The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1902-10-04
wIIJ,IAM TYLER PAGE.

resentatives at Washington, and was successive
ly appointed to index clerk. assistant file clerk,
journal clerk and tally clerk. He was APP
pointed by Hon. Melville Bull. clerk to the
Committee on Accounts, the position he now
holds and which he has occupied for five years.
In addition to the regular positions be held in
the House, Mr.. Page has been called upon to
perform special work, and assisted 10 several
Congresses in the compilation of the House
manual of parliamentary practice. His famil-
iarity with the rules of the House and the
methods of doing business in that body caused
him to be selected as an assistant secretary in
the caucuses of the Republican members of
the House. During the last Congressional
campaign Mr.. Page rendered signal service to
the Republican Congressional Campaign Com
mittee, for which he received high commenda-
ton. The members of that committee are all
personal friends of his. He was originally APP
pointed in the House by the late Edward Nc
Pherson, of Pennsylvania. 1t is thought Mr.
Pages long service in the House rendered him
peculiarly available for the position of repre-
sentative, as he is familiar with the duties.
Mr.. Page lived in Baltimore until about three
years ago. Wucu nc uAONCu ~ Ot. Dcuio, oditl-
more county. He was married to Miss Mamie
Weigandt. of Baltimore, six years ago. and
has one son and three daughters. Mr. Page
has not heretofore been candidate for Office.
THE REPUBLICANS of the Third Congressional
district of Iowa, that has heretofore been rep
resented by Speaker Henderson, have nomi-
mated Judge B. P. Birdsall of Clarion, for
Congress. Among the resolutions adopted by
the convention was the following: 1--WE most
earnestly regret the declination of the renom-
ination, which the Republicans of this district
for the eleventh time unanimously rendered
the Hon. D. B. Henderson. No official has
been more anxious to keep in touch with and
faithfully represent the wellconsidered judg
ment of his constituents than has Colonel
Henderson during all the long years of his
| Congressional career. We have faith in his
patriotism, and in his personal and political
integrity. We are conscious of his great mem
tai power and ability. We realize his superb
leadership and commanding influence in gov
ernmental affairs, and believe that his with
drawal means great loss to the people"
THE BALTIMORE San editorially commends
the report of the September term grand jury,
which is published in THE UNION today. That
paper says: 1.-THE report of the grand jury for
Baltimore county, which was made to the
court last Saturday, is an intelligent document,
and it treats of several matters well worthy OF
public attention. The jury finds the county
Jail we'll managed, but the building itself dis
grace. Baltimore county is very rich and
populous municipality. and appears at the
present time to have balance of 1929, 900 in
bank. A county with such bank account as
that has no excuse for maintaining public
building which is disgrace. Every prudent
business man who owns houses and buildings
keeps them in good repair and provides struc'
lures suitable for the uses for which they are
designed. County as well as city and State
governments should do the same"
IF ANYTHING were needed to add to President
Roosevelt's strength with the people the de-
clared opposition of ]. Pierpoint Morgan
would have that effect to an exceptional de-
gree. Mr.. Morgan is singularly obtuse not to
know that his influence in general politics is
decidedly negative. He controls an immense
amount of capital, but his support of politi-
cal measure or candidate for office has nc
weight with the people of the United States
As a money breeder Mr.. Morgan is phe
nomenon. AS a politician he would be a
agRffsr ana sdgges5ih ffiahf f5
Democrats should nominate safe man like
Grover Cleveland, strengthens the report that
the trusts are putting up Democratic cam
paign money for the present year and for 1904
! COMMANDER PEARY has returned from what
is doubtless his last journey of Arctic explora-
ton. He failed to reach the pole by more
than degrees, but the surveys he made and
the observations he has recorded add materi-
ally to the basis for future work. Peary's re-
searches along the north coast of Greenland
are especially valuable. He has stuck to his
difficult undertaking a good many years and
his latest northing of 84.l7 is exceeded only by
the duke of Abruzzi's Sc. % and Nansen' sc. IA.
Peary is one of the clearest and most careful
writers on Arctic exploration. He has lost a
portion of both feet from freezing and should
now turn over the task to younger and more
vigorous men. Perhaps his knowledge and
advice may yet be the key to getting there"
ONCE UPON time it was held that all acts of
king were righteous because they were acts
of king, but modern progressiveness, while
it has not yet resulted in the total abolition of
monarchies, has led to the judgment of kings
as men and of queens as women. Manly and
womenly qualities are appreciated in the &C.
cupants of the throne, and faults are not
| CLOSED over because of the high station of
their authors. Leopold, King of Belgium, has
come into notice recently through an act of
almost incredible barbarity. In contrast with
his unfeeIing and unfatherly conduct one can
find good traits in the character of Henry VIII,
of England. Judging him as man. one won
ders how there can be men of his stamp in the
world.
THE PRESENT rupture between England and
Venezuela is not the first that has occurred
between those countries. There was a long
feud between them on the boundary question,
which was submitted to arbitration in 1895,
when Cleveland brought his heavy fist down
on the Presidential table. The present rumpus
is something which will not require the inter-
vention of the United States. Neither will it
be very embarrassing to this or any other
country. Venezuela has several troubles on
its hands at this time. The chances are how
ever, that an adjustment in the British dispute
will soon be reached in an amicable way
THE AMERICAN priests who will go to the
Philippines to succeed the friars who are leav-
ing the islands will be found by the natives to
be a very acceptable exchange. They are
Americans in spirit and training, and doubt
less most of them are in birth. Just the right
sort of instruction for the Filipinos in this
emergency will be given to them by their new
pastors and teachers. The friar issue in the
islands will not bother the United States any
longer.
A PRESS dispatch from New York dated Sep
TENDER Both says Members of the original
United States Steel underwriting syndicate