The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-09-13
TO THE FRONT.
REPUBLICANS OF CECIL SELECT
A TICKET TO WIN.

REF UBLICANS OF CECIL SELECT
A TICKET TO WIN.
They Declare Unequivoca!ly for Local
Option, and Raise the Issue with
Their Opponents on the Leg
islative Contest
The Republican Convention met in Odd
Fellows Hall, on Wednesday last and was
called To order at T. VI. by James T. Mccall
Tough, ESD, OF the :ird district, Chairman
of the County Republican Executive Com
mittce.
On motion, Thomas G. Bond, of the eth
district, was called to the clair: and II. H.
kimbe, of the 18th, was appointed Secre-
tary.
On motion of Joshua Green, of the iti Il
committee upon credentials was appointed,
consisting of one from each district, which
retired, and soon after returned and report
ed that the credentials were all right, and
that the districts were all fully represented
/ except three, which were authorized to he
filled by the members OF the respective dele
cations present.
The roll was then called, and the follow
ing delegates answered to their name:
First Dixtrict-.Jo<eph Magill, Thomas p.
Jones, William II. Emerson, j. j.. Pearce,
Joseph Price.
.Srcond-H G. Ellison, G. w. Boulder, S.
p. Wood, J. H. Brooks, j. NJ. Reed.
Ih1ri-Gcorge +. Harlan, VIA. j. Smith
Col. |. ID. Davis, L, Wesley Janney, Joseph
Wells
Fomfh.-H. II. Kimble, Joshua Green, j.
l.. Burnett, !. w. McCardel
FNHi-B A. Cooling, Alfred Ford, John
A. Rutter, John w. Shippers, Joseph 7.
Reed.
rirM-,John w. Mccullough, Eli. Il.
i'lsSmorn John Keilholtz, Alfred Kirk,
( Barclay Reynolds.
Scr'Wh-ieter HartenSten, Thomas c.
Hnnd, Moses y. Gillespie, Il. C. Hopkins,
, w. Martin.
Ei9hh-William p. Cummings, Robert
/ Christie, John Fulton.
NtnM-Levi A. Cameron, James c. Croth-
ers, John 7. Janney, John II. bunting, $.
| Iambleton.
/ II: c. Hopkins then offered the following
resolutions:
! WHEREAS. The Constitution of Maryland de
eares that all government of right originates
! from the people. is founded in compact only and
instituted solely Tor the good of the whole: and
| thcy nave at all times the inalicnable right to
alter. reform or abolish their form of government
III SuG, manner b as thoy may deem e1pedient; and
in the cases OF Hammond rs. IIaineS and Fell Us
| the state have socmnly declared that law
which gives to the citizens the right To say by
their ballots whether licenses shall be granted Tor
the :aic of ,piritTous or lernented liquors is con
| sttutiona and valid: therefore.
| RtS0lrfd. That the determined and persistent
! refusal OF the Legislature ot Maryland to allow
the citizens of this State to say at the polls
whether licenses shall be issued for the sale of in
t"Ncating liquors is contrary to the letter of Con
sttution and destructive OF the inalicnabc right.
of the people.
! Rcsoircd. That the persons nominated hv thi.
! Convention as Delegates to the Legislature are
hereby instructed. If elected. to Use their hes;
efforts 70 procure the passage OF an act which
shall give to the people the right to say by their
ballots what shall be tho future policy OF Mary
/ land upon this subject ana whether the present
! license system shall or shall not be abolished
/ RcSoired. That falling t" procure the passage OF
such an act for the whole State they shall erdcavor
by all means in their power to secure the enact
ment of law which shall authoriz, the legal
voters OF Cecil county to decide at the polls
whether licenses to sell spirtuou. iermented
liquors in this county shall or shall not be granted
said law TO he similar in terms to the act Of 1875
| chapter Isl. for Kent county:
which WAS read, and, on motion, almost
unanimously adopted, there being only one
! vote in the negative. Thereupon on mo- !
ton, the Convention adjourned to meet at .
| O'Clock 7. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
/ The Convention lnct promptly at . o'clock
+. NJ, and the President announced that the |
first business in order was the nomination
of candidate for Clerk of the Circuit Court; f.
whsrcupon James \. Davis of the 9TH dis !
trict, was nominated by acclamation
/ The next business was the nomination of
Il candidate for Register of Wills and Be-
noni Cooling, of the 9TH district, was nomi- /
mated by reclamation.
On motion, the Convention then proceed !
ed to nominate candidates for the House of
Delegates, and John NJ. McClenahan, Of the |
It'll; l.. Marshall Haines and William D.
Grant, Of the ird: and Thomas 7. Jones, Of
the l,t, were put i'll nomination, and the
Convention proceeded to ballot, which re-
I suited rs follows: McClenah,n, A; Haines
IS: Grant, 8; Jones, A.
/ The next candidates in order were those
! for County commissioners. and James A. 7
Coulson, of the 9th district, John Perkins.
of the :ird, and Thomas b. Hopper, of the
md, were named and nominated by accla-
nation.
The next business was the nomination of
I candidates for Judges of the Orphans
Court, and Job iiaines, of the 9TH, William
Kirk, of the 9th, and Joseph Miller, of the
9Th, only bein. nominated were, without
ballot, declared to be the unanimous choice
Of the Convention.
Samuel IIaddocll, of the 9th district, was
then unanimously nominated for Sheriff
and X. {. Thackery, Of the Ird, WAS nomi-
mated by acclamation for States Attorney.
The office Of County Surveyor being of
nomination for it, but proceeded to choose
Delegates to represent the county in the
State Convention. Jacob Tome, Of the 9TH
district, j. A. j. Creswell, James T. McCul-
loush Of the 3rd, j. W. Falls, of the 9TH,
and l.. q. Cameron, of the 9th, were nom-
mated and the Convention proceeded to
ballot, with the following result: Tome,
81; Cre.well, ~: Mccullough, 81: Falls, :iS;
Cameron, 20; and the four first named were
accordingly declared elected.
The Convention then proceeded 10 elect
member. of the State Executive Committee
for this county, and on the first ballot chose
MessrS l. ID. Davis and H. Il. Torbert of
the Jrd district; w. w. Hopkins, of the
eth, and John Fl. Bunting, of the 9th.
The Convention then reappointed the
present County Executive Committee, con-
sisting Of MeSsrs. J. I. Mccullough, w. J.
Smith and l.. ". H2in-S.
. Hon. j. \. j. Creswell being present, was
introduced by the President and proceeded
to say that ho had not made political
speech for 50 Ion. that he feared he had for
gotten hov, but that in all these years he
had not forgotten the principles Of the Re
publican party. Although it ha. been said
that the glorious old party WAS dead and it
only remained to be buried, but, if he mis-
took not the signs of the times, the Democ-
racy would find that its members We're alive
and knew how to vote. He then advert
ed to the record Of the Democratic party
and compared its course with that of the
Republicans during and subsequent to the
! rebellion and showed that it had uniformly
been opposed to national existence and ma
tioral credit. HIS then spoke of the defeat
of the Democrats in Maine and California
and drew the cheering inference that that
party would be overwhelmingly defeated in
the next Presidential contest. Then speak
ing Of local politics, he said that during the
| last year the Democratic Board of County
Commissioners had spent SS:S, 900 for county
purposes, to which must be added S24, 900
for State taxes, which amounted to $500
for each man, woman and child in the
county and so for each voter. He then
urged the necessity of reform and argued
that with proper and unitod effort it would
he easily effected.
Mr.. Creswell then compiimentrd the Con
vention upon its action in reference to local
option and congratulated it upon the return
of better times, which had been produced
by the efforts Of TIL. Republican party in
giving tho people sound metallic currency.
Mr.. Crcswcll spoke with his old time force
and cloquence and we regret that he had
not Il larger audience OF the Democratic
voters Of the county to hear him.
At the conclusion of Mr.. Creswell'S
speech, calls were made for Il. G, Tharkery
Esq, who unfortunately at that moment
was absent from the Hall, but who the
voters of the county will have ample oppor-
tunity to hear before the close Of the cam