The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-12

THE REPUBLICAN State nominees are now
engaged in an active canvass of Maryland and
are meeting with the greatest encouragement
in every county so far visited-in fact the out
look could not be better than it is today. The
speeches of Messrs. Gather and Urner are
models in their way and are having telling
effect among the people because they are APP
pealing to their reason and not to their preju-
-ldices. Some persons are already beginning to
speculate an the size of the Republican ma
jority in Maryland next month. Don't miss
the opportunity to help swell it.
EVERYTHING is practically in readiness for the
celebration of Home-C Coming Week in Balti-
more, which will begin next Sunday and con-
tinue until the following Saturday. A special
oV- Sgram has been arranged for each day and
low cludes the parades. which will be one of the
;uQ lng features of the event. There are miles
h 20 miles of decorations throughout the city
.;tv le electric light displays at night promise
- bass anything heretofore attempted in
ore. 1t is confidently expected that the
keBp ill handle the biggest crowds in its
cav ~ next week and ample preparations
s-g9soseE made for the proper entertainment
OF all corners. Don't miss BaItimore's first
Homecoming celebration.
BALTIMORE COUNTY Republicans rarely if
ever had better ticket to support than they
have this year. All the candidates on the
State ticket are unexcepionable and the same
may be said of the local ticket. The latter is
composed of reputable citizens, for the most
part well known and active business and pro-
fessional men, fully capable to discharge the
duties of the offices for which they have been
nominated. This being the case Republicans
can have no excuse why they should not turn
out on the 9Th of November and give this
ticket hearty support. The men composing
it are now making a quiet but active canvass
among the people and the assurances of sup
port that they are getting daily encourage
them to believe that their chances of success
are growing constantly brighter If you think
the time for change is now ripe and that it
will be to the best interest of the public to have
different order of things in the public offices,
you can bring about this result by voting the
ticket headed by George R. Gather, whose
I name alone is a tower of strength.
THE REPUBLICANS and Democrats of Fred
erick county appear to be trying to got to-
gether on some plan to prevent the evils of
bribery at the coming election. Heretofore
money has been freely used in that county by
both parties and it is with view to putting
an end to this pernicious practice that an
agreement between them is sought. Mr..
George r. Dennis, Jr., chairman of the Re-
publican County Central Committee. proposes
an agreement on both sides not to bribe or buy
voters either to vote or to remain away from
the polls, not to make use of intoxicants DUR
ing the campaign or on election day for the
purpose of influencing or debauching voters
and to publish sworn statement of all money
received, the sources from which it is derived
and the use to which it is employed within
ten days after the election. AS security for
the faithful performance of the agreement he
proposes sworn consent of the County Gen.
trail Committee and candidates of both parties
and of such party workers on either side as the
other side might name, and also the organiza-
ton of vigilance committee to be present at
the polls
Mr.. GEORGE R. GATHER, the Republican
-sseminee for Governor of Maryland, regards
as rather farcical the contention among GER
tain leading Democrats over the selection of
United States Senatorial nominee by So
called direct vote of the people. In one of his
recent speeches Mr.. Gather said THE hys-
terical attempts of our opponents to exagger-
ate the importance in the present campaign of
the election by the next Legislature of United
States Senator cannot deceiveImany of our in
telIigent voters. To seek to make this ques-
ton of such paramount Importance is not very
tiattering to their candidates on the ticket, nor
to the positions which they are supposed to
take on the State issues of this campaign
'Gentlemen's agreements and a plan of pri-
maries under which no one knows what the
outcome may be, or how hopeless the dead
lock may result which has been provided for,
to say nothing of the vague provisions of every
phase of the plan or scheme, are not calculated
to inspire any large degree of public interest
or enthusiasm. One might think from the
agitation which exists that we were at least
electing two United States Senators, and that
upon their choice depended the destinies of our
country. AS a matter of fact the Legislature
of 1908 will be called upon to fill one vacancy
and to select the successor in that vacancy
for full term. In other words, it will fill
senatorial position for seven years and two
months instead of six years, as is usually
the case. So far as the national situation is
concerned, the present Senate stands as re-
member, 50 Republicans to % Democrats lin
GLIDING the two Senators from Maryland.)
There would not seem to be much probability,
under these conditions, for whoever might be
chosen, or from which political party, to hold
the balance of power or the preponderance of
interest and intelligence in the immediate
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