The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-02-16
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM BALTIMORE.
Coming Springtime-A Dull, Cherries
Winter-The Presidential Campaign
Indictments Against the Late
Fire Commissioners-Local
Option-Arrest of an
Old Thief, sc.
BALTIMORE, February 18th, 1884.


BALTIMORE, February 18th, 1884.
Editors Union We are now passing pretty
we'll into the close of winter, and long be verg
ing upon spring. 1t will not be long before We
celebrate-publically and oficialy-the I'D of
February, and then soon afterwards the first of
March, the first of spring, the commencement too
of Lent and so on. Thus we 60. So far the win
ter has been q duh and comparatively cherries
one, more so, indeed, than it has been for some
years. 1t has really been dull one both in poll
tics and business. Less has been doing in nearly
all branches of leading trade than had been ex-
pected or looked for. This, however, has been
and generally is the case all leading political
years. People will, to a certain extent, give up
to politics. especially when the Nation is about to
select and elect its President. 1t is an important
and vast event, which comes off only once every
four years. People have their peculiar parties;
one set thinking one way, another another, and
sometimes almost Numerically opposite, when in
fact each are really not SO far apart, and wish
we hope-to do the very best in their power for
the good of all. In my humble view believe
Republication is right and will meet with success.
1t has done we'll thus far for the people and the
Nation, and will so continue. Our finances as
we'll as everything else could not possibly have
been better. Democracy cannot make any I'M
provement thereon, nor even touch what has been
and is. Let Republicans, therefore, nominate
good man and elect him again. There are good
men named, almost any one of whom would keep
the ship of state right side up. If, therefore, it
should be so ordered to keep Mr.. Arthur where he
now is four years longer, ana sure your humble
servant would have no objection. In this, too, he
would find plenty of good company. The truth
is, each day he appears to gain deserved popu-
larity.
In our Criminal Court yesterday Judge Duffy
rendered his decision on the demurrer to the in
dictments against the late Board of Fire Commits
sioners, sustaining all the indictments but order
ing the States Attorney to enter mol pros. against
al the members Ct the Board ssSSsspt & Frank
done on the ground that the city ordinance did
not include, either expressly or by implication,
any one except those actually interested in city
contracts. AS the case now stands there is one
indictment against Morrison and one against Reg
ester for violating the ordinance prohibiting city
officers from being interested in city contracts, and
one indictment against all the members of the late
Board for misconduct in office. The truth is the
whole matter will amount to nothing and be final
ly dismissed from court. The decision is what
was expected in order to fill the law as it stands
The end must be full and entire acquittal.
The new appointments sent into the Council by
Mayor Latrobe yesterday are very well received
and meet the peoples wishes. Some of the gen.
tlemen were old appointees, but they frst-rate
and could not be better. All of them have met
confirmation. The new names are good and gen.
orally acceptable.
1 notice that the recent move on Annapolis,
where all the trades-unions were represented,
Governor McLane made an approbative speech,
and a goodly amount of alcoholic liquors were
imbibed, notwithstanding that local option pre-
walls by legislative authority in that section. The
sovereign people seemed indeed inclined to have
their beer and ale at any rate, even if at slight
risk Iii quite possible something little strong
er was somewhere. There is nothing better than
that which will bring temperance about in all
things, but greatly fear local option does not
fully serve its purpose. am not surprised, there
fore, to find men asking and petitioning for higher
license and the abolition of local option where it
really does exist IF the Legislatures of all States
would absolutely require apothecaries or druggists
of all cities, towns and places elsewhere in the
country, to have them fully taxed-we mean the
liquors they are obliged to sell to the people
made of the very purest material-certainly those
taking it for medicine would be far less liable to
receive injury if at all. 1t is best always to take
a pure medicine, even if it be alcohol, if obliged
to take it, than be subjected to the necessity of
swallowing poisonous article. Much better, if
people want the Legislature to do a certain thing,
to ask for it in reason than overstep the mark by
demanding what is fully known cannot be had.
The commission of nine which Mayor Latrobe
has asked for to rule and manage the public
schools, seems good thing and 1 hope 1t will
meet general approval.
The arrest here few days ago of one of the
chiefs of the gang of rogues who robbed the
postofioe at Annapolis last week, is a matter
of great praise. 1t was done chiefly by the
agency of Smith, West & Lyons. The rogue,
with half dozen aliases, is bold, daring old
thief The only thing is to keep the rascal in such
close quarters as to secure his conviction and i'm
prisonment. Don't let him get into the hands of
sharper lawyers and others wholly hook or crook
for money-will get him off. l regret to say that
certain attorneys sometimes do as much towards
setting such fellows loose again as their actual
companions. The truth is, good, respectable
let them take what comes. ---'------
Business in this city has been very quiet all
week and likely to be so for some time to come
To tell the actual fact trade is fiat. The unpleas
ant weather has been quite adverse to operations
of any kind. There is no real change in prices,
except rather downward. NEsToR.