The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-10-29
A ROLAND FOR AN OLIVER.

10 break the force OF 4 suggestion in
! The Wig as To trhy the Democratic man
ayers asked Mr.. Reese to allow his name
to 90 before the Democratic nominatin.
! convention, and then took mp Mr. Thomas
bremen, of his own district. to kDocE
/ him darn trHh. oar contemporary of 7Hc
/ Dtm0rrdf rctaliates by silly cn.leavor to
/ persuade Mr.. Ioulson and his friends
that he was terribly misuscd by not being
rcnominated. Now. Mr.. (ruikshank
shows the stupidity Of the ostrich in
/ supposing that he is shrewd enough to
excite Gisscnsion where none exists by
such palpable nonsense. The eases of
Mr.. Reese and Mr.. tonlson. neither Of
whom We're renominatc,I, We're III no wise
( parallel. Mr.. Reese was turned down
/ because he was not acceptable to the
! managers. They never forgot the dead
lock in the commissioners Office. and the
alarm he gave them over the possibility
/ OF his then conserving to vote for a Ger
/ tain Republican for clerk of The Board
( icH !biiHu lie WIS iiul enough Il partl-
IAN and mistru>tcd him. He was a husi-
ness man, too, and all rTPe!len; account
/ ant. accustomed to the systematic and
methodic ways of the counting room.
and that didn't suit the managers when
/ things were to be fixed NJ" They
/ wanted some easy-going Old gentleman
=, L. al II.
of Democracy covered Il multitude of
party sins: who. when 'iaorge Washing
ton gave an opinion, or any of the Hing
Masters spoke, everything was settled"
OF course. Mr.. Reese did not suit Be
Side that, Il ma i0rity of the Board (2) was
to be selected that was favorable to a
certain Clique " in the party. who pro
pose to control the clerkShip if elected.
We need not repeat names, but several
| Of them have already been discussed.
All these considerations. involving per-
sonal rewards for individual service to
certain men. possible 2n!lGrtorships, etc;
etc, undcrIied the act of turning down
Mr.. Reese.
On the other hand Mr.. Coulson was
nov renominated simply because the Re
publican delegates exercised their indi-
vidual preference for ,,leu without con-
cert Of action, without dictation, II, de
interest of no clique nor faction nor frac-
t,on of the party they represented. Mr.
Couisou needs no assurance from Tie
fFfl Uem0ct"t that he enjoys the conf
dcnce and respect Of Any body. He is
too well and too favGrabiv knowu IN
Cecil county ia need the (ruikshankian
''tafty. well boiled down aud applied
hot. But when this snbterranegn oracle
comp!acently observes that for minor
ity member Mr.. Coulson has been treat
cd iby his colleagues with greater Cot
sideration than his party bad a right to
expect, the climax of editorial assur-
;tnee is reached. Consideration forsouth,
Did Mr.. toaianh's Democratic colleagues
on the Board voluntarily accord him one
third of the patronage Of the beard ?
Did they give him three ont of the nine
tax relationships. out of pcrS0D0i con
sidoratiGn for him? Not bit OF it
He has says TIE Dcmocr"t. ..publicly
borne testimony to the efficient manage
ment of the Democratic party and he
might have added" Seeing he could
not secure one of his own party. he might
have been persuaded to vote for the re-
icnt;or of Cruikshank aud Rosscll in
ofncc.' That evidently. in the Cruili-
siankjan BRAN, was thc consideration
for the tafly, Mr. Couis"n has Eo use
Gov any If v