The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-04-26
MR.. WHITES RETIREMENT

ii we appreciate at all the lntelliHcllcc
OF the people of the State Of Mary Wand.
We believe that Senator Mhyte will be
compelled to secure newspaper organ
possessing il, higher degree their conf
dence than the Baltimore .imerico". be
fore they will accept its statement. that
Mr.. WHITES abandonment of the Scna-
toria! contest and retirement from poll
ties was in every sense voluntary. and i'll
nn sense the result OF doubt or uncer-
shrewd political manager as Mr.. Whyte
is. there is no man c0nversant with the
politics of Maryland that does not know
that he has emerged from several recent
party contests much weaker man than
he entered them. As is well known. the
present unpopular de .T"rfo Governor of
Maryland. Mr., Carroll. is the political
fruit of Senator WHITES handiwork
Not only was his fraudulent election a
gross outrage upon the people of the
State. hut the methods of his nomna-
ton We're i'll every sense offensive to a
large proportion of the Democratic party.
whose party services could not lie sub
orned TO the personal uses of any one
man. Mr.. Whytc forced that nominal
ton upon his party 10y 1 liberal use of
the party lash, The delegates at the
Maryland Institute Convention we're lit
orally whipped into the nomination.
They submitted sullcnly. and have since
chez ished no kindly feeling for the hand
that inflicted the punishment. The party
Gi>atlrction. consequent upon that nuni-
nation. has all been 1T Mr.. WhytcS cN-
cratic: and oyerhearin@. rs :, leader arhi
trary and tli@tat,rial. The last Senate
rial contest. on .4l!ich Nh. Whytr ell
tered. was his Waterloo. In Mr.. Den
his. his colleague. he ccntercd his allied
strength. while Mr.. Groonc was backed
by the anti Whyte element nf his party.
lead i,y i /, Go"lnan, The result was,
as generally expected, the overs feiming
defeat of Dennis. Mr.. Whytc has re-
Gently played only a loSn" game in
politics. Nobody has proSpcrcd that he
has tu,;ci,ad He offered contest very
recently over Dir. Dcii!i, raj The ierre-
taryship Of the Senate, and secured for
his late colleague only six against TWEEN
ty-one necessary votes. His recent po-
l;tical acts. looking to the preliminarics
OF his own reelection to the Senate i'll
dictate a .rani "t l,4,ii,rGGr in his opn
party resources. AS one OF his own par
ty journals put il last week: Some time
ago. when Mr. Whyte organized his cam
pai.n to rc-cicct himself to the United
states senate he turned his back upon
the nrSu a",, nioSt ,:ai.SlGl wen III the
party: he formed unholy alliances with
persons Of cloudy reputation. and of great
unnornarity outside of very limited
circle: and. failing tn make such bargains
as s.rG. a,ii.el e lis ncrnliar style of
wirc-pulling with other l,f'umiuent itala-
gers, he has finally sought in the Repub-
lican ranks for that strength which his
own methods have rendered it impoSSi-
BILE for him to secure inside of the Demo-
cratic "raa"ia.iiaH. IS not to" much
to say that a little srlt-fnrgtf1ilnc-r:
little Difference /" party uSagcS: 4 little
disposition manifested to pay due regard
to the opinions of men at least as scnsi-
bile and is, ihi ,i.'a.i"l as himself would
have enabled Mr. WhyIr 10 return 70 the
Senate without any substantial OPPOSE
ton. He has chosen. hnwever. to prr-
sue = different course. and to show linn
self al all time. 10. Nj. i ,,iiiiii.i PiLkney
Whytr first and for the state of Mary
land and the Democratic party after
wariS-in short. he has sought to eStal-
fish il ,is, HaryI1nd Democracy one
man despotism identical III nature with
that which has rendered John kelley's
name so odiouS in New York. and which
recently caused the utter overthrow of
Tammany's bower by the election of Ed
ward Cooper to the ot!ice Of M.;!ur.-
This line of conduct. on the part of Mr.
Whyte. has had its natural and its proper
result: HE better element of the PARTY
has been alicnatcd from him. a!id the
chances are at least two to one that he
will be defeated at Annapolis next fall.
unless he can sccurc ,S,ist fiI.GG frQIp GER.
tain cliqueS, not only alien to the Democ-
racy, but at heart utterly hostile to its
its aims and its principles.
We accept, therefore. the 'domes-
tic : character Of ,l.e rrasul.s inspiring
Mr. Whyte'S withdrawal III II modified
sense nnly. and cannot receive them
" purely 1t is ridiculous, we think, to
say that under all this withdrawal cere-
mnnv and address lies an ambition for
the nomination for the Nice-Presidcncy.
If family TGaa4rs dcharred one contest,
why not the other and besides. who
wonid prefer the negative position of
the ' ice rrcsidency-even Including the
death CHANGES for the Presidency 10 m