The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-10-07
y ENT COUNTY

SENT COUNTY
to be heard from was the second district. II
sent the Constable men much consolation
in the news that they mad carried il by
twenty-Seven majority. At this, the cppo-
si1ion We're somewhat surprised as the as
Surance given them bv those in Il position
10 know bad led the Judges friends to h.
lieve that the second district enid declare
for him. They were gratiied, however, a
few minutes later, by the intelligence shat
the CDnSta ble-Cruikshank ticket had hrnl-
en- down early in the day in the 9TH district
Port Deposit, and tba; no opposition had
been offered the Judge, upwards of three
hundred Democrats there expressing their
preference for him. This gratifying in-elli-
gent was somewhat modified, however, hy
the close succeeding reports from this first
and eighth districts, the former giving
Mr.. Crulkshank seveuty-two and tn. latter
thirty-thrse majority. Bar ii short time
elapsed until the sixth district was hearl
from. This district had beer confidently
claimed by the CruikShank men. In facr,
there was general disposition outside nf
those Immediately interested TO concede il
to them. II contained il number of office
holders, all of them active ,artizans of Mr..
Constable. IL WAS Mr.. EriScoe's ''hone"
district which his memorable CAMPAIGN of
1879 had distinguished by an unexpected
defeat, and it was the territory which MIR.
ConStab.e'S very particular friend. Mr. T.
Braden Gillespie, Il mem Der of the board of
County Commissioners was supposed to
cover by his active influence in behalf Of
Mr.. Cruikshauk. Ii had become in the
third district = somewhat chronic habit
with the Constable men, to pooh pooh, the
leadership of the Stump men there Mr.
Adam Magraw DR.. Dare, Vim. Moore and
other prominent men in the Democratic
ranks, were all conceded 10 he very good
men Ia Ner lroY, but as politicians the Con
stable men said they Were Just nOthjHg one
SympathiZer with the CriIikShauk men. who
had recently removed from that district for
a temporary residence in the third. was
very emphatic in his declaration that the
Stump men III the sixth "would not touch
bottom" That Billy Moore and Adam
Magraw had no influence, and Constable
would carry the district by 90 majority In
this onnian the Cruikshanl people shared
and il may be readily imagined what their
Ptcit"ks were, when the totally unexpected
and disagreeahle news came that JUDGE
Stump had carried the sixth by - majority.
Doubt began to assume the place OF conf
dence, and uneasy glamces wereexchangedby
the faithful! henrhmen of the Cruik shank
type.
There was rush for tine hoie-in-tie wall.
The habi1ual jewellers in that happy subter-
ranean abode took the news very unkindiy.
The clerk and his deputies srnole Il Sckly
smile. They laughed their disbelief on one
side of their mouths, and puckered their
lips 1earfully on the other. Up in The OLD
bank house, where the Champion received
the news, for Il moment all was disrnay.
That beautiful trio of Republicans of the
Constable tHpe looked really sick. The
news was paralyzing. Then how the pen
ellis flew. How close the contest was draw
ing. The Champion looked bilious, white
the leaden hue of his complexion contrast
ed srrikingly with the apoplec,ic tinge
CT his chief Republican associate
just theE, when the very worst was
on foot, 4 distant shout was heard in the.
street. The crowd deserted tls Champions
door and rushed pell-mell towards Mitchcll's
porch. Through the dim night, the white
hat and white coat of an excite! man We're
Just visible Ii was JEFF Scott, from the
Fourth, the old Gibraltar Of unauthorized
Democracy. Rushing down North street
To bear the welcome news, his ioaMng nag
bad well nigh dashed hill into he millinery
store Of Mrs. Litzenberg, where, poised
upon the edge Of the pavement, the eager
crowd shouting for the news, ".Ietf'" en-
ultant with the important ;dings he bore, |
shouted above the clamoring crowd:-- |
For his very particular friend, .Iudge
Frederick Stump, the old Fourth has given |
seventeen majority Coming SO closely |
upon the nnfavor:.ble report from the Sixth |
the bulletin was a settler Henry Hess |
own district gone against him, Bob NIackey |
and Harry the Third out in the cold, with |
all their boasts of victory. IL cleared rh. !
streets. The iIole-in.the-W Wall shut M
shop The anxious crowds about the |
Champions doors sulked quietly home |
wards. The news had put them ali to bed
out Of eight districts they had scared inst
four with the U0Dul1r vote of their marty
LARGELY AGAINST them. At ten O'Clock boti
the Cruikshank headouart.rs were ~
pi'''h as nii"iiie'i'- IL S"ulip men Vei@
ha,r frn,r, ava tLat led Nv, (;nor',,, !, ',.I
aud the Mrarns'. Certainly it was GOOD
Tor stump ana would give ann the victory.
NJ an "o',.'' .ho 81 reefs
tanner Of fhe Cbampion could he seem The
noisy street champions of the combination