The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1908-10-24

field to be voted for in November-Republican
Democratic Prohibition, Socialist, Peoples
Party. Independence Party and Socialist Labor.
Only five of these will appear on the official
ballot to be voted in Maryland, the other two
having failed to comply with the law requiring
the performance of certain things to entitle
them to place on the ticket. These two are
the Peoples Party and Socialist Labor Party.
So FAR as known Mr.. T. Herbert Shriver, of
Carroll county, is the only Marylander who
has contributed 800 to the Bryan campaign
fund.- He is former State Senator and was
a delegate from the Second Congressional dis
trict to the Denver convention. On the
strength of this contribution some of Mr.
Shriver's friends have started a boom for him
as the next Democratic candidate for Governor
Of Maryland.
members of the House of Representatives from
New Jersey, volunteered to take the stump in
behalf of Judge Taft. Though he has been a
staunch Democrat all his life he is bitterly op-
posed to the election of William Jennings
Bryan, and believing that the election of Bryan
to the Presidency would mean the greatest
calamity to the country since the Civil War,
he is ready to exert himself to the utmost to
aid the election of Judge Taft.
Mr.. VIM. WALLACE SPENCE retired CAPT.
talist of Baltimore and one of the city's most
highly esteemed citizens. celebrated his 93d
birthday last Saturday. He was born in Scot
land, in October, 1s15-the same year the bat
tie of Waterloo was fought. Mr.. Spence en-
joys good health for a man of his age and still
takes an active interest in charitable work.
He is an elder and regular attendent of the
First Presbyterian Church. Baltimore has
another aged citizen of whom it has reason to
be proud. He is Mr.. John Turnbull, Jr., who
is the same age as Mr.. Spence. He is still the
active head of the well known firm of John
Turnbull, Jr. & Co., northwest corner of How
ard and Franklin streets. He may be seen al
most any day riding about town in the street
cars.
REPUBLICANS WERE greatly pleased with the
Taft meeting in Baltimore on Monday night
Chairman Parran, of the State Central Com
mittee, said ut was the greatest political
meeting have seen in Maryland. l fully be-
ieve it will settle the result here and that
Maryland is safely in the Republican column
from now on" Collector Stone said: II
have. seen many political gatherings, but
never one like this. l have been in national
conventions, and because of my connection
with them I have been in position to study
them, yet 1 consider the meeting at the Lyric
more enthusiastic than the last two national
conventions. Mr.. Taft's speech was magnif-
Gently convincing in every respect Particularly
was this true of his arguments upon the labor
question"
ONE OF the greatest political demonstrations
ever seen in Baltimore was the Taft meeting
held at the Lyric on Monday night last.
Judge Taft arrived in the city at 7 P. NJ, after
a day of active campaigning in New Jersey
and Delaware. He was met at the station by
an immense throng of people and escorted to
the theatre by cheering mass of humanity.
He made most able and telling address of
nearly two hours duration and made pro.
found impression upon an audience that filled
every available space of the great house.
overflow meetings were held on the outside,
which were addressed by well known gentle
men. 1t is estimated that from Is, 900 to &c, 900
people took part in this demonstration. The
meeting was held under the auspices of the
Maryland League of Republican clubs, of
which Hon. Charles R. Schirm is president.
at the close of the meeting Judge Taft and his
party again boarded their special train and
early next morning left for West Virginia to
continue their campaigning tour.
DURING THE lifetime of his mother, who died
last year at an advanced age, Mr.. Taft placed
great dependence upon her judgment and sd-
vice. The relations between the mother and
son were.unusually close and tender and Mr..
Taft never failed to keep Mrs. Taft in touch
with whatever he was doing in all parts of the
world. In Havana one afternoon, during the
last American intervention, he received the
newspaper men for their daily audience. Be-
fore commencing to tell them the news be
looked around the circle and singled out the
correspondent of a Boston newspaper. He
asked him to come closer and then, after
moments hesitation, thinking that the request,
which was unusual, might possibly be misin-
terpreted by the other correspondents, said:
"pve asked So-andSo, gentlemen, to come up
where he can hear, and I'll tell you why.
The only newspaper my mother reads is the
one which he represents. That is her main
reliance for news of me when l am out away
from her, and want, if you don't mind, to see /
that So-and-So can hear what we have been
working at todav 81 thak che will cot tho naua /