The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-11-03
A FINAL WORD TO VOTERS.


the voters of Cecil county will have
passed upon the merits OF the tickets
now presented for their sutl'rages, anG
will have indorsed or rejected the ap
peals of the Ring managers to continue
their agents and representatives il
power throughout the county. If the
direct issue Of change Of county ad
minstration, eliminated Of all politica
questions, were to be submitted to the
tax payers of Cecil county, we believe
that large majority of its solid anC
of selecting their public servants more
with reference to their business and per
sonal qualifications than to their politi
cal or partisan recommendations Such
however, is not the desire of the loca
Democratic managers Direct ques
tons of personal interest and profit in
luence them, but Of widely different
character from those that distinguish
tax PAYERS Indeed, generally speak
ing, the latter care little personally who
hold the public Offices and discharge
important local trusts, so they are adj
ministered economically and honestly
The opposite however, is the case with
party managers. The less business
judgment and official capacity the party
representatives possess, as public Off
GERS, the more they are compelled to
rely upon the advice and counsel Of theil
party mentors, and the easier their cor,
troll by designing leaders
1t is apparent then that the dispense
ton Of party favors to the best part5
hands is the sole object sought to be
accomplished by partisan politicians in
the selection of county officers. In the
busy brain Of ambitious partisans, the
interests Of tax payers seldom find place
or consideration The shearer of the
political fleece feels little sympathy for
the shorn, even though the flesh of ten
der tax payers lie nipped in the shear
ing. Without any disposition to insti,
tute unwarrantable personal compari-
sons between the candidates of the two
parties now before the county, we assert
that the Republican nominees repre-
sent, in a higher degree, the uninflu,
enced and unbiased preferences of the
voters who are expected to support
them than the candidates of the opposi,
ton. In other words: The Republi-
can candidates are more unequlvocaliy
the choice Of the people, while the Demo
cratic nominees are largely the selec-
tons of the Ring managers of the
county The Republican nominees
have no coterie, clique, ring, clan or
combination behind them, whose will is
to he respected, and whose voice will
be potential in shaping their official con
ducts. should they be elected. For this
reason, and it is an important one, we
regard the Republican candidates as
having stronger claim upon the sup
port of non-partisan, but interested vot-
ers and tax payers, than their Ring
selected Democratic opponents. 1t
would, indeed, be the dawn Of a better
day in the political affairs Of Cecil,
the bright and hopeful beginning Of u
more promising epoch in the local his
tory of county affairs, could the tax
paving electors Of Cecil county elect
to places Of profit and trust men en-
tirely beyond the selfish personal con-
troll Of self-stvled party leaders.
For ten years past the people of the
county have had little voice in the selec-
ton of their political servants, and have
endured patiently the doubtful blessings
of successive Democratic administra-
tons. Every thing has been one way.
The ELTON clique has reigned supreme.
All the privileges and benefits of local
disbursements have been thrown into
the hands and pockets of the same old
party manipulators The identical set
of old party foxes still burrow in the
old court house wall Clever gentle
men enough in their way; but that
way leads not whittier the interests of
tax payers tend. The people rant more
business aud less politics around The doors Of
tie county safe. We cast no imputations
on the personal integrity of present or
past incumbents of the warm places
around the county fire sides We mean
no implied reflections upon the individ-
ual honesty of the men whom the Demo
cratic party have warmed year after
year at the peoples expense, But the
tax payers have taken up the cry of
reform and demand higher business
qualification and less partisanship in
their agents. if we mistake not, the
present indications of public sentiment
throughout the county, irrespective of
party or party lines, the next board of
County Commissioners will, at least,
/
wear mixed political comple4ion.-
Democratic checks and Republican coun-
ter-checks on all county boards would
benefit all concerned. The partisan