The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1884-09-06
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LITTER FROM WASHINGTON.
Government Clerks Returning--Gooo
News from Every Quarter-An-
other Democratic Forgery.

WASHINGTON, D. c., September 1st 1854
Messrs. Editors If it were not for the matured
look and evident decadence of the foliage OF the
trees and vegetation at the present time' whicn
are as convincing proof that the time oi suin.iel
has about passed as that the swallows return Is
herald of that seasons coming, peep into all the
Government Departments this morning wouiu
have convinced one of the fact to have seen Tue
number of clerks returning to their desks VIM
have been away for several weeks or a month on
their summer vacation All the employees oe 'ne
Goyernment in the Departments and other ounces
here. except those who receive per diem wages
are entitled to thirty days leave OF ABSENCE WIN
nav annually, and sometimes in cases OF i'hesS .,
the leave is extended thirty days more, but IN all
other cases where employees desire longer ,eaVo
than thirty days it must be without pay. MANY
of the EMPLOYEES have not yet taken their leaves,
| ~ suficient number awaited themselves the
mast month of the opportunity to get out Oh Tue
ctv avoid the heat and sGtriness OF the ounce, "nu
| 10 visit their friends in the different sectohs =,
the country or the various seaside, moun.ain "nI
| other resorts, as to give the otlces hieess "nu
| deserted appearance. While the leaves OF vaca :
49, of many who have been away have not YET
exnired it was the return this morning 10 .ne
oeioes ~ those whose leaves have done SO tna'
mode them have the busting appearance my
had. and that reminded one OF schooi-r1opn VIZ
morning of the opening of school after tn1
" vacation. Greetings were common Oh az $50
| and anxious INQUIRIES tS W Inv
;oyments each returning wanderer had eAperien'''
while away. ;.,,u omone
Not the least anxious inquiry, especiaiiy anlons
tho men by those who have not yet peen away
those that have was that respecting the poi..o@
ontlook and situation in the States anu Soo'ioA
where the latter have been 1or ~ . Govorn
that these clerks and employees OF the GoVern
ment here hail from every State and section Oh VI
i Union. and being deeply interested in the resul
Q of the coming Presidential election, are close oo
servers of the political situation wherever .he
and the unanimous repy Of s saas to MY questiO
e was that the prospect of the election OF bIaln
and Logan could not be better. One from Main
said that the enthusiasm there was unprecedente
:. and was not confined to the Republicans, but thi
IL a yery large number of Democrats would vote u
l. ticket The Republican majority at the sta,
It election, he predicted, would be l2,0Oo, and
November from 10000 to $4,000. One VINO IA
'' been away sixty days and went to San FRANCIS
sr for his health, who is an old gentleman and do
=, not take much part in politics, said there was
- doubt of California and the rest of the Pacii
Coast States Blaine and Logan will carry theu
A. There is great uprising there of the irish an
e. workingmen in favor of the ticket. The only r
m ply the Democrats can make to the enthusiast
: and arguments of the Republicans Is "sweeny
= (meaning McSweepy, whose case during 'arneio
y, term Voorhees,, in his speeches, is trying now
,e make so much out of. But the Irish workin
- men ask them if they mean the "sweeny an
lame horse has, and go on, without being aiect
ut by it, in their enthusiasm for the hepuohc'
- ticket Another from Indiana said that STATE
i sure for the Republicans, and Calkins wiz
elected Governor, Notwithstanding the pareiac
10 and palpable lies, which everybody knows to
err such. that the Democrats telling about him.
in THE Democrats seem given to lying and forge
4 in this campaign more than usual) The onioa
- and Michiganders are sure OF those TWO oIa"
us and the Iinoisians laugh at the idea OF the De
I'd has been to Ocean Grove, said that the situati
r. there was all e-sided; that he heard but o
:, gentleman speak of voting for Cleveland, and
III looked as he spoke as being out OF place. A
RI other said that Blaine and Logan would car
las New jersey and New York. He had been in be
"a, States. AS to the New England States ne So
NV every newspaper report and indication otherw
tn showed which way they are going. The Repuo
can majorities will be larger in all OF them,
Guiding Vermont and Massachusetts,, than
an wears. Then he spoke of Hendricks recent let
If and the sensation it is causing in Indiana.
said the Democratic boom has gone all to piec
an and Hendricks knows it, and the best thing
Der Democrats could do even at this late day wol
- be to withdraw Cleveland from the ticket. A
80. these are the kind of reports that are brou@
Wv back from every section by the employees II
S. have been away.
ms Speaking of forgery, an audacious case to
an place this week that rivals the Morey letter
est 1880. 1t was the publication in the New Yt
- Evening Post of a mendacious circular, purporti
ea to have been signed by Hon. Green b. Rau
as threatening in the name of the National Kep'
Mt lican Committee and of Blaine and Logan,
:, dismissal of clerk in the Signal office here if
IL does not contribute to the Republican campai
no fund But the General nailed it as forgery
nts soon as brought to his attention. He said
ers would like to punish the party who committed
. but would not trouble himself to search for hin
out -na.s-
RAJ be, being the most competent and popular n
IN for the place. ANON