The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-09-28
The Democratic domination In the Second
Congressional District.

necessary to the well. being of the country
on account of thousand important con-
sideralions. 1t believes that Maryland
owes it to herself and to the country, to
the cause of freedom and good govern
ment, to the cause of peace and national
prosperity, to keep an unbroken Demo
cratic representation in Congress for the
ensuing term and those which come after
1t; and, in mere fealty 10 those opinions, it
cannot consent to be silent in the presence
of nominations made and of modes of
nomination resorted to, which it knows to
he preiudicial in the highest degree to the
interests Of the party, and such that, if
they persisted IN, are certain to peril
the success, If not thu very existence of
the party in the State. For these reasons
it has become necessary to speak out, for
the Democratic party in Mary land needs in
this crisis to be saved from his - friends -
no other power is capable of bankrup-
ting or wrecking it.
When the Bulletin expresses profound
dissatisfaction with the character of the
Democratic nomination FOR Congress made
iii the Second district last week, and an
unqualified reputation of the means by
winch that nomination was procured, it
simply gives voice 10 the very general the
almost universal sense of discomfort aud
disgust which fills the hearts of respectable
Democrat throughout that district and
this feeling is wide spread, SO intense,
that We are ASSURED that nothing can pre-
vent Mr.. Talbott's defeat, but the nomina.
ton Of some Objectionable Radical. to run
against him. The most careful inquiries
which We have been able to make render it
almost certain that the load which the
Democrats have 10 carry in the Second dis
trict will be more than they can bear in
the presence of trustworthy, popular,
energetic independent candidate on the
other side. In other words, If the Demo
Gratis secure the election of their candidate
II: TIE Second district, it will be simply
Through the mistakes of the opposition.
and not due III anywlse either to their own
prudence. OF to the merits of that candidate.
We have no intention to go into the
causes of Mr.. Tabotts unpopularity, ex-
cept that it rests at bottom upon a general
opinion of his uniituess for the high place
for which he has been nominated; but we
must Insist upon the fact of his uupopu
laIity, aud the further fact that those who
Nominated him did in the face of that
appropriately, and in spite of earnest and
repeated protests from men whose repre-
s.ntations no convention and no mana
gers "cln afford TO Gcspise. These gentle
men included majority of the leading
Democrats of all four Of the counties in
the district, who were very strongly backed
up by the most important commercial in
terests of Baltimore. For whom were
these representations thrown to the winds
For the man whose denomination, in 1873,
10 the office OF States Attorney for Balti
more county was regarded rs the main
cause for the conversion Of a Democratic
majority OF !, 800 into a large " Reform"
majority. In that contest Nr. Talbot was
ugloriuusly defeated by an unknown, self
nominated gentleman, who did no more
toward the canvass than simply stick his
card announcing his candidacy in one cor
ner OF the county papers.
The persistence of the Cecil county dele
! CATION in voting for Mr.. Cruikshauk. in
! the late convention, was founded upon a
very reasonable belief that Baltimore
county could not venture to force such al
| Objectionable candidate upon the party.
| The: know, and party leaders assured the
| convention, that Mr.. Talbot could not
carry their county. They knew. upon the
best of evidence, that If Mr.. Talbot was
reuominsted, the potato bug" beHlererse
| msHt of 1879 would be repeated in Balti.
more county. They knew that Mr.. Tai
bott could not bring out the party vote
| either III Hartford or Carroll Counties, and
| they had 4 right To believe that the final
/ contest IN the convention would be narrow
ed down, by the dropping of Talbot, to a
| struggle between Roberts and Cruikshank
These are facts OF which every one at
all acquainted with the situation is fully
| cog:aizInt. Ii remains to be told why a
/ Congressional district which gave Tilden
| and Roberts ma iority Of over 5000,
which &c elected Archer when nearly every
/ L,.- ha a.. .i,,l-
! last year gave Heating a majority OF 1900,
aud which has an average Democratic ma
! iority of 800 available for any acceptable
| candidate, has been needlessly aud reck
| iessly put IN this perilous position in a
! critical emergency like the present. How
| was ii done and why was il done? The
recondite motives and objects of the party
managers are too difficult OF analysis for
Us 10 attempt any such thing here, but Of
| facts we may speak, and the charge is that
I a good deal of money was furnished to
! enable Talbot to carry Baltimore county
| against his Two opponents lie owed his
success IN that county to this material aid,
which he knew only too well how to put
where 1t would do most good, in and
around the brewerics of Canton. the Belair
road and Highlaudtown, at Hampton,
| Woodberry. Warren aud the other factory
.
the auarrymen of Texas and Cockeysville
Ii is notorious that Talbott's candidacy has
been pushed by the rough" element of
the county for more than q month as vche-
mently As it has been opposed by the res.
pectable elements. y Cecil delegate who
was at the convention at CockeysviIle said !:
- mace up my mind how to vote when |
found that every respectable nau there
was opposed To Taibnit's nomination."
Talbot carried Baltimore county in this
way and secured six delegates, very res.
pcctabie and worthy gentlemen, who were
.ctnated 10y every motive of county pride
and jealousy to vote for him through thick
and Thin. But this was still no reason why
lac should be nominated, If the party's in
tcrests were 10 be considered and not simply
his own. The four counties together had
nine teen delegates, SO that Talbot could
.cSiiima;ely control less than one third of
the whole vote; he had only three iifths of
the vote required to nominate. 1t was nm
dersiood, when the convention met, that
none OF the other thirteen delegates would
vote tor him upon any consideration. The
managers, who were consulted by gen
iiemeu deeply interested in the contest
gave them the most earnest assurances that
falbott could not be nominated under any
circumstances. This was easy 90 believe,
since there was no dearth of excellent and
available candid ties. Mr. Roberts, Mr..
Stevenson Archer, Mr.. Henry W. Archer.
Mr. Mccullough, Mr.. Cruikshank, any OF
thcs. would have been acceptable and
would have brought out the popular vote.
In view of this, of the assurances of the
managers. aud their repeated advice, the
gentlemen 10 whom We refer kept out of
the contest when they might easily have
controlled il.
The convention at Cockeysville took
recess tn Baltimore; it balloted a few times
in a mechanical way and then adjourned
over night. Wien it met the next morn
ing. the Hartford delegates, who has pro.
tested that under no circumstances would
thoy support the Baltimore county caudi-
GATE, came "Ver IN = body and gave the
nomination To Talh.ti--aui thus. the least
lu,.aiaI nt ihlee candidates IA Baltimore
county, the least available and least Won thy
Of all the candidates in the Congressional