The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-05-23

NJ. Berry, ST., Edward 1. Clark and many
others.
The eRARD JURY of Washington county, in
its report to the court. spoke in plain terms.
about the conditions existing in the Jail at
Hagerstown, and among other things said:
I'VE found old and young, sick and well,
drunk and sober white and black, those in
nocent of crime as well as those convicted of
crime all hudded together in one indiscrimi-
nate crowd sick. old and infrm without
even such comfort as we ordinarily give to
our dumb animals under similar conditions.
The young and comparatively innocent are
compelled to associate with old and hardened
criminals. The commingling together of pris-
oners of ell classes was condemned fifty.six
years ago. 1t is universally conceded that
boys should not be confined with old and
hardened criminals. We are informed boys
and girls accused of petty offenses or awaiting
transportation to.some State institution must
be placed in the same room with hardened
criminals" Such things as here recounted
are serious reflection upon an intelligent
Rs9a In when some good work might be done
last Congressman Bankhead, of Alabama, ex-
pressed himself pretty freely GU the coming
nominee of the Democratic party for the Pres
idency. Among other things he said "Sena-
ator German, in my judgment is the best man
upon whom the Democracy could settle to lead
the Presidential fight next year, and 1 think
that he is looked upon in this light by hundreds
of thousands of members of the party all over
the country. He is great organizer and that
is one thing which the Democratic party dis
tinctly needs at this time. He has had large
experience in political affairs and commands
the confidence of both the employers of labor
and the laboring element. His Democracy
has never been open to question. He is con-
sentative and safe. That is why believe he
should be given the nomination in 1904.
Whether he will be given 1t or not is too hard
question TO answer just now. 1t is too early
and the conditions are very much mixed at
present"
ANDREW CARNEGIE, the man who has given
away nearly one hundred millions of dollars in
few years, don't take any stock in what is
known as the smart set'' in America. few
days ago, while in London. he was asked If he
belonged to the "smart set'' in this country,
and he is reported to have said in reply: do
you think we belong to the smart set 4? DO
you think would belong to it? No man of
real influence in America takes those people
seriously. All that Raw Pork, Jr., and the
Smart Set achieve is to make themselves
ridiculous by playing at caste and by aping
the European aristocracy. We merely laugh
at them. They count for absolutely nothing
in the life of our nation. In America more
than anywhere else it is three generations
from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves. There
is no single hereditary fortune in America
which is not being split up. Aristocracy
cannot exist without primogeniture and entail,
and our laws know neither"
ONE MAY get an appreciation of the mag
nitude of the st. Louis Worlds Fair by COM
parison. The Centennial Exposition covered
236 acres, the last Paris Exposition 1856, the
Columbian Exposition at Chicago 633. while
that at st. Louis will cover 1850 acres. The
total cost of the Columbian Exposition the
greatest the world has ever seen, was s27, 250.-
900; that of the st. Louis fair will be $4,000
000-this' exclusive of State appropriations.
But areas and notable structures do not make
fairs, but what they exhibit. OF late years
the world has had so many fairs that il is get
ting weary of the expense of sending things
and fearful of the danger incident to trans
portation. But the Louisiana Purchase APP
peals to the imagination of other nations and
stimulates our own patriotism even as much
as the Centennial occasion hence it is very
probable the coming exposition will be the
most notable the nations have seen in
century.
A BEAcHFRoNT lot in Atlantic City, with
frontage of 125 feet and depth of 300 feet. has
just been sold at auction to New Yorker for
s146875 or at the rate of 81 ,175 per front foot.
In 1889 this lot was sold for s13, 400. The new |
owner says he bought the property as an
investment
ONE WAY to fix bill in the Missouri Legis-
lature is for a committee chairman to run
away with it in his pocket. Another is to get |
a clerk to alter its text or the record No |
doubt there are other methods, for the lobby
in this State never misses fire. So says the St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
SINCE MAY LIST, 1895. the money in circula-
ion in the United States has grown from
b, $40 OO7 OS2 to 81, 374. 1853 100 an increase of
over 1884 600, 900, or 81 per cent. Ifthis is in
lation it is on gold basis and the people rest
easy as to its substantial value.