The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-02-08

A CORRESPONDENT writing from Annapolis
gives this bit of gossip: "How are things
going down there2 What sort Of Governor
is Crothers going to maker The there in
this case refers to Annapolis and the Legisla-
tuye. Anything that may be said of the
Cfothers administration at this time is, of
course. purely speculative. The wheels have
just begun to grind The signs seem to point
to this The next three months will be re-
plete with achievements of nature that will
rebound to the benefit of the State. These
will be largely the work of triumvirate-
Crothers, German and Benson. Crothers,
German and Benson are politicians, and &C.
complished ones. 1t goes without saying.
therefore, that they work well in harness.
Their team is the General Assembly of Mary
land. The Governor is not standing on his
dignity. he has got into the game.'
In REPLY to the opposition of some Demo
cratic leaders through the East and South to
the candidacy of w. j. Bryan for the Presi-
Dental nomination, Mr.. Bryan is reported as
having sent word to prom inent Democrats at
Washington that if they can show him that
any considerable number of earnest, real and
reliable Democrats believe that his candidacy
will prove detrimental to the best interests of
the party he will refuse to accept the nomina-
ton. He has further said that he will give
his support to any one of these three Demo-
crats-Gov. Johnson, of Minnesota; Gov.
Hoke Smith, of Georgia, or Senator Oulberson,
of Texas, but he has declared with emphasis
that be can not be expected to stand for an
other campaign such as was made for Alton
B. Parker. He will not relinquish his own
ambitions in order to turn the Democratic
party over to the conservative element.
SOME OF the Annapolis newspaper CORES
pondents are trying to entertain the readers of
their papers with all kinds of stories from the
Ancient City bearing upon the new admins
tration. Here is one of them at would natur-
ally be supposed that Senator-elect John Wal
ter Smith, John J. Mahon. Gen. Murray Van
diver, Senator Arthur p German, Congress-
man J. Fred. @. Talbot and other party lead
ers would exert most influence with the Gov
ernor, and. perhaps, they will when the time
comes to exert it, but not one of these gentle.
men is absolutely sure of his standing with
the Governor. He may give them all they ask
Ao13 anu NC may uOb. Ouc buluB 10 CcItdtu3 nc
has no desire to break with them, and will
avoid break if he can. The Governor is
timid. While be is not in strange surround
ings be is fully impressed with the response
bilities which rest upon him. He has i'm
pressed those who have come in contact with
him as man who is trying to avoid acts that
will bring unfavorable criticism. That is
natural. He realizes that he cannot always
be Governor. He knows that he has got to
work for living after he quits the Executive
Mansion, for he is poor man, and he cannot
save enough of his salary-S4500 per annum
for four years-to put him on Easy Street for
the remainder of his life. He recognizes the
very patent fact that if bis administration is
under fire, and if his appointments and other
acts are unfavoraby criticised, he will be
handicapped when he again takes up the prac-
tice of law"