The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1879-10-04

folly to urge or to advance them. And
queatly overlooked. Amid the flourish
of trumpets and the sound Of cymbals,
under the pressure of so-called party
necessity, carried away by the shout and
the hurrah, intelligent men too often for
get their scruples and assist the election
of nominees totally untitled and unquali-
fed. And what is the result? Elect
the Democratic ticket this fall, and the
people of Cecil county will become ac-
uuainted with that result.
We say many intelligent men too often
forget their scruples. They vote, for
illustration, for candidate for the re-
sponsiblc and important position of State S
Attorney to conduct all the criminal prose-
BUTTONS of the county, who is utterly
without experience, whose competency
is, at least, uncertain, and whose qualili-
cations have never, in any wise, been
established, simply because he is of the
same party with themselves and is ON
the ticket" And i'll doing so cast their
ballots against a man of experience, of
capability, and of conceded fitness.
We earnestly. and with a sincere de
sire to protect the peoples interest, urge
the citizens Of Cecil county to think upon
these things. Weask them to take them
under their careful consideration. We
beg them, if they have an eye to their
own welfare. to reflect and to determine
that they will not elect men to official
positions who are devoid Of proper quail
fcstions, simply because those men have
been foistcd upon them by political trick
stcrs or by the combinations in a convcn-
ton.
Two tickets for the respective county
offices arc at present before the people of
this county. One of those tickets-that
of the Republican party-was selected
solely with reference to competency,
| capacity and fitness. The other-that
of the Democratic party-was chosen
without regard to qualification, in part
against luC VI IL VI thtt
party and was the result of as barefaced
combination, rs open a bargain and
sale as ever disgraced a political conven-
ton. 1t would naturally be inferred that
the former of these two tickets is the
better and, therefore, more worthy of
support. But in this instance we are,
fortunately, not forced to rely upon in
ference. Senator Groome-good Demo-
cratic autlority-tclls us that 50 the ticket
nominated by the Republicans is far
superior to the one nominated by the
Democrats. The Senator ought to have
gone further and added" and being far
superior ought to be elected Is not
that correct conclusion If the Re
publican nominees arc far superior to the
Democratic they must, of necessity, be
better qualified for the respective posi-
tons; and if hotter qualified, the people
of Cecil county ought, beyond doubt, to
elect them.
And can their superiority be question
/ WI W. appear w lIS II ain, li0iCSt. lstll
minded and intelligent men of this county
! Compare the candidates. Place them
side by side. Examine their merits
Scrutinizc their qualities and their char
actcristics. And what say you? Does
Mr.. Alexander II. Briscoc, the gentle
man who comes to Elkton and PAGES up
and down its streets with his hat tipped
upon the back of his head and his
thumbs at his arm pits as though he
were some curious animal on exhibition,
stand i'll favorable contrast with James
A. Davis the modest citizen, the gcner-
! Gus friend, the honest. capable man .
What do you say as between Harry D.
Miller-an honest man no doubt-and
| Benoni Cooling. the upright man, the
christian gentleman, the tried and eff
cient officer? And what us between the
respective candidates for Sheriff and
County Commissioners and Delegates and
Judges of the Orphans Court Was
not Senator Groome right?
| And what rs to the States Attorney
/ ship? Is it not universally recognized
and conceded throughout the county that
| Robert G. Thackcry has all the advantage
( in point of experience. in point of ability.
in point of competency? Is it not an
/ open secret that the brictlcsS and mex
! pcrienced young barri>ter. Mr. Crothers.
/ owes his nomination not to his merits
! but to the virtues, whatever they may
be. of Il 5x4 combination?
/ And yet Democratic managers and
organs ask the election Of the inferior and
the defeat of the superior man. Why?
/ Because the former is on the ticket, be-
cause he has, by some hook or crook,
been nominated by the party and be-
cause his election will conserve or pre-
serve or maintain Democratic principles.
/ Bosh. The people will do no such thing.
They will be hoodwinked 10y no such
balderdash and nonsense That day is
gone. They will say, "we prefer the
man OF known competency. Of recognized
fitness, of the requisite qualifications -
and obey they will elect him.
LOCAL OPTION" THE ISSUE.