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Geneology
Lineage of Honorable J. Charles Linthicum
From Thomas Linthicum, Sr.
Gen1.1
Thomas Linthicum, Sr., mar. Jane
Gen. II-D Thomas Linthicum Jr., mar. June 22, 1698, Deborah Wayman, dau.
of Leonard, Sr., and Dorcas Wayman.
Gen. III-I Hezekiah, school-master, b. Nov. 7, 1723, mar. cir.
1750,Sarah Bateman, b. 1713, dau. of Henry and Sarah (Powell) Bateman.
Gen. Iv-6 Abner, Sr., b. 1763, mar. 1791, Rachel Jacob, gr. dau. of
Richard, Sr., and Hannah (Howard) Jacob.
D William b. 1798, mar. 1823, Betsy Sweetser, descendant of Roger
Williams.
1 Sweetser Linthicum b. 1824, mar 1847, Laura E. Smith, b. 1829, h.
Children of Sweetser Linthicum Sr.
Sweetser Linthicum Sr. and Family, Source: Ann Arrundell County Historical
Society
(Not Shown: Asa Shinn Linthicum, Sr.,
Victoria Linthicum)
Elizabeth Valeria b. Dec. 17, 1847 d. Jan. 5, 1934
James Smith b. Sept. 1`9, 1850, d. June, 1912.
Annie Sweetser b. Dec. 17, 1853, d. 1936
William b. Oct. 16, 1856, d. Feb. 24, 1934
Asa Shinn b. Nov. 28, 1859, d. Jan. 4, 1897.
Sweetser Jr. b. July 4, 1869 d.1997
Victoria April 17, 1865, d. April 11, 1867
Honorable John Charles Linthicum b. 1867, d. 1932. For twenty-two years
represented his District in Congress. Mar. (1) Nov. 28, 1893, Eugenia May
Biden; mar. (2) Mar. 9, 1898, Helen A., Clarke. No Children.(The
Linthicums adopted Helen's Nephew later known as: J. Charles Linthicum
Junior following his 18th birthday)
Dr. George Milton, b. Aug. 17, 1870 d. 1935
Seth Hance b. July 26, 1873 d.1965
Wade Hampton b. Feb. 14, 1876.d,1945
-Genealogy of the Linthicum and Allied Families., Matilda,
P. Badger, Baltimore, Md., 1934.,p.64.
Masonic Biography
Entered the Masons December 10, 1900
Becomes Master Mason February 11, 1901
Member: John H.B. Latrobe Lodge in Baltimore
-Source: Maryland Grand Lodge.
Sweetser Linthicum Feb.
19, 1991 notes
The Life of Congressman John Charles Linthicum
1658-Thomas Linthicum,
Sr., "The settler" (Original spelling: Linscomb name changed to Linthicum
at time of American Revolution) English/Welsh, eighteen years old at the
time. Becomes tobacco planter owning lands on West and South rivers and in
Crofton Area.
1699- Willed
plantation-"Linthicum Walks" near Crofton to Thomas, Jr. Son. Descendant
of Thomas Jr. Abner living at Linthicum Walks moves to North Anne Arundel
County February, 28, 1801 purchased tract of land "Andover" from Richard
Ridgely. Becomes Linthicum Heights.
1857- Twin Oaks, home
of Charles Linthicum,built by grandfather William Linthicum.
November 26, 1867-
Born, "Turkey Hill" Linthicum Heights, Anne Arundel County, Maryland.
Parents: Sweetser and Laura Ellen Linthicum
1801- Settlement-Sweetser
Linthicum Sr., father of J. Charles, was large land owner and farmer.
Property on the North side of the Patapsco River, Baltimore County. Owned
wharf on the Patapsco and owned a boat used to ship produce to Baltimore.
Farm required large number of workers who settled nearby. A self
sufficient community developed. "Uncle Charley" grew up on this farm.
Charles helped with
chores on the farm. Was known as ambitious and energetic. Liked riding
farm boat and wagons going to markets in the city. He hauled ice from the
Patapsco River in Winter. The home place had an ice house. J. Charles
loved ice skating on the pond (now parking lot and field of St. John's
Lutheran Church, Maple Road, Linthicum Heights.
Education: Attended
Anne Arundel County and Baltimore City public schools. Wanted to become a
teacher.
1886- Graduated
Maryland State Normal School, Baltimore. 19 years old
1886-7 Taught in Anne
Arundel County
1887- Transferred to
Frederick County becomes principal of Braddock School.
Entered Johns Hopkins
University studying Political History and economics. Takes up interest in
law and politics.
1890- Graduates
University of Maryland Law School, opens law practice with partner brother
Seth H. Linthicum, Sr., Baltimore City. Partnership lasted for the rest of
Charles' life.(1932)
1893- Marries Eugenia
May Biden and lived in Baltimore. No children.
1897- Eugenia Dies.
1898- J. Charles
marries Helen A. Perry Clarke, widow, Father was Dr. John L. Perry of
Saratoga Springs, New York. Ancestor was Captain Oliver Hazard Perry,
naval hero of war of 1812. There were no natural children. . Helen
assisted with the political career.
1933, Feb. 17,
Memorial U.S. Rep. Cole of Md. :Mrs. Linthicum's devotion to him was a
matter of knowledge to all of his friends in the House. Their home was
open to all of us, and the hospitality of tat home which most of us
enjoyed will live in our memories for all time."
1903- Ran for the
Maryland House of Delegates, Third Legislative District, Baltimore City.
1905- Due to success
runs for State senate. Hotly contested election. Serves in the Senate till
1911.
1908- Election, Served
also as Presidential elector Dem. for William Jennings Bryan and Kern.
1908-1911- Serves as
Judge Advocate General to Governor Austin L. Crothers.
1908- With his
brothers: Seth H. Linthicum, Sr., Wade Hampton Linthicum, Dr. George
Milton Linthicum and Sweetser Linthicum Sr. forms Linthicum Heights
Company. Purpose was to develop portions of family land-originally settled
by Abner Linthicum.\
Linthicum Heights
Developed: "Well-planned, "Beautiful" surrounding Baltimore and Annapolis
Short Line Railroad (Later becomes Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis
Railroad)
Upon securing
possession of the land, the "Linthicum men" thought that from an
economic standpoint real estate development would prove more
profitable than farming culture. They had all attended St. John's
College (formerly King's College and one of the first established in
America and doubtlessly among the social sciences they had encountered
that magic subject, economics. Besides their study of economics in
college and legalities in law school (they were all lawyers) an
enterprising spirit prevailed among them and in June 1908, they formed
the Linthicum Heights Company with a view towards developing into a
residential section part of the land included in their large farm"
-Mary Delmah Linthicum,"A Brief
History of Linthicum Heights and Vicinity from 1908-1959.", In: Oscar
"Skip" Booth and Nowell, Beth P. eds. The Train Passes Through It.,
Linthicum Centennial Committee, 2008. p.54.
Charley Linthicum,
proud of community, attends church suppers, bazaars, carnivals and
community affairs. He made his home "Twin Oaks" available for these
events held on the lawn. (most events were held adjacent to the Old Town
Hall near intersection of Maple and Camp Mead Roads)
1909- Linthicum
Heights Company gives two lots on the North East corner of Maple and Camp
Meade roads to Linthicum Heights Methodist Protestant Church. (a "pretty"
gray stone church was erected becoming: Linthicum Heights United Methodist
Church. Charles and brothers and sisters donate stained glass window "The
Good Shepherd" in memory of their parents: Sweetser and Laura Ellen
Linthicum. John Charles' wife Helen donates a large bell in memory of her
niece, Mrs. Virginia Perry Dillon. Later the church moves to School Lane.
Money via John Charles Linthicum's will funds 15 metal-bell carillon.
Bells are inscribed "to the glory of God and in honor of his wife Helen A.
Linthicum." Bell remains in the grey stone church.
1910- Democratic
candidate for United States Congress( House of Representatives) Fourth
District of Baltimore City.
1911- Elected to 62nd
congress March 4. (served until 1932.
Accomplishments-
Erection of U.S. Post Office and Federal Court Building, Baltimore
additionally- Marine Hospital, Veterans Hospital, Appraisers Store. Helped
to enlarge and improve port of Baltimore, preservation of Fort McHenry,
Erection at Fort McHenry of Francis Scott Key Monument dedicated also to
soldiers and sailors of War of 1812, helps fund via appropriation the
restoration of warship "Constellation.
He supported veterans
and veterans organizations.
Was concerned about
conservation and environment and natural resources.
Favors low tariff.
Supports World Court, Friend and supporter of Woodrow Wilson.
Did not drink, opposed
Prohibition
1918- Bill
establishing "The Star-Spangled Banner" as national anthem introduced.
"Perhaps Congressman Linthicum's best known legislation". Works with Mrs.
Ruben Ross Halloway, Society of the War of 1812., Daughters of the
American Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution, American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign wars and others. Petition of almost 5 million names
supported the legislation.
1927- Becomes chairman
of Anti- Prohibition Lobby. Responsible for repeal of 18th
Amendment. (He thought Volstead Act "infringed upon the rights of the
people and did more harm that good for the nation.
1930- April Star
Spangled Banner Bill passed
1931- March, 3 Star
Spangled banner bill signed into law by president Hoover.
1981- March 3,
Ceremony and reception held Fort McHenry recognizing work on Star Spangled
Banner legislation. Linthicum Family members in Attendance.
Highest honor was
succession to chairmanship of Foreign Affairs Committee of House of
Representatives. Supported Foreign Service helps pass legislation
improving ad updating service and construction of new embassies in foreign
countries.
Congressman Stephen
Gambrill"
Through his efforts as a member of this committee and through the social
contacts of his wife and himself with the representatives of foreign
governments in Washington, he did much to preserve for tis country the
friendship of and cordial relations with the nations of the world."
J. Charles and Helen
were extensive travelers. Visited foreign counties frequently officially
and as ordinary citizens.
1968- Towson State
University dedicates "Linthicum Hall" in his honor. Charles and Helen
established a number of scholarships at the university. He was closer to
the Normal School than to other institutions. He was instrumental in
getting state approval for construction of the Towson campus. Normal
School becomes State Teachers College, then Towson Sate University.
Linthicums maintained
residence (legal) 705 St. Paul Street, Baltimore. Four-story brick, large
rooms, high ceilings beautiful wood paneling. Antiques and mementos from
their travels.
When Congress was in
session they lived at Hotel Roosevelt, Washington. Entertaining political,
civilian and military people
.
"His great love"-
country home, Linthicum Heights, "Twin Oaks," two and one-half story brick
home. On one of highest elevations in area. Built by Congressman
Linthicum's grandfather, William Linthicum, 1857. Home gets name from
large oaks in front (no longer there). Charles got the home and 130 acres
from his father, Sweetser Linthicum, Sr. Charles furnished it with things
from travels including statuary, exotic plants, trees, It had a landscaped
lawn. (Listed on the Maryland Register of Historic Places) Dignitaries
entertained there: William Jennings Bryan and General Douglas MacArthur.
House exists with 5 acres of land. Owned at time or writing by Colonel
Seth H., Linthicum, Jr., U.S., Army, Retired, and M. Jane Linthicum his
wife. (nephew of Congressman Linthicum).
"Uncle Charley kept
several beautiful peacocks that roamed around the lawns" they chased
people walking through the property. Lawns and statuary were impressive.
Chauffer was Alec who drove a big limousine with seal of the United States
. Twin
Oaks Front hall (Maryland Historical Trust)
 Twin Oaks
Ground Floor Fireplace (Maryland Historical Trust)
1932- September 23,
Charles hospitalized, carbuncle on neck. Blood stream infection compounded
by diabetic condition.
1932- October 5- died
(candidate for 12th consecutive term as U.S. Congressman at the
time the longest term of service of a Maryland representative)
1932- Memorial service
February 17.
"Among the remarks
made by his peers were that he was gentle, kind, considerate, patient,
courtly, dignified, honest, tactful, and intelligent..
Representative Bloom
of New York: "his personality is the heritage which will be ever treasured
in the memory of his friends and associates."
Congressman
Goldsborough: "Truly a fine figure."
The Baltimore Sun: "He
had a way of life."
Sweetser Linthicum
Jr.: "he was indeed a gentleman of the old school with all those fine
characteristics that go with it."
"Uncle Charley,"
"plain person who
loved his family and fellow man and was friendly and kind to all. I
remember one Halloween night when Aunt Helen and Uncle Charley invited our
family to "Twin Oaks." My parents, Wade Hampton and Mary Delmah Linthicum,
and my two sisters, Mary Del and Matilda, and I arrived fully costumed and
masked. A big-time was had in guessing who was who. It was a happy time
and everyone enjoyed the evening, especially Aunt Helen and Uncle
Charley. We children felt that we had been well behaved, because we had
remembered our parents warning not to sit on Aunt Helen's fragile musical
chair. (It actually played pretty music when one sat on it.) Another time
was when Uncle Charley wanted to listen to the Dempsey-Tunney prize fight,
which I understand was the first boxing championship event ever broadcast.
Knowing that we had a radio, he phoned us from "Twin Oaks" and asked if he
and Aunt Helen could come over to listen to this great sporting event. We
were pleased to have them, and everyone huddled together around the radio
and listened to the fight. They were both enthusiastic listeners. They
also entertained members of the various Linthicum families who were
sometime accompanied by their children. Our hosts both loved children. If
invited for lunch or dinner the adults would be served in the main dining
room and the children would eat at the same time in a smaller adjoining
room. Children and adults both enjoyed the same food and formal services
by the staff. Uncle Charley was always closely attached to his brothers
and sisters and interested in their loves and welfare.
-Swetser Linthicum, Jr. Esq. The
Life of Congressman John Charles Linthicum., Original Manuscript, Anne
Arundel County Historical Society, February 19, 1991.
Oil on canvas, Thomas C. Corner, 1932, Collection
of U.S. House of Representatives http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000340
LINTHICUM, John
Charles, a Representative from Maryland; born near Baltimore, in
the locality now known as Linthicum Heights, Anne Arundel County, Md.,
November 26, 1867; attended the public schools of that county and
Baltimore; was graduated from the State normal school in Baltimore in
1886; principal of Braddock School, Frederick County, in 1887, and taught
in the schools of Anne Arundel County; studied history and political
science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore; was graduated from the
law department of the University of Maryland at Baltimore in 1890; was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Baltimore in 1890; member of
the State house of delegates in 1904 and 1905; served in the State senate
1906-1909; unsuccessful candidate for mayor of Baltimore in 1907; judge
advocate general on the staff of Gov. Austin L. Crothers 1908-1912;
elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the ten succeeding
Congresses and served from March 4, 1911, until his death; chairman,
Committee on Foreign Affairs (Seventy-second Congress); had been
re-nominated to the Seventy-third Congress at the time of his death;
delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1924; died in Baltimore,
Md., October 5, 1932; interment in Druid Ridge Cemetery. (source as photo
above)
JOHN CHARLES LINTHICUM, Democrat, of Baltimore, was
born at Linthicum
Heights, Anne Arundel County, Md., on November 26, 1867. He received his
early
education in the public schools of that county and of Baltimore city,
later entering the
State Normal School, from which he graduated in 1886, when he became
principal of
Braddock School, Frederick County, and later taught school in his native
county of
Anne Arundel ; returning to Baltimore he took a special course in the
historical and
political department of the Johns Hopkins University, after which he
entered the
University of Maryland school of law, from which he obtained his degree of
LL. B.
in 1890; has ever since practiced law in the city of Baltimore, some years
ago having
associated with himself his brother, Seth Hance Linthicum, under the firm
name
of J. Chas. Linthicum & Bro. ; in 1903 was elected to the house of
delegates from the
third legislative district of Baltimore city. During the session of 1904
he was chairman
of the city delegation, chairman of the elections committee, a member of
the
judiciary committee, and of the printing committee. In 1905 he was
nominated to
the State senate from his district, and was duly elected in November of
that year,
and in 1907 was reelected; in 1908 was elected a presidential elector; was
appointed
in 1908 by his Excellency Gov. Crothers as judge advocate general upon his
staff.
He has always been a Democrat, and taken a great interest in party affairs
and especially
in the welfare and prosperity of his city. He is married, residing at 705
St.
Paul Street, Baltimore, his wife being Helen A. Perry, a daughter of the
late Dr.
John L. Perry and Harriet Sadler Perry, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y.; was
elected to
the Sixty-second, Sixty-third, Sixty-fourth, Sixty-fifth, and Sixty-sixth
Congresses,
and reelected to the Sixty-seventh Congress against William 0. Atwood, the
Republican
candidate.
OFFICIAL CONGRESSIONAL
DIRECTORY
Published by , 1922
J. Charles Linthicum
(November 26, 1867-October 5, 1932) was a U.S. Congressman from the 4th
Congressional district of Maryland, serving from 1911 to 1932.
Linthicum was born
near Baltimore, Maryland, in the locality now known as Linthicum Heights,
Maryland, and attended the public schools of Anne Arundel County and
Baltimore. He graduated from the State normal school in Baltimore in 1886,
and became principal of the Braddock School in Frederick County, Maryland
in 1887. He also taught in the schools of Anne Arundel County, and studied
history and political science at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He
graduated from the law department of the University of Maryland at
Baltimore in 1890, and was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in
Baltimore in 1890.
Linthicum served as a
member of the Maryland House of Delegates in 1904 and 1905, and in the
Maryland State Senate from 1906 to 1909. He was an unsuccessful candidate
for mayor of Baltimore in 1907, and was a judge advocate general on the
staff of Maryland Governor Austin Lane Crothers from 1908 to 1912. He was
elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-second and to the ten succeeding
Congresses and served from March 4, 1911, until his death. During the
Seventy-second Congress, he served as chairman of the U.S. House Committee
on Foreign Affairs, and had been re-nominated to the Seventy-third Congress
at the time of his death. Linthicum had also served as delegate to the
Democratic National Convention in 1924. He died in Baltimore, and is
interred in Druid Ridge Cemetery.
http://www.mysticgames.com/famouspeople/JCharlesLinthicum.htm
J. CHARLES LINTHICUM, Democrat.
Mr. Linthicum was born at Linthicum, Anne
Arundel
County, November 26, 1867, and received his early education
in the public schools of that county and Baltimore City, later
entering the State Normal School, from which he graduated
in 1886. He taught for some time and then returned to Baltimore
City, taking a special course in the Historical-Political
Department, after1 which he entered the University of
Maryland School of Law, where he graduated in 1890. He
has since practiced law, being the senior member of the firm •
of J. Charles Linthicum & Bro. He is also Professor 01
Medical
Jurisprudence in the Maryland Medical College of
Baltimore, which conferred the honorary degree of M.D.
upon him. Mr. Linthicum has always been a Democrat, and
of recent years has taken a great interest in party affairs,
though he has never held any public office. He is married,
his wife being formerly Mrs. Gabriel D. Clark, nee Helen A.
Perry of Saratoga, New York. Maryland Manual - Page 257
by Maryland Office of the Secretary of
State - Maryland - 1903
Newspaper Sources
Hymeneal. Seagle-Elkins. A wedding took place
yesterday afternoon at the Immaculate Conception church, Baltimore. The
contracting parties were Miss. Kathryne Ellkins and Mr. William A. Keagle
Jr. The ceremony was performed by Rev. William McCormick. The maids of
honor were Missw Eugenia M. Biden and Miss. Agnes L. Herrlich. The ushers
were Albert B. Seidenstricker, J. Charles Linthicum
- News | Frederick, Maryland |
Thursday, April 20, 1893 | Page 3
Hymeneal.
Linthicum-Biden, Fayette Street M. E. Church, Baltimore was crowded
Tuesday night of last week, the occasion being the nuptials of Miss.
Eugenia May Biden, well known and related in Frederick, and Mr. J. Charles
Linthicum. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. B. Stitt, pastor of the
church. The bride wore a frock of white satin en traine, trimmed with
lace, and wore diamond ornaments. She carried an immense bunch of white
chrysanthemums, tied with white satin ribbon. The bridesmaids were Miss.
Ada Biden, Miss May Beason, Miss. Clara Divens and Miss. Julia Biden. They
were simply attired in cream silk gowns trimmed with lace. Each carried a
bunch of pink chrysanthemums, held together with ribbon of corresponding
shade. Dr. G. Milton Linthicum acted as best man. The ushers were Wm. T.
Markland, Jr., Dr. William Sl Love, Samuel S. Linthicum, Harry M. Biden
and Wm. Biden. Miss Lillian Biden and Master Edgar S. Benson acted as
pages and followed the bridal party to the altar, carrying a wreath of
chrysanthemums. A reception was held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Edward S. Biden, parents of the bride, 1329 West Lombard Street. Mr. and
Mrs. Linthicum left for a tour North.
-News | Frederick, Maryland |
Wednesday, December 06, 1893 | Page
LINTHICUM, - On February 25, 1897, at 1:30 A.M.,
EUGENIA B., beloved wife of J. Charles Linthicum,
and only child of Edward Biden.
Relatives and friends of the family are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral, from her late residence,
No. 2163 Druid Hill avenue, this (Saturday)
morning, at eleven o'clock. Interment private.
-The Sun (Baltimore) Saturday Morning, February 27, 1897
Linthicum- In remembrance of my niece, Eugenia B. Linthicum, who died
one year ago today, February 25,1897
- Dear Eugenia could you speak to us,
- And could you live again,
- Our longing hearts would then be healed,
- But this we wish in vain,
- Our hearts are sad and lonely now,
- Our grief too deep to tell
- But time will come, to us so soon
- That we may with you dwell.
- You are not forgotten, Eugenia, dear,
- Nor ever will you be
- For as long as life and memory lasts,
- We will always remember thee.
- By her Aunt. Mrs. Mary Diven.
-The Sun;
02-25-1898;
Volume: CXXII;
Issue: 87; Page:
4
"She is Now Mrs.
Linthicum. The Widow of Gabriel D. Clark Married to one of the Younger
Members of the Baltimore Bar. The Marriage of Mrs. Helen A. Clark and Mr.
J. Charles Linthicum took place yesterday at Emmanuel Protestant Episcopal
Church, in the presence of a large gathering of friends. Rev. J. H.
Eccleston, rector of the parish, officiated. Mrs. Clark is the widow of
Gabriel D. Clark, a well known and wealthy Jeweler of Baltimore who died
December 8, 1896. She was Mr. Clark's second wife. Mr. Linthicum is one of
the younger members of the Baltimore bar. Mr. Linthicum was married
before, his wife dying about two years ago.
Although no
invitations were issued for the wedding, long before 1oclock, the hour set
for the ceremony, a throng gathered about the church, while many secured
seats within the edifice. The bride and groom entered the church
accompanied by Dr. John L. Perry, proprietor of the United States Hotel,
Saratoga, N.Y., a brother of Mrs. Clark, and Dr. George Milton Linthicum,
a brother of the groom. There were no other attendants. The organ
remained silent during the procession to and from the cancel and during
the ceremony,
The bride wore a
traveling gown of grey broadcloth, with hat and gloves to match, and
carried a large bouquet of Bride roses. Immediately after the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Linthicum left for an extended trip South. On their return
they will occupy the bride's home, 705 St. Paul Street.
A number of the
bride's relatives and friends from other States witnessed the ceremony.
These included besides Dr. Perry, her nephew, Mr. John T. McCaffrey, of
New York, of the Gllsey House staff, and Ms. McCaffrey, Mrs. Clark's
cousin; Mr. Lafayette II. Wyatt, of Springfield, Mass., and Mrs. Wyatt;
Mr. and Mrs. A.A.Allen of Geneva, N.Y.; Miss. Emily Lockwood, of New York
city Mrs. Margaret Graham, of Malone N.Y., an Rev. Dr. Mesere, of
Springfield, Mass.?
-Baltimore Sun, March 10, 1898,
Vol. CXXII, Iss. 98, p.10
John Charles and Helen A. Linthicum c. 1900
Source: Ann Arrundell Co. Historical Society
"Booked on the
Hohenzollern, sailing today for Genoa, via Gibraltar and Naples, there are
booked among others,….Mr. and Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum of Baltimore.
-"What is Doing in Society.", New York
Times, June 22, 1901, pg. 9
Mr. and Mrs. Linthicum
Home
Traveled In Three
Continents For Over Six Months.
Mr. and Mrs. J.
Charles Linthicum, 705 St. Paul Street, reached Baltimore on Saturday
after and extensive tour through Europe, Asia Minor and Northern Africa,
which began with their departure from New York for Naples on June 22,
1903. About five weeks were spent in the principal Italian cities
including Florence, Rome and Venice. The travelers went by way of the
Italian lakes to Switzerland, entering the mountain republic over the
Furca and Grimsel passes. Interlaken and Basle were visited and then a
jump was made to Paris, where they remained three weeks. London was the
next stop, and then they spent some weeks traveling through the North of
England and Scotland. The Glasgow Exposition was visited and Mr.
Linthicum says it was a decided success, the number of strangers in the
town being so great that he and his wife were obliged to give up their
rooms at the hotel after a stay of a few days.
Ireland was included
to the itinerary, Belfast, Dublin and, other cities receiving a call. Mr.
Linthicum was much struck with the progressiveness of Belfast, which he
describes as growing rapidly.
London was revisited
and the couple was joined by Mr. Linthicum's sister, Mrs. J. K. Benson,
of this city. From London the party went to Constantinople, visiting on
the way Vienna, Budapest and Sofia. Of the latter part of the trip Mr.
Linthicum says:
"We arrived in
Constantinople a few days after the capture of Miss. Stone by the brigands
and found it a chief topic of conversation. I heard no one express the
opinion that she was taken for political reasons, and the only idea
advanced was that the brigands needed the money. We found Constantinople
and all the other parts of Turkey we saw miserably governed and everybody
looking for tips. Servia was not a great deal better. The Turkish
capital has been so often described that it is not necessary to go into a
detailed account but no words can convey an adequate idea of the horrible
odor which results from unsanitary conditions. Turkey had established a
quarantine against Alexandria and the boats were so delayed that we had
some trouble in leaving.
"From Constantinople
we went to Athens. We saw the new stadium which is being built at a cost
of about $5,000,000 and it is truly a magnificent sight, composed entirely
of Pentelic marble. They expect to finish it in three years. Smyrna was
the next stop and thence we went to Ephesus, where the Germans are doing
some great work in the way of excavating the old ruins.
At Beirut we fond
Americans performing a truly noble mission in the school which they have
established there for people of all races. Any money given to the school
is certain to be well expended. We went to Damascus and from there to
Baalbek, where we saw the wonderful stones which were erected by the early
Greeks or the Phoenicians. One of them is 66 feet long and the other 63,
while both measure about 13 feet in width by 14 feet in thickness. Another
one, 69 feet long, is in the quarry where it was cut but never removed.
We were much
interested in what we saw in Palestine, especially in the work being done
by Baron Rothschild and his friends in the way of colonizing Russian and
Polish Jews there. The colonists seem to be getting along fairly well.
Trade schools have been opened in which both Gentiles and Jews are taught
and they are accomplishing excellent results. There is great poverty in
Jerusalem and the Jews we saw there are mostly of a puny, sickly build.
We went up the Nile to
the First Cataract and spent much time examining the excavations. We
visited the Pyramids, but did not think they were as remarkable as the
tombs and monuments. Down in some of the tombs, more than 100 feet below
the surface are carvings which must have been done by the flickering light
of a torch, but which are so clear cut as if done in broad day and are
better than we could do at present with the aid of an electric light. We
met in Egypt Mr. John Ward, editor of "Pyramids and Progress," and famous
as an Egyptologist.
The new barrage or
dam, just above Assouan, is a marvelous piece of work. It is now employing
5,000 men and will be completed in about a year. It is 70 feet high, 60
feet wide at the base and 24 feet wide at the top. It will prove of
inestimable value for irrigation purposes.
We left Egypt at Port
Said and returned home by way of Marseilles, Paris and New York."
-Baltimore Sun., January 14, 1902, Vol:
CXXX, Issue 59, p. 6.
Mr. and Mrs. Linthicum
Hosts
A beautifully
appointed Christmas dinner was given last night by Mr. and Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum at their residence, 705 St. Paul Street.
The drawing room suite
was exquisitely decorated with crimson berried holly, mistletoe and smilax
caught with luxuriant bows of crimson satin ribbon, while vases were
filled with American Beauty and LaFrance roses. The dining room was
adorned with evergreens and American Beauty roses and lighted with red
shaded wax tapers, and the place cards were decorated with wreaths of
holly and mistletoe encircling the date of the entertainment and initials
of the host and hostess. Stringed orchestra music was rendered during the
evening by Steinwald's Orchestra.
Covers were laid for
16 guests, among whom were:…
-The Sun.,December 27, 1904,
Vol. CXXXVI, Issue 41, p. 6.
Mr. J. Chas. Linthicum
Mr. J. Charles
Linthicum, whose endorsement for the State Senate appears in the
advertising columns of the Sun today, was born in Anne Arundel county
about 38 years ago. He was educated in the public schools of his county
and Baltimore city. He graduated from the State Normal School and taught
school in Frederick and Anne Arundel counties. Afterward he took a two
years' course in history and political economy at the Johns Hopkins
University and in 1890 (?) graduated from the law school of the University
of Maryland. since then he has been practicing law in Baltimore. The
firm is now J. Charles Linthicum & Brother., his partner being his
brother, Seth Hance Linthicum.
Mr. Linthicum was
chairman of the city delegation in the last Legislature, the Chairman of
the Election Committee, and an active member of the Judiciary Committee.
He was an ardent supporter of the Haman Oyster Bill, the Sewerage bill,
and the many necessary measures passed in the interest of Baltimore city.
The Dock Improvement Loan was introduced by him and subsequently passed,
as also the bills for new schools and additional fire engines and
apparatus. Mr. Linthicum was one of Senator Rayners supporters, speaking
in his interest on the floor of the House and taking part in all the
important discussions.
Mr. Linthicum is
married, his wife having formerly been Miss Perry of Saratoga. She was the
widow of the late Gabriel D. Clark when she married Mr. Linthicum.
-Baltimore Sun,
May 20, 1905, Vol. CXXXVII, Issue 13, P. 12.
"Mr. Linthicum's
Smoker. Mr. J. Charles Linthicum will hold a smoker tonight at Harlem
Hall, Stricker attract (?)
-July 1905,
Baltimore American
Mr. Linthicum Speaks
Out
Declares His
Opposition to Proposed Changes In Laws.
Mr. J. Charles
Linthicum, who is a candidate in the Third Legislative district for the
Democratic nomination for State Senator, declared yesterday his opposition
to the proposed plan of taking the appointing power of the Police
Commissioners and the Liquor License Board out of the Governor's hands.
Mr. Linthicum said"
"If I am nominated ad
elected to the Senate I shall oppose both measures and, in addition to
this, desire to say that I shall oppose with all my force any change in
the election law, especially any change which will confer absolute power
upon te judges of election in either party."
-The Sun, July 12, 1905, Vol.
CXXXVII, Issue 57, p. 12.
Mr. Linthicum Gives
Smoker
He announces His
Position To 800 Third District Voters
Mr. J. Charles
Linthicum, candidate for the Democratic nomination for the State Senate
from the Third district, aroused much enthusiasm among the 800 voters who
attended the smoker given by him last night at Erdman's Hall, Biddle
street and Central avenue.
Mr. Linthicum stated
his platform, made promises and reviewed his record in the house of
delegates, but the greater part of his speech consisted of arguments
against his opponent for the nomination, Mr. Isaac Lohe Straus.
Mr. Bernard A. McNally
presided and Mr. Michael Luber acted as secretary. Both made short
speeches. Mr. Linthicum said in part:
"I come before you not
as the candidate of any man or set of men, but as a consistent, staunch
and true Democrat. I wish it distinctly understood that I am not fighting
any organization, man or set of men, except in so far as they stand
between me and the nomination for the State Senate.
I am in favor of the
Haman Oyster bill, and if nominated and elected I propose to make my fight
for its passage from the beginning, and work with ever increasing energy
until it becomes a law. I am in favor of the passage of a Crawford County
Primary Election Law, so that hereafter the people will have all the say
in the nomination of their candidates. I am in favor of the exemption of
the improvement loans from State taxation.
I desire it distinctly
understood that I have only the most pleasant feelings for Mr. Straus
personally, but his political record, as well as mine, belongs to the
public and is open to discussion by any and every voter in the Democratic
party.
-Baltimore Sun, August 12,1905.
Mr. Linthicum Retorts
Says He Considers the
Whipping Top An Emblem of Stability
The speech of Mr.
Isaac Lobe Straus in the Fourteenth ward Wednesday night when, in
comparing the records of himself and his opponent in the Senatorial
contest in the Third district, he referred to Mr. J. Charles Linthicum as
a" whipping top" and himself as the "whip," was generally discussed
yesterday.
Mr. Linthicum in
speaking of Mr. Straus' reference to himself, said:
"I consider his
"whipping top" an emblem of stability. In the Pompeian Museum of Naples
whipping tops rescued from the ruined city of Pompeii are to be found.
They are of the same shape and almost identically like those of today.
Though 2,000 years have rolled around they are still made the same. Just
such a Democrat am I. I was a Democrat when Mr. Straus was fighting the
national ticket: I was a Democrat when he assumed the Republican
leadership of the House of Delegates, and I will still be a Democrat when
I clean him up at the primaries this fall.
It is a great pity Mr.
Straus does not explain his remarkable course in the Legislature of 1902,
instead of endeavoring to attack me personally. He need not abuse me, for
I shall continue to carry my campaign directly to the voters for their
decision, even if it does not meet with his approval, and even if he does
term it a "claptrap method"
-Baltimore Sun., August 24,
1905.
Mr. Linthicum Has
Tonsillitis
Mr. J. Charles
Linthicum, Democratic candidate for the State Senate in the Third
Legislative district, has been confined to his home for several days by an
attack of tonsillitis, but expects to be able to take part in the campaign
this week.
-Baltimore Sun., October 15, 1905,Vol.
CXXXVII, Issue 152,p. 16.
 Members
of the General Assembly of Md. 1905-11/9/05, Baltimore American .,Page
15.
For the Haman Bill
Senator J. Charles
Linthicum Urges Its Prompt Passage.
State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum, in an address Thursday night before the Harlem
Improvement Association, at its hall, Fremont, Near Edmonston Avenue
forcibly pointed out the benefits to the whole State of the passage of the
Hamas Oyster Culture Bill.
He urged that the
measure, as it will be presented to the Legislature at the present
session, is, in his judgment, the proper solution of the great oyster
problem, which is increasing in seriousness every year.
Comparing the Haman to
the Reth (?)_ bill, he pointed out that under the latter there is no
guarantee that there will ever be any leasing of the barren bottoms of the
Chesapeake Bay, and all that is provided is for a survey. This survey of
the natural beds and bars, he said, was amply provided for in the Haman
bill, and yet it was so drawn that there would be no delay in the revival
of this great industry.
He showed how in a few
years under the Haman bill taxes in the city and counties would be
lessened by the revenue that would be derived from the leased bottoms, and
asserted that if he did not believe that this bill was in the interests of
the oystermen as well as other classes of citizens, he would not advocate
it. The interests of the oystermen under it were fully protected, and
they are given the first opportunity to take up land under the provisions
of the bill.
Senator Linthicum
spoke of the tremendous public sentiment in favor of the Haman Bill and
declared his belief that it would become a law at the present session of
the Legislature. He said that this was one of the maters to which he
proposed to devote his energies at Annapolis and if he could succeed in
bringing about its enactment he would feel that he had accomplished
something worth while.
It shall be my
endeavor he said while in Annapolis to serve the people of any district,
city and State to the very best of my ability and I desire the views and
opinions of my constituents at all times. I, of course, am not aware of
how far my work will be accelerated by appointments upon important
committees of the Senate but am of the opinion that as the representative
of you district, which comprises nearly a seventh of the population of the
State of Maryland, and whose residents pay almost a sixth of the taxes
thereof, I shall certainly be accorded by our president due and ample
consideration.
I realize many matters
of vast importance to our citizens will come before the Legislature for
its determination. Our city before the great fire of 1904 was
predominantly run on the line of too strict economy. Some streets were not
improved and in many instances were sorely in need of repairs. No
business or city can be successfully conducted without expenditures
necessary to keep it abreast with the times but there is, however, a happy
medium: it is just as destructive to a city's progress to have too heavy
taxation. We have at least begun our sewerage system, which it will take
years to complete. Our Annex. will be improved by the expenditure of
$2,000,000 spread over a term of four years, our parks will be added to
and improved making them second to none in this country, and it is now
intended to expend 2(?)5,000,000 on our streets and $?,000,000 for
increased water supply. All these improvements are necessary in order to
modernize our city and establish it as a greater and better Baltimore. We
must not however, expect these improvements too rapidly. The expenditures
should be graded so that our taxable basis may also have a chance to
increase and thereby bring down the tax rate. To great taxes will keep
from (?) manufacturers and commerce which are absolutely necessary to the
progress of all great cities. We should therefore endeavor to increase
these industries as we increase our burdens.
In my campaign for
nomination and election I advocated a $5,000,000 loan for street
improvements to be extended according to the Buffalo system. Upon this our
City Solicitor has encrafted (?) the idea of a street paving commission.
I am not prepared tonight to give my views upon the appointment of a
commission to do this work. I am not in favor of too many commissions,
which necessitate various clerks and other officials with large payrolls,
but if after mature deliberation, we find there is a real necessity for
such commission, would it not be better to do as was done in reference to
the Annex loan? That is, place the work in the hands of some of our
present city officials, thereby saving to the taxpayers increased salaries
and expenditures, and at the same time procuring more efficient service.
Could not the heads of certain departments constitute this commission,
with powers to select the streets to be paved and the paving material and
have the work done by the City Engineer or in such other manner as the act
might provide. Then, too, no street should be paved with this improved
pavement until all its sewerage arrangements have been fully completed
after which, no person should be allowed to dig it up unless absolutely
necessary….(rest of article not present in original)
-Baltimore Sun,
January 8, 1906, Vol. CXXXVIII, issue 53, p. 12.
Sanatorium For
Consumptives
Senator Linthicum Asks
An Appropriation of $25,000.
(Special Dispatch to
the Baltimore Sun.)
The Sun Bureau,
Annapolis, Feb. 13.-- Senator Linthicum introduced a bill to establish a
State sanatorium for consumptives in the mountains of Maryland, also
appropriating $5,000 for the aid and further extension of Eudowood
Hospital for Consumptives near Towson. The amount appropriated for the
State sanatorium is $23,000. to be devoted largely to the acquisition of
the necessary land. Senator Linthicum is greatly interested in this
cause and will omit nothing to secure the enactment of his bill.
He thinks that te
State should aid and encourage the Eudowood hospital, because in that way
individual efforts and charity can be stimulated, and he has no doubt that
many bequests and gifts will come to Eudowood in the course of time,
whereas if the State assumed the entire burden, individual effort and
charity would cease.
It is believed that if
Mr. Linthicum's bill should pass the State could acquire a large tract of
mountain land in the vicinity of Blue Ridge Summit where the climate is
said to be peculiarly favorable to persons suffering with lung trouble.
-The Sun. February 14, 1906,
Vol. CXXXVIII, Issue: 90, p.1.
"Richmond, Va., Feb.
20.-The Virginia-Maryland oyster commission named by the legislatures of
the two States to devise an agreement as to the rights of each in the
Potomac River with reference to oyster interests was organized to-day,
with Senator J. Charles Linthicum, of the Maryland committee, chairman.
The commission decided to close the Potomac River to Dredging for a period
of two years…Marylanders, ayes 7, nos 1…
-Votes to Close
Potomac", The Washington Post., Feb. 21, 1906, pg. 9.
January 16, 1907 Baltimore Sun
"Smoked "Linthicum"
Pipes. About 100 persons of the Twentieth ward attended a mass-meeting and
smoker given last night to State Senator J. Charles Linthicum, Democratic
candidate for mayor, at Forhainn Hall, Frederick Avenue and Payson street.
Everyone present, even the speakers, took a pull on the "Linthicum" pipes.
"I am in this fight to
a finish," said Mr. Linthicum "and I am going to win. I have got the
people with me and they are going to help my cause along. If I am elected
to the mayoralty chair I will see to it that every district in Baltimore
is represented in my organization. I will see that we get improvements we
are badly in need of, and will advertise this city in every hamlet and
town throughout the States."
Among the other
speakers were R. E. Lee Hall, John Genaler, T. Tyler Gray and Booker T.
Cliffe-2/6/07, p.13,
Baltimore American.
Mr. Linthicum and Japs
Says He Would Be Just
as Willing to Sit Beside A Negro
State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum carried his fight for the Democratic mayoralty nomination
into his own territory last evening, when he addressed a good-sized crowd
of his supporters in the Twentieth ward at Frohainn Hall, Frederick avenue
and Payson street.
"Linthicum pipes" and
plenty of tobacco aware provided, and everybody "took a long pull for
Linthicum." The meeting was presided over b y Mr. George L. Harris, and
those who sounded the praises of Mr. Linthicum were Messers R. E. Lee
Hall, J. Tyler Gray, Bcoker Cliff, John Genaler and Paul M. Burnett.
When Mr. Linthicum
arose to talk he was loudly cheered and applauded.
In the middle of hi
speech he took occasion to talk about the Japanese, saying that they were
not thinking of the Americans when they came over here, but only of the
money they could make in this country. He also said that he would "in
school just as leave sit alongside a negro with whom he grew up as occupy
a seat with a Japanese."
-The Sun.,
February 6, 1907, Vol. CXL, Issue 82, p. 14.
Says Worse than Negro
Mr. Linthicum Fears
Japanese Coolie Invasion
Being Crowded out of
Japan
Can Live On Four Cents
A Day, He Declares-American Laborers Cannot Compete With Them
State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum in the course of his speech at a meeting in the interest
of his Mayoralty candidacy Tuesday night in the Twentieth ward, made the
statement that he would just as soon sit beside a negro with whom he had
grown up in school as beside a Japanese.
Mr. Linthicum, when
asked yesterday concerning his statement, said.
"The coolie laborers who are coming here from Japan are, in my opinion,
not the equal of the best class of Negros here, I am not speaking of the
high class of Japs, now, but of the coolie laborers, who are the ones that
come here. I regard Japanese immigration to this country as a distinct
menace.
The Japanese are
increasing in their own country at a tremendous rate. I never saw such a
nation for children and babies. When Mrs. Linthicum and I were in Japan
last summer in the course of a half an hour a ride we counted 225 babies
in arms along the roadway. We were coming from a fair given just outside
of Tokyo and driving back to our hotel, I said to my wife. "I never saw so
many babies in my life. You count the ones on your side and I'll count
those on mine." We did so and before we got to the hotel Mrs. Linthicum
had counted 115 and I had counted 119.
Now, Japan is getting
overcrowded and the conditions are becoming worse and worse every year. A
great part of the country is untillable, being mountainous and
unproductive. The coolies are being crowded out. The high class Japanese
is as devoted to his country as is the Englishman to his or the American
to his. He looks down upon the coolies to a greater degree than we do
upon the Negros and treat them with a great deal less consideration. The
consequence is that the coolies are emigrating from that overcrowded,
unfertile land. Crowds of them go to Formosa and Korea, but those places
too, are bleak and desolate during a large part of the year. When the
coolies get the idea that they can come to America and make from $1.50 to
$2.00 a day it is my fear that they will come in droves and that our
people will be crowded out of California.
Small airy and tough,
the Japanese coolie can live on about 4 cents a day. All he wants is a
little rice and water, and as a laborer our laborers could not compete
with him. If they once get a firm foothold in the United States they will
spread and multiply at an alarming rate, and they are distinctly not a
desirable class of citizens. I would a great deal rather sit beside some
of the Negroes whom I have known than beside some of the Japanese coolies
whom I have seen.
-Baltimore Sun., February 7, 1907,Vol.
CXL, Issue 83, p. 7.
Mrs. Linthicum's
Birthday
Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum gave a pretty supper and card party, followed by refreshments,
Tuesday evening at her home, 715 (?) St. Paul Street, in celebration of
her birthday. Steinwald's Orchestra played during the evening. Among those
present were….
-The Sun., February 8, 1907,
Vol. CXL, Issue: 84, p. 6.
Mr. Linthicum At
Bazaar
Says He Likes Boy
Soldiers And, He Buys Things At Many Booths
State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum, who is among the Democrats who are seeking the title of
Mayor, was the speaker last night at the bazaar of the Boys' Brigade at
Hasnner's Hall.
He arrived early and
had an opportunity to vote for Mayor, to try his luck at the grab-bags and
to purchase home-made caramels before he was led to the stand for a
speech. By the time he was called on to speak he was able to express his
opinion of the bazaar and to tell how much he enjoyed it.
He has always thought
much of boy soldiers he said, and some time ago proposed that military
training be made part of the public school courses.
Mr. George N. Numsen,
who has been a favorite among the lady voters at the bazaar, was present.
Tonight will be
Governor's night. Governor Warfield and Mr. William Cabell Bruce will be
the speakers.
-The Sun, February 7, 1907, Vol. CXL,
Issue 83, p. 13.
Weak, Says Mr.
Linthicum
"The Man Rasin And
His Subagent Nominates" So Called.
"The man Rasin and his
subagent Brown nominates doesn't worry us." said State Senator Linthicum
Last night as he sat in the lobby of the Hotel Rennert.
"The only sensation
occasioned us by the denomination is one of surprise." he continued "We
are surprised that they would select such a weak man as Mr. Mahool. He is
a very fine gentleman and a good Democrat, but outside his own ward, the
Twelfth, he is scarcely known, and there was no demand for him in any
section.
:In this fight we
won't see Mr. Mahool at all, we'll see through him and see Rasin and his
gang of subagents. We are glad that the organization has a candidate at
last, for we can now go ahead and make a stronger fight. We are in the
fight to the finish, and don't anticipate any trouble in beating the
organization. The people are tired of having Rasin and his crowd do
things for them. This time the people are going to do the things
themselves and to suit themselves."
Mr. Linthicum was
accompanied by Mr. J. Arthur Wlekham, member of the Board of Commissioners
for Opening Streets, and Mr. J. Tyler Gray. They had been out campaigning
Mr. George N. Num(?)en who was attending the banquet of the Baltimore
Yacht Club, joined Senator Linthicum's party for a few minutes.
-The Sun, February 24, 1907, Vol CXL,
Issue 100, Page 20.
Scores Ex-Governor
Mr. Linthicum Calls
Him "Subagent of Corporations."
"List From Charles
Street."
Mayoralty Candidate
Says One Will Be Sent To City Hall before Appointments Are Made.
"Frank Brown is the
subagent of the corporations- no more or no less" declared State Senator
J. Charles Linthicum to an assemblage of enthusiastic voters at
Schnellberg's Hall, corner of Pratt nad Payson streets, last night.
Mr. Linthicum did no
spare words in deprecating what he termed "corporation rule" and "boss
nominations."
"The real agent of the
corporations." said he, "is the man who settled the crown of bossism on
Governor Brown, and Mr. Brown is merely the subagent. But, fellow
Democrats, we don't want any more corporation rule-we are tired of it. We
want a candidate named b y the people, and doesn't it seem hard that we
can't get one? Look at the centralization in the party of our city! The
time has arrived for a man to be nominated as Mayor of Baltimore. We find
the local leader who has controlled party affairs for some 40 years
delegating his authority to ex Governor Brown, who selects for the 60,000
Democratic voters of the city a ticket which he says he intends to
nominate through the machine which the local leader has built up.
He said plainly that
he is opposed to the Crawford county system, and that the people should
have a candidate selected for them in convention. We find him, upon the
illness of our local leader, against whom all manner of fights have been
waged to liberate the party from his rule, seizing the succession,
completing the ticket and assuring the role of dictatoriship of party
affairs, thrusting down the throats of 60,000 Democratic voters the ticket
which he has selected, at the command of our self-constituted leader,
without the intervention of even a committee and without public voice or
demand.
It is not a question
of the men on the ticket, but it is a question as to whether the people
intend to stand for a continuation of "boss rule" and lose for probably
another half-century the right to select their own candidates and to do
their own thinking, the method for which they have been fighting for, and
now, at the dictation of one man, it may pass from them.
I have been waging a
fight for some years for the Crawford county system, so that the people
might rule their own party affairs and not have it ruled by some
individual. I made my Senatorial fight on this issue against the
organization and defeated them, and I entered into this fight along the
same lines. It may please some, but as for me I certainly feel that the
Democratic voters of this city should arouse themselves to the emergency
of this occasion. The time is at hand when they must determine whether
they intend to submit ot this new leader, aided, abetted and counseled by
the older leader, or whether they intend to exert their rights and keep
party management in their own hands.
Ex-Governor Brown, I
understand has rented rooms and gone into the "boss" business in dead
earnest. If he feels so inclined Murray Vandiver can come down and work
for him. Governor Brown declares that after he has settled these
inconsequential affairs in Baltimore he will turn his attention to the
State and see that it selects the "proper Parties" also. He will
doubtless choose a Governor for us, and he may select himself. Then there
is the Legislature for him to deal with. He will have two United States
Senators to select, and maybe he will select himself as one of the two.
"If Mr. Mahool is
nominated and elected, he will not think that the voters put him in
office. He will give ex-Governor Brown credit for it, and he will be
answerable to the ex-Governor. When good Democrats make application for
office they will stand no chance of appointment if their names are not on
the "typewritten lists" sent down from Charles Street.
We don't want
"typewritten lists" coming to the City Hall from Charles Street, St. Paul
Street or anywhere else. Mr Mahool is a nice man, and personally I like
him and have nothing to say against him. But he comes before the voters in
the wrong way.
If the voters see fit
to nominate me and elect me Mayor of Baltimore I will appoint Democrats to
office, but I will not select them from "typewritten lists" sent me from
Charles street."
Mr. George W. Harris
presided at the meeting, and other addresses were made by Mr. Robert E.
Lee Hall and Mr. Tyler Gray indorsing in strong terms Mr. Linthicum's
candidacy.
-The Sun,
February 27, 1907, Vol.CXI, p. 14.
Mr. Linthicum As"Arab"
Mayoralty Candidate
Tells Of Boyhood Struggles
Sold Fruit in the
Markets
Drove Huckster's Wagon
From Door to Door-Taught School in Country.
The five candidates
for the Mayoralty and the candidates for the other public offices, who are
soon to go before the voters for an expression of their choice, are having
turned upon them the white light of investigation. In many instances
interesting facts, little known by the public and about which the
candidates themselves had almost forgotten are being presented to view.
Among such was the account of the days when State Senator J. Charles
Linthicum used to sell fruit and vegetables from his brother's stall in
Lexington and Hanover Markets and to peddle the fruits of the soil from a
wagon through the commission district.
Mr. Linthicum, when
pressed last night concerning of the experiences of his early youth, fell
into a reminiscent mood and talked freely of early work and some of the
hardships that he encountered. He said many persons in West and South
Baltimore, who knew him in the days he used to stand in market and sell
from his father's wagon had come to his support in the Mayoralty race and
that he has frequently discussed with them the incidents of the days when
he was not so prosperous.
Long Walk To School.
"Yes, I was a farmer's
boy," said Mr. Linthicum. " I went to the public schools of Anne Arundel
county, where my father's farm was situated, and where my mother still
lives, until I was 11 years old. My brothers and I used to have to walk
two or three miles each morning, but we did not mind it in the least.
Afterwards I went to school in Baltimore, attending old No.1, on Greene
Street.
There were 10 of us- 6
boys and 2 girls. When I was about 18 my brother, Dr. G. Milton Linthicum,
and I , went to my father and asked permission to sell his crop of
peaches, which would have been allowed to rot. He granted our request, and
let us each have a two horse wagon, with which we peddled the fruit about
the commission district, and Saturday nights we stood at Lexington and
Paca streets and disposed of it. Many a time we used to come to the city
at night with fruit and vegetables, and sleep in our covered wagons, to be
up almost with the sun ready to sell the products of the farm.
Later, I used to sell
on Saturday nights at my brother's stands in the Lexington and Hanover
Markets. I made many friends in those days and some of them whom I had
not seen for years, have come forward and announced their intention of
supporting me in the primaries.
I used also to retail
fruit and vegetables throughout West and South Baltimore, and made many
friendships in these sections of the city which are lasting to this day."
Taught Three Years
.
Not very many persons
know that Mr. Linthicum was once a schoolteacher, but for nearly three
years he taught "the young idea how to shoot" and is proud of his record
as a pedagogue.
I attended the State
Normal School, he said in answer to a question, and when I was graduated
went to take my first school at Braddock, Frederick county. A graduate of
the Normal School commanded a much higher salary than one who had not had
that advantage, and when first I received my monthly wage- the munificent
sum of $33.50-= I was proud, indeed. A trip to Frederick County meant as
much to me in those days as a trip to me in those days as a trip to China
would now, and I confess that I looked upon myself as a widely traveled
young man.
Only two years ago
when Justice Genaler, of this city, went with his wife to Frederick county
he saw in the house of a friend a picture of myself when I was a boy.
While I was teaching I
read Blackstone, and read it in a very cold room at that.
Senator Linthicum
threw back his head and laughed heartily at some of the experiences of his
school teaching days. Continuing he said:
Returning to Baltimore
I took a special course in history and political science under Drs. Adam
and Ely at Hopkins University, and studied law at the University of
Maryland, being graduated in 1890.
My practice began and
grew until now I am a good deal more prosperous than when a boy, but I
always look back upon those days with pleasure. I have had a good many
hard knocks and knowhow to sympathize with others who have.
Mr. Linthicum has been
abroad several times and has traveled all over the world.
Senator Linthicum will
address a meeting tonight at Reilleys Hall, 1040 York road. He will take
up the question, "Will you help build a political fence?" and will answer
ex Governor Brown's remarks on taxation.
-The Sun., March 4, 1907, Vol CXL,
Issue 108, p. 14.
Congress Adjourns 'Mid
Much Applause
As Speaker Clark's
gavel dropped promptly at noon members of the floor and the press gallery,
who previously had been supplied with books of old-fashioned songs, burst
into "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean," Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum, wife of
Representative Linthicum of Maryland, rose in the gallery and unfurled a
huge silken flag, one end of which was gathered up by Mrs. Champ Clark,
wife of the speaker. A storm of applause followed…
-Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette,
Fort Wayne, Indiana, Monday, March, 5, 1907, p.7.
Says He Is Happy
Medium
Mr. Linthicum Called
"Middle-Of-The Road" Candidate.
State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum claims to be the "middle-of-the-road" candidate,
occupying, his friends say, middle ground between Mr. Mahool and Mr.
Brown. The latest Linthicum card has a picture of Mr. Linthicum in the
center and upon each side of the picture are these mottoes:
"I am not a Machine
Candidate."
:"Neither Do I Stand
for Radicalism."
"Vote for Linthicum
and Home Rule"
-Baltimore Sun, March 20, 1907, Vol.
CXL, Issue 124, p. 14.
 Baltimore
Sun, 9/15/07
"We are here tonight
to protest against the usurpation of the Democratic party and the 60,000
voters by our new boss, Governor Brown. We are here to protest against the
control and dictation of our party by any man, whether he be Governor
Brown or his chief advisors. I believe that the people should make their
nominations and control their party affairs directly by the Crawford
county system, as against the convention system advocated by Governor
Brown, and which he says is a better plan because it allows the big men of
the party to name the ticket. I disclaim the fact that any man should
control our party management. I ask the question Whether you intend to
assist Governor Brown and his allied interests to build a political fence
barring out all except him and his so-called big men of the party? You are
to decide whether or not you intend to stand up for the people's rights.
The same principle is
involved- whether Mr. Rasin be the boss or whether Governor Brown is the
boss. What we are against is the system, because the Democratic party
needs no bosses. It is a party of the people, for the people and by the
people, and if controlled by a boss system it is neither of the people,
for the people or by the people. It would then be a party whose very life
is centralized in the hands of a boss and that boss, more the
representative of the corporate interests than of the people."
-5/5/07 Baltimore American, p.
18
"There were
comparatively few contests for the legislature. James Young sought a
re-nomination for the State senate in the First district…and J. Charles
Linthicum in the Third district. The organization won every fight it made
-"Won By
Organization", The Washington Post, Sept. 17,1907, pg. 12.
Mr. Linthicum's Big
Vote
State Senator
Re-Elected By 2,323 Plurality.
A revision of the
election returns shows that State Senator J. Charles Linthicum, of the
Third district, was re-elected by a plurality of 2,323 over Mr. Robert H.
Smith, the Republican nominee. This is one of the largest majorities that
the district has ever given for a candidate, and it is remarkable because
the Republicans had expected that Mr. Smith would run ahead of his
ticket….
-The Sun., November 8, 1907, Vol.CXLI,
Issue 177, p.14.
Plan Widely Discussed
Some Friends of
Utilities Measures Urge Going Slowly
Mr. Linthicum
Conservative
Prefers Separate
Commission to Board of Estimates-Mr. Bruce Calls Corporations Reasonable.
That the present is
not the time for any change in laws governing public-service corporations
is the opinion of some of those who yesterday declared themselves in favor
of progressive legislation. Those who expressed such opinions included
City Solicitor Bruce and two recently elected State Senators who based
their views upon the present financial situation.
State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum, while he did not say there was or was not an existing
need for more drastic laws to regulate corporations, said that it might be
well for the coming Legislature to pass such a law to take effect one year
hence. He declared that he would do nothing at present that would tend to
affect present-day conditions, as he believed the situation worse than
lawyers were able to appreciate…..
Mr. Linthicum
Conservative.
Senator Linthicum
said:
"I certainly do not
believe that anything should be done that would tend to disrupt present
conditions, which I believe, are more serious than lawyers understand. I
do think that the coming Legislature might pass a law creating a public
utilities commission to regulate corporations, but if passed it should not
take effect before one year hence."
Asked if he believed
the Board of Estimates the proper body to be vested with such power Mr.
Linthicum emphatically declared he did not.
"If such a commission
is appointed," said he, "It should be a public-utilities commission and
nothing else. It should be appointed by the Governor, and should have
control of the whole State. While I believe the members of the present
Board of Estimates are good men and ably perform their duties I think the
commissioners appointed should be men even better fitted for the position.
"A man may make an
able President of the second Branch of the City Council and still not be
fitted to manage intelligently great business interests. The same
argument applies to the mayor.
"I will not say there
is a ???? need for any stronger regulation of corporations. There will be
no great combinations in Baltimore in the near future because nearly every
business that might be affected by the new laws is already merged."…
-The Sun, December 20, 1907,
Vol. CXLII, Issue 34, p. 9.
To Meet Virginia Lawmakers
Senator Linthicum Elected Head Of the Oyster
Commission.
(Special Dispatch to the Baltimore Sun.)
The Sun Bureau, Annapolis, Feb. 10.--. The joint
committee of the Senate and House named in accordance with a resolution
introduced by Senator Linthicum to confer with a similar committee from
the Virginia Legislature, with the view of securing concurrent oyster
legislation in the Potomac river and other waters in which the two States
are interested, met tonight after the adjournment of the Legislature.
Senator Linthicum was chosen as chairman of the joint
committee, and Mr. Dwight Burroughs was named as special messenger to go
to Richmond for the purpose of conferring with the members of the Virginia
committee in order to fix on a convenient date for the meeting.
The members of the committee include Senators
Linthicum, Andrews, Brashears, Milbourne and Greenwell and Delegates
Hayden, Benson, Quinn, Brady, Jones of Clavert and Karl of Allegany.
-Baltimore Sun, February 11, 1908,
Vol. CXLII, Issue 87, p. 9.
Extending the Jim Crow
Law
Senator Linthicum's
bill Affecting Suburban Lines Passes House.
(Special Dispatch to
the Baltimore Sun.)
The Sun Bureau,
Annapolis, March 38,--
Senator Linthicum's
bill providing that all electric railway companies running more than three
miles beyond the corporate limits of any city or town must provide
separate places for white and colored passengers passed the House today
and will now go to the Governor.
Although both whites
and blacks are to occupy the same coach, the conductor is compelled to
designate seats for the colored passengers. The House passed a bill
introduced by Mr. Brady, which applied only to those steam roads which
have been electrified, but in the Senate Senator Linthicum's bill was
substituted and the amendment was concurred in by the House.
The bill affects a
number of suburban lines of the United Railways and Electric Company.
-The Sun.,
March 29, 1908, Vol. CXLII, Issue 134, p. 11.
Stock in the Linthicum Heights Company- J. Charles Linthicum, 1908.
-Ann Arrundell County Historical Society
Mr. Linthicum Home
With Wife The Senator
Visited Ireland And Northern Europe
Speaks of Progress
Abroad
Says Many Americans In
Europe Consider Taft's Nomination Due To President Roosevelt.
State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum and Mrs. Linthicum returned home Friday night after a
pleasant trip of three months abroad, having visited Iceland, Norway,
Sweden, Russia and other countries farther south.
"I am glad to get back
at this time." Senator Linthicum said yesterday. "Things are warming up
considerably, and it looks very much like Bryan. I am ready to make
speeches in the counties or in the city, if the managers want me. I
talked politics with Europeans, Americans visiting Europe and Americans
making their homes in Europe, and I was surprised at the wide expression
of belief in a victory for Bryan.
I believe the
statement has been made that everybody in Europe is sure that Taft will be
elected, but this is no the case. Most of the people I talked with
considered Taft's nomination due solely to Roosevelt, and they all
declared that the country has had enough of Roosevelt. I even heard a
Republican judge say that he would not have voted for Roosevelt had he
been nominated.
Senator and Mrs.
Linthicum sailed from New York June 11 on the Baltic, of the White Star
Line Senator John Walter Smith also sailed on this boat, but did not go
north, as did Senator and Mrs. Linthicum. They spent a week traveling in
the southern part of Ireland, and then went to Edinburgh, Scotland, taking
a boat from there to Iceland. They were much surprised to find a mild
climate in Ireland. Senator Linthicum said, and was told that the harbor
of Reykjavik never freezes in winter.
There were about 200
aboard the vessel, and we were given a concert in the Town Hall and donkey
races in the suburbs" the senator said From Iceland we went to the Island
of Spitsbergen, which is 300 miles north of the coast of Norway. The
climate was quite moderate, although the mountains were covered with snow
and glaciers. We found the American flag floating over the office of the
American Coal Mining Company, which is controlled by Boston capital. We
visited various places along the coast of Norway and Sweden, and went to
Christiania in carriages. The roads we found to be as fine as those in
any of our parks. All the magnificent waterfalls of Scandinavia are being
bought by French and German capital to generate electricity. Large revenue
is derived from this source.
From Christiania we
went to Stockholm, arriving there at the same time as the German Emperor.
It was a most opportune time, as we saw the city in magnificent array.
Stockholm is the cleanest city I have ever seen. The paving is mostly
asphalt. Our next place was St. Petersburg, which is paved with
cobblestones any other sort of pavement being too slippery in winter. The
Greek churches are magnificent.
In Russia everyone
grasps for tips, and the living is higher than in Norway and Sweden. We
met a young American electrical engineer, who said he had just finished a
contract, and that the man for whom the work was done gave him a tip of
$150. The engineer said he tipped his laborers. He paid them wages for the
work they did and gave them a tip for their good will.
We visited Berlin nine
years after a former visit and were astonished at the great advance the
city has made. If the present Kaiser lives long enough, this city will be
the grandest in Europe.
-The Sun, September, 20, 1908, Vol
CXLIII, Issue 127, p. 12.
Senator Linthicum's
Raspberries
State Senator Charles
J. Linthicum sent some exceptionally fine second crop raspberries to The
Sun office yesterday. They were grown on his farm in Anne Arundel county.
In color, size and quality they were equal to those of spring.
-The Sun., October 18, 1908,
Vol. CXLIII, Issue 155, p. 12.
Senator Linthicum Host
Ex-Governor Warfield
and Mayor Among Guests At Dinner
State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum was the host last night at a beautiful dinner given at
his residence, 705 St. Paul Street in honor of his brother-in-law, Dr.
John L. Perry, of Saratoga, N.Y.
The table was
beautifully decorated with cut flowers and blossoms. Christmas greens and
wreaths were used in the drawing room and elsewhere. The guests were
received by Mrs. Linthicum, but no ladies were present at the dinner. The
guests included a number of prominent men in both public life and in the
business world. Governor Crothers was prevented from attending by illness.
-The Sun., December 29, 1908,
Vol. CXLIV, Issue 43, p. 6.
Mr. Linthicum On Holy
Land
He Gives Interesting
Lecture At Loyola College
State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum gave an interesting lecture last night at Loyola College
Hall, Calvert and Monument streets, on the "Holy Land As I Have seen It."
Several years ago Senator Linthicum made an extensive tour through the
Holy Land, and his lecture was illustrated by a number of beautiful views
taken by himself.
The large hall was
filled to its capacity, and both the illustrations and Senator Linthicum's
remarks were frequently applauded. The historical and Biblical places of
interest through the Holy Land were touched upon by Senator Linthicum, and
his views showed them off to excellent advantage. The old temples, some
of which are still standing and others which have decayed and crumbled,
were given, as were frequent picture of the people who now inhabit the
Holy Land.
A number of the
pictures showing the inhabitants caused much amusement among the audience,
as it was readily seen that they were posing. Senator Linthicum said that
they were always anxious to have their pictures taken. The illustrations
of Damascus and Jerusalem and the surrounding country were superb, and
Senator Linthicum's description was so complete and accurate that the
scenes appeared familiar to his audience. Senator Linthicum told a number
of amusing incidents which occurred during his trip and fittingly
described the characteristics of the different people with whom he came in
contact. The pictures of places of Biblical interest which he visited
brought forth much commendation, and he told of the history connected with
each. The lecture was for the benefit of Loyola College, and at the close
Senator was loudly applauded by his audience.
-The
Sun., January 21, 1909,Vol. CXLIV, Issue 66. p.
7.
He Outlines University
State Institution,
Says Mr. Linthicum, Would Have Integral Parts.
Further explanation of
his recent proposition for practical consolidation of the various
educational institutions of the State into a State college or university
was yesterday given by State Senator J. Charles Linthicum, who said,
however, that he does not expect to see such institution brought under one
roof or one administration for several years to come. For the present,
according to his idea each institution should stand on its own bottom,
with the presidents forming a general board of regents.
In advancing the
suggestion, said Senator Linthicum, "I did not intend that the various
institutions should loose their present individuality, on the contrary,
let each be continued along its present line of activity. At the same
time there are many matters of importance which are applicable to all in
general, and such questions might be handled by a board of regents formed
by the presidents of the different State colleges.
By this intimacy of
the institutions the heads and the instructors would be brought into
closer social and professional relations and could discuss details of the
individual and general work of the colleges. They could also unite in
bringing to the State lecturers on various topics, for, to my mind, an
institution does not complete its work with the graduation of its pupils
but should also help educate the general public by providing lectures and
other similar methods.
For the present I
would have each college continue on its own lines, developing to the
utmost the line of which it makes a specialty, until in time each shall be
noted for some distinctive branch, and then all may combine their
advantages under one head. One advantage of this plan would be provision
for continuity of the educational course- a pupil on passing through the
high schools could go directly to the college best adapted to his aims and
continue in that until his education was completed. By virtue of his high
school education he would be exempt from matriculation examination.
In this line I would
also advance the Polytechnic School from the position of a preparatory
school to the standard of, say the Agricultural College, and make it a
prominent part of the general system I have outlined.
In time all the State
institutions would gradually come under one head and form one great
university, but it will take time to accomplish this end, and I would
hardly look for such a consummation inside of 15 (?) years.
Meanwhile, let the
State appropriations be continued and apportioned as at present with the
further addition of an appropriation for the board of regents. This would
be use for bringing lecturers to the State and for such other general and
common objects as the regents should designate.
The great advantage
would be the provision for continuity of the educational course from the
primary school through the college, the development of their respective
specialties by the various State educational institutions, the broadening
of their work by arranging for education of the public by lectures and
other methods and eventually the consolidation into one great university.
Several branches of
education are not as far advanced as they might be in Maryland, says Mr.
Linthicum, and these, he believes, would be greatly developed by the
adoption of his plan.
-The
Sun., December 1, 1909, Vol. CXLVI, Issue 15, p.
9.
Celebration of Fire
Anniversary
Suggested by State
Senator Linthicum
Writes Letter to Mayor
and Outlines Program for Such an Observance-Believes People Should Be Made
to Feel That They are Getting Something in Return for High Taxes.
State Senator J.
Charles he fifth anniversary of the big fire of February 7 and 8, 1904,
which will occur next month. As chairman of the executive committee of
the Home-Coming Association, the Senator wrote a long letter to Mayor
Mahool yesterday, making a suggestion similar to that sent to the Mayor
last month by former City Councilman Samuel Affelder and which was not
acted upon because the Mayor considered the time too short to arrange a
credible program.
Senator Linthicum says
in his letter to the Mayor that he can count upon the cooperation of the
members of the Home Coming Association Committee in the matter. The
Senator says the wonderful progress of the city since the fire should be
brought forcibly to the attention of other cities and the country at large
by some proper celebration of the fifth anniversary of the fire. "It
occurred to me," he goes on to say, "that possibly the themes might be
made the subject of discourses in the various churches of our city on
Sunday, the 7th day of February, and that on the evening of
February 8 it might be well to hold some large meeting in either the Lyric
or the Fifth Regiment Armory, at which some well known orator or orators
of our city be asked to address the assemblage, and, in addition, it would
not be inappropriate to have speeches in the nature of reports from the
heads of the various departments of our city government."
Senator Linthicum says
he cannot forget the great civic parade of the homecoming week.
Continuing, he says;
I have always believed
and maintained that every taxpayer (and I am sure all the citizens of
Baltimore are directly or indirectly taxpayers_ are most vitally
interested in the work which is going on in our midst. It is well enough
for them to go to the Tax Department, pay their taxes and receive their
colored tax receipt, but they are, to my mind, stockholders in a large
corporation, and are entitled to know just what is being done by their
officers and board of directors.
Our tax rate is
necessarily high, and the people consequently feel the burden thereof
during this financial stringency, and the way to make them feel that they
are obtaining great benefits from the expenditure of their money
represented by taxes is to show tem just what is becoming of the vast
funds poured into the city treasury by the tax receipts and city stock
issues. I believe that if they are shown these facts they will not only
become better satisfied, by being better informed, but that they will
become great advertisements of the prosperity and the progress of their
native town.
Let us imagine one of
our taxpayers visiting some other city. Let him quote our tax rate and at
the same time the heavy assessment upon our property and he would not make
a very good advertiser for Baltimore, but if he is by reason of
celebrations and reports of the heads of the city departments enabled to
show the people whom he visits what great improvement in the way of a
modern sewerage system, subway system, improved streets, new boulevards
and development of our Anex, and, likewise, to show that the state is
about to expend $5,000,000 upon the improvement of turnpikes and roads,
then he immediately demonstrates to his friends in the visiting city that
while he is paying a heavy tax and while we are issuing stocks we are, at
the same time, converting Baltimore, with its absolutely new and modern
business section deep channel and new piers, into one of the greatest
cities on the Atlantic Coast. IN other words, he convinces them that his
money is being expended in a way that will return to him by increased
valuation, improved health and other benefits ten fold its worth.
Hence my suggestion
for the celebration with speeches and reports from our various departments
showing what has been done during the last five years. In addition to this
I should say that if these reports and speeches were printed in sufficient
number so that the citizens might have copies and that they might be able
to send them to their friends in other sections, it would be a great
benefit to the city.
-Baltimore Sun, January 22, 1909, page
9, vol. CXLIV,issue 67.
To Support Mr.
Linthicum
Democrats of 20th
Ward Plan For Congressional Campaign
A meeting of almost 20
Democrats of the Twentieth ward was held last night ad Frohainn Hall to
formulate plans for the campaign of former State Senator J. Charles
Linthicum for Congress from the Fourth Congressional District. Mr.
Linthicum was present and helped prepare plans for his campaign. In the
near future a public meeting in his interest will be held.
If the spirit
displayed at the meeting is a criterion, Mr. Linthicum will have the loyal
support of the Democrats in that ward. The majority of the ward leaders
were present and pledged themselves to support Mr. Linthicum in his aims.
-The Sun.,July 26, 1910,
Vol.CXLVII, Issue 71, p. 4.
"As a result confusion
in the democratic ranks is worse confounded, and while the outlook is
favorable for Councilman George Konig, in the Third, and Senator J.
Charles Linthicum, in the Fourth, their friends are fearful of the
double-cross at the last moment. The relations between Linthicum and his
leading opponent former Police Commissioner James H. Preston are strained,
and they are saying bitter things about each other."
-"Fifth Is Storm Center."
The Washington Post, Aug. 30, 1910, Pg.2.
Mr. Linthicum Active
Visits Concord Club,
Speaks There and in Southwest Baltimore
Senator J. Charles
Linthicum confined his movements last night to west and Southwest
Baltimore, visiting the Concord Club, where he mad a brief address. He made
a more lengthy address at an open-air meeting at the corner of Frederick
and Fulton Avenue.
The regular weekly
meeting of the Concord Club was going on when Mr. Linthicum arrived and
about 50 of the members were present. Senator Linthicum accepted an
invitation to address them, and spoke for about five minutes, during which
he reviewed his record at Annapolis during his service in the House and
Senate, declared his fealty to the Democrat party, and announced his
intention to support the nominee of the Democrats of the Fourth district,
whoever he might be.
Police Magistrate
Daniel J. Loden, who presided, and who introduced Senator Linthicum also
spoke briefly. He reiterated his assertion that he deemed it was his duty
to remain neutral in the present contest, but intimated very strongly that
he meant to get into the fight if the necessity should arise before next
Tuesday.
He was careful not to
say whose cause he would espouse if he did get into the affray. The
precinct executives will meet next Thursday night, where it is expected
that something will drop.
At the corner of
Frederick and Fulton avenues, Mr. Linthicum was greeted by an attentive
crowd. He said in Part:
Insomuch as a great
deal of steam has been laid by my opponents upon their records in the
past, I deem it altogether proper that I should tell you something about
mine. As you all are doubtless aware, I have served one term in the House
of Delegates and two terms in the Senate of Maryland as a representative
of the Third legislative district in particular and of the citizens of
Baltimore in general. During that period, covering a period of seven
years, no one has presumed to criticize either my integrity or sincerity
as a public servant. I have uniformly voted for and advanced on the floor
of both the House and Senate every bill which had for its object the
actual benefit of my state, my city, my party and my people.
It would consume more
time than I have at my disposal tonight to recount those bills in detail.
In fact, I shall refer only to those that are still fresh in our minds and
are of special and vital interest to most of those who are in reach of my
voice,
They are:
The eight-hour-day law
for city employees
The bill increasing to
$2. the pay for city laborers.
The bill exempting
$300 of personal property from taxation
The Public Utilities
bill
The Primary Election
bill
The Gas Repeal bills
I also introduced two
bills at the recent session, to reduce the telephone rates in the city of
Baltimore and throughout the state. The subject was soon after taken up
with me by the Travelers and Merchants' Association, which had been
agitating the subject of lower rates for sometime. The Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company also expressed a desire to be heard upon the
question. At a subsequent hearing before the city senators at which a
large quantity of data showing rates in other cities were produced by the
Travelers and merchants' Association, an agreement was reached and the
telephone company's representative, Mr. Bernard Carter, promoted his
assistance in the matter. The outcome of this conference you have all
seen in the newspapers during the past few days. Thanks to the
intelligent efforts of the officials of the Travelers and Merchants'
Association, the fairness of the telephone company, and in part at least,
to the work of your humble servant, we are to have lower telephone rates,
a consummation devoutly to be wished.
-Baltimore Sun, 10/25, 1910
"Congressman-elect Linthicum, of Baltimore, and
Congressman-elect Lewis, of Western Maryland, have declared themselves in
favor of granting the right of the ballot to women-Denton
Journal, Saturday, November 19,1910 p.2.
"Linthicum on the
Tariff. Democratic Candidate opens Campaign in Eleventh Ward. Mr. J.
Charles Linthicum, Democratic candidate for congress in the Fourth
congressional district, inaugurated his campaign last night with an
address before the Eleventh Ward Democratic Association at Beethoven Hall,
on North Howard Street.
The candidate was the
principal speaker, and he devoted his remarks to the tariff which he
declared to be the keynote of this campaign. He held that the
increased cost of living was directly due to what he termed the high
protective tariff levied upon the necessaries of life by the Republican
Party. He said:
"The tariff
necessarily breeds extravagance in the public expenses of our country.
The Republican party recognizes that if there was a large surpluses held
aside in the treasury at Washington, the American people would not stand
for the heavy and excessive taxation which they are now enduring; they
would not pay the present prices for things which they need in their
every-day life, and would cry out loud and strong against this onerous
tax. The only reason for this heavy taxation is that the money is needed
for expenses of government and therefore, it becomes necessary for the
Republican party to keep the expenses of government sufficiently high to
require every cent of the present taxation and even then leave a
deficiency.
The per capita
appropriation by Congress jumped from $6 in 1890 to over $12 in 1910, and
the prices of the hundred lending commodities advanced 56 per cent.
Senator Aldrich himself tells us that the waste at Washington amounts to
$300,000,000 which could be saved by an economic administration of the
government. Why should a woman be compelled to pay $10. for woolen dress
goods when $4.87 represents the value of the goods and $5.18 the amount of
the tariff and a like exorbitant tax upon practically everything else
which is eaten and worn in the family while $300,000,000 are wasted at
Washington? I tell you, my friends, that if you would have relief from
what you are now enduring you must now gain control of Congress and in
1912 of the presidency itself. The only people who are becoming richer
under the present system is the man or men who are promoting the trusts
exploiting railroads or the public domain. My quarrel is with the men who
created these conditions and who are responsible for their continuance.
And these, my hearers are your lawmakers, the men who made your tariff
laws your railway laws, etc. This question of tariff and the cost of
living is now being placed firmly before the American people and it will
be for them to say whether or not they intend to stand for the present
taxation and the present extravagance of the Republican party or whether
they intend to begin now by capturing the House of Representatives and
leaving the foundation for a government by the Democratic party, which has
always been and is today close to the people.-
Newspaper 1910
"There will
undoubtedly be an interesting primary fight for the nomination in the
Fourth district, where it is believed the nomination is equivalent to
election. Congressman John Gill, Jr., has informed his friends that he is
a candidate for re-nomination. Although he has not yet made any formal
announcement, it is believed that State Senator J. Charles Linthicum will
be a candidate. Senator Linthicum is regarded as one of the hardest
fighters in the city and can be expected to conduct a forceful and
vigorous campaign. Two years ago his friends urged him to enter the
fight, but because of his personal relationship with Mr. Gill he declined
to do so. At that time, it is said, his friends understood that Mr.. Gill
would not be a candidate again and that Senator Linthicum, who still had
one more term to serve as a Senator, would be given a clear field."
-Denton Journal | Denton, Maryland |
Saturday, April 30, 1910 | Page 2
Urges Church to Fight
Mr. Linthicum Declares
That War On High Prices is Duty
Cites Psalmist as
Example
Candidate For Congress
Makes A Notable Address Before Epworth League In Hampden Church.
State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum, who is seeking the Democratic nomination for Congress
in the Fourth district, addressed the Epworth League of Grace Methodist
Episcopal Church, Hampden, last evening.
He said, in part:
"I feel that your
league is a great adjunct to the church in its work for the uplift of
mankind, that it is capable of doing an immense work in the interest of
the whole people, that by virtue of its organization it can go beyond the
strict confines of church work and can delve into those things that go to
build up the body as well as those things which purify and make more
beautiful the soul of man.
Today we see religion
in everything and nothing of human concern is foreign to true religion. I
take it that to deal fairly and squarely with your fellow men is as much a
part of religion as worship itself.
Tonight I want to call
your attention to a field which you perhaps have considered too much of a
political nature to allow your league to enter. I wish to call your
attention to the high cost of living in our country. And if I were a
minister I should take as my text the one upon which the Rev. Mr. Drake
preached recently at Beverly, Mass. and from whos remarks I have gathered
many of my thoughts and expressions. Hi text was from Matthew, xxiii 4,
"They bind heavy burdens, grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's
shoulders, but they themselves will not move them with their finger"
Our Lord was here
referring to the moneyed class and rich clergy who made the lives of their
victims almost unbearable jus as the gigantic trusts and combines are
making the life of our poorer classes by the high cost of the necessaries
of life. We cannot in this age pick other people's corn when we are
hungry, nor pluck figs by the b..? as was possible in those days. Man must
today earn his living by the sweat of his brow. In this age of plenty and
to spare, in a country blessed as no other in the world with God's great
bounty, people are not wrong in desiring some of the good things spread
about them-they are not wrong in desiring some of those luxuries which go
to make life worth living. If it were not so intended we would not have
been created with this love for the blessings of life and an ample
capacity for the digestion of food.
This is not a
political question; it is a humanitarian question. It must be solved not
by a political party, it is work for associations like your league, for
the church people and for all those who are interested in the welfare and
prosperity of this great American nation.
Don't be afraid to
tackle this question. It is the vital issue of the age. Do not let people
tell you it is solely a political question: it is not, it is the people's
question. It is that question which involves the welfare of the human
body, the house wherein dwells the soul of man.
Over one of the
portals of that magnificent library at Washington is a motto which tells
us that the greatest temple of the world is the human body. Then why stand
idle and see men combine in monopolize or corner those things which go to
build and maintain this wonderful piece of mechanism. It is our duty to
cry out, as did the Psalmist, and thank God that He has given us hands to
war and fingers to fight so that we may fight any trust, any taxation, any
combine, or any men who corner the market for the purpose of increasing
the price of the necessities of life for personal gain.
-The Sun., August 3, 1910, Vol.
CXLVII, Issue 79, p.8.
The Late Mrs. Laura E. Linthicum
State Senator's Mother To Be Buried Today
The funeral of Mrs. Laura E. Linthicum mother of
State Senator J. Charles Linthicum, who died at the home of her son, Mr.
Sweetser Linthicum, Jr., at Linthicum Heights, Anne Arundel county,
Saturday, will take place this afternoon from the home of her son.
Services will be conducted by the Rev. J. K. Gray, former pastor of Holly
Run Methodist Protestant Church assisted by Rev. W. B. Hanks of the
Brooklyn Methodist Protestant Church. Burial will be in the family burial
ground near Linthicum Station. The pallbearers will be her eight
grandsons-Dre. Charles Edgar, Messrs Sweetser L., George McGaw Benson,
Joseph B., William C. and Walter Linthicum, Grover C. and R. Luther
Shipley Jr.-p. 76, 1910
Working for Mr.
Linthicum
Congressional Aspirant
Ceases Activity Because of Mother's Death
Because of the death
of his mother State Senator J. Charles Linthicum, Democratic candidate for
the Congressional nomination in the Fourth district has ceased political
activities. He expects, however, to resume his campaign tomorrow.
In the meantime his
interests are being well looked out for by his supporters. The scheduled
ward and precinct meetings will be held and speeches will be made by his
friends.
The precinct workers
of the Eleventh ward met last night and indorsed Senator Linthicum Police
Justice Tyson presided.
-The Sun, August 16, 1910, Vol.
CXLVII, Issue 92, p.12.
Mr. Linthicum Tours
Ninth
Goes After Voters
After His initiation Into Order of Moose.
State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum, a candidate for the Democratic Congressional nomination
in the Fourth district, is now devoting his entire time to his campaign.
Yesterday the Senator visited a number of places in the downtown sections
of the city and solicited the support of the voters.
Last night, after he
had been initiated into the loyal Order of Moose, the Senator, accompanied
by a number of friends made a tour of the Ninth ward. In this ward the
Senator says he has the support of the organization forces, and his
friends believe he will carry the ward by a plurality of about 1,000
votes.
I am confident of my
nomination, said the Senator. Everywhere I go I am assured by the voters
that they will support me. They like my platform and they believe that I
will faithfully look out for their interests in Congress. As far as I am
concerned, there will be no let up in this campaign. I am going to make
things hum until after every vote is counted. My forces are well organized
in every ward in the district, and already we have begun plans for getting
out our vote. In my judgment, the fight is won.
-The Sun., August 23,1910, Vol.
CXLVII, Issue 99, p. 14.
Hears the Returns At
Rennert and Entertains Workers
His Campaign to be
Short
He Will Carry The
Fourth "Hands Down," He Asserts-Attributes Victory to Record and Friends.
Seated at the
telephone in his apartment at the Rennert Hotel yesterday State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum received the news of his nomination by the Democrats of
the Fourth district for the next race for Congress. With him were Mrs.
Linthicum, Police Justice Alva H. Tyson and several of his trusted
lieutenants.
It is a great victory,
said the Senator when it became known about 6o'clock that he had received
600 plurality in the precincts so far heard from. One by one the list of
the wards was gone over, and before many minutes rolled around the news
was passed from man to man at the hotel that Linthicum had won the fight.
Seizing his friends by
the hand as they came in to offer congratulations Senator Linthicum did
not allow them to pass the word, but extended his heartfelt thanks before
they could say anything. Finally the group gathered in the reception room
of the apartment until everyone practically who had conducted the battle
in the wards had arrived. Then the telephone rang again and this message
came over the wire. "Your candidate has carried the district by more than
1,000 votes."
Well, boys, said the
Senator, we'll go down to the dining room. I think that is the best way to
settle this question.
Every man filed out of
the room and went downstairs.
Seated about the table
at 8 o'clock, with Senator Linthicum as host, those present unburdened
themselves with the latest news of the way things went in the precincts.
As the hilarity was at its highest another worker came in and said final
returns showed the candidate had won by 1,600 votes.
I will make the fight
for election, said the nominee largely on the tariff. I favor a low
schedule, and like every real Democrat believe that is the only salvation
of the country. I have brought all this out in my campaign for the
nomination and the people know that I will carry out what I say if
elected. That is why I got such a large vote.
I am not in favor of a
long campaign. I think it should last about four weeks. Everyone will want
a rest from a discussion of the issue and I am satisfied that the results
will be better for both sides if the fight is made in the last month.
If elected in November
I shall make my home in Washington for the next two years and devote my
time exclusively to the interests of my constituents I shall try to carry
out every pledge made by me or for me in the fight just ended.
I shall confine my
efforts largely to literature. I found this very effective in the primary
fight and think it will be equally so in the general election. There may
be some big meetings at the Lyric in which orators may be invited to take
part from other parts of the State. We will carry the district hands down.
Mr. Linthicum said he
attributed his nomination to his record in the Legislature, in which he
served two terms, and the fact that he had the support of some of the best
workers in the party. He did not forget his friends, saying emphatically
that tey, perhaps, were principally responsible for his victory.
-The Sun., August 31, 1910,
Vol. CXLVII, Issue: 107, p. 14.
"State Senator J.
Charles Linthicum, candidate in the Fourth district, said: "I have no
doubt but that I shall receive a very handsome plurality. The voters know
that they have been badly treated by the violation of the pledge by the
Republican party in 1908, when they were promised a reduction in the
tariff, and they feel that to allow the Republicans to control the next
Congress will merely mean the appointment of a commission to recommend
changes in the tariff, with no power to put into execution any of their
recommendations, and there will be a consequent delay of several years
before anything can be done. "For that reason, and for the desire of
prompt action, not only of the Democrats, but many persons who have
heretofore voted independently, are taking sides with the Democratic
party, and I, therefore, feel that I shall far eclipse even the handsome
plurality which was obtained in my district two years ago.
-Both Sides
Sanguine.", The Washington Post., Nov. 6, 1910, pg. 9.
"Baltimore, Nov. 8-
Maryland elected five Democrats and one republican representative, a gain
of two for the Democrats……Maryland Congressmen Third -J. Charles Linthicum,
Democrat."
(Of interest: "In
Anne Arundel county the names of the congressional candidates were so
placed on the ticket as to confuse the illiterate negro voters. In one
precinct two sets of ballots were used. Contrary to law, one for the white
voter and another for the negro."
-"Lewis Beats Warner",
The Washington Post, Nov. 9, 1910, pg. 2.
(in response to a
questionnaire concerning views on revising the tariff) "Your letter was
duly received, but I have not answered same because I felt being an
entirely new member, it is my duty to ascertain, in so far as I can , the
sentiments of my constituents before laying down any definite line of
policy. I may say, however, that I was elected upon a platform which
declared that "our firm adherence to the fundamental principle that tariff
taxation is constitutional for the single purpose of producing funds
necessary for the support of the government, economically administered." I
shall adhere to this policy throughout my term of office. We are
endeavoring in Baltimore to secure a meeting of the Democracy to discuss
National issues and questions. After this meeting I shall probably be in
a better position to express my views more in detail. J. Charles
Linthicum, Baltimore, Md.
-"Tariff Views of
Congressmen". New York Times., Dec 4, 1910,pg. 9.
"Maryland will have
four new members in the next House,…..J. Charles Linthicum, who succeeds
John Gill, jr,….
-"In the Political
Arena", The Washington Post., March 22,1911, pg. 5.
Linthicum Ore Banks [210]. — Two large banks and
several
smaller openings are on the property of Hon. J. Charles Linthicum,
one mile southeast of Jessup. One opening is about 250 by 100 feet;
and the other, to the south of it, 400 feet in diameter, and they were
worked to a depth of 30 feet. At the time they were most extensively
worked, they belonged to Dr. A. S. Linthicum, who obtained
a royalty of 50c. per ton. As high as thirty to forty men were engaged
in mining here, and the weekly output ran from 40 to 60
tons. The output in 1880 is given at 2200 tons. The upper part
of the banks yielded hematite containing 46.79 per cent. Fe;1 and
the bottom, nodules of carbonate ore with 37.60 per cent. Fe.
The product went mostly to the furnaces at Baltimore, and some to Muirkirk.
They have not been worked for more than fifteen years.
-The Iron Ores of Maryland: With an
Account of the Iron Industry, Joseph Theophilus Singewald, 1911.p.282.
For Peanut Culture
Congressman Linthicum
Will Introduce Planting in State
Claims much money in
them
Congressman J. Chas.
Linthicum one of the Democratic members from Maryland, believes that the
peanut, the real circus food-is more important than peanut politics. He
has determined to do all he can to introduce peanut culture into his State
so that it may challenge the fame of Virginia and the Carolinas. In his
first prowl through the intellectual treasuries of the Federal Government
he was impressed by the fact that the National Government, in spite of
occasional ventures into peanut politics, has, by no means ignored the nut
itself. In fact, the literature on the subject in the form of books,
pamphlets, reports, surveys and scholarly studies has convinced Mr.
Linthicum that the Government has almost gone nutty on the subject. Being
an ardent lover of politics and peanuts, Mr. Linthicum was glad to learn
that the Federal Government, in spite of the unmistakable partisan spirit
so often shown has managed to separate the two.
To Send Out Literature
Knowing something of
peanuts from years of experience with them, Mr. Linthicum finds that he
can give to the great storehouse of literature his own endorsement and he
is going to mail some of it to his constituents. There are no snakes in
the official peanut literature. It is all true and very solemn. The
reason Mr. Linthicum appreciates this sober and authentic tone is based on
the experience of his childhood. Belonging to the Linthicum family of
"strawberry kings" of Anne Arundel county, young Linthicum and his
brothers learned little of other special crops. He knew no more of
peanuts than the average lad of the city streets until a friend told him
that he could get rich quick by raising peanuts. He and one of his
brothers tried it. The friend imposed upon their simple faith by telling
them it would be necessary to get up every morning at 4 o'clock and
sprinkle fresh dirt on the plants. Dreaming the night through of the
wealth that would be theirs, the Linthicum lads thus learned the habit of
early rising that has stood by them ever since. Their peanuts were no
better than others raised without the early morning life, and they learned
they had been made victims of a practical joke.
Takes Goobers
Seriously
Since then Mr.
Linthicum has taken peanuts seriously. He is keen on this peanut
question. If it comes up in debate, he will show the House of
Representatives that Maryland has made no mistake in electing him, for
there are few peanut experts in the House. In Congress, it is said by
those who know, every member is nutty on some subject, and this is thought
to be the chief reason why Congress is so human and so interesting.
Back to the peanut and
Mr. Linthicum. He says there are millions of dollars in them, and he wants
to see Maryland get some of these millions which Virginia and the
Carolinas for so many years have been getting.
Couldn't Find Nuts
Seriously as he takes
peanuts Mr. Linthicum unconsciously played a joke on a lady to whom he
gave some of his choicest specimens for planting. A year later she told
him that the plants sprouted beautifully but that she saw no peanuts.
Here is a footnote to go with her statement for the benefit who know
peanuts only as refreshments for the top gallery at a melodrama or as
baseball and circus rarebits. Peanuts grow under ground like potatoes.
The lady did not know this.
Mr. Linthicum intends
to look up other information on peanuts accumulated by the United States
Government which is now at his disposal. He will send to physicians what
he thinks will most interest them, to lawyers what will please them most
and will try to distribute other pamphlets so they will do the most good.
-Frederick News, Tuesday, April
25, 1911, p.8.
Habits of True House
Flies
Described in Book
Distributed by Congressman Linthicum
Impressed with the
dangers of house flies Congress J. Charles Linthicum has arranged for the
distribution of a large number of copies of a bulletin recently issued by
the Department of Agriculture which deals with the problem in a common
sense and very practical manner…
-Frederick News, Thursday,
August 31, 1911, p. 8.
Lobbyist Steele had
found the influential legislators he needed to secure passage of the bill.
Both Gill (John N. Jr.) and Linthicum were Democrats from
Baltimore's Third Legislative District, the District in which Mt. Vernon
Place was located. While not clearly identified with the reform element,
they were politically independent and ambitious. Later, in 1904 Gill
successfully ran for Congress and Linthicum, with Gill's support staged n
upset victory to fill Gill's state Senate seat to the chagrin of Boss
Isaac Rasin. Years later, in 1911, Linthicum succeeded to Gill's seat in
Congress. Whether their support of the Mt. Vernon Place height limit
garnered them support in subsequent elections is unknown. the most obvious
reason why they supported the law is because they lived in the
neighborhood., Linthicum lived in the 700 block of St. Paul Street at the
easterly perimeter of the Place; Gill lived on Charles Street, three
blocks north of the squares.
-"High Society: The Building Height
Limitation on Baltimore's Mt. Vernon Place.", Garret Power, In:
Maryland Historical Magazine., Vol. 79, No. 3, Fall. 1984, p. 197.
"Mr. and Mrs. J.
Charles Linthicum have sent out invitations for a reception at the
Congressional Club Monday evening, February 12, from 9 to 11 o'clock."
-"Miss Taft Dinner
Guest of Dr. and Mrs. Whiting.", The Washington Post., Feb. 7,
1912.
"Maryland night was
celebrated last night at the Congressional Club. Representative and Mrs.
J. Charles Linthicum, of Maryland were hosts there at a large reception.
The guests were persons high in Washington and Maryland circles, who
thronged the clubhouse from 9 till 11 o'clock.
Maryland colors were
everywhere, the State flag with the national flag festooning the walls.
Ribbon of oriole, yellow, and black caught back the draperies of green
vines that hung in the doorways and black-eyed Susan, the flower of the
State, dotted the vine-entwined balustrade. The mantels were banked with
jonquils and the supper table was elaborately decorated with golden gate
roses.
Receiving with Mr. and
Mrs. Linthicum were Mrs. Camp Clark and Mrs. J.H. Preston wife of the
mayor of Baltimore Mrs. Linthicum wore a handsome own of white paten with
a large overdress and diamond ornaments……
-The Washington Post,
Washington,
District Of Columbia, Tuesday, February 13, 1912 ,Page 8
"Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum will be at home today at the Dresden for the last time this
season. Mrs. Linthicum will go to New York on Thursday.,"
-"Brilliant Costume
Ball Given at the Playhouse.", The Washington Post., Feb. 20, 1912,
pg. 7.
(humor) "Newly made
Representatives Indulge in Mock Clash Over Bill to "Protect Cat
Industry"-Catnip Placed on Free List, And Plea is made for Catsup-…Catnip
was placed on the free list. The catsup industry was stirringly upheld by
Representative Linthicum, of Maryland…"
-"House "Babies"
Frolic. 100 First-Termers in Congress Banquet at Rauscher's. Stage
Burlesque on Elders." The Washington Post, March 27, 1912. pg. 3.
"Members of the
Women's National Democratic Association in Baltimore…Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum (photo center)"
-"Assail Ohio Unit
Rule", The Washington Post, June 22,1912.
"Social Leaders who
will attend…Second row…Mrs. Charles Linthicum.." (photo) "Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum, wife of Representative Linthicum, will have a large house
party at her suburban Baltimore home. She is one of the wealthy women of
the congressional circle, and gave a number of handsome entertainments in
Washington last winter.." (Democratic Party Convention in Baltimore)
-"Some of the Notable
Women Who Will Be in the Armory Hall to Watch Political L…", The
Washington Post, June 23, 1912.
"The Democratic caucus
called for to-night to rescind its previous ban against any new
battleships proved a fiasco….(J. Charles Linthicum listed as present)
-"No Battleship Men
Prevent a Caucus, No Quorum at Democrats' Meeting Called to Rescind Ban on
Naval Increase.,",The New York Times, Aug. 7, 1912, pg. 11.
The Woman's National
Democratic League and its Aims, Lucia R. Maxwell, Washington, D.C., Aug.
22….
Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum Entertained the executive Board at its first special meeting at
the New Willard in Washington early in June. A charming luncheon was
served, including such goodies as fresh strawberries, a delicious fruit
salad, sandwiches and frappe. And again at the first regular meeting of
the executive board held at the Hotel Belvidere, in Baltimore. Mrs.
Linthicum had generously provided a suite on the parlor floor for the use
of the board and at the close of the meeting a breakfast was served in one
of the suite parlors. The menu was chilled chicken broth served in cups;
stuffed crabs, sandwiches of pimentos and caviar; Belvidere salad, café
parfall proved most satisfying.
At the close of the
breakfast, Mrs. Linthicum responding to the toast to the hostess said;
"I have great ambition
for this league. It is a great league, and I want it to be as great and
permanent a memorial to the democratic women of this country as the
Daughters of the American Revolution and its beautiful building in
Washington is to the patriotic women of this land. And to accomplish this
we must work. As co-members let us pledge ourselves to the league, and I
would like to second a proposal of our president that this board meeting
and all that has transpired as at all future board meetings be like the
king's court, kept within its walls."
-Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette.,
Fort Wayne, Indiana, Sunday, August 25, 1912.
"Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum, of Baltimore, entertained the members of the executive
committee at the after their protracted meetings yesterday afternoon.
"Fair Democrats
Split.", The Washington Post., Jan. 8, 1913, pg.1.
"Representative J.
Charles Linthicum, of Maryland, and Mrs. Linthicum entertained at dinner
last night at their apartment at the Dresden in celebration of the
fifteenth anniversary of their marriage…."
-"President and Mrs.
Wilson Spend Quiet Day At Home.", The Washington Post, March
10, 1913, pg.7
-Baltimore Sun June 12, 1913
Messrs Preston, Mahon,
Kelly And Ways Among His Guests
Congressman J. Charles
Linthicum gave a diner to several friends last night at his home,
Linthicum Heights. The guests included Mayor Preston, John J. Mahon, John
S. ("Frank" ) Kelly, John L. Sanford, Max Ways, City Councilman Edward
Gross, of the Eighteenth Ward; Charles F. Trace, manager of the White
Motor Company, and some members of the House of Correction Board.
It was just a little
social affair, said the Congressman, after his guests had left for the
city. Pllitics was not once mentioned. My place is now in its summer
prime, with the ramblers and other flowers in full bloom. Some of my
friends said they would like to pay me a little visit, so I invited them
all out to dinner.
The table decorations
included some beautiful flowers given Mrs. Linthicum in Albany yesterday
by Mrs. Sulser, wife of Governor Sulser, of New York. Mrs. Linthicum
stopped at Albany on her way home from Saratoga Springs. She and Mrs.
Sulser are warm friends.
-The Sun., June 13, 1913, Vol.
CLIII, Issue 28, p. 16.
For 35-Foot Harbor
Mr. Linthicum To Ask
Congress To Have Basin Surveyed And Deepened
A bill directing the
Government to provide the Baltimore harbor with a 35-foot depth from Fort
McHenry to the inner harbor piers and wharves will be introduced in the
House within the next few days by Congressman J. Charles Linthicum, of
Maryland. He made this announcement yesterday while commenting upon the
army engineers' report affecting this city.
The Baltimore harbor
was not discriminated against in the army engineers' report, said Mr.
Linthicum. The engineers stated that the $450,000 is now available for
widening the York Spit channel to 1,000 feet was sufficient for that
purpose and no more money was needed. That is the only project not
completed relating to the Baltimore harbor.
I have drafted a bill
in which I will ask for a survey of the harbor from Fort McHenry to the
wharves and piers in the two arms of the harbor in order to provide a
35-foot depth. The depth from Fort McHenry to the steamship piers and
docks in the inner harbor is now 31 feet. The channel from the sea to
Fort McHenry is 35 feet.
I have talked this
matter over with Representative Covington and he advises me to urge a 35
-foot depth from Fort McHenry to the piers and wharves in the inner harbor
rather than try to obtain a 40-foot channel from Fort McHenry to the sea.
When we get the new depth throughout the entire harbor, then the 40-foot
project can be pushed in Congress
-The Sun., December 10,1913,
Vol, CLIV, Issue 24, p. 5.
-National Star Spangled Banner Celebration, Baltimore, Maryland,
September 6 to 13, 1914., National star-spangled banner centenial
commission, 1914.
Urges Federal Laws to
Protect Fish in Our Rivers. Atlantic City, N.J. May.8- Unless the federal
government takes immediate action to regulate the use of nets and
pollution of streams, the run of fish in the rivers of the county soon
will be exhausted and a great number of persons employed in the fish
industry will be thrown out of work.
This was the
statement made today by Representative Charles Linthicum of Maryland in an
address before the annual convention of the National Association of
Shellfish Commissioners in session here. "The run of fish in our rivers."
added the speaker. "has decreased from 29 to 80 per cent. in the last few
years because of the failure of the government to restrict the wanton
waste."
-Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette | Fort
Wayne, Indiana | Saturday, May 09, 1914 | Page 13
"Representative J.
Charles Linthicum, of Maryland, author of a bill to place migratory fish
under Federal control, addressed the society on "Why the States Have Been
Unable to Protect Our Food Fish." Mr. Linthicum said that migratory fish
had not been adequately protected because the States had been at
loggerheads. If satisfactory results were to be obtained, he added, all
states would have to work together."
-"Federal Control of
Fish. Linthicum Tells Fisheries Convention States Should Cooperate.",
The Washington Post, Oct. 2, 1914, pg. 11.
"For the House of
Representatives the Democrats have elected….in the Second District:
J. Charles Linthicum…"
-"Maryland"., The
New York Times, Nov. 4, 1914, pg. 2.
"Linthicum to Start
Governor Fight here. Former School Teacher Formally Announces Candidacy.
In Frederick Tomorrow. Democratic Congressman from Fourth District Shies
(? Hat in Ring Early,-A Handshaking Tour of Western Maryland. Announcing
yesterday his intention of becoming a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor Congressman J. Charles Linthicum will open his
campaign in Frederick county tomorrow. Mr. Linthicum is the first to toss
his hat into the Gubernatorial ring. He was re-elected to Congress from
the Fourth District this fall by a plurality of more than 7,000.
Taught School in This
County. "I shall go straight to the people and ask them for nomination."
said Congressman Linthicum. "With this idea in view I am going to
Frederick on Saturday, when there is usually a big crowd in town and meet
as many as I can. I formerly taught school in Frederick county and know
many of its residents. I shall tell the people of the state frankly that I
should like to be Governor. I shall ask them to consider what I have done
as State Senator and member of Congress, and if they find that my record
is a good one, ask their support for the Governorship. (photo) "I will
spend the greater part of the time between this date and the convening of
Congress early in December in traveling over the State, and into every
county if possible. After Congress convenes I shall be very busy
with my duties in Washington. That is the reason I am beginning at
this time. I expect to stay with friends in Frederick over Sunday, and may
return to Baltimore, Monday or I may go straight on to Hagerstown.
In any case I will be in Hagerstown within a few days, and from there I
expect to go through Western Maryland. The week after I intend to be
on the Eastern Shore."
Congressman Linthicum
has been in active political life since 1903 when he was elected to the
house of Delegates. In 1905 after a spirited primary fight. Mr. Linthicum
was nominated for the State Senate and elected, and re-elected two years
later.
He was a candidate
for the Democratic nomination for Mayor of Baltimore in 1907 against J.
Barry Mahool and George Stewart ("Stovey") Brown, but after a lively
contest came out second best. He was elected a Presidential elector in
1908 and the same year was appointed by Governor Crothers as
judge-advocate-general upon his staff. Mr. Linthicum won, in 1910, the
three-cornered contest for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the
Fourth district. He was elected and was re-elected in 1912, and again this
fall. Born in Anne Arundel County, Mr. Linthicum is a Johns Hopkins man
and a graduate of the University of Maryland Law School. He taught school
in Frederick and Anne Arundel for a while before going into the law.
Backed by "Frank"
Kelly. Mr. Linthicum has been considered the close political friend of
"Frank" Kelly and to be aligned with the Kelly wing of the Baltimore
Democratic organization.
The entry of Mr.
Linthicum into the arena this early will, it is expected, incite a number
of other receptive candidates to make the plunge. He has forestalled
Congressman Jesse D. Price State Comptroller Emerson C. Harrington, State
Senator Carville D. Benson and others who are credited with listening
attentively to the buzzing of that gubernatorial bee.
Mr. Linthicum has many
friends in Frederick. Mayor Lewis H. Fraley is said to be favorable to his
candidacy, and has been heard to speak very warmly of the former Frederick
countian.
-News | Frederick, Maryland | Friday,
November 13, 1914 | Page 3
Linthicum to Speak at
Braddock
Congressman J. Charles
Linthicum of the Fourth District who is a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor will make an address at the Lutheran church at
Braddock next Sunday evening at 7:30 o'clock. Congressman Linthicum, when
he taught school at Braddock nearly thirty years ago, attended this
church.
-The Frederick News,
Tuesday, November 24, 1914, p. 4.
Congressman At Police
Station
Mr. Linthicum Calls On
Night Force Of Frederick-He Taught One "Cop"
"Hello, there!" A
cheery greeting from a big auto which had stopped suddenly in front of the
City Hall last night caused Policeman Charles Hoffman to turn.
"well, well," said
that officer, turning to Chief Hoffman, "here's my old school teacher."
The man who had
greeted him so Cheerily was Congressman J. Charles Linthicum candidate for
the Democratic nomination for the governorship, who taught the policeman
in the old school house at Braddock, 28 years ago.
In response to an
invitation. Mr. Linthicum was soon seated behind the desk in the police
station, talking chummily with the night force of the department and
exchanging reminiscences of the days when they were scholar and teacher,
with Policeman Hoffman.
Remember how Glen used
to play the violin? Inquired Mr. Linthicum," Yes, and how you used to play
ball with us at recess?"
"Had some great games,
didn't we?" asked the former school teacher. "It was a great school in
those days."
At Braddock Church.
Mr. Linthicum was on
his way home to Baltimore from Braddock, where he was te principal speaker
at the missionary services in the Lutheran church, of which the Rev. S. A.
Hedges is pastor. With him were his brother, Wade H. Linthicum and Col.
J.A. Wickham.
Mr Linthicum has just
completed a campaign trip over Western Maryland and during his
conversation told the policeman that "things look mighty fine for a
Democratic cleanup at the gubernatorial election."
I think we can win
this time. Up in Western Maryland everybody seems in line and I don't
think there will be any trouble in poling a Democratic Majority," he said.
He was assured of
hearty support by the policemen present, who included Chief George
Hoffman, Desk Sergeant John Englebright, Policeman Charles Hoffman and
John Adams.
Told of Holy Land
At the Braddock
Lutheran church, last night, he talked on a trip he recently made through
Constantinople and the Holy Land. An enthusiastic audience, among which
were ten or fifteen of his former school pupils heard the address.
At the service William
Summers also made an address and S.L. Bast presided. Recitations were
given by Miss. Nellie Blentlinger, Miss Rubie Cline and Miss. Mabel
Hoffman. Charles Kline gave a reading and special music was rendered by
the choir under the direction of Frank Grove, with Miss. Lucy Staley as
organist.
While in Braddock
Congressman Linthicum and his party were entertained at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. S.L. Rast. From here they went direct to Baltimore and today Mr.
Linthicum will begin his campaign work on the Eastern Shore.
5. Below will be found
excerpts from remarks on rural
credits in the House of Representatives, in the debate on
the McCumber amendment to the Agricultural Appropriation
Bill.
HON. J. CHARLES
LINTHICUM, OF MARYLAND : "
The Federal Reserve Act provides for loans whereby the
farmer may borrow from the bank for a term of years;
but the truth of the situation is that the banks do not
want to lend to the farmer. The banks depend for their
profit upon the constant investment of their money. If all
their money was loaned out in long-time loans, it would
not be possible to pay running expenses and the proper
dividends. The banking system as now established is evidently
for the commercial, business, and financial interests
of the land. While I say it is the best system ever adopted
in this country and the finest piece of constructive legislation
passed within the
last fifty years, the fact still remains
that even with the changes made in this system it
does not serve the interest of the farmer, and the consequence
is that not alone is it impossible for him to obtain
money, but when he does obtain it it costs him a much
larger rate of interest than it does the other pursuits of
life."
-Land Credits: A
Plea for the American Farmer., Dick Thompson Morgan Thomas Y. Crowell
Company, 1915, p.204
Congressman J.
Charles Linthicum, in a speech on Tuesday night last, withdrew from the
contest for the Governorship.
-Denton Journal | Denton, Maryland |
Saturday, May 29, 1915 | Page 2
PRESIDING OFFICER BENNET: This beautiful and
characteristic
address will be fittingly responded to by the Honorable
J. Charles Linthicum, of Maryland.
RESPONSE OF HON. J. CHARLES LINTHICUM
A Representative in Congress from the State of Maryland
Mr. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: I think if there is
one thing which has been thoroughly demonstrated at these
meetings it is that the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association
is no place for a pessimist. I heard a story which I think
would be apropos of this, about two frogs.
There were two frogs moving around a can of milk that
was standing near the railroad track at one of the country stations
near Baltimore, waiting to be loaded on the train and
taken to town. In some way one of the frogs fell into the
can of milk, and then the other fell in. The first frog was a
pessimist, and he said, "Well, it is all up," and he sank. The
second frog said, "I am going to try to get out. I am going
to make every effort to get out," and he kept on swimming
and paddling and working and fussing around in that can of
milk until the next morning when the can was opened at Baltimore,
lo and behold, the optimistic frog was sitting upon a
pat of butter. His persevering efforts had saved his life! (
Laughter.)
Now I feel that this Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association,
with its enterprise, its push and its ambition, is bound
to succeed in this great project that we have undertaken.
There were those who thought perhaps it was a great undertaking
and who jeered at the suggestion, but many who formerly
criticized it are now enrolled in its ranks. (Applause.)
And if there is one thing that this meeting has done, I believe
that it has inspired the members of this Association and the
citizens of Savannah and the invited guests into the belief and
the knowledge that this Association is organized to continue
this splendid work, and this building of the canal, until an
inland waterway from Maine to Florida has been secured.
Now we know very well that Providence docs not complete
things for us. It seems that in the wisdom of Providence certain
work is left for us to do. We are given the land, we arc
given the brains, we are given the sunshine and the rain, but
when it conies to getting the crops we have got to cultivate
the land and plough it and harrow it, and sow the grain and
roll it and then leave it to nature to catch the sunshine and
the necessary water, and then we have got to harvest it and
garner it into the barn. Providence leaves that work for us.
It never completes things, so that man can never lie idly by
and say, "I have nothing further to do." Providence has given
us a splendid line of rivers along the Atlantic seaboard. It
has given us sounds and bays, and all it leaves us to do is to
connect up these threads, the ends of these waterways, the
mouths of these waterways, and to construct this great trunk
line as Congressman Small has said, so that we shall have an
inland waterway completed by man.
Now there is no question in our minds that the whole atmosphere
of Savannah seems to be imbued with hospitality. The
whole atmosphere seems to be imbued with that spirit, and
Savannah has fulfilled all that the late Mayor Davant promised,
in gospel measure, heaped up, pressed down, overflowing.
I cannot say any more than that. To Col. Lawton, as representing
Savannah, I want to say that this Association will go
home feeling better, feeling inspired, and telling those at home
that Savannah is not only a beautiful city, not only a city of
lovely homes, beautiful women and splendid men, but that it
is a place where hospitality reigns everywhere. I hope some
day this Association may determine to meet in that city where
the national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner, was written,
and if so old Baltimore will do all it can to return you the
splendid and kindly greeting and hospitality which you have
extended to the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association during
the time of our convention here. (Applause.)
-Annual Convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association: Report of the Proceedings Atlantic Deeper Waterways
Association,Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, 1916
Item notes: 1915 p.284-285.
"In response to an
inquiry submitted by Representative J. Charles Linthicum of Maryland
seeking information as to whether Federal laws could be invoked in the
situation growing out of the recent compromise between the National,
American, and Federal Leagues, the Department of Justice has given an
opinion that the Sherman law was not violated when the leaders of
organized baseball wiped Baltimore off the major league map in the
agreement for the elimination of the Federal League which included the
Baltimore franchise….Mr. Linthicum said: "The question which prompts this
letter is the one whether or not this is a question coming under the
Sherman law, and, if so, whether there is not so0me Government control
which could be enforced to prevent such a monopoly."
-"Baseball Merger Not
A Monopoly"., The New York Times., Jan. 11,1916, pg. 12.
"Representative
Linthicum Urges Purchase of Jefferson's Home…The purchase of Monticello,
the former home of Thomas Jefferson, by the National Government was
advocated before the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds today
by Representative J. Charles Linthicum of Maryland who has just returned
from a two-day inspection of the property…..He said he felt that the home
of the author of the Declaration of Independence and the founder of the
Democratic party…should be in the possession of the Government…"
-"Would Buy
Monticello.", The New York Times., August 9, 1916, pg. 6.
"Following is a list
of members elected to the next House: …Maryland….4. Democrat…J. Charles
Linthicum"
-"G.O.P. Claims House
by A Narrow Margin.", The Washington Post., Nov. 8, 1916., pg.1.
"Baltimore Matron Who
Is Making Home at the Willard This Session.",(Standalone Photo) Mrs. J.
Charles Linthicum, Wife of the Maryland representative, who has joined her
husband for the remainder of the session of Congress."
-The Washington
Post., Dec. 31, 1916, pg. ES6.
Mr. Linthicum Attacked
Attacked by his
colored chauffeur Congressman J. Charles Linthicum was forced to summon
assistance yesterday morning to subdue the man and hold him for the
police. The stack occurred at the home of the Congressman at Linthicum
Heights.
-Frederick News., Wed. August.
09, 1916, p.4.
"Becomes D.A.R.
Candidate, Mrs. J. C. Linthicum Seeks Nomination as Vice President
General. Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum, wife of Representative Linthicum, of
Maryland, will formally announce her candidacy for nomination for the
office of vice president general, from Maryland of the National Society of
Daughters of the American Revolution at a reception this afternoon, from 4
to 6 o'clock at the Hotel Belvedere, Baltimore, Md. The guests will be
members of the Maryland Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution."-"Leads in Bible Study",
-The Washington Post.,
March
14, 1917, pg. 5.
"Mrs. Lewis' Ticket.
Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis, the administration candidate, has on her ticket
for …..secretary general, Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum, Maryland…"
-"D.A.R. Lobbies
Busy.", The Washington Post., April 15, 1917.
"Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum, of Baltimore, who was an unsuccessful candidate for the
position of corresponding secretary general, presented Mrs. Story, the
retiring president general, a handsome wrist watch"
-"Elect Mrs.
Guernsey", The Washington Post., April 20, 1917.
"Student at Normal
School a
 nephew
of Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum and foster son of Congressman Linthicum and
his wife who has taken the same name by order of court. His name was
formerly John Charles Dillon.
-Baltimore American,
June 20, 1917.
J. C. Linthicum, Jr.,
Now. By a decree signed in the Circuit Court yesterday; John Charles
Dillon, the nephew of Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum and the foster-son of the
Congressman and Mrs. Linthicum, had his name changed to John Charles
Linthicum, being the same a that of the congressman Jack, as he is
familiarly called by his friends and his schoolmates at Time (?) where he
is a student, has, since early childhood been raised and educated by the
Congressman and his wife. He is now 18 years of age, having come to them
when scarcely more than 10.
the Congressman
promised Jack that when he made good in his studies and work and sowed
that he would be a credit to the community he would have his name changed
to that of his own. Jack hopes to be known hereafter as John Charles
Linthicum, Jr.
-Baltimore American, June
20,1917, p. 8.
 J.
Charles Linthicum III, Son of J. Charles Linthicum II. He changed his name
to that of his step father Jordy.-Source: Tid Bitg of
Provence., Jordy, Charles, Bloomington, 2007.
Congressman Linthicum
Sees Bright Business Prospects.
Congressman Linthicum,
who has always taken deep interest in the conservation fo the fish and
oyster industry of the State, and who is likewise very enthusiastic over
the prospects of the National Government making the Chesapeake Bay the
centre of its army and navy activities, is making a tour of the Eastern
Shore of Maryland, together with Mrs. Linthicum, their son Jack, and
niece, Piss. Margaret Linthicum.
Mr. Linthicum is very
optimistic as to the continued prosperity of the country. In talking of
the vast business enterprises of the day and the great corporations and
new manufacturing plants which have been erected , he said that there
could be no doubt that the country is destined for even greater prosperity
that it has experienced the last few years, as great as that has been.
That the vast sums of money that have been appropriated by Congress for
the construction of battleships, merchant marine, army cantonments and
various other National interests; also the large amount of money which is
being invested by numerous merchants and business firms throughout the
country and the huge crops which are being harvested by the farmers and
truckers of the land, cannot help but bring wonderful prosperity to our
people.
It is true, said the
Congressman to a Wicomico News reporter that the war has somewhat
depressing influence upon certain lines of enterprise, but the people are
fast recovering from the little setback and their endeavors are becoming
greater and greater as the war proceeds. They are now looking upon the
war as a thing which must be won with men and money. They are all anxious
and willing to do their part, whether it be the furnishing of their sons
for the war, or the furnishing of the money to carry it on. All things
combined presage a wonderful era in the history of our country, and great
success to our army and navy which are to be sent abroad.
-Denton Journal., Saturday, July 21, 1917, p.2
"Linthicum to Do Bit.
Representative J. Charles Linthicum ha announced that he and Mrs.
Linthicum will spend each Friday evening at the office-217 St. Paul
Street- from 8 to 10 to meet those persons who are unable to see him
during the daytime, in accordance with matters appertaining to loved ones
who are now enlisted in the Army and Navy.
Mrs. Linthicum will do
her part by taking up the troubles of any of the wives and mothers of the
boys.
This week, however,
the first meeting will be held on Saturday night from 8 to 10, owing to
the fact that the Liberty Loan rally will be held at the Lyric on Friday
night.
-10/11,1917, Baltimore American.,
p. 8.
"Linthicum Fifty Years
Old Today. Congressman now on way to the waterways convention in Florida.
Congressman J. Charles Linthicum, who with Mrs. Linthicum and a large
delegation, is en route to Miami, Fla. where he will address the
convention of the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association to be held in that
city….Mr. Linthicum was born November16 (?) 1867, at what is now Linthicum
Heights, and came to Baltimore when 11 years of age to attend the public
schools of this city, and later the State Normal School, Johns Hopkins
University and the University of Maryland, being graduated in law from the
latter institution.
At the age of 19 he
was principal of the Braddock School, Frederick county, Md. and later
principal of the Patapsco Academy in his native county of Anne Arundel.
From the time of his graduation in law Mr. Linthicum has practiced in this
city, and in 1904 entered the state legislature, serving in the House of
Delegates for one term and the State Senate for three terms. Since that
time he has been a member of Congress from the Fourth Maryland District.
During his 14 years of
legislative experience as a representative from Baltimore Mr. Linthicum
was chairman of the city delegation which passed all the legislation for
the reconstruction of Baltimore after the great fire.
Among the things of
which he is most proud is the fact that he was chairman of the State
Normal School Building Commission, when he expanded, together with his
associates, over $800,000 building an institution which is considered the
finest in the country within the appropriation, and will turn back a
surplus of money into the state treasury.
Mr. Linthicum is the
author of the bill under which the immigration Station at Baltimore now
nearing completion, was constructed and by which Fort McHenry was
transferred to the city of Baltimore for a park.
Mr. Linthicum has
always been a strong supporter of harbor and channel improvements and has
obtained from the government for these improvements over a million
dollars. Work under his bill is now in progress in the harbor and in the
channel.
Since being a member
of Congress Mr. Linthicum has gradually worked up to ranking member of the
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House and helped form and report, and
likewise helped in the passage of all legislation going before that
committee in connection with the present war. In addition to being a
member of the above named committee Mr. Linthicum, is also a member of the
Committee on Pensions and the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures.
Under Governor
Crothers Mr. Linthicum was judge advocate general and had the support of
that executive.
Upon their return from
Florida Congressman and Mrs. Linthicum will take up their residence in
Washington for the coming session of congress, which convenes on December
3.
--November 26, 1917,
Baltimore American.
THE PRESIDENT GENERAL: Ladies — Mrs. Linthicum.
(Applause as presented.)
THE PRESIDENT GENERAL: I am very very proud of that
report from Maryland.
And there is also another Daughter, Mrs. Charles J. Linthicum, who
has always made generous and noble responses in the line of national
service.
Is she here? Yes. Mrs. Linthicum, we would love to hear from you at this
time, for I know how splendidly and generously you have served this
organization.
MRS. LINTHICUM: Maryland is heart and hand with you. The love of
country is ours, we are with you in every way, and keep our love of
country at
the right hand. I offer myself, my home, and all I have to the protection
of
our splendid soldiers who are to go forth to the glorious end of peace,
which
I am sure we will have. (Applause.) p. 15...
MRS. BOSLEY: Madam President General, National
Officers, and members of
the 26th Continental Congress : As State Regent of Maryland I wish to
place in
nomination the name of Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum for Corresponding
Secretary
General. (Applause.) Mrs. Linthicum was the unanimous choice of our
Maryland
State Conference, at which she was indorsed for this national office. Mrs.
Linthicum has had years of experience in our wonderful Society, never
refusing at
any time to do what was worthy in service or in any other way that she was
capable of contributing to this great organization.
Mrs. Linthicum's home is in Washington and as many of you know her
husband,
Congressman J. Charles Linthicum, is now residing here, and through him
many important bills, through the influence of Mrs. Linthicum, have been
gotten
through — that is, by his assistance.
I wish to say that Maryland has the greatest confidence in the ability of
our
candidate, and I feel that Maryland has always been conscientious ; and I
believe
that she is the woman for this office. She will make good. She has tact,
consideration,
and loyalty — the three essentials I believe for any candidate to have,
and
ability added to the others.
Ladies, I wish simply to tell you of the national committees that Mrs.
Linthicum
is a member of : The Memorial Continental Hall Committee, Banquet Hall
or Chapter Memorial, National University, International Peace Arbitration,
Legislation
in the United States Congress, Finance — and recently appointed by the
governor of Maryland on the Woman's War Council.
I wish to say in closing that "by their works ye shall know them," and I
wish
to ask your support for Maryland's candidate for Corresponding Secretary
General,
Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum. (Applause.)
THE PRESIDENT GENERAL: I recognize Mrs. Charles B. Bryan, of Tennessee.
MRS. BRYAN : Members : I wish all the candidates in this house were from
Maryland. I do feel so proud to stand before you again in the name of
Maryland,
and to second the nomination of Mrs. Linthicum. She and I have worked here
together
for twenty-one years and she has been a faithful serviteur of this
organization;
and she has been always a most generous and I will
say she has never been a
laggard, nor has she been a hypocritical, apathetic Daughter. The action
of Maryland
in making her a member of the Woman's Council is noteworthy. Her husband
is a distinguished and useful man. He was instrumental in having bills of
tremendous value and import passed ; in having the bones of the author of
the
Star Spangled Banner transferred to Baltimore; and at the ending of the
last
Congress it was Mrs. Linthicum who unfurled the flag, because her husband
was
interested in the 1914 celebration of the "Star Spangled Banner."
Ladies, I hope you will realize the necessity and the importance of
electing
Mrs. Linthicum as your Corresponding Secretary General. (Laughter and
applause.)
THE PRESIDENT GENERAL: Ladies — Mrs. Linthicum. (Applause as presented.)
p. 109-110
Now we have many good friends, and I am delighted in calling on those
who
have served and helped us in a real practical way, and we are favored
quite unexpectedly
in having the distinguished Representative from Maryland, Mr. J. Charles
l.inthicum, who has appeared before committees for us in behalf of
Monticello — I
am taking advantage of this opportunity by calling upon him for a
moment, for
just a brief word or two, feeling that you will wish to meet one of the
men who
has so kindly assisted in the measures that we as a National Society are
trying to
advance. The Hon. J. Charles Linthicum. (Applause.)
MR. LINTHICUM : Madam President General, Ladies of the Daughters of the
American Revolution Convention : I must say this is certainly very
unexpected to
me. I came up here a while ago just to see the convention in session,
and did not
expect to say anything to you. I do want to congratulate the President
General and
those working" in unison with her for the acquisition of Jefferson's old
home,
Monticello. There is certainly no better work that I know of than the
preservation
of these old homes of our forefathers, the men who made this great
Republic of
ours. Certainly if any home ought to be preserved it is that of
Jefferson. (Applause.)
And when the committee asked me whether I did not think $500,000 was
too much for the property, I said I did not think any price was too much
for
Jefferson's old home. (Applause.)
I think this organization has done more toward creating the sentiment
for the
purchase of that property and the acquisition of it by the Government of
the
United States than any other organization could do or will do ;
particularly for this
reason : For years and years you ladies have been working in the
interest of
patriotism — a thing which we to-day want more than anything in this
great country
of ours. (Applause.) And that patriotism on your part has led to the
great work
of the acquisition of Mt. Vernon and other historic homes of the great
men of the
past who have made this country.
I had the pleasure of doing something in the interest of old Fort
McHenry,
that place where the Star-Spangled Banner was written (applause), and we
are
going to take splendid care of that old fort. The United States should
be taking
care of the historic old homestead of the man who wrote the greatest
document in
history — the Declaration of Independence. (Applause.)
I am not going to say anything further except about the letters you are
going
to send to the Congressmen and Senators. We get a great many of them ;
but don't
you believe we don't notice them. We take notice of everything of that
sort, because
there is no person in the world who takes more notice of what is
transpiring
than the Congressman. His ear is to the ground all the time, and he
likes to hear from home. (Applause.) We shall appreciate your letter
on universal military
service ; and let me say that there is no greater work that you can do
than to tell
Congress that you believe in the great work of Thomas Jefferson and
George
Washingon and those to whom we owe this liberty and this respect for the
rights
of humanity. (Applause.) And it is up to us to preserve it with all its
liberty and
if we want to do it we must not wait until the time comes and begin then
to prepare,
but we must begin to prepare now and then look to the future and bring
this
country's -great resources to bear.
In conclusion allow me to congratulate you on the splendid work you have
been
doing for Monticeflo. You have now done much to put the proposition into
shape
and I think that it is going to go through ; I have been down there, all
through it,
and it seems to me it is a great inspiration to go around that old home
where
Thomas Jefferson once lived, and I have often thought when I stood on
the lawn
outside of the old home and looked down toward the magnificent buildings
of the
University of Virginia that Thomas Jefferson established that he looked
to the
future. He thought to himself, "I am not here for very long. These great
principles
of humanity, free government and liberty, I do not want them to die when
I go; and so I am going to found a great university." And there within
sight of
the old home he founded this great University of Virginia, a place for
all people
to come and study those things which Thomas Jefferson himself believed
in, a
place where we might go right to the cradle of democracy and drink of
the spring
right near the home of that great educator of the people. This great
university
was founded so that democratic principles might live; so that government
by the
people and for the people might not fade from the earth. (Applause.)
MRS. MAUPIN : In the name of Virginia I wish to thank you and this
Congress
for all the effort you have put forth for the purchase of Monticello.
There is no
home in these United States of more historic association, with the
exception perhaps
of Mt. Vernon, than Monticello. And Virginia is proud, very proud, and
very grateful to each one of you who have done your part in trying to
persuade
the Government to purchase this home. So many of our homes, so many of
our
beautiful homes of Virginia, belonging even to the Presidents of the
United States,
have gone into the hands of private owners, shut out from all the rest
of the world,
from everybody.
And we thank you. We do appreciate so much your efforts in behalf of
Monticello,
and Daughters, I do hope that the purchase will be ours. (Applause.) -p.229
- Proceedings
of the ... Continental Congress of the National Society of the Daughters
of the American RevolutionmDaughters
of the American Revolution Continental Congress,The
Congress., 1917
"Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum Announces Candidacy to Succeed Herself. Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum, wife of Representative Linthicum, of Maryland, has issued
letters to the various regents of the D.A.R., of Maryland, announcing her
candidacy for election to the chaplaincy of the Maryland Daughters. Mrs.
Linthicum is now filling out the unexpired term of her predecessor.
-"Seeks Md. D.A.R.
Chaplaincy.:, The Washington Post., March 13, 1918.
Hon. J. Charles
Linthicum Back. Congressman J. Charles Linthicum of the Fourth District
arrived in Baltimore Friday after spending a month on the American
fighting line in France
-
Frederick News-Post | Frederick, Maryland | Monday, October
14, 1918 | Page 5
"…By the direction of
the French High Commissioner in Washington, Mme. Cecile Sartoris, who is
at the head of this work and who returned to America in October, 1918,
after a short time spent in France, collecting new data on the devastated
regions under the auspices of the American Embassy in Paris having been
through the invaded districts with the Hon. J. Charles Linthicum, Member
of Congress from Baltimore…
-"French Restoration
Fund.:. The New York Times., Feb. 21, 1919.
…"I feel tat the
League will be formed and that while it will not prevent all wars that it
will reduce them to a minimum. The nations of the world understanding its
rights and the small nations having the protection of this league will
leap forward with great bounds toward prosperity and a better feeling.
Just as soon as the world can be guaranteed tat peace shall prevail and
that all nations are bound together to enforce this peace and to prevent
ruin and bloodshed the quicker will prosperity prevail. It was the
general feeling of those present that one of the greatest documents ever
drawn by a body of men was considered and further that would it successful
prove one of the greatest blessings to humanity ever written. We felt as
a number of members have expressed themselves including several
Republicans that the President was undertaking one of the greatest works
which has ever devolved upon man. From all I can gather it would seem
that the President is by far the leader in this great work and that the
world looks to him and to America back of him for its success. He is the
best informed man upon the subject and one of the ablest at the
conference. As a proof of how much the world looks to him at this time
several of the small nations decided that the United States shall be their
guardian and protect them in the years to come.
It was a wonderful
conference one of the greatest I think in the history of our country
presided over by a great President and I hope from its loins will spring
the peace of the world.
-"Linthicum
Tells of White House Confab.", Fredereick News Post, Monday, March
3, 1919, p. 4
Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum wife of the former (?)r representative from Maryland,
gave a garden at Twin Oaks near Baltimore for a card party yesterday
morning for the patriotic fund of the Baltimore Chapter of the D.A.R.
-The Washington Post., Thursday,
July 3, 1919.
A Friend of Labor
 It
is generally recognized that the thoughts of members of organized labor
are turning towards political action as a result of recent events in the
industrial world.
It would therefore
seem appropriate at this time to call attention to the record of a Member
of Congress who has always exhibited a sympathetic attitude to the
viewpoint of labor on measures pending in Congress. We refer at this time
to the Hon. John Charles Linthicum, a Representative in Congress of the 4th
District of Maryland.
Congressman Linthicum
is now serving his fifth term in Congress having first been elected to
represent his District in the 62nd Congress The day has passed
when organized labor based its judgment of the fitness of men to represent
it in congress upon flowery speeches and pre-election promises. Today
labor is demanding stronger evidence. The Bible says, "By their works ye
shall know them." As applied to Members of Congress we might say that by
their vote we shall know them.
With reference to
Congressman Linthicum we believe that his record in Congress presents a
much stronger recommendation than any complimentary words of ours could
possibly give him. Therefore, a summary is herewith presented of measures
upon all of which Congressman Linthicum voted in the interest of labor.
SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS May 23, 1911— Statehood for
Arizona and New Mexico providing mandatory enactment of the Initiative,
Referendum and Recall. March 28, 1912— Anti-Phosphorus Match Bill. April
2, 1912 — Children's Bureau Bill. May 13, 1912 — Popular Election of
United States Senators. May 14, 1912 — Clayton Injunction Limitation Bill,
rule to consider. May 14, 1912— Final passage Clayton Injunction
Limitation Bill. July 11, 1912— Clayton Contempt Bill; final passage.
December 17, 1912— Literacy Test In Immigration Bill. February 19, 1913—
Immigration Over President's Veto. March 1, 1913 — Workmen's Compensation.
March 4, 1913— Sundry Civil Over Taft's Veto. SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS
February 4, 1914 — Motion to strike out Literacy Test, Immigration Bill.
February 4, 1914 — Final Vote Immigration with Literacy Test. March 4,
1914— Convict Labor Bill. April 17, 1914 — Children's Bureau (Increase
appropriations for). June 5, 1914— Passage Clayton Anti-Trust Bill.
January 15, 1915— Conference Report, Immigration BUI. February 4, 1915 —
Immigration Over Wilson's Veto. February 15, 1915— Palmer Child Labor BUI.
SIXTY-FOURTH CONGRESS February 2, 1916— Keating Child Labor Bill. March
14, 1910— Borland Eight-Hour. March 30, 1916— Recommit an* Strike Out
Literacy Test, Immigration Bill. March 30, 1916 — Final Passage,
Immigration Bill. June 22, 1016— Stop-Watch In Fortifications Bill.
September 1, 1916 — Sterling Amendment In Railroad Men's Eight-Hour Bill.
September 1. 191fl — Final Passage of Railroad Men's Eight-Hour Bill.
December 16. lOifl — Increase Compensation, Government Employees. February
1, 1917— Immigration Over Wilson's Veto. February 15, 1917— Increase
Compensation of Indian Bureau Employees. SIXTY-FIFTH CONGRESS September
13, 1917— War Risk Insurance — Soldiers and Sailors. March 25, 1918—
Madden Amendment Granting Increase to Postal Employees. March 26. 1918 —
Black Amendment to Reduce Increase of Postal Employees. March 26. 1918 —
Final Passage of Postal Employees Increase Bill. May 13, 1918— Borland
Eight-Hour. June 19, 1918 — Naval Appropriation Bill Prohibiting Bonuses.
June 27. 191'' — Naval Appropriation Prohibiting Bonuses. July 1, 1918 —
Borland Eight-Hour over Wilson's Veto.
- Machinists'
Monthly Journal: Devoted to the Technical and Economic Education of the
Members of the I. A. of M..,International Association of
Machinists,1920
MRS. MAUPIN: Madam President General, National
Officers and Daughters
of the Thirtieth Continental Congress: I have the honor and great
privilege
tonight to present to you a candidate for Vice President General from
Maryland.
As a member of a Baltimore Chapter, the oldest and largest in the
State, our candidate has for 23 years given most faithful service and ha&
responded nobly and generously to every worthy appeal. She has served on
many national committees, and for four years has held the office of State
Chaplain. She was endorsed in our State conference, and the Daughters of
Maryland feel that one so loyal and faithful merits this recognition. We
believe,
if elected, our candidate will bring the National Board the same devotion
to the interests of the Society she has always given to our State and
chapter work. She has many friends in this organization, and is too well
known to all of you to need further introduction from Maryland. But every
Maryland Daughter loves her. I present therefore for your election as Vice
President General from Maryland Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum, State Chaplain
of Maryland.
The nomination was seconded by Florida, West Virginia, Tennessee,
Maryland,
Michigan, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Kentucky and New Jersey.
THE PRESIDENT GENERAL: Will Mrs. Linthicum come forward and be introduced.
We will now recognize Mrs. Samuel H. Davis.
Mrs. Linthicum was presented.
-p204
MRS. LINTHICUM (Md.) : I wish personally to present
$50 to the Caroline
Scott Harrison memorial and $50 to the Indian Institute in honor of my
grandson, J. Charles Linthicum, 3rd.
The Chaplain, Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum, from Maryland
organization, has been
most faithful in visiting the sick and sorrowing and always present to
open the
board meetings with prayer. -p.256.
-Proceedings of the Contental
Congress of the National Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution, Daughters of the American Revolution
Continental Congress, 1920,p. 451.
Linthicum Again seeks Reelection
Representative From Fourth District Cites His Record
Favors Beer and Wines
Deeper Channel, New Post Office and Custom House For Baltimore In His
Platform
(Washington Bureau of The Sun.)
Washington, Jan, 9.--Representative J. Charles Linthicum today
announced that he would be a candidate for reelection as a member of the
lower house of Congress from the Fourth Maryland district, to which he was
elected in 1911.
Among the accomplishments which he believes warrant his return to
Congress have been his stand on taxes and tariff; efforts to produce a
40-foot channel 1,000 feet wide for the city of Baltimore: work resulting
in the appropriation of $2,000,000 for the present thirty-fife-foot
channel, and his efforts for the last ten years to obtain a new Post Office
Building for Baltimore.
In an announcement setting forth his claims for return to the House,
beginning with the Seventy-first Congress, Mr. Linthicum said:
"I long ago told my many friends that I would be a candidate for the
nomination and election to the House of Representatives of the
Seventy-first Congress. I now take the opportunity of saying this to the
public who have so valiantly and strongly supported me for a number of
years. I feel that I have accomplished sufficient to warrant my asking
for this return to Congress, as I have devoted my time and energies always
in the interest of my country, state and city.
Supported Economy Measures,
"Aside from my stand on general legislation and that for the reduction
of tariff and taxes , I have always supported an economical government.,
though not a parsimonious one. Through my long service I have reached the
position of ranking Democrat on the Foreign Affairs Committee and as a
result of that position on that committee am also a member of the Foreign
Service Building Commission, the purpose of which is to construct
embassies and office buildings in foreign countries and have already
devoted considerable time to that work both with the commission in this
country and by visits to various locations abroad.'
"My best endeavors are being directed toward the procurement of a 40
-foot channel 1,000 feet wide for the city of Baltimore just as I obtained
some $2,000,000 for the present 35-foot channel. I wish to see the
completion of appropriations for our new postoffice, which I expect to be
one of the handsomest buildings of its kind in the country. I also wish
to procure an appropriation for the construction of a new warehouse for
our customs service, the old one, now about 100 years old, having long
since outlived its usefulness.
Stands For Beer and Wines
"I stand for a modification of the Volstead act and the Eighteenth
Amendment. I believe if we can once again obtain the sale of light wines
and beer and the regulation and sale of strong liquors by the Government
we will have greatly solved this problem and bring about general morality
in the country, which has been so shaken for some years because of the
determination to enforce prohibition.
"I do not believe we can legislate people good any more than we can
perform other miracles. Of course, we are all opposed to the return of
the old saloon system.
Cites Accomplishments
"It may seem that this is a large order, but we must remember that
during my period in Congress I have, with the aid of my associates and
friends, procured a thirty-five-foot channel from the city to the sea,
secured the erection of a modern and up-to-date immigration station,
secured the transfer of Fort McHenry as a national shrine and erection of
a monument to Francis Scott Key therein, and the fort, under my bills will
conform to tits pristine glory as of the War of 1812. The Federal branch
bank was secured by my resolution and will cost with equipment in the
vicinity of a million and a half dollars.
"It will be my intention to follow my usual routine of devoting my time
to local matters, my office work and the legislative matters which come
before the House of Representatives form day to day".
-Baltimore Sun, January 10,1921
"Urges Forest Reserve
for Great Falls Area. Would Protect Washington's Water Supply from
Pollution at Source, Linthicum Says. Immediate steps to stop pollution of
Washington's water supply at its source above the Great Falls of the
Potomac were emphasized in the House yesterday by Representative J.
Charles Linthicum , of Maryland, who urged Congress to buy the land on
each side of the river above the falls and to make of the area a forest
reserve. Mr. Linthicum announced his purpose to introduce the necessary
bill in the near future…Mr. Linthicum said, however, that it seemed poor
policy to filter water in Washington while permitting its pollution at the
source. this latter would be obviated, he said, if the government
controlled the watersheds above Great Falls.
-Washington
Post, The | Washington, District Of Columbia | Tuesday, March 14, 1922 |
Page 4
"All of the other
Maryland members of the House are seeking re-nomination. Representatives
…………J. Charles Linthicum, Democrats….are unopposed in their respective
parties.
-"Maryland to Vote on
Coolidge Today". ,The Washington Post.,, May 5, 1924, pg. 3.
"Fourth District (133
Precincts) Linthicum, 14213; Staum, 10,255."
-"Coolidge Carries
Maryland; Wins in Baltimore by 7,500".,The Washington Post., Nov.
5,1924, pg. 4.
The President's
Message
(By J. Chas.
Linthicum)
There is nothing like
optimism when we wish to accomplish anything. It was at a little
gathering of the officials and Chairmen of the Units of the State Normal
School, which was being held in Richmond Hall., that someone turned to Mr.
Linthicum, who was present, and said "You know we want to raise $15000.00
to add to the Sarah E. Richmond Student Loan Fund; some members have
suggested that we divide it in half and make a drive for it during the two
succeeding years. What do you think about this proposition?" Mr.
Linthicum replied "I think if you want $15000.00, the thing t do is to go
after it. If a great school like this with its thousands of graduates
cannot raise $1500.00 for such a laudable purpose then I shall be must
surprised. "
At the next gathering
of the Alumni at its annual meeting in June 1925, Mr. Linthicum was
elected President of the Alumni Association and in accepting the office;
he said "I am taking this office to see if I cannot accomplish the raising
of the additions to the Student Loan Fund." During the next few months,
work for the raising of the fund was started, Mr. Linthicum taking the
lead, assisted by the other officers of the Association. To make a long
story short at the June meeting in 1926, he reported that the fund had
been raised, and that instead of $1500.00, more than $2,200.00 had been
collected as the addition to the Sarah E. Richmond Student Loan Fund.
It is needless to say
that the work of all the officials of the Association was most laudable.
The first substantial subscription was made by a former graduate of the
School and a teacher thereof, who upon request from Mr. Linthicum for
$100.00 forwarded the same, and wished the Drive every success. This was
our good friend Mrs. John C. Shaffer, better known as Miss Marian Virginia
Conser, who now lives in Evanston Ill.
Mr. Linthicum
announced that the work for 1926-1927 would be for the purpose of placing
the Association itself upon a better financial basis, through the
formation of additional units in the Counties and of additional members of
the Alumni Association.
-Tower Light, Vol. 6- No. 4,
January 1927, p. 1.
Congressmen Ate Possum
With Linthicum
Representative J.
Chas. Linthicum, of Maryland gave his annual possum dinner in the House of
Representatives' restraint Wednesday.
This has been an
annual affair for several years. The Maryland Representative had invited a
number of his colleagues to his "possum feast." Members of the House and
other friends of Mr. Linthicum who accepted his invitation were…
-The Denton Journal, Saturday,
January 21, 1928, p. 5.
"Representatives….J.
Charles Linthicum….seemed winners."
-"Hoover Far in Lead in
Maryland Voting.", The New York Times. May 8, 1928.
Congressman Linthicum
Writes of His Recent Trip to South America
Congressman Linthicum,
in company with Mrs. Linthicum and Mr. Robert J. Philips of the State
Department, has just returned from South America, having made a trip since
November 17, 1928 of 15,000 miles down the East Coast of South America,
into Brazil, Uruguay, Argentine and across the Andes to Santiago, the
capital of Chili, thence via Valparaiso, returning by the west coast and
visiting the coast cities of Lima, the capital of Peru, on to Panama,
Havana and New York said-
"It was a most
wonderful trip, unfolding the beauties and industries heretofore unknown
to me, and their great possibilities for business opportunity and trade.
Our first stop at Rio de Janeiro was early in the morning, and as the sun
shone upon the beautiful harbor and mountains, it was a sight of marvelous
beauty indeed. Rio is built around a crescent harbor and ocean front; the
main street extends 13 miles along the water, while beautiful homes and
bungalows creep to the mountain sides. I have viewed te harbors of Naples
and most of those of other great cities but none of tem compare in
magnificent natural beauty to Rio.
Here we were received
by the Ambassador, Mr. Morgan, and the Consul General Mr. Dawson, and
given every opportunity for inspection and examination of the proposed
office site for the United States buildings in Rio. The City has about
one million and a half population, and is still growing. At least 300
American automobiles were unloaded from our ship at this point, and 200
more went on to other ports.
We then journeyed on
to Santos, Brazil, and visited the great City of San Paulo, located on the
mountain plateau. To reach this City we took an automobile and mounted
the mountain side over fine roads some 3,000 feet high, thence along the
plateau to the City. Here we found what many people think is destined to
be the great commercial city of Brazil-beautifully laid out and
ornamented, magnificent hotels and a population of some 900,000 people.
Zit was a wonder indeed to see this great City situated back from the
mountain front and on a mountain plateau with a hinterland rich in
agriculture, stock and sheep raising. Here we visited the snake farm, and
saw all manner of snakes from which virus is gathered for the cure of
snake bites, not only in Brazil, but other parts of the world.
Our next stop
Montevideo, was the capital of Uruguay-a city of about 300,000 people,
where it is contemplation a legation must be erected in the near future.
From here we proceeded to Buenos Aires striking a very severe storm, as
the old geographer always said, at the mouth of the La Plata River. It is
hard to realize a river like the La Plata, being more than 100 miles
wide. We were compelled to anchor for the night and started early the
next morning, reaching Buenos Aires about 11 o' clock at night and were
agreeably surprised to find the Ambassador, Mr. Bliss, the consul General
and a number of other U.S. officials awaiting us.
Buenos Aires has now a
population of two million, and a half, having doubled in the last fifteen
years. Only a view the City or pictures of its beautiful parks,
residences and business houses can make one realize its beauty. It s
architecture is extremely ornamental-Italian, French and Spanish. Its
monuments are usually of pure white marble, which glisten in the bright
sunshine and seem not to discolor. Its main avenue resembles largely
those of Paris, lined with beautiful parks, of palms and semi-tropical
plants. On cannot realize at first that summer prevails during those
months in which winter prevails with us, and while it was winter at home,
it was harvest time in Argentine. The people were particularly friendly,
and showed our party every consideration and courtesy. The language is
Spanish, although not always of the pure dialect. Mr. Robert J. Phillips
of the state department and I visited with the Ambassador, Mr. John
Campbell White, of Baltimore Counselor of the Embassy, and others, many
sites and buildings, and we hope have reached a conclusion which will be
acceptable.
It is needless to say
that Buenos Aires is perhaps the most expensive City in the world, costing
almost double what it would cost in most cities of our country. From
Buenos Aires, we crossed the Andes in a narrow gauge railroad, and reached
Santiago, Chili, a most picturesque location, with its snow capped
mountains, its parks and business houses. Here we met our Ambassador, Mr.
Culbertson, and made note of what would be required in that City. Here
also Mr. Julius Lay, Counselor to the British Embassy, was met, and gave
us every opportunity.
From Santiago, we
journeyed on to Valparaiso, where we took passage on the good ship "Santa
Barbara," and for 20 days sailed along the western coast of South America
making some 13 stops in all between there and New York, including Lima,
the capital of Peru, where we met Ambassador Moore, and made examination
of the lot now owned by our Government upon which is contemplated the
creation of an Embassy.
One cannot realize the
great possibilities for trade and commerce in these countries until such a
visit as ours has been made. The work of our commercial attaches and the
consuls has been untiring, and new fields and new opportunities are being
opened to
American trade on
every hand. American automobiles dominate the great cities, American
farming implements, in the agricultural sections, American mining
machinery all the mining sections (and by "American" I mean the United
States). American capital is almost wholly invested in mines and nitrate
plants; in fact, it is American capital, especially on the west coast
which, together with the native labor, is developing the great wealth that
is pouring into the laps of the Chileans and Peruvians, and thereby
returning great resources and likewise big dividends to the owners in the
U.S.
-J. Charles Linthicum, Tower Light,
March 1929, p. 6
"In addition to those
named the American Delegation includes….J. Charles Linthicum of Maryland
-"Union of Legislators
In Session at Geneva.", The New York Times.,, Aug 24, 1929, pg.3.
"Representative and
Mrs. J. Charles Linthicum will entertain at dinner this evening at the
Mayflower in celebration of their wedding anniversary. The table will be
decorated with pink and yellow spring flowers and following the dinner
there will be an informal musicale."
- "Anniversary Dinner
Planned for Tonight; Linthicums Hosts.", The Washington Post, Mar.
9, 1930.pg 54.
"…and J. Charles
Linthicum, who is seeking his tenth term from the Fourth."
-"Maryland Filing
Closes. Four of Representatives in Congress Are Unopposed for Primary.,
The New York Times., August 20, 1930.
"Representative J.
Charles Linthicum, ten times congressman and leader of the wet forces in
the House, is unopposed for the Democratic nomination in the Fourth
District. W. O. Atwood, a dry, is unopposed for the Republican nomination."
-"Maryland Interest
Aroused by Fights in Congress Races.", The Washington Post, August
24, 1930.
"Representative and Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum entertained with a dinner and musicale at the Mayflower last
evening, the music under the direction of S. Douglas McComas , of
Baltimore with Mr. Braithwaite and his quartet and Miss Mary Mullin Fink,
harpist. The Chinese room was decorated in spring flowers and
evergreens…"
-"Artists Mark Dinner Given by Linthicums".
The Washington Post, Feb. 6. 1931, pg. 9.
"A dinner in commemoration of the adoption
by Congress of "The Star Spangled Banner" as the national anthem of the
United States will be given at the Mecca Temple ballroom the evening of
April 27 under the auspices of the National Americanization Committee of
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, The National Star-Spangled Banner
Association Inc., and other patriotic societies, it was announced
yesterday by Captain Walter I. Joyce director of the committee.
About 5009 guests are expected to be
present, including representatives of civic and patriotic societies and
officers of the army and navy,. The speakers will include Representative
J. Charles Linthicum of Maryland and Charles Edward Russell."
-"To Mark Anthem Adoption". The New York
Times, April 19,1931, pg. 38.
"Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum, wife of Representative Linthicum, of Maryland, will sail on
August 26 for Paris, where she will be one of the hostesses at Mount
Vernon at the Colonial Exposition. With her will be Miss Dorothy
Nicholson also one of the hostesses named. Representative and Mrs.
Linthicum are now at Saratoga Springs
"Linthicum Gives Talk
to Veterans. New York, April 27, Patriotism is second only to education as
the bulwark of the republic, Charles Linthicum, Maryland Congressman said
tonight at a dinner given by the Veterans of Foreign Wars to commemorate
passing of a bill designating "The Star Spangled Banner" as the National
anthem.
-Daily Mail, The | Hagerstown,
Maryland | Tuesday, April 28, 1931 | Page 4
-"Mrs. Linthicum to Sail Sunday to Be
Hostess.",
- The Washington Post., August 17, 1931, pg. 8.
"Representative J., Charles Linthicum of
Maryland turned the first shovelful of earth today for the construction of
an American foreign service building on the Place de la Concorde. He was
assisted by Captain Richard L. Smith and representatives of the
contractors and the international Federation of Building and public works"
-"Begin New Paris Embassy", New York
Times., September 11, 1931.
"Representative and Mrs. J. Charles
Linthicum arrived on the George Washington after passing several weeks in
Europe. They passed a short time in Paris and later went to Budapest. They
attended the interparliamentary Union in session at Budapest."
-"Linthicums Arrive From Trip Abroad.",
The Washington Post, Oct. 17, 1931.
"Foreign Affairs- J. Charles Linthicum of
Maryland."
(Likely chairman appointments in the House)
-"Seniority Snarl Likely in House.", New
York Times.,Nov 5, 1931, pg. 2.
Although J. Charles stipulated that the North Linthicum Properties should
be developed in his will steps had obviously been taken in 1931 a year
prior to his death when this advertisement appeared in the Linthicum
Carnival program.-Linthicum Public Library Pamphlet file.
Debated a bill appropriating
$1.059,898,563 for the Treasury and Post Office Departments, a cut of
$22,677,000 below the Hoover budget estimate. C. Passed (67-to-12) a bill
by Maryland's Linthicum upping U. S. passport fees from $5 to $9; sent it
to the Senate.
-"Work Done." March 7, 1932, Time, http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,743244,00.html
"Representative J. Charles Linthicum was in
such a serious condition tonight at the Maryland General Hospital that
physicians held out little hope for his recovery.
The senior member of the Maryland's
Congressional delegation was taken to the institution on Sept. 23 for
treatment of a carbuncle on the neck. Dr. M. L. Slate3r said he appeared
in good condition after an operation to remove it. However, since the
Representative has been afflicted with diabetes for a long time, he
remained at the hospital for observation. He did not improve, Dr. Slater
said, and on Saturday he became considerably weaker, taking a sharp turn
for the worse."
-"Linthicum Much Worse.", The New York
Times., Oct. 5, 1932., pg. 17.
J. C. Linthicum
Services set for Saturday
Rites for Congressman
to be Held at 11 A.M.
At Old St. Paul's
Death Due to Blood
Stream infection
State Central
Committee
Must Pick New Name To
be On Ballot
Funeral services for
Representative J. Charles Linthicum dean of the Maryland Congressional
delegation and chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee will be
held at 11 A.M. Saturday at Old St. Paul's Church here.
Mr. Linthicum who had
represented Maryland in Congress longer than any other man in the history
of the State and was a candidate for his twelfth consecutive term died at
1:35 P.M. yesterday at the Maryland General Hospital where he had been a
patient thirteen days. He would have been 65 yeas old next month.
Transfusion Was
Performed
He underwent a blood
transfusion in the morning his nephew, Sweetser Linthicum 3d, son of his
brother, Wade Hampton Linthicum supplying the blood. Death was due to a
recently incurred blood stream infection, complicated by diabetes from
which Mr. Linthicum long had suffered. Dr Thomas B Futcher and Dr. C.
Urban Smith were the attending physicians.
The Rt. Rev. Edward T.
Helfenstein, Bishop of he Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, and
the Rev. Dr. Arthur Be. Kinsolving, rector of Old St. Paul's will conduct
the funeral services. Burial at Druid Ridge Cemetery will follow. The
services there will be Masonic. Mr. Linthicum was a thirty-second-degree
Mason and past master of John H. B. Latrobe Lodge
Wife at His Bedside
At Mr. Linthicum's
bedside when he died were his wife and two brothers Seth Hance Linthicum,
his law partner here, and Dr. G. Milton Linthicum, professor of colonic
diseases University of Maryland Medical School.
Mr. Linthicum also is
survived by three other brothers William Linthicum, Baltimore, Sweetser
Linthicum, Linthicum Heights, and the aforementioned Wade H. Linthicum,
Linthicum Heights and two sisters, Mrs. Joseph K. Benson, Baltimore and
Mrs. R. Luther Shipley, Linthicum Heights.
Messages of condolence
began to pour into the home, 705 St. Paul Street, late in the afternoon.
Many came from members of the State Department, among them a message from
Secretary of State Stimson. Others came from his Congressional colleagues
in all parts of the country
Leader of House Wet
Bloc.
Leader of the wet bloc
in the House of Representatives, where he had represented the Fourth
Maryland Congressional district since 1911 and ranking Democratic member
of the Foreign Affairs Committee since 1921, Mr. Linthicum could boast a
career in Democratic politics dating back to 1903, when he first was
elected to public office. IN that year the Third Legislative district
sent him to the House of Delegates of the Maryland General Assembly and
there he served as the chairman of the Baltimore delegation.
From 1908 to 1912 he
was judge advocate on the staff of Gov. A.L. Crothers.
After aterm in the
House of Delegates, he served two terms (1905-1910) in the State Senate
before being elected to the Sixty-Second Congress. Biannually thereafter
his constituents returned him to the House with such unfaltering support
that Republican leaders in the State latterly had found it difficult to
recruit candidates to run against him
Must Pick New Nominee
Mer. Linthicum's death
places upon the Democratic State Central Committee the responsibility of
selecting a nominee to take his place on the November ballot and to
contest for the privilege of filling his unexpired term.
Mr. Linthicum's
political ambitions were not fully encompassed by his service in the State
Legislature and in Congress. He sought the Mayoralty nomination here in
1907 and was defeated by J. Barry Mahooll Eight years later he launched a
campaign for the Gubernatorial nomination, only to withdraw under the
opposition pressure of the Mahon end of the city machine. Mr. Linthicum
long drew his most active support from the faction controlled by John S.
(Frank) Kelly
Foreign Affairs
Chairman
In the House of
Representatives where he succeeded John Philip Hill (Rep., Md.) as
chairman of the organized anti-prohibition clique in 1927 Mr. Linthicum
was especially notable for his long and successful fight to secure
recognition for the Star-Spangled Banner as the national anthem. He also
was an active supporter of conservation measures, a low tariff proponent,
friend of the World Court and a major worker for improvement of
Baltimore's harbor facilities
Besides his town house
on St. Paul Street, he had a residence at Linthicum Heights an elevated
section of Anne Arundel County to which his great- grandfather, Abner
Linthicum gave its present name when the family settled there two
centuries ago. Representative Linthicum and his brothers later developed
there as a real-estate project
Like his parents he
was a native of Anne Arundel County. His father, the late Sweetser
Linthicum and his mother who before her marriage was Laura E. Smith had
ten children eight of whom were boys.
Until he was 12 Mr.
Linthicum lived on the parental farm. When he came to Baltimore in 1879
and entered Public School No. 1 at Fayette and Greene streets he began to
add to the family income as a fruit and produce huckster, selling from
door to door and working in his brother's stall at the Lexington Market on
Saturday nights.
Graduated in 1886
Aspiring early to
become a teacher he entered the State Normal School here and graduated. in
1886 at the age of 19. He had done some teaching in the Anne Arundel
county schools and in 1887 he served as principal of the Braddock School
in Frederick county, receiving a salary of $33.50 a month.
Meanwhile he read
Blackstone at night in his room, and at the end of the year entered the
Johns Hopkins University to take a special course in political economy and
history
Practiced Before
Graduation
In 1890 he was
graduated from the University of Maryland Law School, but he had been
admitted to practice in the city courts a year previous on the strength of
a special examination before the "Supreme "Bench
Three years later he
married Eugenia M. Biden, daughter of the late Edward Biden, of
Baltimore. She died in February, 1897, and in March 1898, Mr. Linthicum
Married Mrs. Gabriel D. Clark, who before here first marriage had been
Helen A. Perry. Her parents were Doctor and Mrs. John L. Perry of
Saratoga Springs New York
Proud of Record
He was proud of his
record as the man who had represented Maryland in Congress longer than any
other in her history. His only near rival was the late Representative
J.F.C. Talbottt, Second district, who served from 1879 to 1885 and from
1903 to 1919, or ten terms. Representative T. Alan Goldsborough, First
district, who has served six consecutive terms, now becomes the dean of
Maryland's solidly Democratic delegation in the House. The only time that
Mr. Linthicum ever came close to defeat was in 1920 when William O.
Atwood, Republican opposed him. A recount gave Mr. Linthicum a plurality
of 1244. IN 1918 Mr. Linthicum made "Woodrow Wilson" his platform. He
was an unswerving supporter of the war---time President.
-Baltimore Sun, October 6, 1932.
"Secretary Stimson Praises Him for
"Patriotic Leadership." Secretary Stimson today expressed deep regret at
the death of Representative Linthicum and praised his "patriotic and
unselfish leadership," "In the death of Hon. J. Charles Linthicum,
Chairman of the committee on Foreign Affairs" the Secretary said, "the
American foreign service and Department of State have lost one of their
best friends and the Congress and the country as a whole have lost one of
their most devoted servants. "Mr. Linthicum was of great assistance in the
drafting and enactment in 1924 of the bill for the improvement of the
American foreign service. In the Spring of 1931, Mr. Linthicum was
co-author and co sponsor with Senator Moses of the organic law under which
the foreign service of the United States now functions.
"He was most helpful in securing the
adoption of the act authorizing the acquisition of buildings abroad for
the use of the foreign service, and for several years gave patriotic and
inspiring service as a member of the Foreign Service Buildings Commission,
in which capacity he traveled widely in South America and Europe to gather
information and to aid the commission in reaching decisions as to the
purchase and improvement of real estate for American Government buildings
abroad. "He had a rare appreciation of the needs of this country in
respect to representation abroad, and his attitude toward this subject was
peculiarly sympathetic and non-partisan. "The Department of State and the
foreign service and I mourn with the entire country that the patriotic and
unselfish leadership of Mr. Linthicum. Is ended."
-"Eulogizes Linthicum" ,The New York
Times., Oct. 6, 1932.
 "J. C. Linthicum Dies; Foe of Prohibition,
Maryland Representative in Congress for the Last Twenty-one Years. "Won
Long Fight to Have "The Star Spangled Banner" adopted as National Anthem.
Representative J. Charles Linthicum,
elected eleven times to Congress from the Fourth Maryland District, died
here this afternoon in Maryland General Hospital, where he had been a
patient since Sept. 23. Death was due to diabetes complicated by a
blood-stream infection. His age was 65. Mr. Linthicum's wife was with him
when he died. His brother, Dr. G. Milton Linthicum, who had been assisting
in treatment of the Congressman, arrived at the hospital a few minutes
after he died.
The veteran legislator had been ill for a
long time, but did not enter the hospital until the infection developed.
His condition became critical last Friday. Although he was comfortable
last night, he grew worse today, gradually sinking until the end."
-"J.C. Linthicum Dies; Foe of Prohibition",
The New York Times., Oct. 6, 1932.
"Congressman Dies
Wednesday, Representative from Maryland, Well Known Here, Expires During
Campaign. Baltimore, Oct. 6- Representative J. Charles Linthicum, who had
represented Maryland in congress longer than any other man in the history
of the state and was a candidate for his twelfth consecutive term, died at
1:35 p.m. Wednesday at the Maryland General hospital, where he had been a
patient thirteen days.
Death was due to a
recently-incurred blood-stream infection complicated by diabetes, from
which Mr. Linthicum long had suffered. He would have been 65 years old
next month.
 (Old
St. Pauls' Baltimore)
Funeral services will
be held at 11 a.m. Saturday at Old St. Paul's church on Charles street.
The Rev. Dr. Arthur B. Kinsolving, rector of St. Paul's, and the Rt. Rev.
Edward T. Helfenstein, Bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of
Maryland, will officiate, Burial at Druid Ridge cemetery will follow.
Wife at His Bedside
At Mr. Linthicum's
bedside when he died were his wife and two brothers: Seth Hance Linthicum,
his law partner here, and Dr. G. Milton Linthicum professor of colonic
diseases, University of Maryland Medical school.
Mr. Linthicum also is
survived by three other brothers, William Linthicum, Baltimore, Sweetser
Linthicum, Linthicum Heights, and Wade H. Linthicum, Linthicum Heights ,
and two sisters, Mrs. Joseph K. Benson, Baltimore, and Mrs. R. Luther
Shipley, Linthicum Heights.
Congressman Linthicum
was one of the advocates of the 200-foot memorial boulevard from the
Lincoln memorial, Washington, D.C. to the Gettysburg National cemetery. He
is well known to a number of Gettysburgians who worked with him on the
project.
-Gettysburg Times | Gettysburg,
Pennsylvania | Thursday, October 06, 1932 | Page 2
"Cong. Linthicum Dies
At Hospital in Baltimore."…"Taught At Braddock. Congressman Linthicum was
well known in Frederick. In 1886 he taught school at Braddock. Later after
he entered Congress he frequently visited here."
-Frederick News-Post |
Frederick, Maryland | Thursday, October 06, 1932 | Page 8
Baltimore, Oct. 5,
(AP) As a result of the death of Mr. Linthicum it will be necessary at
next month's election to elect a Representative to complete the unexpired
term and also one to fill the regular term beginning in 1933.J. Enos Ray,
chairman of the Democratic State /Central Committee this afternoon called
a meeting of the committee for next Tuesday to name a candidate for the
two terms. Charles L. Wiegand, Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue has
been nominated by the Republicans for the long term
Two Big Aims in
Congress Career.
Battling with energy
and an acid tongue. J. Charles Linthicum centered on two main objectives
in his twenty-one years' service in the House of Representatives.
Although he was chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House, a
rather empty honor, since hat body has little to do with foreign affairs,
both his greatest interests were strictly domestic.
After twelve years of
relentless effort his first struggle ended in complete victory when
Congress formally adopted "The Star-Spangled Banner" as the national
anthem. Since then his major interest had been in the fight to abolish
national prohibition. Not long ago he expressed his confidence that he
and his fellow-wets were on the threshold of an equally decisive victory
on this front.
John Charles Linthicum
was born at the family seat at Linthicum Heights, Anne Arundel County,
Md., on Nov. 26, 1867. He was educated in the public schools of that
county and of Baltimore, later entering the State Normal School from which
he was graduated in 1886. He taught school for a short time and then took
a special course in history and politics at Johns Hopkins University.
Entering the law
school of the University of Maryland, he obtained his degree in 1890 and
at once began the practice of his profession in Baltimore, where he had
maintained an office ever since. He formed a partnership with his
brother, Seth Hance Linthicum, under the firm name of J. Charles Linthicum
& Brother.
Battle to Legalize
Anthem.
Mr. Linthicum's
Political career began in 1903, when he was elected to the Maryland House
of Delegates from a Baltimore district. Two years later he was advanced
to the State Senate and after two terms in that body he was appointed
Judge Advocate General on the staff of Governor Crothers. Elected to the
House of Representatives in 1910, he had remained a member ever since.
Within the boundaries
of his district stood old Fort McHenry, the bombardment of which by a
British fleet in 1812 inspired Francis Scott Key to write the words of
"The Star-Spangled Banner" to the tune of an old English drinking song.
It was only natural, under the circumstances for Mr. Linthicum to feel a
special interest in the anthem.
First, he succeeded in
insuring the preservation of the fort as a national monument. Then,
although Congress three times rejected his proposal, he persisted in his
efforts to legalize Scott's song as the national anthem. He presented a
petition backing his bill which was said to bear nearly 5,000,000
signatures, obtained through the cooperation of various patriotic
societies he had enlisted.
When the argument was
advanced that the song was pitched too high for popular singing, Mr.
Linthicum was instrumental in bringing about a hearing before the House
Judiciary Committee at which two sopranos sang the air and the Navy band
played its strains. The House adopted the anthem bill on April 21, 1930,
and it became a law with the President's signature after being adopted by
the Senate on March 2, 1931.
Leader of Foes of
Prohibition
But it was national
prohibition and the methods used for its enforcement which stirred him
most. Ignoring the facetious criticism that, having disposed of song, he
was now doing something for wine, he turned upon the Eighteenth Amendment
and the Volstead act with all his vigor and was largely responsible in
forcing last Spring the first test vote in the House on the merits of
prohibition since its adoption eleven years before.
Representative
Linthicum was chosen chairman of the House unofficial wet bloc in the
Spring of 1927 to succeed Representative John Phillip Hill, also of
Maryland. Although an active Democrat himself, he was successful for a
considerable period in enlisting the cooperation of the Republican wets,
ignoring the criticism advanced from time to time that he was too much
under the domination of the Tammany members of the House.
Regardless of
factional maneuvering, he pressed the fight with every resource at his
command. On one occasion he roused the House to laughter with an account
of an Anti Saloon League meeting attended by former Representative Upshaw,
a dry leader from Georgia. Mr. Linthicum related that when S.S. Kreage
announced a contribution of $300,000 to the dry cause. Mr. Upshaw led the
gathering in singing "Praise God, From Whom all Blessings Flow."
He attempted to
legalize the sale of 2.75 beer and wine on American ships as essential to
their success in the transatlantic trade. He declared that "if you want
to make our merchant marine a success you must let the passengers who
patronize it have a little something to drink." The advantage of
foreign ships in this respect was the principal reason they were getting
the lion's share of the business, he said.
Assailed Enforcement
Methods.
Representative
Linthicum revealed before the House in January, 1931 that a
"government-owned" speakeasy" had been operated by prohibition agents in
Indianapolis in obtaining evidence which led to the conviction of six
policemen for bribery. He tried to get the house to refuse to appropriate
money for such methods of entrapment, but was voted down.
"It's up to you, "he
vainly told the dry majority. "as to whether you want your government to
continue to induce violations of its own laws."
He was also bitterly
indignant at the wire-tapping activities of prohibition agents and fought
to outlaw them.
Mr. Linthicum was
co-author with Representative James M. Beck of the resolution which forced
the first showdown on national prohibition in the House since the adoption
of the Volstead act. The Beck-Linthicum resolution would have proposed
submission to the
States of a
constitutional amendment permitting those States which desired it to set
up control of the liquor traffic.
Although the measure
was beaten by a vote of 227 to 187 when it was finally forced to a vote on
March 14, the margin of the victorious drys was the smallest they had had
since national prohibition was enacted. The vote was hailed as a
comforting defeat by the wets , and Mr. Linthicum predicted that the next
congress would have a wet majority.
As chairman of the
Foreign Affairs Committee Mr. Linthicum took an active interest in the
choice of sites for diplomatic buildings abroad. He visited several
foreign cities in that connection , and turned the first shovelful of
earth for the American foreign service building on the Place de la
Concorde in Paris.
Mr. Linthicum's wife
was the former Helen A. Perry, daughter of the late Dr. John L. Perry of
Saratoga Springs N.Y.
-Obituary 2., The New York Times,
Oct. 6, 1932, pg. 23.
"Oct. 6- Speaker John N. Garner today
announced the House committee to attend the funeral on Saturday of
Representative J. Charles Linthicum of Maryland, who died yesterday in
Baltimore. T Paul's Episcopal Church in Baltimore on Saturday morning at
11 o'clock. Besides Representatives Goldsborousano, Gambrill and Lewis of
the Maryland delegation, Speaker Garner appointed th following members of
the Foreign Affairs Committee, of which Mr. Linthicum was chairman:
Representatives McReynolds of Tennessee, Bloom of New York, Effiegene
Wingo of Arkansas and Fishburn of Virginia. Democrats" Representatives
Temple, Campbell and Erk, all of Pennsylvania' Fish of New York and Eaton
of New Jersey, Republicans. In addition, Representative Byrns of Tennessee
chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Smiit, were appointed.
":"To Honor Linthicum", The New York Times., Oct. 7, 1932, pg. 17.
Many Notables. Congressmen, Diplomats, City And State Officials Attend.
Services are Held at Old St. Paul's. Burial, with Masonic Honors, Takes
Place at Druid Ridge. Members of both houses of Congress and of the
diplomatic corps state and city government officials and representatives
of patriotic and fraternal organizations today attended the funeral of J.
Charles Linthicum, Maryland's senior Congressman, at Old St. Paul's
Protestant Episcopal Church.
Mr. Linthicum, who for twenty-one years represented the Fourth district in
Congress and was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee died
Wednesday at the Maryland ?General Hospital.
Given Masonic Burial
The services at the church were conducted by the Rt. Rev. Edward T.
Helfenstein, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, and
the Rev. Dr. Arthur B. Kinsolving, rector of Old St. Paul's Burial, with
Masonic honors, was at the Druid Ridge Cemetery.
Ten Nephews of Congressman Linthicum were the active pallbearers. They
were Joseph B. Linthicum, George McGraw Benson, Jack C. Linthicum, Edmund
M. Dillon, R. Luther Shipley, Jr., William C. Linthicum, Dr. Edgar Benson,
Enoch Harlan, Jr., Sweetzer Linthicum 3d and C. Cleveland Shipley, Jr......Others
Attending Services
Also attending the services were delegations form the Masons, the
diplomatic corps, the Daughters of the American Revolution, the Sons of
the American Revolution, The daughters of 1812, the Tall Cedars of
Lebanon, the Women's Auxiliary of the University of Maryland Hospital and
the State Normal School.
Congressman Linthicum is survived by his widow, formerly Miss. Helen A.
Perry, of Saratoga Springs, N. Y,. two sisters, Mrs. Joseph K. Benson and
Mrs. R. Luther Shipley, and five brothers, Seth Hance Linthicum, Dr. G.
Milton Linthicum, William Linthicum, Sweetser Linthicum and Wade H.
Linthicum
-The Evening Sun., Oct. 8, 1932.
"Members of Congress
and Other Public Officials Among the Mourners, Oct. 8- ST. Paul's
Protestant Episcopal Church was crowded today with members of both
branches of Congress and the diplomatic service, State and municipal
officials and prominent citizens, who paid tribute to J. Charles
Linthicum, Maryland's senior representative in the House, at his funeral.
The Right Rev. Edward
T. Helfenstein, Bishop of the Diocese of Maryland, and the Rev. Dr. Arthur
B. Kinsolving, rector of St. Paul's officiated. With them in the flower
filled chancel were the Right Rev. H. P. Almon Abbott, Bishop of Lexington,
Ky., and the Rev. Dr. Barnett Phillips, chaplain of the House. Ten nephews
of Representative Linthicum were the active pallbearers. They were Joseph
B. Linthicum, George McGaw Benson, Jack C. Linthicum, Edmund Dillon, R.
Luther Shipley Jr., William C. Linthicum, Edgar Benson, Enoch Harlan Jr.,
Sweetser Linthicum 3d and C. Cleveland Shipley Jr.
The honorary
pallbearers included Governor Albert C. Ritchie, Mayor Howard W. Jackson,
former Mayors William F. Broening, James H. Preston and J. Barry Mahool
and members of the Supreme Court bench of Baltimore.
The delegation from
the House of Representatives included Representatives T. Alan
Gooldsborough, William P. Cole Jr., Vincent L. Palmisano, Stephen W.
Gambrill and David J. Lewis of Maryland, Joseph W Byrns and Sam D.
McReynolds of Tennessee, Sol Bloom and Hamilton Fish Jr. of New York, Guy
E. Campbell, Henry W. Temple and Emund F. Erk of Pennsylvania, Charles A.
Eaton of New Jersey and John W. Fishburne of Virginia and Sergeant-at-Arms
Kenneth Romney.
The United States
Senate was represented by Senators Millard E. Tydings and Phillips Lee
Goldsborough of Maryland, Claude A. Swanson of Virginia, Lynn J. Frazier
of North Dakota, John G. Townsend Jr. of Delaware and Matthew M. Neely of
West Virginia. Keith Merrill and Robert J. Phillips represented the State
Department. Others at the services were delegations from the Masons,
Daughters of the American Revolution, Sons of the American Revolution,
Daughters of 1812 and Tall Cedars of Lebanon.
-"Throng at Funeral of
J.C. Linthicum.", The New York Times.,Oct. 9, 1932, pg.32.
"Died— John Charles Linthicum. 65, U. S. Representative from Maryland,
chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and of the unofficial
Democratic "beer bloc"; of diabetes; in Baltimore. An infrequent speaker
in the House, he was a champion of "The Star-Spangled Banner," officially
adopted as the national anthem in March 1931."
-Monday October 17, 1932, Time,.http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,744643,00.html
"Files Action in Linthicum Will,
March 15.-Notice of a caveat, as a step toward contesting the will of J.
Charles Linthicum, Representative who died in October, was filed in
Orphan's Court today on behalf of Mrs. Blanche L. Crapp of St. Louis,
daughter of an elder brother of Mr. Linthicum. She was not a beneficiary
under the will in which Mr. Linthicum bequeathed most of his estate to his
widow and his secretary, Maoma A.Burthart, who received #10,000. The
estate has been estimated at $64,100.
-Linthicum Will.". The New York Times., March 16, 1933, pg. 20.
"Brother Files Notice
as Estate is Left to Wife and Other Kin. Oct. 13, The will of
Representative Linthicum, filed in Orphan's Court today, gives his estate
to relatives and employees. Mrs. Helen A. Linthicum, the widow, is the
chief beneficiary, with the bulk of the estate going to her for life and
most of the remainder to be divided among four brothers. The largest
outright gift is $10,000 to Naoma A. Burthart, the late Representative's
secretary, "because of her constant and efficient service in my employ and
for which I do not think she has been allotted sufficient salary." The
will did no estimate the size of the estate. With it was filed a caveat by
a brother, William A. Linthicum, who was not named a beneficiary, giving
notice of intention to contest the will.
-"To Fight Linthicum
Will.", The New York Times., Oct. 14, 1933, pg.17.
Brother Fights
Linthicum Will. Bulk of Congressman's Estate Is Left to His widow. Notice
of a caveat contesting the validity of the will of Representative J.
Charles Linthicum was filed in the Baltimore Orphans' Court Thursday by
William Linthicum, a brother, who was not made a beneficiary.
The bulk of the
Fourth Congressional district representative's estate is left, for life,
to his widow, Mrs. Helen A. Linthicum.
In his will, Mr.
Linthicum stated he was leaving nothing to his sister, Mrs. Annie S.
Shipley, or his brother, William, because they were well provided "with
this world's goods" and had not been closely associated with him.
Because of the caveat
notice, no petition for letters testamentary, estimating the size of the
estate, was filed and the will was not probated.
Specific bequests
totaling $27,000 included one of $10,000 to Miss Maoma A. Burkhart
secretary, "because of her efficient service in my employ and for which I
do not think she has been allotted sufficient salary,"
These bequests also
included $3,000 to Mrs. Roberta A. Myers Barnes; $1,300 to three servants
$5090 to Miss. H. Lucile Trussell, "who has been an employee of the
Linthicum Realty Company for many years," and $30 a month to be paid to a
sister. Mrs. Elizabeth V. Benson, for life.
In addition the will
provided that after Mrs. Linthicum's death $10,000 be given the Linthicum
Heights Methodist Protestant Church "to reconstruct the present tower of
the church to accommodate a ten-bell chimes."
Mr. Linthicum stated
he was making no outright bequests to his wife because property at 22 East
Centre Street Baltimore and Twin Oaks farm in Anne Arundel county, as
well as $30,000 in ground rents yielding a yearly income of 1,800, had
been placed in their names jointly and pass to her automatically.
After several small
bequests the will directed that the Pumphrey farm in Anne Arundel County
be held in trust for Mrs. Linthicum for five years and bequeathed the
residue of the estate to her for life.
At her death five
nieces and nephews are to receive ground rents yielding an income of $64 a
year. They are George McG. Benson, who also was left Mr. Linthicum's law
books; Joseph B. Linthicum, Dr. Charles E. Benson, Mrs. Helen A. Gambrill,
Mrs. Helen P. Linthicum. Another niece Mrs. Mary West is to receive
$1,000. A trust fund of #2000 also w2as created for John C. Dillon
Linthicum and his son.
The remainder of the
estate is to be divided into five parts. Seth H. Linthicum, a brother, is
to receive two fifths, while another brother Dr. G. Milton Linthicum will
receive one-fifth. The balance is to be placed in trust for two brothers
Sweetser and W. Hampton Linthicum, for life and then to their children.
The widow, Dr.
Linthicum and the Mercantile Trust Company were named executors of the
estate. The will was drawn June 18. Mr. Linthicum died October 6.
-Frederick News-Post | Frederick,
Maryland | Saturday, October 15, 1932 | Page 5
Shortly thereafter the
General Assembly, keenly alive to the best interests of the school, and
appreciating the fact that those who were to teach in the public schools
should be trained under the most favorable conditions, passed an act
creating a commission to be known as the Maryland State Normal School
Building Commission, said Commission to consist of the Governor of the
State, the Comptroller of the Treasury, the State Treasurer, the State
Superintendent of Education, the Principal of the Maryland State Normal
Schools, J. Charles Linthicum, John S. Biddison, J. Mitchell Diggs,
Carville D. Benson, and B.K. Purdum Secretary and Treasurer….The
commission was empowered to select the site, and to prepare tentative
"plans and estimates for the necessary buildings for a new Normal School"
-p.38.
"We must pause here to
render thanks and appreciation to the Honorable J. Charles Linthicum, a
loyal alumnus of the school, who, as chairman of the Building Commission,
authorized by the Legislature, so successfully planned the spending of
that $600,000."-p.64.
"Does Mrs Marker
relish those whom she knows and has known as human beings who possess the
usual human frailties, rather than as pedestalized idols?
"I do not remember any
students who were especially active although some excelled in certain
things-as in drawing, painting, penmanship, music, and class studies.
Honorable Charles Linthicum "did better than any of us" according to a
letter received from our beloved Miss. Richmond many years ago-somewhere
in the nineties-when we were living in Philadelphia. He married Mrs.
Helen Perry Clarke widow of Gabriel G. Clarke, and became a Congressman.
I had two letters from him when our class was being especially honored in
1931, our forty-fifth anniversary. He asked me to send him the names and
addresses of all living members of our class of 1886 of whom I had
knowledge. Thee were eight of ups present on that occasion. Mr.
Linthicum died a few years later…p. 141-142.
=Seventy Five Years of Teacher
Education., Alumni Association, Towson, Md. 1941.
The Obscure Faithful
John Charles
Linthicum, who was swerving his eleventh term in Congress as
Representative of the Fourth Maryland District, is probably vaguely
remembered, if at all, by persons outside of his State only on account of
his long activity against prohibition. Perhaps even a smaller number of
persons recall his successful effort, inspired by piety for his native
State, to make old Fort McHenry a national monument and "The Star-Spangled
Banner" the national anthem. Secretary Stimson has a longer memory. He
reminds us that Mr. Linthicum, as chairman of the House committee on
Foreign Affairs and for some years as a member of the Foreign Service
Building Commission had worked long and usefully for the improvement of
the foreign service. That and the Department off State "have lost one of
their best friends and Congress and the country as a whole one of their
most devoted servants."
A great deal of the
best work in Congress is done by men of this type. They usually escape
fame. Sometimes the fickle jade may bestow on them hours or years of
public notice that leaves their more essential or important achievements
slighted or forgotten. Such a man was the late Representative John Jacob
Rogers of Massachusetts, whose seat is now competently filled by his
widow. Year after year he labored unavailingly for his proposed act to
amalgamate the diplomatic and consular forces of the United States.
Secretary of State after Secretary of State applauded his efforts. The
attitude of Congress seemed doggedly adverse to giving our representatives
abroad decent pay and so attracting competent and ambitious men who, if
not possessed of private means, must at least have "a living wage." Mr.
Roger's patience and persistence won at last. His act was passed in 1924.
Mr. Linthicum too
contributed greatly to its enactment. Mr. Rogers died in 1925. Now
Mr. Linthicum is gone. To neither, perhaps, remains more than the merest
shadow of distinction, their name in connection with a statute, a line or
two in some history, a word or two from some future Secretary of State or
some digger-up of history in the Congressional Record, itself mainly a
mausoleum and house of the dead. But the presence of modest,
hardworking thoughtful and patriotic men, devoting themselves steadily and
without flourish to their especial corner of the public business is
comforting to think of. There are Congressmen of the first rank who
get, it may be, more than their share of public attention and honors.
There is always a little herd of believers and self-exhibitors. In
every Congress there are the quiet useful members who, without seeking the
centre of the stage, play their minor parts effectively until they make
their exit.
-New York Times, October 7, 1932,pg.
20.
A Friend
On Wednesday, October
5, J. Charles Linthicum passed away. His funeral services were held the
following Saturday morning in Old Saint Paul's Church. How briefly this is
stated! A man is born into this world, lives for a brief lapse of time
and then passes out of this existence as suddenly as he came into it.
Some who are born into this life never break its flow or stir a ripple in
the great river. They live, die, and are soon forgotten. There are some
who do not accept life as it is, but take it up, as in their two hands,
and change it, leaving it better than they found it. This is hard to do.
The heavy currents and the treacherous undercurrents are stronger than one
man-one ordinary man. But a strong man, a wise man, stands off and watches
his opportunity, then leaps in and grapples until he tears away a crag
that obstructs the straight flow of the current. Or, if he desires the
stream deeper, he builds the shallow part high to direct and deepen the
stream.
A man who is stronger
than the ordinary man can do this. Such a man was Charles Linthicum. I
shall not enumerate here the many, many things he did to direct and deepen
the stream. That is not necessary. It is sufficient to say that he was a
wise man, a good man, a man who bettered life about him, and stirred the
stream so greatly that he will be well remembered.
Especially vital to
us, he was our friend, not a man mildly interested in the Maryland State
Normal School, but a man who was deeply inspired by his training in the
Normal School and the people who constituted the school personally. He
himself was a student at or Normal School. He has always been proud of
that-he told people he was proud of it.
Also, he was in charge
of the erection of our present school. Wherever we walk, or look, here at
school, it is as though we are meeting his friendly spirit.
We who are young, tend
to rush through our fays ( for they stretch before us in a long, rich
flood), grasping at that which lies closest and is most gaudy. We, in our
impetuous haste, do not seek the stored riches beyond. We do not value
sufficiently those friends whose wisdom has been garnered rich over many
years, and strained through much experience. True, we must experience
much for ourselves, but what a wealth of friendship of treasure, we miss
when we fail to make or strengthen bonds between ourselves, who are young,
and those who have lived long, and well before us.
I attended his funeral
services. I was impressed, and even thrilled by their beauty. Had I not
known who he was, what nature of man he had been, I think I should have
known. There were many, many people there from all walks of life. Men of
state and letter, and ordinary, every-day people who had loved him. They
had all come, not as fellow officials, to pay official tribute, nor as
curiosity-seekers, but all, to pay alike the tribute of friendship to one
well beloved as a friend.
There was no
sentimentality, no glorification of past deeds not great lamenting.
There was dignity,
beauty, and deep feeling. One felt, this man has lived a good life, and
fought hard for those things which he believed right, had been a sincere
friend, and died. His body has ceased to breathe, but his spirit breathes
with us, always.
-M.A.D, The Tower Light., Vol.
Vi, November 1932, No. 2, p. 3-4
Rep. Linthicum's Widow
is injured
Washington, Dec. 31,
Attending physicians reported as "D…orable" today the condition or Mrs.
Helen Linthicum, 75-year-old Baltimore clubwoman and widow of the late
Rep. J. Charles Linthicum of Maryland who received head injuries in an
automobile collision in Laurel last night.
Mrs. Linthicum was
taken to ambulance to Doctors Hospital here. With her chauffeur she was
returning to her home from Washington when the accident happened.
-Cumberland Evening
Times, Tuesday, December 31,1940, p. 8.
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What's this all about? 
One fine early Fall day in 2008 I read an article in the Maryland
Gazette concerning the creation of a new park and memorial to J.
Charles Linthicum. The article mentioned the Star Spangled Banner but
little else. I went out to the park to take a look at the monument which
you can see below. A fine granite monument in a quiet park with green
grass and new trees along the side of the historic railway track in
Linthicum. It is right across the street from the old Linthicum station.
"Mrs.
John Charles Linthicum. Wife of the Member of the Lower House from
Baltimore, Who Will Be a Conspicuous Social Factor During the Democratic
Regime. (Special Correspondence of the Times.). Washington, July 13.-One
of the charming, well-poised members of the official set is Mrs. J.
Charles Linthicum, wife of the member of Congress from the Fourth District
of Maryland. A side light on her personality which will most eloquently
proclaim her dignity and amiable characteristics is that in these days of
changing standards and leveling ideas, Mrs. Linthicum retains the servants
whom she secured nearly eighteen years ago in her early married life. To
them she and her husband are "Miss. Helen" and "Mr. Charlie," as they were
before the servant class was, so to speak, uplifted out of existence. To
bring six old-time, well-trained Negros from Baltimore into the rarified
atmosphere which envelopes the capital and to keep them unspoiled, simple
and faithful as in their old Maryland home shows at once that Mrs.
Linthicum possesses that strength of character in which amiability is
combined with the Christian-like desire to fulfill every duty.
"The late Representative J. Charles
Linthicum will be honored tomorrow by the dedication of a monument to his
memory in Druid Ridge Cemetery in the presence of his wife and
congressional, diplomatic and religious leaders. Expected to be present at
the dedication at 3 p. m. are Senators Tydings and Goldsborough, Governor
Ritchie, Representative Sol Bloom, Bishop Edward T. Helfenstein, of the
Episcopal Diocese of Maryland, Dr. Arthur Kinsolving, Ulysses F.
Espaillat, councilor for Santo Domingo; Wilbur J. Carr, assistant secretary
of State, and Keith Miller of the State Department. The late
representative served the Fourth District of Maryland in 11 sessions until
his death l
ast October 5. He was chairman of the House Foreign
Relations Committee and a leader of the wet bloc in the fight against the
eighteenth amendment in the lower house.
-"Shaft
Erected to Li
This is the
Portrait which is to be found at Towson University presented by Sweetser
Linthicum. 
