The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1890-11-08
1885 s18 loo "A;
Compton's majority in 1890, 46S; in 1883, 277.
A GOVERNOR WITH GOOD SENSE.

Governor Boies, of Iowa, delivered an adj
dress at the opening of the Great Bluegrass
Exposition held at Preston, in that State. He
said that upon such an occasion he was prop
erly expected to speak for all the people of the
State, and not for party or section of them,
because there could be no party or section in
the good feeling and wishes which all citizens
cherished for the objects of the fair He then
proceeded to follow the natural course of such
reflections and said:
political issues, like everything human, are
subject to ceaseless change and no man who
is a patriot in the true sense of that term can
shut his eyes and blindly follow any party
without question wherever it may lead. Gov
eminent policies that were appropriate at one
stage of our national existence are not necessa-
rily so at another. Political parties have been re-
peatedly formed, have often fiourished for time
and then decayed. They were not always born
in vain. Many of them have performed their
mission, and gone to their rest when their work
was done. And so, too, with many of the
questions which have divided political parties
as they now exist with us. They have been
settled, and are no longer of interest except as
matters of history, and his is no patriots hand
that, on either side, would drag these skeletons
from their graves, and attempt to hide behind
them the living issues of the present hour"
The Governor disclaimed any purpose of
urging adherence to an existing party, saying:
MY only object is to express the Importance
of faithful investigation by individuals of po-
ltical questions as they arise, and their duty to
both State and nation to lend the weight of
their judgment to proper settlement of such
questions without reference to party that may
be injuriously or otherwise affected thereby. /
want my countrymen to realize that there are
obligations they owe society at large that are
paramount to any they owe fraction of that
society which has been organized into pOliti-
cal combination for the attainment too often
of selfish ends. do not wish to underrate the
importance of organized efforts for the accom-
plishment ofevery important purpose. know
that it is through the aid of political parties
alone that in a government like ours such re-
suits can be reached, but what do wish to
teach is that the mere name of the party with
which you act is not matter of vital impor-
lance in determining what your vote should be-
If any danger threatens the institutions of this
country it is found in blind adherence by
our people to political organizations without
reference to changing issues, which in the ma
ture of things must constantly arise"
These are manly and independent words and
we heartily commend them.
THE MARYLAND Division, Sons of Temper
ance, held its annual meeting in Baltimore
few days ago, nearly fifty delegates being pres
ent The reports showed that the order has
about twelve hundred members in this State.
1t has branches all over the United States and
Canada and has a total membership of over
one hundred thousand. The following officers
were elected for the ensuing year: Grand
Worthy Patriarch, H. P. Zimmerman grand
worthy associate, Mrs. N. E. Black; grand
scribe, Robert T. Smith; grand treasurer,
William Sherwood; grand chaplain, Rev. J.
w. Steele; grand conductor, J. B. Reed grand
sentinel, Miss Lizzie Kessler.
WILLIAM H DRIscoLL was tried in Balti-
more last week for the killing of John Appel.
Eleven of the jurymen were for acquittal and
one was for manslaughter and he held out to
the end and the jury could not agree. That
man should never be permitted to serve on
another jury. When fellow thinks he knows
more than eleven citizens of average intelli-
gence, he's dangerous as well as expensive. He
should be presented with a medal designating
him as the most contrary man in Maryland.
In AN interview with Mr.. Wanamaker on
Wednesday newspaper representative asked:
do you think the charges against Mr.. Quay
are true?" to which the Postmaster-General
replied: "If Senator Quay had not been chair
man of the National Committee, the charges
that have been made against him would not
have been heard of. know, and other people
know, the truth about Senator Quay, and he
can afford to let everybody know the truth
about his every official action
THE HIGH license law went into effect in
Baltimore city on the first of May last From
that time until the first of October the number
of arrests on charges of drunk and disorderly
conduct was 1855. For the corresponding
months of 1889, under the old license law, the
number of arrests on the same charges was
1914. Difference between the two periods
1,1S9 So the new law, though not very well
enforced at present, must be doing some good.
Two EDITORS at Clarksburg, West Virginia.
got into shooting scrap with each other few
days ago and the life of one ofthem was saved
by the ball from his antagonists pistol strik-
ing silver dollar which he happened to have
in his vest pocket. Where he got the dollar
has not been explained.
THE BALTIMORE american of Tuesday says :
Baltimore city yesterday cast larger vote
than the entire State of South Carolina. Bal
timore elected two Representatives to Congress.
South Carolina elected seven" There is much
food for reflection in that brief paragraph.
THE POPULATION of the United States on the
LIST of June, 1890, is shown by the late census
to have been e. 480, $40. In 1880 the popula-
ton was so, 155, 7S3. the increase in the ten
years having been Il, 324,7 In 1S70the pop
ulation was 38,55S,31.
The MAN who writes anonymous letters for
the purpose of trying to blacken the character
of another, is a mean, low specimen of human
itv. Such an individual is unworthy the
name of a man, because there in nothing manly
about him.
The GREAT State of Kansas has s, 754 miles of
railroad, or more than all the New England
States together Illinois has more miles than
any other state in the Union-9,0OO. Pennsyl-
yania has 8, 224 miles, while Texas has S,21O.
IT Is expected that the great Masonic fair.
which had been in progress in Baltimore about
a month, will net in the neighborhood of $40
900. The money will be applied to paying the
debt on the Masonic Temple.
A NUMBER of deaths have lately occurred
among children at Martinsville. Indiana, from
diphtheria, the disease having been communi-
Gated to one of them by a stray cat.
The STATE of Texas can boast OF woman
who is now living with her ninth husband
Her present name therefore appears very APP
propriate. 1t is Smart.