucious and
vile, to secure degree of prominence, which
their honesty aud intelligence could never acquire
Ridicule it as much as they may, il cannot be de-
MED, that the Reform movement in the City OF
Monuments is assuming huge proportions, and
the names of those engaged in it, or many Of
them at least, are known all over the State as
gentlemen of prominence and influence. We
sympathze with it because we have been dis
gusted with the way politics have been managed
by wire pulers in the different wards"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

COUNTY DEMOCRATIC TIcKET.-The following
ticket was nominated by the Democrats at the
primary elections last week:
State SenGtor-T. Sturgis Davis.
House Of Delegates-Geo. H. Williams, Zeph.
Poteet, Chas. E. Fendall, D. M. Matthews, Will
son Townsend, David Fowler.
States Attorney-J. Fred c.. Talbot.
Sherif-Shadrach Street.
County ConansiSsioners-Ewd Rider, Pleasant
Hunter.
Judges Orphans Court-Joshua F. Cockey
Thes. g. Rutledge, G. Howard Owinga.
TreasNrer-J. T. B. Parlett.
County Smrveyor-Thos. 1. George.
There having been tie between DR.. W. T.
Allender and VIM. Carmichael for the third
place on the Commissioners ticket the Exec
utive Committee will meet en- Tuesday next to
decide by ballot which of the two gentlemen
named shall fill the place.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02
Address of Hon. S. TeGclcIe ITGltiS'

Address of Hon. s. IeGchcte WGtteS'
The meeting at Masonic Temple on Tuesday
evening Of this week was complete success In
every respect. A long address was read from
Hon. S. Teackle Wallis, who is absent in New
York recruiting his health. This address is the
NEST pungsnt expose of the vile corruption that
has been for years practiced by the Democratic
party of the State and city at the public expense
1t is thorough in dealing with the issues that
have been brought up, both false and real. 1t
shows that there is such urgent demand for re-
form in the affairs of the city and State and re-
form in the Democratic party that no Democrat
who desires the success of the Democratic party
with clean hands and capable leaders and OIL
Gals should hesitate one moment about giving
his influence, voice and vote to watt to a magnif-
icent triumph the Incompatible State ticket now
before the people in the interest of reform in lis
fullest sense. 1t shows that honest men may
be made the tool of rogues'' and says that "such
a thing may occur with the nominees Of the Dem
eeratic convention" 1t asserts that mo candi'
dates, however personally honorable, can escape
the pledges, the compromises, the associations
the influences, without which their nomination
could not and would not have been made. Tha
a corrupt Ring deliberately forms and neminateS'
ticket, intrigues fer it, forces its nominations
and presses its election, without expecting Il
make something by its success is too absurd tt
think of-unlsss indeed the people are partia
enough to believe that the Ring has abdicated it
seeptrs in ct of virtue and lain down to smiles
dreams"
It must not be forgotten that the Democrat
press of the State, in the vain hope that it nigh
Reform candidate, has been lavish of its encc
NUNS upon his integrity, his ripe SCHOLARSHIP
and his long devotion to the Democracy. Thei
endorsements of him have been as sweeping,
possible in their scope, as Mr.. Wallis denuncia
tons of corrupt Democratic influences and praC
tees are pointed, pungent and demolishing.
As literary production it is peerless. As a
expose Of the history of the Ring doings fc
years it is cemplets. As campaign dccumen
it is unansWerable. 1t should be read and +,
read again and again BY every Democrat in th
State who desires better things.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

NS-The Reform movement has exerted a ben
efcial effect upon the community. The spirit
that has prompted the Reform movement has
engendered sort of epidemic among the DEM
ocrats. They unwittingly confess that all the
charges made against the "ring" and "ring"
rulers are well founded. Their cry now is to
let them-the same fellows who created, en-
couraged and fostered the rotten corruption of
the party-institute the needed reform. What
would any one think of the thief who, when
caught in his theft, should confess his guilt and
pray the court to allow him to reform himself,
instead of placing him in the custody of the
law and obliging him to go through a species
of reformatory discipline They have repented,
but we take it the people will teach them that
repentance on the day of judgment comes too
Late.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

Ng-The "ring" Democracy held grand q?
mass meeting at Frederick, on Thursday OIL
last week, and after resorting to every means
to get up an excitement by announcing that
the nominees for the State offices would be
present, besides bands of music and other
things "brassy," only about three hundred and
fifty Of the faithful took interest enough in the
affair or the candidates to attend the meeting.
Of course reporter of the Baltimore Gazette
was there and furnished his paper with about
a column of bombast and lies gotten up in the
most approved style. For instance He stated
that Hon. A. X. Syester was present, and made
brief speech in which he stated that"he still
cherished Democratic principles and had no
sympathy with any who were attempting to
disrupt the party"
The following from the Frederick Examiner
of this week explains itself:
"Of piece with the Misrepresentation Of
the Baltimore Gazette touching the enthusiasm
and numbers of the Ring mass meeting held
here last Thursday, is its statement that Hon
A. K. Syester was present and addressed it,
What the Gazette expects to gain by circula-
ting such untruths we cannot imagine. That
must indeed be weak and feeble cause that
needs the aid of falsehoods to bolster it up.
Mr.. Syster, it is true, was here on the day eff
the meeting, but he did not encourage it even
so much as to put in an appearance, much less
address it. The Ring managers wanted him to
speak but he declined, and if our information
is correct we infer from the remark he made
while here that he has but little sympathy
with the Ring and its nominees"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

RENoUNcE THEM Hagerstown Nail Dem.
ocrat) speaking of the intended appearance of Mr..
Carroll among the people of Western MARYLAND.
emphatically says:
"Let him Mr.. Carroll) renounce the Germans.
Bannons, Berres and all such. Let him denouncee
the ring" rule in Baltimore assure the people
of Western Maryland that he will clean out the
Canal crew f; that he will put honest and incor-
ruptible men in their places let him assure the
people OF Western Maryland that be will give to
It, so far as he can, voice in the Board of Pub
lie Works, by substituting some one of its best
men in place of Mr.. Compton,
Pretty strong language that to come from a
Democratic organ But then, you know, all is
harmony among the ''ringites" and there is no
corruption, no robbery. Remember the above
is not Potato Bug' buncombe. 1t comes from
the fountain head of Democracy. If everything
is right why does the Nailspeak thus of German,
Bannon and others2
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

IMPORTANT SUITs.-Six or eight residents o.
Howard county are about to bring suits OF an in
tnrest:ss sLs.sts- - tLs C;-e.:e Cvu. EIIICOI
City. They claim that they were engaged for q
long time in building dams aud doing other
work for the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, and
that they were each paid So day by B. ]. Osler,
but they subsequently, ascertained that the bills
returned and paid by the State allowed So for
each days work that they did. They now sue
to recover the difference between the pay they &C.
tually received and the amount that the State
claims to have paid to their account
The above is taken from the BALTIC american.
1t is consoling perhaps to the folks who have been
adroitly euehred out of one dollar per day to
know that this may perhaps be considered con-
tribution to deiray the expenses of centennial
campaign. Or it may be that the Chesapeake
and Ohio Canal has lobby such as was fashion
able at Annapolis during the session Of the last
Legislature, the only difference being that the
Annapolis lobby with the illustrious Micky Ban
lon a, its head took fifteen per cent OF what was
obtained, while this Canal lobby takes Mirty-thres
and G-third per cent. 1t is a matter of seine mo-
ment to some folks to know whether any of this
money is devoted to transporting election colo.
miss into the Canal Presidents district.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

E@-The Sunday Herald is the title of lively
little paper which made its first appearance
in Baltimore, Sept. 10th. 1t is successor to the
Saturday Night, and is edited and managed by
Mr.. John McGarigal, formerly of the American,
but later of the Gazette. AS newspaper man
Mr.. MEG has few equals and no superiers.-
The Herald is published in the interest of re-
trenchment and reform, and is dealing heavy
blows against the "ring" Democracy.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

CAPABLE AND HoNEsT.-This is what the
Cumberland (Md.) Nca0s, Democratic paper,
has to say of the Reform State Tickets
awe are in the fight for reform, and will not
lack or abate one single effort of ours to secure
the election of the Reform ticket. The gentle
men upon it are all capable and honest. If they
should be elected we can fully trust them to
effect thorough and great reformation in the
administration of our State affairs. Bribery
and corruption, which now stalk in high places,
will be banished bad men will stand abashed
IN the face of honesty and integrity; the stand.
ara OF official conduct will be advanced, and
Maryland will once again enjoy good govern
ment Of and for the people.
cat other times we shall write upon the can
didates and the canvass frequently and at
length. The private character of each one of
the nominees is beyond reproach, and will bear
the full gaze of the public. With two Of them
we widely differ in matters of politics, but are
agreed to reconcile conflicting views in the eff
fort to redeem the State from the "ring" rule.
That is now the paramount question invol ved.'
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

RITCHIE SPEAKs.-The Hon. John Rithe, OF
Frederick county, in addressing the people at the
Democratic meeting at Frederick last week, much
to the surprise Of the Ring followers, said
81 differ with my friends who have addressed
you to-day with reference 10 the management Of
the Democratic party of the State as at present
organized, and will say to the gentlemen that
they would do well not to try to cover up these
abuses which are known to exist within our par
ty organization. The motive of S. Teackle Wal.
lis in accepting the nomination Of the Reform
party for Attorney General cannot be questioned,
for il is too well known that Mr.. Wallis has
never been an office-seeker in his life, and only
under some great public emergency had be ever
consented to the use Of his name We must not
close our eyes to the fact that Mr. Wallis is at
least trying to correct an evil that we must ad-
nit does exist"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

asS- The "Crawfsh" System has demo nstra
ted that the Democratic intuition for voting al
many ballots as may be necessary for a giver
purpose is limitless. Twenty eight ballots
more than there are names in the registry get
in at one polling place. So many voted at
another that they were ashamed to return
them all. Reporters were out from the city to
edo work" for the attaches:of "Mickey" Ban.
non. INDECENT voters were paid as high as
$3.50 each for voting the ticket
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

DEMOCRACY AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. The Dem.
ocratic State Convention that nominated Hon
John Lee Carroll, G. ]. NJ. Gwinn and Levin
Wexford, conceived it to be necessary to pass a
resolution endorsing and sustaining the public
school system. Now they are prating that the
Democracy is favorable to the public schools 1t
looked little suspicious that the Democracy
should adopt this course. Why does it? Was
it the premptings of guilty conscience or was it
because they recognized there was danger to the
system ? If it proceeded from the FIRST, we are
glad that they show signs of repentance. If it
was from the latter, from what quarter did the
danger proceed ? Certainly not from its founders.
The parent would not destroy the child. If the
child is in jeopardy of life or usefulness the dan.
ger proceeds from the self-imposed nurse that
wrested it from its parent If the system is in
danger it comes from the source of the pretended
alarm. And that alarm is sounded only to di.
vert attention from the real source of danger in
order that the enemy may more effectually ac-
complish his purpose of strangling the child.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02
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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02
The .PeopEe in Earnest.

On Tuesday evening of this week the Mer-
chants Committee held vast mass meeting at
Masonic Temple, Baltimore, for the purpose of
completing their work of the selection and re-
communication of the State and city ticket to the
people. The Temple was crowded to its utmost
capacity and vast multitudes could not obtain
entrance. In point of numbers, responsibility
and intelligence the assemblsge did credit to the
city Of Baltimore and the work in which they
are engaged-the reformation of our State and
-"i'-uer1a1rg tne appointment Of the Committee
and then as Chairman thereof, also read the re-
port OF that Committee. That report gives en-.
dorsement to Hon. ]. Morrison Harris for Gov
ernor; Hon. s. Teackle Wallis for Attorney
General, and Col. Edward Wilkins for ComntroI.
isr' and endorses the greater portion of the Citi
zens Ticket for Baltimore. The Committee en-
dorsed both A. Leo Knott and H.V.D. Johns
for States Attorney.
The report states that ''the Committee have Sc
lscted native and foreign born citizens-Protest.
ants and Catholics-their sole aim being to OBJ
tain the best men in their power to serve their in
terests in our city and State"
At the conclusion of the reading of the report
Hon. J. Morrison Harris was introduced to the
audience and delivered a very able and effective
speech, addressing himself squarely to the real
issues in the campaign, showing in a very telling
manner that the opposition is laboring hard to
folst false issues upon the people and to push the
real ones out of sight. He showed that the aim
Of the Citizens party, the Republican party and
the Merchants movement is purely in the inter-
est Of reform. In reference to the cry of Mr..
Carroll that Democrat should blush for voting
Ter man Of Mr.. Harris antecedents, he said
Imagine man who has twice voted for Tom
Swami blushing for voting for mep'
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

Mg-The report in the papers makes the Hon.
John Lee Carroll say in his speech at Frederick
that the opposition denies him the right to "hs
religion, 'ohch he Inherited from has ancestors"
We have heard so much about Mr.. CarrolPs
"ancestors" that it may not be out of place to
ask whether there is anything in him but the
blood of his ancestors? Hon. j. Morrison Har-
ris stands upon his own merits-not those of
his ancestors
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1875-10-02

Ns- The Baltimore Sunday Herald says
"Was ever such a ticket given to the voters of
Maryland? Hon. J. Morrison Harris for Gov
ernor; Hon. S. Teackle Wallis for Attorney.
General. and Col. Edward Wilkins for Comp
troller of the Treasury. These gentlemen most
assuredlY mean Reform in our State Govern
ment"