The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1880-01-17
HOLE IN THE WALL.
Mr.. CSC. w. Cruikshank Appointed Clerk
as the Great Suhterranean Pacihcator.
The Doabt, Speculation, and Commission Of the
Faithful, Fearful to Behod-Every Fellow
Asking Every Other Fellow the Comm
drum What Does it all Mean ~
Every Other Fellow Gives it up.

drum What Does it all Mean 81
Every Other Fellow Gives it up.
The Democratic leaders made gooti-use of
the tim. during the interval between the
last two sessions of the Board of County
Commissioners, trying to evolve order ont
OF chaos. but succeeded in etfecting nothing
till few minutes before the meeting on
Tuesday last. The Big Politician came home
from Washington Oil Friday, and exhausted
his ingenuity in trying to effect Il solution
Of the yeX;.,l questions that for many weeks
Ind perplexed the souls of the Democracy;
Int his efforts, like those of tie other lead
ers, were Intellectual, and he took himself
off TO Washington again early on Monday
morning.
Eonapartc and Talleyranl came back from
Annapolis on Friday, and remained until
Monday evening, without eiiecting anything
that looked like harmony in the ranks of
their followers, and, like a rudderleSs ship
in the trough Of the sea, the Democratic
boat seemed likely to be stove to pieces
among the breakers of Democratic stubborn
ness that had been cngendered amid tie con-
fusion created at the Caravansary last Fall,
when the 5X4 combination was perfected.
Monday was a gloomy day, and seemed to
bode no good to the Democracy, who hoped
that Mr.. CoulSon wonld he on hand the next
day to aid them in solving the difficulty by
voting for Mr.. Nanarsdale. True, he had
g.; l.J ha Lost lint still
they hoped against hope, and not few of
them feared that. if the drilling rain which
prevailed on Monday night continued, he
would he deferred from coming, and the
responsibility thrown upon the two Demo
Gratis.
But about 8 p. N. on Monday, old .Iuris-
dction, who had been revolving the matter
i'll his mind amid the shades of Middle Neck.
came up to Elkton and entered the Hole in
the Wall, and, few hours later, it was
whispered around that the problem was i'll
PROCESS OF SOLUTION,
that the unknown quantities in the Demo-
cratic equation had already been eliminated,
or certainly would be the next morning and
illstl Ol'I po.'t N'ui't So'ii t'
anchored safe and sound in the quiet waters
Of the Hole in the Wall. Then the Democ-
racy went home and betook themselves to
their quiet beds and dreamed of clerkships
and their emoluments, and hurled defiance
at imaginary Republicans who had dared to
wish to have a "say' in the solution of the
problem.
On Tuesday morning the snow was falling
fast, but about 10 o'clock Mr.. Cameron came
driving into town, and those who had solved
the Democratic problem and had the solu-
ton nicely figured up, showed him the slate,
when he clasped his hands with glee, and
no doubt would have shouted for joy, had
he not been ashamed of his own obtuSeness
in not discovering the solution himself Mr..
Coulson, rather to the surprise of everybody,
reached Elkton about 10 o'clock Three
quarters of an hour later, the three Commits
sioners sat down, as is their wont, ut one
side of the table, and Isaac sat down oppo-
site to them to keep record of the proceed
ingS. Some fifteen or twenty of the most
interested politicians and applicants stood
round and looked on. The lockers on We're
not very anxious, because they all under
stood that the thing had been fixed in a man.
ner satisfactory to the two Democratic Com
missioners, and, that as good Democrats,
they had no business to be anxious about it.
Some time (probably about five minutes)
was spent in reading some more literature,
which had been Enclosed in yellow envel-
opes, and which was supposed to have some
bearing on the
SELECTION OF a CLERK:
but, inasinuch as that individual had already
been selected, it is hard to understand why
the Commissioners did not ballot at once
But the pile was not big this time, Denoc-
racy having exhausted its literary efforts
upon a former occasion, and consequently
it was soon finished, and the ballotng be-
gun, and resulted as follows-George W.
Crlikshank, .; job Haines, |. Whereupon
Mr.. Crukshank was informed of the result
of the ballot, and fastened to the Hole in
the Wall to receive the congratulations of
his friends, and to tender his thanks to the
Commissioners for his appointment. Mr..
C.'s speech was very short, and for Il little
while many of his auditors Supposed from
the tenor of what he said that he intendedto
decline the protfcred honor. He expressed
much surprise at his appointment, and init
mated that he had not sought the position,
and only took it in order to harmonic the
party, and concluded by assuring every
body that the business connected with it
should be transacted honestly and judi
ciousy.
AS soon rs it was known that Mr.. Cruik-
shank was elected, everybody became anx-
ious to know who the lucky man was to be,
that was to do the clerical work of the office,
for it is well known that, no one man is
capable of editing paper, practicins the
law, and running the intricate party ma
chinery connected with the
"HOLE IN THE WALL"
ut the same time. The job is too big for
any body but Hercules or a Sampson, and
there are no giants in these days. However,
the host of disappointed applicants soon
found that they had been outwitted by old
Jurisdiction and one or two more sly old
foxes, who had induced MessrS Cameron
and Reese to elect George, who probably
consented to sacrifice himself for the good
of the party, and to take the risk of pulling
the chestnuts out of the fire for Isaac to
crack. But it was too late to remedy the
hlunder then: the nice little scheme had
been successfully conSumated, and Isaac
seems likely to hold the fort for at least two
years longer; indeed some of those who
would like to hold it themselves, assert and
maintain that he will hold it during the re-
mainder of his life, and bequeath it to his
successor
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