The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-07-18


Election-Tuesday, November Sd, 1905
THE MAN the Socialist Labor party last week
nominated for President of the United States
is Martin B. Preston, of Nevada The only
remarkable thing about this candidate is the
fact that he is now in the State prison serving
a twenty ive-year sentence for murder. He
was convicted Of killing saloonkeeper at
Goldfeld while Preston was acting as a strike
picket.
THE REPUBLICANS of the 18th and 10th wards
of Baltimore city-which constitute part of the
Second Congressional district-held their con-
vention on Wednesday night and elected dele
gates favorable to Mr.. Robert Garrett for Con-
gress. It is claimed that this insures his NOM
ination as the Baltimore county delegation
will also vote for him, thus giving him the
necessary majority. Carroll county will pre-
sent the name of DR.. Baughman, while Har-
ford has candidate in the person of Mr.. E.
NJ. Allen.
ONE EXPLANATION advanced for the continued
rise in the price of meats is that the big cattle
ranges Of the Southwest have been rapidly
filling up with settlers in the last two years.
with consequent clearing of the pastures for
cultivation. The prices for cattle on the hoof
are higher than ever. In all the large cities
the poorer people have begun systematic boy
colts of the butchers who charge the high
prices. The result is that people are eating
less meat and more fruit and vegetables than
heretofore.
CONGRESSMAN LEAKE, Democratic represen-
tative from the Sixth New Jersey district, has
written letter to Hon. William H Taft in
which he says II cannot subscribe either to
the candidate or the platform of the Denver
convention. The conservative citizens of this
country, who are neither reactionary nor the
representatives of predatory wealth or special
interests but who desire a rigid enforcement
of the law with equal handed justice, must
look to you for protection against the wave of
radicalism and class prejudice which will fol-
low the Denver convention. You will have
my vote on election day and if during the
campaign my services will be of any value to
your National Committee l will cheerfully
TIE NATIONAL Drainage Association has
opened offices in the Dupont Building, in
Wilmington, Delaware, and will enter upon a
vigorous campaign looking to the drainage by
Government aid, of the 100000 acres of
swamp and overlooked lands within the United
States. In order to facilitate the collection of
the necessary data and statistics the association
requests that all owners of such lands-no mat.
ter how large or small their holdings-send
their names, addresses and number of acres of
such land owned to the association at the above
address. The receipt of this data will greatly aid
in the early prosecution of the work and will
be of great advantage, not only to the country
at large, but especially to individual owners
ofswamp and overfowed lands.
SINCE THE nomination of Secretary Taft the
newspapers of the country have been discover.
ing villages and hamlets bearing the name of
the Presidential candidate According to the
Chicago Tribane's dispatches, there are eleven
places in this country bearing the name of Taft,
besides any number of Taftvilles, Taftons.
Taftvales and Taftdales. From all accounts,
each one of these distinguished places is pre-
pairing long list of things it needs, that the
Federal Government can supply, to be pre-
sented to President Taft after March 4th next.
The demands run all the way from pea seeds
to postoffices. The states that have Taft on
the map at present are Indiana, Kentucky
Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oregon,
Texas, Tennessee, North Carolina South Caro-
lima and Oklahoma.
ANY YOUNG man or woman who is bona
fide patron of this paper may secure free in
struction in music or elocuton. The Ithaca
Conservatory of Music, with the desire to stim-
ulate the study Of these arts, offers two schol-
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opening of the school year, September 10th,
1908, in any of the following departments:
Voice, Violin, Piano and. Elocution. These
scholarships are awarded upon competition
which is open to anyone desiring musical or
literary education. Anyone wishing to enter
the competition or desiring information should
write to Mr.. George G. Williams, general
manager of the Ithaca Conservatory of Music,
Ithaca, N. Y, before September LIST, 1908.
COMMENTING EDIToRIALLY on the work of
the Denver convention the Baltimore Sin-a
paper that warmly espoussd the cause of Bryan
eight years ago-says: Now that Mr. Bryan
has been nominated and the platform on which
he is to run announced, his friends and oppo-
nents alike will again review the political stu
alton and calculate anew the chances of his
election. Many of his most ardent supporters
will probably admit that he is badly handi-
capped in his third race by his two previous
defeats and by antagonisms and divisions in
the party which it seems impossible to recon-
cile. Thus the odds seem unquestionably
against him at the start. Whether his per-
sonal magnetism, oratorical power and in
creased political experience will be able to
overcome these disadvantages and put him on
even terms with the Republican candidate
later, remains to be SEEM
Mr.. JOHN WORTH KERN, of indianapolis,
Ind, who was nominated for Vice President
by the Denver Convention, is lawyer of
high standing. He has never held any office
except State Senator and reporter of the Su-
preme Court. He was twice his party's nomi-
nee for Governor, but was defeated each time.
Mr.. Kern is warm friend and admirer of Mr..
Bryan and his selection was entirely satisfac-
tory to the head of the ticket. When Mrs.
Kern, at her home in Indianapolis, was in
formed of the nomination of her husband she
said: II had hoped you would give me the
good news that Mr.. Kern had not been nomi-
mated. /, of course, appreciate the honor con-
ferred upon him, but cannot understand
what conditions at Denver have arisen that
would cause him to accept the nomination.
Mr.. Kern has injured his health in past cam
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