The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-08-09

Gratis to represent Mr.. liami!t1n'S inter
est i'll the Gubernatorial convention, which
subsequently nominated him by acclama-
ton on Thursday. Now any man of com
mon sense, and one not familiar with the
arbitrary and dictatorial policy of the
Ring when political ''swag> is be
ing divided, would suppose that those
longest and best known as Mr.. llamil-
tons adherents in the county, would Ger
tainly have been selected as delegates, if.
as it profcsscd, it was in any sense a rep
rcsentative body of Cecil Democrats.
He would have recalled the famous, or
rather infamous, ll-lIamilton con
test of 1873, when, in violation of the
known sentiments of Cecil Democrats.
the delegation then selected to represent
the county. with one exception. betrayed
Mr.. Hamilton and bartcrcd the county
interest for John Lee Carroll, for whom,
at the ensuing election, five hundred
Democrats of the county refused to vote.
He would have seen the particular gen
tleman, for whose benefit this barter had
been made, fighting his battle anew ut
every county convention, getting whipped
in his fights at the primaries, but redeem
ing his loss by skillful manipulation of
the delegates. He would have heard i'll
dependent delegates say Gentlemen,
we propose here and now, since the nomi-
nation of Mr.. Hamilton is Il certainty,
that he and the party shall know who
have been his constant friends in Cecil
county, and we propose to rebullc the
participators in all such corrupt party bar
gains as lost Mr.. Hamilton the Governor
ship in 1875" He would have remembered
how s. Bonaparte " raved, and pronounced
the bargain and sale of 1919 as an in
famous outrage upon the Democrats of
Cecil county," and would not be COM
forted. lie would recall how. at the next
election succeeding this Carroll IIamil-
ton contcst-in 1S11.-the issue raised
between John VI. Miller and William NJ.
Knight. the latter having been at the
head Of the Carroll-l,amilto delegation
of S1j.-involvcd the endorsement of
that act,--and how Mr.. Knight was
beaten in seven out of nine of the dis
tricts of the county, and yet the dele
gates in the same districts subsequently
manipulated in his interest, and after
wards signally rebukcd for the act, by
the refusal Of four hundred Democrats
of Cecil county to vote for his elcc-
recalled the fact that, submitted to
their decision, scven-ninths of the Demo-
! cratic voters of Cecil county repudiated
Carrolls nomination by tue means it was
| secured He would have recalled the
vain attempts to influence the single dele
gate who stood firm III his allegiance to
his party in that contest. and how he re-
fused to make himself a party to po-
litical dickcr involving violation of the
sentiment of the constituency whom he
represented. Certainly, then, with all
tncSe rcCOliectlonS MS surprise would
have been complete, when, in 1879, he
saw the county convention manipulated
b. the Same men who SO outrageously
violated the sentiment of their party in
1873. Innocently he would ask, How is
this? And the reply would be: The
Ring deticd the sentiment of the party
as long as they dared. The personal coli
t';cts Cor POLITICAL goods, growing ont OF
! the Northumberland contest of 1915,
have been completed. Hamilton has
been paciticd, the Ring managers now
support him to the echo. We have accom-
plishcd all necessary "reform " within
the party, we are III power, and we pro-
pose to remain III, You and all other party
reformers and rebukers take a back
seat And take back seats they do
When they so into conventions, their
vote shows eleven to forty-two. and the
Ring triumphs. They may regret such
domination in their grand old party, but
their only relief is to hide their NORTH
cation as well as they may, and continue.
of course, as all good Democrats. to
bless the party" hand that smites them
and vote the Democratic ticket.