The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1883-10-13
Correspondence Baltimore County onion.
LETTER FROM WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. D. c.. Oct. 9Th

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. 9TH, 1883.
Messrs. Editors:-I shall anticipate by a couple
of days the time for writing my usual weekly let
ter. The weather is so portentious outside
threatening rain-and even now the clouds are
lowering and the scattering drops beginning to
fall, that precede the shower, that one is easily
persuaded to remain indoors and not venture out,
even for the purpose of attending church On
account of the Indictment aspect of the weather
this forenoon, the churches were SHINY attended.
In nearly all of the Protestant churches notice
was read announcing next Tuesday, the day of
the Ohio election, a day of prayer, from a.
m. to p. m, at Masonic Temple, the services to
be under the auspices of the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union, and the prayers to be offered
for the success of the "second amendment" to the
Ohio State constitution, which, if adopted will
prohibit 'forever the manufacture of, traffic in
intoxicating liquors to be used as a beverage"
and ordering that 'the general assembly shall
provide by law for the enforcement of this pro-
vision" The services referred to above will be
held unremittingly between the above hours, but
will be varied every half hour by leader
taking charge. These leaders, as named in the
printed programme, being mostly ministers of
the various Protestant churches, ladies who
have become recognized as leading temperance
workers in the District in connection with the
above association.
The prospect in Ohio has so far been very fa-
vorable to the Republicans, but almost at the last
moment the Prohibitionists have brought ticket
into the field that may jeopardize their success,
or at least tend to make the result dubious. The
Republicans have been favoring what is known
as the "Scott liquor law" which puts license
upon the liquor traffic, such as is found in large
number of other States, including, 1 believe,
Maryland and this District, which is opposed by
the Democrats, they not wishing any restrictions
whatever to be placed upon the traffic. The Ger
man element, which was so largely detected from
and caused the defeat of the Republican party last
fall, is favorable to this law, and consequently
the Republicans were supposed to have greatly
the advantage. But the out and-out Prohibition
lists favor the proposed constitutional amendment,
and their now putting full ticket of their own
in the field, drawing, it undoubtedly will,
nearly its whole strength from the Republican
side, makes the chances of the Republican party's
winning the decided victory it expected the
Democrats less bright. Yet it is believed here by
those best posted on the political situation in Ohio
that the Republicans will yet win q victory,
although it may not be so decisive as expected
and hoped for.
1t has ever seemed strange to me how consist
emily inconsistent temperance people land | am
myself temperance advocate and friend in the
fullest and most modern sense of the word) are,
not only as individuals who edit "the only local
option organ in the county," and cause liquor
shops to be thrown open and free whisky to be
informed, or who are nominated for Office on tick
cts named and supported by liquor vendors, in
whose company they comminge with the utmost
cOmplacency, but still claim "the temperance
vote; )" but also political element, where,
in Ohio, they know they have not the strength
to elect their ticket and every vote they draw off
from the Republican party is one cast for 'free
liquor" or the party (Democratic) that is always
opposed to every principle of temperance. Yet
SO it is.
The Corean Embassy, which consists of three
citizens of the Peninsula of Corea, in Asia, has
been visiting in this country for several
weeks, their mission seeming to be two fold
First, to cultivate friendly relations with the
United States for their government and, second,
to get all the information possible with reference
to the conduct Of government affairs by observing
closely how our government offices conducted.
The embassy first arrived in New York, where the
President was, and where they we're accorded
formal presentation to them. Pictures of
the in the pictorials represent the three
ambassadors bowling with their faces to the carpet
by the wide folding door in one room, while the
President has just come from still further re-
moved room into the one adjoining where they
are, and is quietly gazing at them. No doubt the
posture assumed by the ambassadors on this occa-
sion is the one in vogue in their country when an
inferior comes in the presence of his superior gov
ernor or monarch. From New York the embassy
came to this city and have visited the Treasury
and Interior Departments where they noticed
everything very closely, giving attention to the
details of the government work, notwithstanding
they can converse with any of the officials only
through the interpreter who accompanies them.
They are very dignifed in all their actions, from
which dignity they relapsed only once, which was
upon meeting Commodore Schufeldt of the Navy
Department, whom they recognized as an old
friend and acquaintance who commanded once
United States vessel or fleet in the Corean waters.
This visit of the Coreans, to get information with
regard to government, recalls the fact that few
years ago the japanese government sent youths
over believing to be best governn the
to learn how matters are conducted in off,
ces, and who were placed under the care of sub
ordinates in the offices to be trained. tits thought
that the President will return from New York to-
morrow or Tuesday, after which the embassy will
not remain long in the city, z ANON.