The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1904-12-17

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MARYLAND TELEPHONE-TOwsoH. q. ls1.
AccoRpINe 10 a statement made by Chair
man Hanna, of the Republican State Central
Committee, it is shown that $3.50 registered
voters in Maryland did not go to the polls on
the Sth of November last. 1t is thought their
inability to mark the ballot correctly kept
them away.
THERE ARE 900 American teachers in the
Philippines centered in 1888 larger towns out Of
934 towns in the entire archipelago. Two
thousand primary schools are in operation and
they employ the services Of 5000 native teach
ers. Keep that army Of teachers on The 60 for
other kind of army to rule the Filipinos.
AS JAMES MADISON. John Quincy Adams
and Hamilton Fish were each Secretary Of
State for eight years, the promise Of Mr.. Hays
retention in Office until March 4th, 1909, is =
return to the good old principle Of keeping
statesmen at the head of the State Department.
A frstcIass man in Office Is a good thing. But
it is often hard to convince people who is q
frst-class man.
The LAW partnership heretofore existing
under the firm name of Griswold. Thorn &
jenkins, has been dissolved. Mr.. Griswold
was married last week to daughter Of Mr..
Alexander Brown and the same day entered
the banking firm of which bis fatherin-law is
the head His former partners, Mr.. ]. Penn
broke Thorn and Mr.. M. Ernest Jenkins, will
continue the practice of law together.
THE NAME of Hon. Stevenson A. Williams,
of Belair, is being prominently mentioned in
connection with the vacancy in Washington
caused by the resignation of Chief Justice
Alvey. He is not an applicant for the place,
but it is said by some of his friends that II
President Roosevelt should tender it to bin be
would accept it. Mr.. Williams is known as
an able lawyer and one who is every way fitted
for judicial honors.
In THE case of Edward Cassidy. the colored
criminal now awaiting the extreme penalty
of the law in Towson jail, Governor Warfield
is to be commended for his prompt action in
fixing an early day for the execution. 1t is
the decision and promptness in such cases that
will tend to make the people have confidence
in the execution of the law and will do more
than anything else to check lynching. Cas-
sidy will be hanged at the Jail in Towson, on
Friday, December 23d.
AT THE quarterly meeting of the board Of
trustees of the Maryland Agricultural College,
held at College Park on the 9th instant. the
recommendation of Director Patterson, Of the
Experiment Station, to have the State agricul-
ttiral museum, consisting of Maryland's agri-
cultural exhibit at the st. Louis Exposition,
located at the college, was adopted by the
board. Messrs. Charles A. Councilman and E.
Cuttings Merryman of Baltimore county, who
are members of the board. attended the
meeting.
IT is now said. at Mr.. William B. Rayner.
oie1t, x5piratiOns ana mat
he will seek the nomination for State Senator
in the Third district Of Baltimore city to sue
coed Hon. John Gill, Jr., who was elected to
Congress last month. Mr.. Rayner is mem
Der of the bar and is associated with his father
in the practice of law. Several other gentle
men are being named for the same honor,
among them Mr.. James Bond and Mr.. VIM.
A. Wheatly.
THE NEW building. of the B. & O. Railroad
Company in Baltimore will be erected on the
northwest corner of Baltimore and Charles
streets and plans are now being prepared for
1t. 1t will be thirteen stories in height and
will cost, with the ground, about $1,000 900.
The dimensions will be 1853 feet on Baltimore
street and 1856 feet on Charles street. The floor
space of the building will be equal to about
forty acres. All the Baltimore Offices of the
company will be gathered under the roof Of
this structure.
ACTIVE PREPARATIONS for the Inauguration
of President Roosevelt on the 4th of March
next are now being made in Washington. The
Senate has passed a resolution appropria-
ting $4,000 for maintenance of order and
$1,000 for the erection of temporary public
comfort stations. The Secretaries Of War and
the Navy are authorized to loan to the inau-
gural committee ensigns, flags and other in
signals suitable for decorating purposes, hos
pital tents and camp appliances and other
equipment for the care of the infirm and the
sick.
A DISPATCH from Washington says the new
Cabinet of President Roosevelt has been prac-
tically decided upon and is as follows: Secre-
tary of State John Hay. of Washington Sec
rotary of the Treasury, Leslie M. Shaw, of
Iowa. possibly until February LIST, 1906; Secre-
tary of War, William H. Taft, of Ohio; Attor-
ney. General, William H. Moody, of Massa-
chusetts Postmaster-G General. George B. Cor
telyou, of New York Secretary of the Navy,
Paul Morton. of Illinois; Secretary of the In