The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-08-29

Mr.. Townsend Back from Gay Paree.-
Mr.. Walter r. Townsend is back from Europe,
says the Baltimore NeWs of Wednesday. He
was in France when he was reminded by the
Paris papers that Congressman ]. +. Q. Talbot
was to be formally notified of his selection as
the candidate for Congress of the Democrats in
the Second district this afternoon. Thereupon
he got homesick and planned to leave with as
little delay as possible
1.-The notification brought me home" said
Mr.. Townsend smilingly this morning. when
| saw that Fred was to be notified this after
noon made up my mind to be on hand for
the event. All the boys made me glad that l
came. Fred they say, has worried them half
crazy by saying forty times day that he made
mistake when he let me go. l was glad to
hear that, too. Maryland is the finest place on
earth
there he said, "feel confident that Taft will
be elected President. They made me sick.
You can guess how / felt when one of the first
men 1 struck in Maryland told me that he
knew personally of 100 Republicans who in.
tended to vote for Bryan"
He sailed on the Mauritania from New York
five weeks ago and spent eight days in Great
Britain. Mr.. Townsend went to the Queens
reception, where he is said to have assumed
his title as Duke of Stemmer's Run and created
something of sensation among the nobility
by appearing in velvet knee pants and illus.
tJtai;s +l-s-- hill so rood in t,a Marolerd
"Londons great weakness is lack of ice
water" said Mr.. Townsend, lice is a luxury.
The people drink bum ale and Scotch high
balls. London offers an excellent field for the
abors of William H. Anderson, agent of the
Anti. Saloon League. Cotton Mr.. VIM. Cotton,
the we'll known Baltimore lawyer and visited
all the churches. There are some very beauti-
full ones. OF course, we took in Westminster
Abbey and the Tower. l went to Parliament
several times, but it don't come up to the
Maryland Senate.
''Scarcity of ice drove us to Paris, where the
operas are run by the Government Cotton
and went frequently. Senator Smith was in
Paris. Cotton saw him and the Senator sent
word for me to call at the hotel, but Cotton for
got the name of it, so did not see him.
II enjoyed every minute of the trip until |
heard about Fred's' notification. That turned
nv attention toward home, and | was never
very happy until got here and heard about
those 100 Republicans who are going to vote
for Bryan"
Mr. Townsend complains OF some stories that
appeared in the newspapers. 1t was said he
had been arrested and that all the persuasive
eoouence of Mr.. Cotton was needed to save
him. Then he was said to have put Monte Car
10 out of business.
Gan the stories were intended as fun" he
said, "but some people took them seriously
was not arrested; neither did l gamble"
Mr. Townsend says Paris is a beautiful city
He knows the names of dozens OF bouleyards
which he pronounces with unim peachable &C.
cent. The twirl he gives his ''r's' is beautiful
to hear His efforts to get back to plain Amer
| lean are pathetic. Some of his friends unchari
| tably suggest that he visited Cork instead Of
| Paris, as his recently acquired linguistic accom-
plishment suggest the brogue rather than the
| lingo of the French.