The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-10-16
Correspondence Baltimore County Union.
LETTER FROM CHESTER COUNTY, PA.
A Baltimore County Man on his Travels
His Observations in the Key
stone State.

MeSSrs. Editors Travelling from place to place,
meeting old friends and making new acquain-
tances, visiting places and scenes familiar IN
early life is very pleasant to your correspondent,
but to Gull out such items as will be of interest
to the readers of your paper he finds more difh-
cult, yet the task shall be attempted.
One of the first things that impreSses the tray
eler northward bound is the business activity and
thrift manifesting itself ON every hand. 1t ssaid
that Mason's and Dixons line has lost the signlh-
canoe it possessed previous to the civil war; Per-
haps this is true politically, and without UNJUST
ly rejecting on our section we shall hail the day
with pleasure when it shall be true in regard to
business enterprise.
The Phoenix Iron Company is the great indus;
capital and thousands of employees it is the maxi
ing of the borough of 10000 Inhabitants and sew.
eral surrounding villages as well as good market
for the surrounding community. AS you see the
crude iron ore going into one part of the works
and some of the pure metal coming out in an
other part in the form of the beautiful iron
bridges, some of which span numerous wa err
courses of Maryland. you stand in wondering adj
miration at the genius of man.
AS in various sections of the country so here
politics is the great theme of interest. This Con-
gressional district. composed of Chester and Del
aware counties, is having family quarrel in the
Republican household. Everhart. the present
Congressman, sought denomination. He is q
man OF ability, but man of books and theories
rather than practical ideas. For this reason some
of his constituents were dissatisfied. Darlington,
rival aspirapt for the nomination, is man Of
less ability, but more practical and on this ac-
with corrupt methods. Being q man of MEANS
it is said he tapped his barrel quite freely and
thus secured delegates enough to capture the
convention by a majority of one. The result is
that both men propose to become candidates for
election, and if no compromise is made the result
will be the election of the Democratic nominee
from this stronghold of Republicanism.
The Prohibition party are quite active in this
section. A meeting was addressed by their can
didate for Governor, in PhGnixyilie, a few nights
since. We heard his speech, which consisted
largely of severe criticism of both prominent
parties on the score of temperance, and that the
suppression of the rum traffic was the only vital
issue of the day. He made no claims to present
success, but asserts that prohibition has come to
stay, and unless its claims are espoused by the
Democrats or Republicans its victory will soon
be built on their defeat. There being no dissen-
sions in the Republican ranks this campaign no
doubts are entertained Of the success of Gen.
Beaver. But it is thought that the activity of
the Prohibitionists. the uncertain attitude of the
Republicans on the temperance question, and the
straight out bid of the Democrats for the whisky
vote will decrease his majority considerably
Our travels through the middle and eastern part
of the State and inquiries made give the cheer
ing information that the temperance sentiment
is largely on the increase throughout the State
of Pennsylvania, and while the third party Is
composed too largely of disappointed politicians
who are using it as a stepping stone to cheap
notOriety. with some over-credulouS and over
enthusiastic advocates of temperance, it is fact
that cannot be gainsaid that this great moral re-
form is growing power that will exert force
In body polite at no far distant day. x. w.