The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1900-09-15

published lengthy letter in the Baltimore
Nescs in which he announces that he will sup
port Mckinley this year Four years ago he
was a gold Democrat and refused to support
Mr.. Bryan He says that the election of
Bryan will endanger the gold standard. Mr..
Cans looks upon the cry of imperialism" as
nonsense.
In THE N. Y State Democratic convention,
held at Saratoga this week, ex-senator Hill was
entirely knocked out by the Croker gang, who
ran the convention to suit themselves, ignor
ing Mr.. Hill and his followers. Stanchfeld
for Governor and Mackey for Lieutenant
Governor, were the men put up by Croker.
One of the biggest jokes of the convention was
the passage OF a resolution denouncing the Ice
Trust by the very men who own the stock in
that concern.
. THE REPUBLICANS of Maryland fired the first
gun of the present campaign at the grand rally
held at Music Hall, Baltimore on Tuesday
night, under the auspices of the Mary
League of Republican Clubs Senator Foraker,
of Ohio, made the principal speech of the eve
ming and stirred up the most intense enthusi-
asm. Senator McComas also made telling
speech He and his colleague from Ohio re-
w"rouser's and VIII surely have good erect.
CHAIRMAN MANLEY, Of the Republican State
Central Committee of Maine, telegraphed Pres
ident Mckinley that in the election held in
that State last Monday the Republican were
successful by $1,000 majority. Mr.. Manley
said ut is under all the circumstances the
the most complete and the greatest victory
that the Republicans of Maine ever won. 1t
was obtained against united Democracy.
The Democratic vote is the smallest ever cast
in Maine since 1S4S, with the single exception
of1S96"
BEING ASKED what he thought about Pres
ident McKinley's letter of acceptance Mr..
Henry A. Parr, who was president of the
Maryland Democratic Sound Money League
four years ago. replied "What do l think Of
the Presidents letter. think it is great and
grand document. Icould say great deal as
to its forceful argument, but / hardly think
it is necessary to say more than that it exposes
all the rot of Bryan's argument, and clearly
exposes the fallacy of the position of the free
silver leader and his followers"
HERE is the way the Washington Star puts
it: 1.-The question of veracity is one of great
delicacy. Few public men, one feels justified
in believing, would go to such an extreme in
partisan heat as to charge the President with
double-dealing. But Mr.. Wellington is not
sensitive on that point. Having been accused
himself to his face in open Senate of falsehood,
and having swallowed the affront without re-
ply, he may regard a little thing like that as
of only ordinary moment AT any rate, the
one man in the United States who will be the
least likely to accept Mr. Wellingtons charge
against the President is Democrat, Bryan
man, and the senior Senator from Mississippi"
Mr. NICHOLAS w. STEELE of Carroll county,
who was the Democratic nominee for Congress
in this district two years ago. but who was
obliged to withdraw from the ticket, has writ
ten letter declining to support Hon J. Fred.
G. Talbot, the Democratic nominee for Con-
gress in the Second district. Mr.. Steele who,
was a member of the Democratic State Central
Committee, sent his resignation to Chairman
Vandiver and in doing so wrote him as follows:
ST regret to be compelled to take this step,
but, owing to the nomination of Mr.. J. F. c.
Talbot for Congress in the Second Congress
sional district, l am forced to this unwilling
procedure to voice my protest and that of my
friends against such nomination. / cannot
possibly, under any circumstances, support
him, and for this reason deem it my duty
to withdraw from membership on the COM
mittee."
THE LEADING newspapers of the country are
devoting more attention to the traitor We'll
lngton than he deserves, but the comments
: upon his apostacy are largely of an extremely
urcomplimentary nature. The Chicago 1ri-
bune says 'Dislike of so-called imperialism
lis not the cause Of Senator Wellington's hos
ts,ity to President Mckinley The tidal wave
of 1894 made him first Representative and
then Senator. His head was turned by his
sudden success. He began to think himself
great man. He aspired to be che boss of the
Republicans of Maryland, and as such to con-
troll all the Presidential appointments in the
State. President Mckinley declined to recog-
nize pretensions so offensive to the majority of
MARYLAND Republicans. A shock was given
the vanity of the Senator which has finally
made him supporter of Bryan
Mr.. A. A. BLAKENEY, the Republican nom-
inee for Congress in the Second district, is
meeting with much encouragement on every
hand. He was at the Timonium Fair nearly
every day last week and he was surprised and
qratified at what he there saw and heard.
MANY Republicans who had heretofore been
politically antagonistic to him voluntarily as
sured him of their earnest sympathy and sup
port. while large number Of Democrats quiet
" gave him to understand that he would lose
nothing through them. The Republican party
in the county is practically united this year,
while the discussions in the Democratic ranks
are of such nature as to give much encourage
-raarx 10 their opponents. Mr.. Blakeney, who
IS great energy and perseverance, will make
active canvas of the district and will leave
atone unturned to win the prize. In this
Sle ambition he should have the earnest
every Republican.