The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-01
THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.

THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEES.
The local ticket nominated by the Re-
publicaEs on Tuesday, and which to-day
we place at the head of our columns. is
in every sense worthy the support of the
voters of the county. The men who COM
pose it may not, i'll some instances, be as
extensively known throughout the coun-
ty rs might be desirable, but there is 10
question that the names on it are, in every
case, those of men highly respected and
esteemed, and in whose integrity and
character the most implicit faith can be
placed by the people.
We are aware of the almost universal
desire that was manifested to have a we'll
known tinancier of Cecil accept Il place
ut the head of the Legislative ticket. The
reason was a very obvious one. He had
heretofore rendered the State and county
41tau!e service III the Senate OF Mary
sd, his special fitness for legislative
fiscal work being recognized everywhere.
The duty that will devolve upon the next
Legislature to provide means to meet
early maturing State bonds, which the
reckless Democratic managers have not
provided for. and in some instances in
which provision was made, have misap-
piled and Squandered il. and the urgent ne
ccssjty felt by the people of every section
for Il change in the financial policy of the
State, would again have afforded him a
special opportunity to render signal ser
vice to his State and county, the import
ance of which work to the people the
democrats of this county had entirely
overlno!led when making their nomina
lion for the Senate. The |. S. Govern
nent las already refunded its bonded
debt. by negotiating its bonds at / in
stead OF per cent interest. There is no
reason why the State of Maryland. with
its credit rs good as it is, in spite of Demo-
cratic mlsmanagemcnt, should not do the
same thing. Every dollars worth of
property of its citizens is in honor pledged
for the redemption of the State debt. and
orr people, to their credit be it said, de-
SpiSe reputation in every shape and form.
Against Dir. Tuft. our Senatorial can
di'iatc. in view of the fact Just stated. the
only point that his Democratic opponents
can make. is his lack of legislative eyDe-
ricnce. which, if it have any force at all.
can be equally urged against Mr.. Mearns.
i'F. luft is young mar of high profess
>i"nal standing, a native of the county.
an unusually affable man, and personally.
popular. To the Union soldiers of the
county, his nomination is especially ac-
ceptable. After his graduation at the
jefferson Medical College, in Philadel-
phla, he was engaged in Military Hos
pital practice in Philadelphia from 1861
until June, 1868, when he was commits
stoned and assigned to the First Pennsyl-
Eania Cavalry, and served with the Army
OF the Potomac until the close of the
war For efficiency and executive ability
he was placed in charge of the Cavalry
Corps Hospital, at Culpepper, Va, and
served with the Second Cavalry Corps on
the respective STATS of Generals Grero
and Crooks, until the consolidation of
the army. VIXEN he was assigned to the
Second Pennsylvania provisional cavalry
returning to the county in September.
1865.
In the individual records of the men.
as we'll as i'll the aggregate strength of
the sections they represent, our leuisla-
tive ticket Is strong one. Mr.. .Jetiro
j. Mccullough, of the MCCULLOUGH Iron
company, Is one of the most popular men
of his district and from all classes will
command a large personal following.
1lr. IL. ii. kimble. who is one of the
originators and now secretary of rbe
Farmers and Mechanics Mutual Insur-
ancc Company of Cecil county. is man
OF most excellent and systematic bust
hess habits, who has an extensive ac
ruaintance all over the county, and is
universally respected.
Mr.. j. Spencer Frazier, although the
youngest man on the ticket, is very favor
ably known throughout the lower dis
tricts OF the county, is Il citizen of char.
acter OF push, and thorougl-going
business man. We believe he will re-
ceIEca large vote where he is best known.
irrespective of party.
There is not = man in Cecil county
more universally respected for integrity,
strict attention to his own business, and
general personal worth, than George F.
Harlan, who heads our County Commits
Sioner ticket. OF a widely extended and
popular family connection, he has, as q
skilled mechanic, all his life been identi-
fled with Cecil county industrial inter
rstS. Himself a working man, his SYM
pathies are entirely with the men whose
industry and muscle constitute so large
IN element of our county's prosperity.
Ills services as mechanic will be invalu-
ble in the Office to which the people pur-
pose TO elect him.
William Johnson, of Bay View, al
though a modest and unostentatious
manufacturer is identified with the same
class Of interests in Cecil as Mr.. Harlan.
lie possesses excellent Judgment, much
QUIET force of character. and would prove
a most conscientious public officer.