The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-02-09
Baltimore County in the LEGISLATURE.

Baltimore County In the Legislature
The Baltimore Sun of Monday contained interest
ing sketches of the members of the present Leg
islature from the Western Shore. Of Baltimore
county's members it says: Baltimore county's
representatives in the House, all Democrats, are
Messrs. Samuel Brady, Milton W. O6utt, Samuel
Allen Leib, Thomas Kelbaugh, Joshua H. Cockey
and James j. Lindsay. Mr.. Brady is native Of
Baltimore city, born in 1885. His parents moved
to Green Spring Valley when he was about nine
years old. On leaving school he became engaged
in farming, and has been employed in that occu-
patton ever since. Mr.. Brady has been quite ac-.
tive in Baltimore county politics since the close
of the war. He was a member of the Democratic
State convention that sent delegates to the Presi-
Dental convention in 1880 and of the convention
that nominated Gov. McLane; was chairman of
the county executive committee for two years,
from 1881 to 1888, and is still member He
never held any political position until elected to
the House, except that of road commissioner for
his district which he resigned last fall, after hav
ing served ten years.
Mr.. Ofutt has already earned the name of "The
Great Objector'' in the House, owing to his fire.
quent and vigorous opposition to measures which
seemed to him to involve an unnecessary expen-
diture of the public money. He objected to the
appropriation Of thirty dollars per member to pay
for postage stamps on the ground that one-ffth
of that amount would be ample, and that every
member was able to pay that sum out of his own
pocket. ne also opposed Tue payment OF suDOr-
dnate officers except for services actually render
ed, and has frequently announced his intention of
"fghting" every species of extravaganza. Mr..
Mr.. 0futt is son of DR.. T. z. Ofutt, of Mont
gomery county, who married distant relative,
Elizabeth, daughter of Lemuel Offutt, of Baltimore
county, and is connected with the well-known
Worthington and Cockey families. He was born
in the I'd district of Baltimore county, and is 26
years old. He grew up as a farmer boy, was edu-
Gated at Glenwood Institute, Howard county,
studied law with Col. D. G. Mcintosh, at Towson-
town, and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He
was delegate to the convention which nominated
Judges Yeott and Fowler in 1882, and was elect
ed to the House of Delegates last fall.
Mr.. Lebs occupation is that of a school teach
or at Gorsuch's Mills, Baltimore county. He was
born in Stewartstown, York county, Pa, on the
Sd day of July, 1855, and was educated in the
Baltimore county schools and at the Stewartstown
English and Classical Institute. Since leaving
school he has been engaged in teaching. He has
never held any political position heretofore.
Mr.. Kelbaugh also began life as q school teach
err. He was born in Baltimore county, on the 2Sth
of February, 1S49, and in 1865, when sixteen
years of age, enlisted in the United States army.
He was ordered West, and after three years SER
vice on the plains discharged at Fort Prescott,
Arizona. He returned to Baltimore county, at
tended school, and, after becoming qualified, OBJ
tanned q position as teacher. He taught school
for about ten years in the 9TH district, and then
established himself at Mt. Carmel as surveyor
and conveyancer, in which occupations he is still
engaged. His first political position is that of
member of the House.
Mr.. Cockey is farmer and stock ERASER on "My
Lady's Manor" and has been active in local pol
itcs since boyhood. He is son of Peter f.
Cockey, and was born in Baltimore county on tho
18th of December, 1914. He was never cand-
date for Office until nominated for the Legislature
last fall.
Mr Lindsay lie hprO
the House, was born in Baltimore comfy on the
31st of August, 1861. He graduated at Bryant
& STATIONS Business College in 1876 and for
three years held position as clerk in Baltimore
business house. In 1880 he returned to his home
in the county, where he is now engaged in farm
ing. In 1882 he delegate to the judiciary
convention of Baltimore county Democrats, and
last fall was elected on the Democratic ticket to
tho House of Delegates.