The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1871-09-30
Slaughter Of the Innoeepts,

Great disgust is reported to exist among
the ranks Of the Democracy at the manner
a part Of their ticket was put in the field.
The heartless ingratitude shown to the
present Board Of County Commissioners,
in the contemplate vote given two Of the
members who were placed in nomination,
and the shabby treatment of Mr.. w. T.
Boulder, candidate for Sheriff, who was
ruthlessly set aside for the prospective
interests Of an aspirant Of the Second Dis
trict, who has the Clerks Office in view
two years hence, are pronounced, and with
good deal Of apparent reason, shameful,
by the friends Of the misused parties.
Every man acquainted with the men.
must admit that the present Board Of
County Commissioners are head and
shoulders above the nominees for whom
they were strangled, in point of ability and
fitness for the office. Because, however,
from the very nature and composition Of
the party which they serve, heavy expen-
ditures have been made, of county taxes,
during their administration, to fill, at least
partially, the hundreds Of hungry Demo-
cratic mouths that opened and threatened
to swallow the whole Board, on every ses-
sion day, they are thrust over, Jonah like.
in hopes to allay the storm of indignation
that is rising against the party.
The new Jail and Court House, it is true,
will cost the county, it is reputed. when
finished, 500, 900, in place of $50, 900, which
P. c. Strickland offered to give bonds to
build it for; and when the Commissioners
determined to build it in the manner they
at last adopted, and Mr.. Strickland offered
to superintend the work for $1,000, it was
thought advisable to give the job to good
partisan, at five per cent commission, who
will receive for his supervision over 90, 900:
and although good many appropriations
were doubtless kept back which should
have gone into the levy of the present year,
SO as to make the expenditures have
diminishing tendency little innocent
trick that all the Boards resort to-yet we
hold that the present Board had a reason.
able excuse for these things. II they had
appointed Mr.. Strickland superintendent
of the work, when good Democrat was
an applicant. although the salary of the
latter was likely to amount to more than
double what a Republican offered to do the
same work for; we assert, and dare denial,
that the Board of Commissioners dared
not give it to the Republican, under penalty
Of mourning the indispensable wrath Of the
whole Democratic party And when that
party's delegates met in Convention in the
hopes of Sinking party responsibility, and
through cowardice Of being charged by the
Republicans with these extravagances,
before the people, they deliberately insult
their old servants, and nominate ticket to
take their places, that will in no way COM
pare with the present Board. And We pre-
dict, if by singular stroke of hard for
tune, the ticket which the party has now
put in the field, should succeed in being
elected, the expenditures will we'll nigh
double those Of the present Board. We
do not write these things in spirit Of par
TALLY for the present Board, but state the
facts as they exist, to the shame of the
party who has been guilty of such low
demagogue trickery in hopes to deceive the
people.
Mr. Boulder was turned down in favor
OF man who hasn't 1.-THE Of the qualifi-
cations that he has for the Office Of Sheriff.
for the sole purpose that the Second Dis
trict might have claims on the party two
years hence, which could be used for pet
Of the Elkton "Ring." These were the
secret springs which worked the machine.