The Baltimore County union, the Towson news., 1909-10-23
OUR OPINION Is UNCHANGED


space of about eighteen by twenty mine inches.
1t will be remembered by those of our read
ers who came into The Union News family by
being subscribers to The Towson News before
its consolidation with The Baltimore County
Union, and possibly by some other people,
that The News, during its separate existence,
vigorously protested against the advertisements
of the ballot being published in form of such
large size, although the responsibility was
placed upon the election officials and not upon
the publishers. AS The News is now a con-
stituent part of the consolidated paper which
prints an advertisement of character similar
to that which the junior member of the con-
solidation formerly criticised, some friend or
foe may desire an explanation of the present
attitude of The Union-News
On December Is, 1906, The Towson News,
in speaking of the large advertisements and
the charges therefor, said editorially:
The News will go out of its way to admit
frankly that if such an advertisement had been
sent to its Office with instructions to insert it
in that form and at its regular rates for tram
sient business, the printing would have been
done and the bill rendered in accordance there
with, although we would probably have edi-
LOIldlly COuucmUcu Tue eAtIdNdBduCo anu ldCN
of care on the part of the election officials.
1t may be added that the expression quoted
is still apt, and precisely states the attitude of
The Union-News today. We think the size of
the advertisement is extravagant, and a waste
of the peoples money, but if we declined to
accept it and publish it at the same rates and
size given to the official organ of the dominant
party in this county, we would be too utopian
to be intrusted with the management of re-
sponsible newspaper. In fact, it is doubtful if
we have legal right to decline it.
THE WESTMINSTER SENTINEL of last week
said: "Mr. Harry E. Mann, a prominent
Baltimore lawyer and lifelong Democrat, an
nounces that he is decidedly hostile to the dis
franchising amendment. Twenty-Five to
thirty years ago Mr.. Mann and his family
spent a portion of each year on property
owned by him, near Carrollton Station, and
became well known to the residents of that
vicinity and others in this county, none of
whom are surprised at the stand he has taken
on the amendment. He was then and has
always been strongly opposed to frauds upon
the ballot and the tricks by which the Demo-
cratic machine has sought to perpetuate its
power"
THE SEPTEMBER number of the Book of the
Royal Blue, issued by the Passenger Depart
ment of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, is
an interesting magazine, with bright contribu-
tions of verse and story. Timely among the
latter is sketch of James Rumsey, the Mary
land man who had practical steamboat run
v,;no uaaro haforo Eu!fop londod tho Nlor-
mont. Another good narrative is of especial
local interest because it is written by Bati-
more county man-Mr. Charles L. Shipley of
Pikesville. 1t is in that authors characteristics
historical style and has for its subject the
patriotic martyrdom of Capt. Nathan Hale.
DEATHS RAvAeEs of the fast thinning ranks
of war veterans caused 48,312 names to be
dropped from the pension rolls of the United
States last year, says dispatch from Wash
ington. OF this number, 80, ,S31 were survivors
of the Civil War. The total loss to the pen
sion roll from all causes was 81 ,5S1. In strik-
ing contrast to these figures, comprised in the
annual report of the Commissioner of Pen
sions, is the statement that the Government
paid out in pensions in the fiscal year ended
June 3O 1909, S161, 1913. 703, which the Com
missioner declares is the largest amount ever
disbursed for pensions in one year.
In AN editorial article on this years county
fairs in Maryland the Baltimore American
says: within the past fifty years labor-sav-
ing machinery has more than doubled the
farm yield of the world, and in the United
States has multiplied productive effort more
than fourfold. The annual county fairs DEM
onstrate that the farming industries are keep
ing pace with the industrial progress of the
age.'
Mr.. C. G. F. MARTELL of Sparrows Point
says There is man down East who has
invented yellow spectacles for making lard
look like butter. They are great saving of
expense if worn while eating but our honest,
Christian Democratic politicians have invented
black spectacles, so that we may all vote to
disfranchise the niger
The Motorcycle on the R. F. D. Route.
(Carrollton (Mo) Patriot.)
]. P. Robards, mail carrier on rural route
No. 2, has ordered motorcycle, which he ex-
poets to use regularly in delivering mail. The
machine is considerably like bicycle in ap-
pearance, but is propelled by small gasoline
engine, and the speed can be regulated from
four to forty five miles an hour. Joe doesn't
expect to "go the limit on speed when he first
starts out, but he thinks he can get around his
twenty-tw miles in considerably less time
than at present, and without the care and ex-
pense of keeping two or three horses.
Maryland Theatre.-Another fine vaude-
vile bill will be presented by Manager Ker-
nan at the Maryland next week. 1t will be
headed by Cecil Lean and Florence Holbrook,
originators of the patter song idea, presenting
an artistic and novel specially Another feat
ure of note will be The Eight Killinos, an