The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-04-13
County Commissioners.

The meeting of the County Commission
ers, on Tuesday, was out of the regular
order of ordinary occasions The appoint
ment of collectors of taxes, and other minor
county officers was, of itself. sufficient 70
attract numerous applicants from all sec
tions of the county, but the contest over
the collectorship of the First district was
unexpectedly the feature of the meeting.
1t was, in many respects, an unusual pro-
ceeding, and which, without expressing
was not generally commented on favorably
by dlsinterested Democrats. The district
was divided in its support of two candi-
dates-Mr. William Potter and Dir. f. y.
Commissioner. Underlying the direct issue
between these gentlemen and their respec-
tive friends, were numerous personal and
political grievances growing out of the last
election, at which Mr.. Crawford was cut
a number of Democratic votes, and which
he attributed to the influence of Mr.. VIM.
NJ. Knight and his friends. This, the lat
ter gentleman Indignantly denies, and
which denial he repeated on Tuesday. 70
counteract the influence of this act Of party
injustice charged by Mr.. Crawford'S friends,
and to secure, if possible, the appointment
of some other gentleman than DR.. i. \.
Crawford, whom it seemed, a foregone
conclusion, would be appointed, Mr.. Pot
ter's friends came to Elkton, on Tuesday,
in a delegation which represented, as
claimed by them, not only large proper
ton of the tax payers of the district, but
also a majority of influential Democrats
therein. The delegation, knowing they
had nothing to expect from Mr.. Crawford,
hoped to influence the two other members
of the Board in behalf of their candidate.
They pressed their case warmly aud car
ried the war into Africa. Mr.. William
Knight opened their case, followed by Mr..
E. Jones, Mr.. Cruikshank, William NJ.
Knight, and by Messrs. Nausant, Biggs,
and Ward, in language vigorously put and
1Amphatically stated Mr. Crawford, how
ever, seemed equal to the emergency, and
betrayed confidence that indicated his
knowledge of the status of the Board when
the vote would be taken, and which the
result fully justified. The vigorous advo-
cacy of Mr.. Potter by his friends, and the
feeling manifested in his behalf, was at The
time, and has been since, the subject of very
general comment. We are giving an i'm
partial statement of the fact in saying that,
the drift of public opinion was against
Mr.. Potter, not on account of any personal
opposition to him or to his friends, but on
account of the generally conceded iniudi-
cious method employed in his behalf. One
of the Comm issiouers, other than Mr.
| Crawford, remarked that he had never
before been so buldo.ed,' indicating
that the pressure brought upon him was
personally annoying, and necessarily preiu-
dicial to Mr.. Potter. And this, so far as we
could ascertain, was the feeling of Demo
Gratis generally. However, the question: if
not set at rest, was at least settled for the
time being, by the announcement, on We'd
nesday morning, of the following appoint
ments:
! Collectors: First district, DR.. +. n.
| Crawford; Second. Andrew Beaston, Ir
| Third, Benjamin Bowen; Fourth, William
Ewing, Fifth, John Williams; Sixth,
! franklin Ilangdon; Seventh, Alexander
Jackson; Eighth, Alpheus Crothers; Ninth
A. =. MesrnG.
| Constabtes: First district, John Rich
ards and James A. Benson; Second, George