The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1906-12-07

LIS OHuCldl record was
a good one and he made a strong
fight for the rights Of the canal
September Is, 1901, Governnr
John Walter Smith appoiptad
General Baughman a Director in
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
with the late Senator German
TO represent the States holdings
i'll the Washington Branch Of
that corporation. The work was
not particularly arduouS, though
General Baughman used TO fro.
quentIy attend the board meet
ings, which are always held in
New York.
The system soon after became
dominated by the PENNSYLVANIA
and most of the original directors
selected Immediately after the
reorganization of the COMPANY
were deposed. Following this
also came the deposition of the
late john X. Cowen as Presldent
! and the entrance of MIR. l.. II
LOree to this position. The State
Directors, OF course, could not lie
di turbed by the change
General Baughman's most note.
worthy act III his railroad connec
ton was the report signed Jointly
by Senator German and himself
in which the policy of the com
pany towards the WASHINGTON
J Branch was severely criticised.
For some time prior to this no
! dividends had been paid on this
stock, of which the State owned
$3.50, 900. 1t was assumed to be
practically a guaranteed, diyi-
dend paying investment, but the
Railroad Company took an oppO
site view. Payments were Sus.
pended during the receivership,
and have not Siuce been resumed.
The report of the State Di-
reciOrs dealt with the fact that
! this policy was unfair to the State
and other holders Of the Wash
ington Branch stock. Ii init
mated that dividend had been
earned and could tie paid with a
broader accounting of the roads
earnings. This report caused
much excitement at the time that
it was published. 1t called forth
comments from the railway Off
Gals, with figures showing ex-
actly what the branch had earned
and why the dividends had
ceased.
1t was this report, it is said,
which primarily led up to the
sale Of the States holdings in
the Washington Branch This
was effected last spring at a cost
of something more than $3.50 a
share. which the railroad com
pany paid the State. With the
sale OF this stock the State had
no further interest in the Balti-
more and Ohio and no authority
vested in 1t to name directors.
Senator German and General
Baug Imam, therefore. naturally
dropped out of the board.
COMMISSIONER AT ST. LOUIS
The last service which Genera!
Baughman performed for his
State was az Chairman of the
Maryland Commission to the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition at
st. LOUIS. He was named as the
head of the Commission by Gov
ernOr Smith, aud it was mainly
through his influence that the
Legislature made the necessary
appropriations which made it pos.
slble for Maryland to be repre-
sented. General Baughman took
the greatest interest in this work,
aud those who visited the St.
Louis Fair will bear witness to
the success of his efforts. The
Maryland Building and the Mary
land exhibits at that exposition
were OF kind of which no Mary
lander could feel ashamed. Mary.
land hospitality was dispensed
from the building and the several
entertainments there given were
among the most notable held on
the grounds.
JOINED THE CONF ERATE
ARMY.
General Baughman was 81
years old He was born in Fred
erick and was the son of the late
Mr.. John w. Baughma Ii is
education was obtained at Rock
Hill and Mount St. Mary's Col
leges, but when the Civil War
broke out he left college, ran the
blockade and joined the Con fed
crate Army. He was first a mem
Der Of the Maryland Infantry,
but later was transferred to Com
pany ID, First Maryland Cavalry.
His record as a soldier was q gal
liant one. He was taken prisoner
at MoOrefeld, and he!d at Camp
Chase, Ohio, for nine months
before being exchanged, the war