The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1903-06-13

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MARYLAND TELEPHoNE-TowsoN, Q, l21.
SOME OF the investors in a get-rich-quick
concern have Just received final payment OF
2 per cent. of their principal. The SO per cent.
experience is dividend quite different from
the 10 per cent. a month interest that was
promised.
THE Pennsylvania RAILROAD COMPANY has
determined to build another bridge over the
Susauehanna river at -de-Grace. II will
be of steel, about $500 feet in length and will
be located rs feet south of the present structure
and built strong enough to Withstand any
weight that may be put upon it.
WE HIVE received acopy or aneat little book
of 1853 pages entitled Maryland As 1t Is-A
Good Land to Live in and Raise Family"
published by authority of the Act of Assembly
of 1902. by order of the Board of Public Works,
which is composed of the Governor, Comp
troller and State Treasurer. The book con-
tains much valuable information concerning
the resources of Maryland, and intelligently
sets forth the many advantages the State pos
sesses as place of residence.
THE REPUBLICAN State convention of Ohio
nominated Col. Myron T. Herrick for Govern
or. He is a man of high character and law
yer and business man of much ability The
convention unanimously adopted the follow
ing resolution I'VE commend President
Roosevelts fidelity to duty, his adherence to
President McKinley's policies and his own ap-
proved ability in his high Office. showing him
in every way worthy of election by the people
to be their chief magistrate We favor bis
nomination for President in 1904"
In newspaper interview at Cumberland,
Nd, few days ago Ex-Governor Lowndes
said II do not know that will be candi-
date for the Republican nomination for Gov
ernor under any circumstances. | have not
yet made up my mind. ] repeat what l re.
Gently said in Baltimore Under no circum-
stances would 1 enter into fight at the pri-
maries, no difference who the candidates may
be, whether Mr.. Williams or Gen. Thomas j.
Shryock l think the party should nominate
men who will not only get the vote of the Re-
publican party, but who would commend
themselves to the independent voter"
THE LOSSES by the recent unprecedented
floods in Kansas are much heavier than at first
estimated and it will be long time before the
State entirely RECEIVERS from this great misfor-
tune In and about Kansas City the loss will
reach the enormous sum of S80000O0, while
many smaller towns lose from S2,0000 600 to
100000 each. The lowest estimate of the
damage done to crops in Kansas is 100000.
The railroads lost in freight alone from two to
three millions of dollars, to say nothing of the
damage caused by the washing away of bridges,
tracks, ETC. Many people persisted but the loss
of life was not so great as might have been ex
pected considering the magnitude of the food.
THE SCANDAL in the Postofice Department
in Washington is widening and up to this
As soon as PssideHt Roosevelt sS 4f 6
his Western trip last week he took the matter
up with his Cabinet and was very emphatic in
his determination to push the investigation
with all vigor and to let no stone unturned to
bring to light the wrong doing and punish
those guilty of it. 1t is a most disgraceful
affair throughout and no one implicated no
matter how high his official or social station,
should be in any way shielded and they will
not be with a man of Roosevelts sterling hon.
esty to see that swift and adequate punish
ment shall be melted out to those who seem
to so richly deserve it.
THE REPUBLICAN State Central Committee
of Maryland held an important meeting in
Baltimore on Wednesday last, with a very
large attendance, every section of the State be-
ing represented. The date selected for the
State convention is September 9th and all the
primaries throughout the State will be held on
the same day-Saturday, August 18th. A set
of rules for the government of these meetings
was adopted. The following resolution was
adopted without dissenting voice. THAT |
we indorse the able, progressive and statesman
like administration of Theodore Roosevelt, |
and commend it tothe approval of his country
by his nomination and election in the year
1904 to the Presidency of the United States"
There was not the slightest friction during the
meeting, the proceedings throughout being |
entirely harmonious.
AFTER HIS great Western tour of over Il, 600 |
miles President Roosevelt reached Washington |
at 7 O'Clock on Friday night of last week, ex
actly on schedule time. The people turned |
out by the thousand to great him and the re-
ception was most hearty. Not single acct
dent occurred to mar the pleasure of the trip. |
During the sxty-fve days that the President |
spent on the road he made 265 speeches and |
had it not been for Secretary Loeb's frmness
he would have made nearly double that num-
Der. From the day the President left Wash
ington requests began to pour in for changes
in his program and for additional addresses
but Secretary Loeb, in almost every case, said
no. The successful manner in which Mr..
Loeb managed the trip was very pleasing to
the President, and he warmly congratulated
his secretary on the successful outcome oft.
Two OF the suggestions of that admirable
grand jury out in st. Louis are pertinent and
excellent. The statute of limitations should
not run until seven years after the commission
of the crime, says that jury. A number of
bribe-takers are now swapping their fingers in
the face of justice because their guilt was not
brought home to them quickly enough. The
other suggestion of the grand jurors is that
Missouri law should make provision for the
forfeiture of street railway or other franchises
obtained by bribery. There can be no vested
right in stolen goods" they say, land there
should be no vested rights in public franchises
secured by venal methods" That's doctrine
that should be established and enforced in
every State of the American Union. If the
statue of limitations is good for anything the
limitation should be long, so that slick crimi-
nails could not escape and others would be good
for long time to hide their evil.
ARRANGEMENTS ARE now about complete for
the Twentieth Triennial Saengerfest Of the
Northeast Saengerbund of America, which will
begin at the splendid new Fifth Regiment
Armory in Baltimore next Sunday and con-
tinue throughout the week. Thousands of