Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1880-07-22
SECOND EDITION.
OEUIL rOLITION.


heOhnncea OF Kepublfcan success
Evans W.. OOnstADlc-The Con-
Eressfonal Fight.
Stat correspondence Of the BErUB-IcAN.
EIkTsN, Md, July 2l.-The cam
paign in Cecil county will be very earn
est this fall which is surprising when
you consider the fact that the only side
issue from the presidential contest will
be the election offs Representative in
Congress. II has bean noticed Of late
years that party feeling here has only
reached white heat on local issue OF
county candidate and this has been
of q more pronounced nature than in
any other of the Eastern shore counties.
This year, however, this nature Of
things is somewhat changed, possibly
because of the absence of smaller matters
to consider, and an unusually brisk in
terest is being tsken in the national
campaign by the people, aud more es.
pecially by the Republicans.
have talked with many leading
Republicans and they all assert that
there is now better chance for carry
ing the county than for a good many
years back. The Democratic majority
at the State election last year was only
1858 which was the number of votes
Hamilton received over Gary for Cover
nor. In 1876 Roberts had 4S0 majority
over Harris for Congress, and this
shows,a considerable reduction in three
years which was not effected by an un-
usually vigorous campaign by the Re-
public ana. And the party leaders have
good reasons for their expectation
not I'll least weighty of which is the
prosp ,ctive dissatisfaction in the Demo.
cratiJ ranks over the Congressional
nomination.
Talbot Of TowsOntown, who carried
the county against Milligsn last fall,
owing TO the fact that A. P. McCombs
of the Havre dc Grace Republican ranI
~ Greenback candidate receiving q
big show Of Republican votes and
otherwise hurting the cause, is again
out for denomination for Congress. He
has not made an able Representative
and the Cecil Democrats are not desi-
rous of again having him as their candi.
date. The leaders declare that his
nomination would be unwise. Among
the other candidates, for the nomina.
tion are two in this county. They are
young Bill Evans, q lawyer of E!kton,
WHO has been hard at work all bis life,
never held an Office and never wanted
one, and loud. voiced, sarcastic Albert
Constable, also a lawyer, q shrewd pol
itici2n and the body and brains of the
Elkton ring. A lively contest is going
on and the result is watched with a
good bit of interest. Constable and
Evans represent two wings of the party,
the ring. and snti.ring factions respec-
lively. Feeling has been run
ming high between the two divisions
Of late years, and no matter who is
much dangerous discord
will be spread in Cecil Democracy. l.
The Plan by which the ring has
carried affairs its own way is as
simple as it has been effective. Il is
called the "four by five" combination,
The county consists Of nine districts,
md until last year the ringsters with
Constable at their head, have been /
.ble to control the delegates in five utie
hem. But last ia it had disas irons I
'ssnlts and the respectable Democrats y
N , number Of districts remained at a
,oms on election day or voted the Re-
publican ticket. A. Briscce, the leader s
n the Sixth district, was badly defeat. 3,
ID, and his punishment is only fore. /
;oas,. Il vet will b: tf":,ecenlus ifs
..ys the ''foHF by Ave" L
,ame successfully, for hosts Of such l,
eading men as Han. James NJ. Evans
will bolt the ranks and vote for the
republican nominee, leaving only the
8 scallawagE, " such as Briscoe now
8 for followers, towork at the polls.
1t is Constable's expectation to get all
he delegates to the county convention
rom Eve districts, but he has met with
ONE trouble and his opponent has
Knocked down several of bis jobs
Is fast as he sat them up. He calcu-
ates on the Fourth, boSsed by sman
named Miller; the Fifth, ran by him :
,elf since his power waned in his oHnj
district; the Sixth, if Briscoe can keep a
things together; the Seventh, which Is '
n the hands of James NJ. Tombstone +
Of the House Of Delegates, and the |
Eighth which bows allegiance to State
Attorney G. c. Crothers. He seems to q
have fair chance of getting what hel
wants too, although the respectable
Democrats repudiate him. Il
How he will stand If he succeeds, is )
shown by the remark of a leading
Of his own party day or two
ago: "If Constable does win he will
be turned down on election day by a
majority in this county at
east, and he'll have hard fight to
get through in the rest Of the districts"