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

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| of the workiDgmen as to amount to a tremendous
victory. Who will get the credit? Who will reaT
| the benefit of that credit? These things involv,
a change along the whole line of Congressman
excepting Mr.. Findlay, of Baltimore city. Messrs
| Gibson, of Talbot, Brown, of Queen Anne's, Oh
Pearce, of Kent, named from the First district
Messrs. Constable, of Cecil or Hopkins, of Har
| ford, are expected from the Second, and William
! Pinkney Whyte is the coming man from the Third
with Oregon Benson named as the nominee from
the Fifth district These are the bottom facts Of
the labor bills.
L got hold of the letter of A. A. Blakeney & Co.
the Franklinville mills too late last week to send
| any copy, but would suggest that these gentle
men back up Mr.. Plowman, of Hartford county
| with something more than words. Words are
| plentiful around Annapolis; sometimes naughty
ones are heard. But action is what the delegates
| wish-meetings of operatives, committees to see
delegates, statistics supplied of amount of capital
invested and all the bottom facts that can be got
at The trades unions are working Systematically
and theoretically. The other side should do the
same thing, because the committee having charge
of these bills don't want protests or long letters OF
windy harangues, but hard, logical facts. So trot
them out.
Mr.. Banks has not succeeded in persuading any
body to resurrect his milk bill of last session. 1t
appears to be dead as Well, Mrs. Parting
ton says comparisons are odorous."
The new convention bill is fixed fact. 1 be-
leve I expressed the general reason in my last
weeks letter, when said the desire came because
of dissatisfaction with the present Judiciary sys-
TEN. find that touch sympathetic chord in
talking to various members on the manner of jury
drawings in Baltimore county for years past, Il
mean the queer way in which the same names get
into the box,) and when / show them the various
communications in The UNION on the subject, they
wonder why the people have not kicked years ago.
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prohibiting jury service more than once in three
years, and making every verdict void rendered by
any jury any member of which has served more than
his right prominent citizen hopes the 18th
district will be exempt, because there may not be
men enough to go around. Well, some Of the other
districts can spare some of their surplus. Then
again the appointing of School Commissioners by
the Judges excites the greatest antagonisn as be-
ing entirely wrong and extra judicial. To sum
up, the whole system is too eqmhrous and I'M
wieldy and needs pruning. Three Judges on the
Appeal Bench and fewer Circuit Judges is the
talk. When 1 cay that nearly the whole argu-
ment for a new Constitution pivots on the Judici-
airy, then l only express the dissatisfaction the
preseat Judiciary has caused.
What I say about the new convention will apply
equally we'll to the annexation bill. This will
surely ecme, 10 matter what other people say. 1t
ing, energetic men, pushed ~ two psrssysr-
pride and honor.
The exposures about the Baltimore county aims
house have caused much quiet comment and very
unfavorable criticisms and have attracted great
attention. As one member said to me, "S14, 900 a
year and such condition as that" Where did
all that money 60 to? What's the matter out
there anyhow? Is it not about time you were an
nexed in the Belt and the rest Of you portioned off
to Hartford and Carroll, and then o new county
made out ofparts of Carroll and Frederick counties?
Yes, Towsontown has an uns6yory name, known
among ALL and members don't wonder over Mr.
Offutt's sanitary bill.
The two schemes of making Pikesville arsenal
into an imheoie asylum or an experimental agri-
cultural station will probably fail, because it is
claimed that this arsenal property was decided ex-
pressy for militia purposes and is lot transferable
for any other purposes. I know well that the
Hon. George Hawkins Williams says otherwise,
but Mr.. Williams is lawyer and other lawyers
differ with him. The fact that lawyers do differ,
and the further fact that the militia force of the
State, with the Adjutant General and General
Herbert, intend to make an effort to get hold of
the arsenal for militia purposes and that they
down here this week or that business backed up
by their legal counsel, shows their belief in their
rights to be of such character as to cass grave
doubts as &c the legality of dverting this proper
derstood when given by the National end an
have been put in good order and made of use to
the militia forces but fer the fact that gentle
man accidentally lost the bill and did not find it
again until the last day of the legislative session.
Queer things happen sometimes. Regarding the
imbecile asylum, the citizens in the neighborhood
of Pikesville in about it and strongly OBJ
ject to any more of such "humane" institutions in
their vicinity. Mr.. c. Lyon Rogers tells me that
the experimental agricultural station would only
take of the pr0nsrtv aud there would still he
enough left for the militia.
Another matter which will excite interest will
be the bill being prepared for increasing the price
of licenses for sale of liquors. should not be sur
prised to see this bill get through, because it is
not in the line of either local option or high
license, strictly speaking. Having acquired some
what of o coed reputation as a bill writer,
learn of many of these protests from various men,
bers talking them over as skeletons to be clothed
with proper flesh. And this members idea is to
increase the cost of tie licenses say so per cent.
for alcohol and about 20 per cent, for malt liquors
According to his plan the State would acquire that
much more revenue, and there would not be so
many "slums." Yet this man is eminenty de-
sirous to have it understood that he is decidedly
opposed to "fanatical legislation" (I quote his
own words,) aud lie always takes his whisky
"plaip." The puzzle to ne IS, how TO draw up a
proper bill embodying his ideas? It requires
thought, deliberation and tact. So if any Of cur
friends have any suggestions to offer will be glad
to have them.
Senator Brewer ventilated himself in the Senate
last Friday because of my remarks in a previous
letter. 1 die not hear that he denied the facts al
legged and stated, it is not necessary for me to
say anything further. President Daniel, of the
State Temperance Alliance, was down one day.
drawn hither no doubt by the same letter. to look
after his flock which he feared might be jumping
of out the fold. President Daniel is IN energetic
man, and knowing SO well the reasons of bis tenn
perance feelings, csnDothelp sympathizing with
him. Yet other people have also their views on
the same question, and acknowledging the evil
they ask, what is the best way to apply remedy?
1t don't do to pooh at the men who talk about abb
stract rights and constitutional privileges. An
napos is local option place. yet twice lately the
House of Delegates itself hes Lee2 the scene of
disgraceful drunken squabbles, each time caused |
by respectable ~ young men. Once fight be- !
tween two, one of whom is student at law in the |
ofice Of an eminent ex- Congressman. In this the
feulest Of language and resort threatened to |
knives and pistols. TIE second was an insulting |
assault upon Hon. John II. Handy, by one of the |
irst (?) young men Of this place, IN tEe face of |
hese facts are delegates apt TO thiHk local option
success here?
The Cattle Scales appointment, as also that Of |
he Eastern Hay sGsics, is much sought AFTER
For the latter place believe frly twenty of the
Ie Scales, it lays between Samuel Cover, Of Car
oil, and DIR. John Cummings, Of our county.
The House met on Tuesday and the lobby was
rowded with representatives Of the trades unions
md others calling upon the Governor. Business
5 beginning u work more smoothly and the signs
multiply that this win be business session.
Upon motion Of Mr. Kelbeugh, Of Baltimore
ounty, IL was ordered that the Board Of County
Of Baltimore county report to this
Iouse ON or before February 18th, what amount
money has been allowed TO different Sherihs Of
be county, month by month, in each year since
december, 1875, for boarding tramps; also the
lumber Of tramps for each and every month, and
y what authority, II any, said tramps were re-
sived into the county jail A,sq, that the Com
lissi0ners furnish n statement Of the aslorrt Of
loney disbursed out Of the county treasury for
,e support Of outdoor pensioners, commencing
ith Nay 81, ISIS, and ending with May 81, 1888,