The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-10-14
At ELKToN AFrERw ARDS

At ELKTON AFTERWARDS
Some of Mr.. Constable's friends were
IN d different frame q: mind. They were
muttCring curses not loud but deep
Whether they were inspired by d0ctored
cider, or we're the Indications of real hos
ti!ity to Judge Stump, is a matter of
speculation. As early as twelve o'clock
on W tuncstiaN, one rlaGEer of the com
lination. prominently connected with
the DcmOrFut office. started the report on
the streets that Judge stump had been
nominated. His purpose was to excite
y3i" hopes in the breasts OF the Stump
men. aud then later III the day have the
pleasure of destroying them with the
real news. When two clock cane and
with it The genuine telegram that stump
bad received sixteen out OF twenty vot, 5
IT,, the convention. the tables were 50
c.iectuaily turned on this gentleman as
- excite general sympathy for him, in
view OF his miserable joke, What Nj.
Writ meant by obiocting IT, making Judge
Stump>s nomination unanimous, ard
what the Cecil delegation meant hy vnt-
iag Tor Mr.. Cruikshank only and not ft.r
either Judges Robinson or WiGkeS, are
political conundrums that no fellow of
ordinary sense can find out. Some think
that the act was merely inspired by petty
personal spite: others, thai it meant their
unWiilingncsS to put Cecil on the record
Is endorsing these gentlemen An act to
be put to some future political use. which
no Ouc outside Of the inner ''COmbna-
ton > circle can guess. Whatever lie
the motive, the act Gel tainly has Ueen
the cause Of much uniaVorable comment
i'll general Democratic circles i'll Cecil.
We canuut close this notice without a
passing reference to the misrepfesenta-
ton aud absurd statements of the Balti-
more press relative to this contest. The
following taken from the Baltimore Uer-
nil OF Thursday is one OF those very re-
freshing camards which everybody, with
out regard to politics. will enjoy i'm
meuSely. When it is remembered that
the only excitement in Elkton was such
as came out of a bGrrtI. and which the
doughty coroner shared with a .ftlS gen
tiemcn around town, who had warm
places picked ont III the court house for
future use, it VIII be fully appreciated at
its real value, as a piece OF political in
Formations of a kind with so much that
the Baltimore papers daily furnish as:
TIE SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT.
y bCtp dI t-ihloli nave
disclosed knots of excited and bitterly
offended citizens discussing the outrage
that was inflicted on them yesterday at
CheStertown by the Democratic judicial
convention. There are probably prcce-
dents furaction of the Chestertown coven-
ton. but one would have to 90 far back
into the past to lind them. To nominate a
candidate against the absolute remon-
stranceS Of his own county, after can
vas unpTccentcd in its thoroushness and
viiuleuce. is to toss defiance into the face
of every citizen in the county. Mr.. Cruik-
Shauks made a fair canvas i'll Cecil against
Judge Stump, and he won it fairly He
did not claim the nomination, indeed was
indifferent to it; all that he desired was
that the man whose own county had I'M
mistakably turned him down should not
be nominated. The public can readily
understand the cause of the excitement
in Elkton last night when, it is stated that
Judge Stump was nominated, and what
results Will probably flow from the action
Of a convention which could thus arbi-
traliy ignore the voice of an entire coun-
~ An independent ticket will surely be
placed III the Gcldand all indications point
to it rwbelmiug success in November.