The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1905-07-01


snap with the Equitable Life Assurance Com
pany ever since 1899, according to the New
York Sun. AS a member of the executive
committee of the society he has been drawing
about $4,000 annually in fees, in addition to
which he has been paid yearly retainer of
$4,000 as attorney or counselor. The San
says "Mr. Depew has received in the last six
years one hundred and twenty thousand of the
dollars paid in by the policy-holders." The
Equitable is the company whose affairs have
been filling the columns of the daily newspa-
pers for some months past and the revelations
have been anything but creditable to the
management.
The REPUBLICANS of Charles county. in their
convention held at La Plata on Monday,
unanimously passed the following resolution
THAT it declares its unalterable opposition to
the proposed constitutional amendment,
through which, under pretended necessity of
relief from illiterate and corrupt negro suffrage,
the right of suffrage of larger number of
white voters than the whole number of colored
voters in our State may be placed in the hands
of illiterate and corrupt election officers, and
the exercise of that right generally rendered
less secure than under existing laws" The
convention was largely composed of white del
egates and it is said that a number of them
were until recently identified with the Domo-
cratic party.
AT THE quarterly meeting of the Society of
Friends held at Sandy Spring, Md, on the
18th of June a resolution and paper in re-
gard to the -action of President Roosevelt in
the peace negotiations between Russia and
Japan were unanimously adopted. The con-
GLIDING paragraph of the paper is as follows
"This action of the President gives just cause
for Joy and thankfulness to all our people, but
especially so to our own Society, for it is ex-
actly in line with all its teachings. and is
tribute to the doctrine of Friends When diff
ferences arise are endeavors used speedily to
end them Who can say that the step just
taken in the direction of universal peace was
not influenced, to some slight extent, at least,
by the consistent attitude taken by this Society
from its foundation, 260 years ago2'
UP TO this time little has been said among
Republicans of this county about who the
party will be likely to nominate for the judge
ships in the Third Judicial Circuit, which is
composed of Baltimore and Hartford counties.
Some appear to think that the Republicans are
rather bad off for judicial timber, but in this
they are much mistaken. We have in mind
man who would make most excellent candi-
date for either the Chief or Associate Judge
ship if he could be induced to accept the NOM
ination for either place. We refer to Mr..
Charles Herzog, formerly of Baltimore, who
has been voter in the county several years
and lives at Govanstown. He is a lawyer of |
recognized ability, man of spotless character
and pleasing manners, and just about the right |
age to assume judicial honors. We do not |
know that Mr. Herzog could be prevailed upon |
to accept the nomination for either of these |
high places, but if he can the party will go be-
fore the people with candidate that will be
credit to himself and an honor to the office,
should he be successful. There are also other
Republicans in the circuit who would make
acceptable candidates, SO that the party is not
SO bad off in this respect as some might think
at first glance.