The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-10-09
Where are the Know-Nothingsl -WhO are
the Rulers of the Ring.

| A reporter of the Baltimore American
meeting a Democrat and Carroll man
who is familiar with city politics spoke t.
him in regard to the hue and cry of Know
Nothingism raised by the Ring and taken
up by the speakers at the Democratic mass
meeting. The reporter asked him whether
there were not great many Know-Noth
ings in the Ring Democracy. Yes!' SAID
he, "the worst of the Know Nothings have
gotten hold of the party organization and
respectable Democrats have to stand aside
| That is where the sting is to US who are
Democrats and can't be any thing else.
There are some who, like myself, are OF
Irish extraction and are Roman Catholics
in religious faith, who cannot help being
Democrats. We are Democrats to the mar
row; and it is as bitter as gall to us to see
lot of Know Nothings 60 to the top seats
in the synagogue" The reporters asked
him if he could name some.
"Well," said he, "there is l. Freeman
Rasin, the ring master in the eastern part
of the city, where the bands of repeaters
come from, who vote in every ward in the
city. He was the leading spirit of the Ash
land Club, and was boss among the roughs
in those days. Comptroller Maccubbin was
strong Know Nothing in those days; Char
ley Nicolai, who is now in trouble for some
forgery transaction, and who is director for
the city in the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company, was a Know Nothing and nomi-
mated Tom Swami for the mayoralty in the
Temperance Temple Convention. Arthur
German, the President of the Chesapeake
& Ohio Canal, was brought up in the lap
of Know Nothingism. Allen E. Forester,
who is raising such hue and cry about
the revival of Know Nothingism, was a
violent Know Nothing and was clerk of
the City Council. Judge Lindsay, of the
Orphans Court, was vice. President of the
Mount Vernon Fire Company, one of the
worst fighting crowds in the city. Mar
riot Roswell, Secretary of the Police Board,
H. Hayward, Justice of the Peace in the
Twelfth ward, Daniel Bride, Justice in the
Sixteenth ward, and Alex NJ. Briscoe, JUS
tice in the Eighteenth ward. Briscoe is
big ring Democrat now, and when register.
crowded his lists with names for the repeat
ers to vote. P. NJ. Snowden, who is now a
ruling Democrat in the Nineteenth ward
and School Commissioner, belonged to
Fourteenth ward Know Nothing organiza-
ton. Charles A. Wheeler, Justice of the
Peace and Second Branch representative
from the Seventeenth and Eighteenth wards
was a Know Nothing rough. Fred. Kraft,
bailitf of the Circuit Court, was the Cap
tain of the Ranter's Club. Jim Cosgrove,
another bailiff, was in the Boilers Club.
Henry Lancaster, Superintendent Of Streets
in the Fifth district, was Know Nothing,
and so was DR.. Alfred F. Smyrk, Assistant
Health Commissioner. John G. Dillehunt,
a Democratic nominee for the City Coun-
Gil, was Know Nothing. In fact, the
party is full of them. Talk about Know
Nothing cabals and secret meetings! there
is no worse Know Nothing cabal than that
which runs the Democratic party to- day.
am going to vote for the leaders on the
ticket, but am going to scratch the City
Council and legislative nominees.
Reporter.-The meeting of the commit
tees of the Ring Democracy are secret, are
they not?
Ansuer-Certainly. The people know a
great deal more what the Citizens party
are doing than they know about what the
Ring is doing. Why, those people have
their men in all the councils of the Citi-
zens' party. Mike Bannon gets regular
reports of what is done at all the meetings
of the councils. But you don't know what
they are about and what games they are
getting up, so as to stuff the ballot-bo1es
and count in their men. The Democratic
party of Maryland is being corrupted and
dishonored by men who are renegrades,
and who have attached themselves to the
party for selfish ends.