The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1891-09-18
That Flowing Contest.

Perhaps the fact that Mr.. Brown and Mr..
Vsnnort are both farmers and both Gin the
field" suggested to the latter, in spirit
fun, this altogether unique method of
testing their relative fitness for the
high Office of Governor of Maryland other
wise we should be inclined to think the hon
orable Republican candidate somewhat of
crank and untitled, by reason of this mental
twist. from filling any position creditably.
This challenge to blowing match was
boastfuliy made before Mr.. Browns return
from Europe; likewise before Mr. Vannort's
little fiasco concerning the Craftsmanship of
the Republican Central Committee, in which
he exhibited himself in an aspect which how
ever it may affect his suitableness to be Gov
ernor of Maryland, does not mean he is unfit
to be good plowman.
Ifa man who is able to guide plow ia
therefore capable of guiding the affairs of
State, then many farm hand in Hartford
county would doubtless be better choice
than either.
But perhaps we have entirely misconstrued
Mr.. Vannort. Perhaps he means to hold out
the olive branch of peace. If 80, we must de-
cline his overtures. The Democratic party is
very far from being ready to cheat their
swords into ploughshares." Be it as it may,
Mr.. Brown is willing, it seems, to meet him.
In conversation at the Carrollton Hotel,
Baltimore. on Monday, he said as much, add
ing, u have not plowed for ten years but do
not think have forgotten how to do it."
But in this, as in all that he undertakes,
Mr. Brown is unwilling to enter upon con-
test that leads to no result. He is too good a
farmer to plow without seeding. Let the
Democrats of Maryland see that Farmer
Brown'syield at the polls is the largest major
ity ever given to any candidate.
Gambling at the Baltimore County Fair.
Judge Fowler, in his charge to the Grand
Jury, at the beginning of the September term
of the Circuit Court for Baltimore county, at
Towson, on Monday, called attention to the
open violation, in that county, of the laws
against gaming. He said:
"At the recent county fair held at limo
HULL tne laws IeleTTeu IO, aS you must De
aware, were 1agrantly violated by many per-
sons by the use of all kinds of devices, and in
many cases with impunity. The executive
officers whose special duty it is to arrest vio-
lators of the law do not appear to have been
very active, but, remembering the solemn and
comprehensive oath you have just taken, it is
for you to see that those who have escaped
through the mistaken leniency of others shall
now be arrested, and if found guilty, punish
ed as the law requires. 1t must be apparent
to the most careless observer that gambling
devices of every kind should be most rigidly
excluded from such public places as our coun-
ty fairs. And we have every reason to be-
lieve that hereafter the law in this respect
will be fully and cheerfully obeyed in this
county"
Judge Fowler also condemned pool selling
at the races at Arlington. With regard to
county fairs the impression seems to prevail
that unless the excitement of gambling is
added to the attractions of the races and the
usual display of stock and agricultural pro-
ducts, any fair will fall short of success This
may be true, but if the alternative is presented
of success with gambling or failure without,
we should say, let the fair CO. If fair can
not be kept up without affording the means
of demoralizing our youth it had better be
discontinued. l5}.ay