The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-08-25

time OF the opening OF q pOHJlcal campaign III
this State. But they pay it gladly and will
have all the "nigger" FOUNDERS out of Jail in
good time to vote the Democratic ticket in
November. You can bet your money on that
and be safe.
CALEB POWERS, the man indicted in Ken
lucky for an accessory to the murder of Will
liam Goebel, was convicted and has been SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life. 1t was
packed jury that tried the prisoner and no one
outside of Kentuckey expected anything but
such a verdict At the time of the killing of
Goebel Powers was the Republican Secretary
of State. The trial was most glazing farce
throughout and may be taken as fair sample
( of Kentucky justice.
LAST MONDAY the Baltimore american cele-
brated its one hundred and twenty-seventh
birthday. In its edition of the day previous
Sunday it gave an interesting history of the
paper from the time of its first issue up to date
showing its steady and wonderful growth.
The american is one of the leading newspapers
of the country and it is credit to the city in
which it is published. We extend our con-
gratulations to General Agnus and express the
hope that he may live many more years to
enjoy the fruits of his labors.
If IT had not been for Republican "expan-
sion' Hawaii would not have become part
of the Union if Hawaii had not become a
part of the Union, a Hawaiian delegate at-large
t1on and been member oil the platform COM
mittee; it had not been for the vote of this
Hawaiian member of the platform committee,
: the Is to plank would have been beaten des-
pite the telephone orders from Lincoln if
this plank had been beaten, Bryan, according
to his own words, would have refused to run
for President. How, therefore, can Bryan
logically inveigh against expansion, in view Of
the fact that he himself is derivative from it?
U. S. SENATOR McCoMAs, of Maryland has
returned from his trip to Europe and has en-
tered on the campaign with a spirit that does
him great credit. In an interview on Tuesday
he said: II will spend about five days in every
week in Baltimore from now until the cleo
ton, and will assist the State Central Commit
tee with all my power. My engagements out
side of the State have been cancelled and prac-
tically my entire time will be devoted to the
campaign work in Maryland 1 am not now
making any predictions but am making in
quiries. My opinion as to political conditions
in the State now is hardly valuable, as 1 have
not had time to post myself thoroughly on the
situation. I hope Maryland will give another
splendid verdict for Mckinley this fall. My
trip abroad was most enjoyable one and has
greatly benefited my health"
The REPUBLICANS of Allegany county have
addressed an "open letter" to Senator We'll
lington and the style in which they trim
that gentleman up is simply beautiful. They
show that the position he at present occupies
toward the administration is simply "spite
work." better fitted to school boy than to a
man of Wellington's pretentions. Addressing
the Senator this letter says Not for an in
slant do the people of Allegany county attribute
your marvellous change of front to your inbred
instinct of patriotism and craftsmanship. Far
from il ! Well knowing the unbridled fury of
your temperament, the malign resentment
which governs you, body and soul, when
crossed in politics, they gauge your motives
by different standards. Today we believe that
you sacrificed your Republicanism, your adj
herence to the policies that you knew would
conduce to the country's welfare, upon the
altar of your soulconsuming, heart.corroding
hatred of William Mckinley Again the
letter" says: 1.-The rank aspersions, the foul
accusations directed by you against the Presi-
dent of the United States, a gray-haired man,
honorable and true to himself, his country,
and his party, man who carried musket in
the dark day of civil war, while you lounged
on the counters of a canal grocery, cause AL
legany county to wonder, in the last analysis,
whether, after all, your TRADES are not triply
and equally inspired by malice"
IT WILL be seen by reference to the local
columns of THE UNION today that proceedings
have been instituted before Governor Smith to
have four members of the Baltimore county
School Board investigated upon the charge of
"malfeasance in Office" Now this ''charge,"
to the average reader, appears to be exceeding
" vague if not altogether incomprehensible
while to others it may appear grave to
degree of seriousness. The charge against
these four gentlemen, briefly stated, is that
in awarding the contract for school supplies
they voted to give it to a firm whose bid
was about 81, 900 higher than that of the next
bidder, and because they did this they are
charged with "malfeasance'' and are to be in
having them summarily turned out of office,
should the charge prove true. We have no
wish to attempt discussion of the merits of
the case, but we have this to say We do not
believe that any man who knows these aspersed
officials will go so far as to charge them with
any crookedness in the awarding of this con-
tract. We believe and we think it will be SO
shown, that they had ample cause for their |
action, and public opinion should be sus-
nended until the facts are fully brought out.
Certain it is that these gentlemen feel no APP
prehension as to the result ofthis investigation.
It is one thing to say that an official did an
act with wrong intent. but quite another to
nrove that his motive for that act was not
by desire to faithfully serve the
public. The officials whose characters SaSe
been thus aspersed should demand that the
matter be probed to the bottom and when 1t IS
We believe it will be Enthusiastically shown that
c.o,,, ,,Y1ralv i1nrOht motives.