The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-03-08
Correspondence Baltimore County On.oa'
1.ETTER FROM WASHINGTON,
Some More Temperance Talk",The
POLITICAL Outlook-Trouble In UP
Democratic Camp, &c.

.to. go man convinced against his will is the
san,o oninion still" Yet do wish to say few
words in reply to his remarks on this subject II
his last weeks letter. And first l would rshlne
him. after congratulating him that his inns iei
in such pleasant places as to nave aa ,uhoss
example is ever before him." that not nearly half,
quarter or an infnitessimal part of theinhabitant
of this globe are blessed as he, and that the,s are
hundreds of thousands of poor humon beings a'mo$
irretrieUably doomed to drunkara's .fdtes, whil
other hundreds of thousands are engaged IN the
sout-iesfroying ram traffic, sinking men down
deeper and deeper into the slough of degradation
and crime from which even the "grace of Cod
will hardly be able to resurrect them. What
would "Billy Barlow" "Nestor" and the reit do
with those persons whom the "grace Of Sod
spoken of never reaches nor reach, who eade
its influence and that of the Gospel, and continue
to pursue their wicked ways regardless of such
mean the murderers, the forgers the thieves etc.?
Would "moral suasion" do much to keep them
from their crimes? Just so with the liquor sller.
He will not listen to moral suasion or the Gspel
or anything of the kind, for if he did he would be
like certain sorceress spoken of in the Biby his
occupation would be gone. In my opinion justuch
"sumptuary laws" should be applied to crusl out
the liquor traffic as are used to prevent these cher
evils. An example of summary dealing, il not
sumptuary laws: Christ found the money chargers
in the temple polluting it with their sordid tafic
of money for gain. Did He stop to moraliZewith
these wicked persons? Did not the same prnci-
pie confront Him that do the good, law abiding
and humanely constituted people of to-day: that
their sordd cupidty would blind them to every
thing like goodness and reason, and that moral or
Christian "suasion" would have no influenced So
thu aHthaEe pf f cpd tho Ffdg nsasM
out, and it must be with the liquor sellers if we
stop the traffic and "cure" intemperancc. Gods
grace would be sufficient if it ever reached tn,
seller, as it seldom reaches the victim of strong
drink, but it doesn't and therefore "sumptuary'
laws would probably be available.
great deal of canvassing, now that the time
for holding the two great political conventions is
so rapidly approaching, is being done by members
and politicians in this city, to who will be the
most available candidates to nominate, and while
the Democrats are yet entirely at sea both with
regard to their candidates and the policy their
party shall pursue in the coming campaign, the
Republicans have been little expeditions AMI
every day shows crystalzation of sentiment
more and more in favor of President Arthur al
the most available man for the Republican party
to nominate. Although several rabid Blaine Re.
publicans, such as Bayne, of the western district
of Pennsylvania, who attempted on several occa-
sions to malign the President in the House,
and was squeched by plain statement of facts
from Gen. Butterworth, of Ohio, when member
of the House, Belford, of Colorado, and Miller, of
Pennsylvania, have attempted to start boom for
Mr.. Blaine, yet the latters quietness and his con-
slant refusal to say that he will be candidate or
that he has any further aspirations in that direc
ton, have left them with so little encouragement
that all their efforts have been like wet blanket.
Logan, Edmunds and Sherman, with Lincoln,
Harrison, Gresham and others in the background,
but to all of these there have been objections
found, so that they have not been considered the
strongest and most available candidates that could
be sought, To Senator Edmunds it has been OBJ
jected that he comes from small State, to Logan
that he possibly could not carry New York, and
to Sherman, that while strong probably with the
business aud money interests of the country and
would make an excellent President, he is cold and
would not make an ideal candidate to captivate
the masses; while President Arthurs nearly four
years in the White House, where he has come in
contact with the people from every section of the
country and whose courteous manners have won
their admiration, would make o very desirable
candidate. As to the safety of President Arthur's
administration, should he be nominated and elect
ed, far as it concerns the peace, quietness and
prosperity of the country, things coveted by the
people the country over, and especially those en-
gagged in or dependent on large business enter
prises, it could not be more assuring, taking into
consideration the quietness and admirable success
of his present administration.
Judging from appearances this was to be a
critical day in the Democratic party. Mr.. Con-
verses bill to restore the duty on wool was to be
pressed to vote, the Speaker having agreed to
recognize him fer that purpose. 1t would also be
the commencement of the tariff agitation, as the
yea and nay vote would show whether Morrison's
tariff bill, which he intends shortly to report from
in double loaded head lines, that Mr.. Randall in
tended to bolt the Democratic caucus and vote
against Morrison's bill and lead the Republican
minority in the endeavor to defeat it, and that he
would be followed by 90 other Democrats into the
Republican camp. Of course, upon the above an
nouncement the papers referred to read them out
of the Democratic party. The parties thus read
out consist of three Representatives from Connec-
ticut, three from New Jersey, twelve from New
York, twelve from Pennsylvania, nine from Ohio,
one from West Virginia, four from Alabama, four
from Maryland, one from Virginia, one from South
Carolina, two from California and two from Lou
isiana, nearly all of whom voted for Mr.. Randall
for Speaker and all Democratic protectionists.
Although Mr.. Randall has denied that he has any
intention of boiling the party, yet it is certain
that all of the above will vote against Morrison S
tariff-reform bill and beat it in the House. Yet
whether any split in the party takes place now or
not, the question is likely to give rise to stormy
debate in the National Democratic Convention,
unless that convention be overwhelmingly "free-
trade" and possibly split may then take place,
nistory repeating lIsei lrom looV. 4Iuiy Ino way
of the Democratic party is hard, because its "ins
are many" So far in the present House the party
has not been unit ON any one subject, not even
on seating Democratic members in contested eec-
ton cases unanimously reported by the majority
from the Elections Committee
more will Maryland be in the coming Prcsi=
dental contest on "free-trade" VS.. "protection"
issue, with her four Democratic Representatives
favoring the latter, and the following progressive
figures before her In 1856, Republican vote in
Maryland, 2S1; 1860, 1904 1854, q, O9 1868,
3059O; 1872, 66,76O; 1876, Il, 1881; 1880 rs, SIS
1882, S0,7O7-requiring reversal of less than s.
GOO votes to carry the State Will she not be Re-
publican? ANox.