The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-08-15

fought battle under shelter. ASK OF the mill
tary authorities whether these costly luXuIles
are really necessary todefeat the enemy: III so,
great caution should be used not 10 leu INC
enemy know it also. l.44ho
MANY gentlemen who are offering themselves
as representatives of the coming session OF our
lawmaking powers, II electen, VIII 20 III III
ence to this useless expenditure OF the nafa-
earned money of the taxpayers. asked Tor pIinn77
cpally by non-taxpayers. III Troop a snVutu
disband, early or late, the property, Delng ctaIe
property, what use would it be put tor Con-
verted into a reformatory, hospital Tor con-
tagious and incurable diseases, an lneoriate
asylum or something worse, and thus depreclate
greatly the value of the surrounding ana near
BY property, mostly as fine and valuable as any
in the country IAAFAfEh'
THE DEMOCRATS of the Sixth Judicial Dis
trict, in convention at Rockville on Wednes-
day last unanimously renominated Chief Judge
James McSherry and adopted the following
resolution: 1.-THE candidate selected by this
convention needs no other platform to stand
upon than the record which he has made as
CnIer Judge of the Court of Appeals of Mary
land. The ONCE which he has filled and
which it is the wish of a very large majority
Of the people of the State, without regard to
their political utilization, he should continue
to occupy, is not in any sense political posi-
ton. 1t is a growing and prevalent belief
among thoughtful, conservative and patriotic
voters who are concerned more with the
promptness, the intelligence, the faithfuness
and the impartiality with which the law is ad-
ministered than with the mere personal views
of the individual charged with its administra-
ton that judicial elections should never be
controlled by political considerations and
much less by narrow and unreasoniDg parti
sanship. The grave, responsible and exacting
duties of judge of the highest court of the
State should not be entrusted to anyone as a
reward for political services or because of his
political opinions, but solely on the ground Of
fitness, capacity and experience"
Mr.. RUSSELL SAGE, has just celebrated his
eighty-eighth birthday by doing a hard days
work. He is said to be worth 800, 000, 900,
which he has made in "puts," calls and
'straddles" and by lending money on good
collateral. He has gambled and won; econo-
mixed and is rich. He is simply the richest old
man in New York and that is all his title to
notice. He has been identified with no public
enterprise or charity. He has been exclusive
ly money making machine, close in his deal
ings, with little love for man in the mass,
with few intimate friends solitary lover Of
gold sitting to the last with grim satisfaction
among his moneybags. He has done one con-
siderate thing, possibly inspired more to keep
his holdings intact than because he cares for
financial stability at large-arranged his affairs
so that in case of death Wall Street will not
have a panic. Russell Sage is not typical
American rich man. He furnishes no ex-
ample for ayoung man to follow. He has had
his happiness in his own way, but not high
or ideal one. Better one Abram Hewitt or
Peter Cooper than a hundred Sages; better to
initiate Carnegie than Sage
THE LONDON Spectator calls attention to a
fact that certainly is odd. 1.-The country with
perhaps the most lenient divorce laws in the
world is Sweden" it says, land there the di-
vorce rate is lower than in the Netherlands,
which-after Engand-haye the strctest laws
in the world" In ancient times the laws were
more crime. For instance, it was capital
offense to commit burglary, and as greater
punishment could be imposed for murder the
man who robbed house thought nothing of
killing its inmate. Murder generally follow
severe divorce law may lead to very gross acts
on purpose to get decree. In most Of our
states the law is generally too liberal, in one
(Georgia) too severe. There divorce will not
be granted for any cause. We need uniform
compromise act for the land at arge-one
which will not give separation for trivial
causes and yet render relief for just ones.
AGAIN THERE are gloomy forecasts for not
only corn, but wheat AS the wheat harvest
ing has been finished, however, in most of the
states these figures Of outside experts can not
count for much now. All the recent indca-
tons were that the wheat yield of 1903 would
be the largest ever known except in one or two
years. In the case of corn, the forecasts may
be worth more than in that of wheat, but
there are chances in the next month or six
weeks to make the crop much larger or much
smaller than may be indicated now Anyhow,
The country will keep on hoping that the corn
crop will go above the 1, 00O, OOOO 900 mark.
PERHAPS THE Oldest man in Maryland-Mr. |
Thomas Cooksey Ward-died on Wednesday !
afternoon at his home near Charlotte Hall, st. |
Mary's county, aged Ill years. He was born
in Charles county, Nd, and had been engaged |
n farming all his life. Over sixty years ago |
ne was appointed State tobacco inspector by
Governor Grason and lived in Baltimore a
short time while he held that Office. Mr.. |
Ward was all his life a staunch Democrat
His health had been good up to within few
months of his DEATH and his mental faculties
we're unimpaired to the last
Mr.. BRYANs latest favorite for the nomina-
ion on his side in 1904 is an Illinois man who
was unknown until Mr.. Bryan mentioned
him. The North Carolina man whom Bryan
brought out a month or two ago has dropped
pack into the oblivion from which he was
pulled. The Illinois Organized parsonage
nay not have so far to fall, for be has not got
,ut of the oblivion yet far enough to be dis
erned by the unaided eye.
THE FAR of the United States cover S41,-
zoo, 600 acres and employ nearly 10, SOC, 900 peo-
lie. The individual farmer may not be con-
idered great force, like single iron plant,
nut when he is aggregated it can readily be
cen that he holds power and proprietorship
,reater than all the steel works in the land
ombined and a good many other plants
brown in The backbone of this country is
he farm and the farmer.
WHILE WORKING in one of his fields in the
tn district of Cecil county few days ago
armer encountered an immense black snake
after somedifficulty he succeeded in dispatch
ng it. 1t measured thirteen feet in length
nd its body was as thick as the hub of buggy
Wheel. The farmer vouches for the truthful
less of the story.
If YOU should see an old hustle lying around
ont kick it into a corner or throw it into the
re. 1t may prove interesting to pick it up and
issect it carefully. A woman at Shawnee,
Ian, lost her hustle, but recovered it before
IS value was known. 1t had 81, 800 sewed up
n it. The owner who has no faith in banks,
ook this means of hiding her cash.
Mr.. GERMAN says he never quarreled, but
nlV differed with President ClaveIapd Nv