The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-23

9TH had got nothing it claimed something;
broadly intimatins that as Mr.. Shippers
had, in a fair contest at the primary meet
ing, carried the district in his favor against
Scott, that the latter had been logged be-
fore the convention with not very good
grace. The Ring thinking it best to give
the disaffected parties little more rope,
proceeded to ballot without further at
tempt to force the fighting by dropping the
lowest man. At the eighth ballot Boulder
had votes Simpors 90, and the Ring
candidate, Scott, 16. Now critical
point in the battle had arrived. White
had been placed hors du combat. Boul-
den saw his success was hopeless, and
announced to the Convention that he with
drew. The Ring had foreseen this climax
in the fight and made careful provision to
meet it. The First and Second District
delegates had been assured by transcript
from the election tables Of II, that more
votes had been polled at the North East
primary than the party had in that Dis
trict, and as matter of course, they had
been thrown against the Ring candidate,
Scott. This did the business; anything
tainted with Radicalism - must be exter-
minated, and the ninth vote showed II for
Shippers, and 81 for Scott. A hundred
guns for the Ring! thrice victorious over
the mutineers!
With this contest ended the excitement
TI,n IL II.
begging. A vote was taken for choice of
those previously placed in nomination,
with the following result: Biggs 33, Giles
PIE AZ, Crawford IS, DR.. Cromwell SO, and
the three highest were announced as the
candidates. No one was selected for sur
veyor, and the executive committee was
authorized to fill all vacancies on the ticket,
which was finally construed, giving that
committee power to fill all vacancies that
might occur on the ticket. Before the
convention had adjourned, it was positively
asserted that DR.. Cromwell would decline
and it was considered doubtful if Bggs
would stand. So it is probable that the
Executive Committee will, in accordance
with the Democrats suggestion, meet after
the Republican ticket has been formed to
finish their Commissioners ticket, when
the Ring will see to it that it gets it's men
on to fill the vacancies, if any occur. The
following gentlemen compose the County
Executive Committee: Geo. Biddle, First
District; John Peach, Second District; G.
w. Cruikshank, Third District; H. Hess,
Fourth District; j. L. Wingate, Fifth Dis
trict; ]. o. McMormick, Sixth District;
Andrew Orr, Seventh District; Merritt
McNamee, Eighth District; l. F. Vanars-
dale, Ninth District. A majority of these
are undoubted Ring men. The ticket is
pretty fairly divided, except that Elkton
did not get her share. Let us see, we only
get the candidates for Clerk, Register, one
member for House of Delegates, and the
Sheriff belongs to the Third more than the
Fifth, where he halls from, but was dis
owned by that District. Besides these
Immediately in the town, a large portion
of the ticket outside will take its cue from
the Ring masters.
Present and prospective, this is the way
! the anointed of that party stand: Judge of
the Circuit Court, Hon. F. Stump; A. W.
Mitchell, relative of the Judge, candidate
for Clerk. James 3. Groome and VIM. NJ.
Knight, brothers in law, for House of Del
egates and Senate. Present Clerk of Cir
cult Court, and candidate ror Sheriff, own
| brothers. Clinton Mccullough, States
Attorney, and son of the first diplomatic,
the Talleyrand of the Ring. r. D..
lamar in his sixth year in the Regis
/ ter's Office, and the apple of the Rings
eye. DR.. II. II. Mitchell, brother to pre-
sent candidate for clerk, held the Office a
term formerly, and is the acknowledged
/ Bismark of the Ring. And thus we go
round and round; but always among Our
Set" If the Republican party can't beat
this ticket they had better turn their
swords into pitch forks and go to fodder
ing the cows. 1t won't be worth their
while bothering with politics any more.
Whom the gods wish to destroy they
first make mad