The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-01-07

THE BROKEN SLATE, AND HOW
THE DEFEATED FELT.
The Unwilling Subjects Bow Their Heads
to King Caucus.

Wednesday last being the day for the
SSemblng of the Legislature at Annap"-
IS large numbers Of the MARYLAND S"lonS.
ollowed by the usual crowds Of camp
blowers, arrived i'll that ancient city Oh
tuesday. Although the people OF Mary
and have long since learned not to BE-
,urprised at any thing that might happen
within the limits of that venerable cltN-
ct tn interested Bonrbons. the first gen
zine surprise OF the day was the result o
| the
Caucus OF TUESDAY NIGHT.
80 far at least as the subordinate officers
| II TIE Legislature We're concerned. lhe>t
,eutlenen. several of whom had grow
Id in the sei vice of their Bourbon mas
tiers. went to Annapolis with all the conf
ieucc Of accumulated years. and the as.
,uiance of bclnr perfectly safe III then
| positions for Iii" balance y! their natrra
ives. 1t was indicated. however at :,
ate hour on iondaY night, at 4 prrat,
| aucus Of the managers, hrId at Bar
lum'S. in the city of Baltimore. thai til,
necessity ot the situation demanded thi
,acriEicc OF these officers, prominent
nong whom was Mr.. Milton \. Kidd
! II this county. The disagreeabie truth,
! however. was not made public until The
assembling of the caucus. How ii wds
| received by these gentlemen and thrli
,rieuds can be readily imagined. The
| caucus met ut eight o clock, III the room
! VI the President of the Senate. Senator
I H. Nande. lord. of Carroll, presided. Al
| fer passing resolutions expressive al their
OBLIGATIONS to the people to red"ce the
/ .xprtl>es of the General Assembly. the
( hartman of the clucuS wa> instructed /"
: Tor. ~
/ Senate. declaring the pay Of the officers
of that body, and naming the new slate.
THE. ORG ANIZATIoS.
/ Though generally the organization is
! :. very tame affair. more tuAu the usual
interest attached to the proceedings ct
! "Wednesday ) session on account of the
sudden flask movement OF the managers
! i'll their Sk!lllul unloading of the
! clerks in the Senate and House who had
/ served at former sessions. and who were
! led to believe up TO the last possible mo
ment that they would lie renomnated.
I OF course. it would be sheer folly for any
one having the least acquaintance with
the present state Of Mary land politics to
I say that the unexpected move was de
, teat of the managers programme. In
the caucus of the two houses, they were
strong enough to nominate whom they
pleased. They Thought that d change of
the smaller fry would strengthen them
rs regards the more important Offices
Several of the leaders thnuGht that one
of the officers who was on the programme
for reelection vas a heavy load To carry.
and believed that his contemplated nom
alton would be offensive to d great many
persons. They did not see their way
/ f., II, a l
down all: and hence. it became necessary
to revise the whole slate. The defeat Of
NJ. Milton y. Kidd as chief clerk is gen
orally regretted by members OF both par
ties He has acted III the capacity of
chief clerk since the war, and was SO
efficient and courteous that even the
members who voted against him in call
Gus did so with regret. and only because
1t had to be done Mr. Joseph 3. Seth.
of Talbot who is Mr.. Kidd : Successor.
was Hamilton delegate in 1879 aud an
independent candidate for the Legislature
in that year. Lately he had been acting
with the other wing OF the Democratic
party. Dir. Cole. the retiring reading
cieri. has been acting in that position for
tho last t!i;'Ga sessions.
As to the old officers, SO Hnceremoni-
ously turned down. it has leaked oft here
that already they have been promised
GOOD berthS elsewhere at the public crib.
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quietly. but not without definite aim.
i'i.ey have been carefully laying plans to
As - the cause iprtaPse changes, this
unloading t. use i.u.l,iu,i ,.a.iduGG ther1
are many. aud each one suihc,e.., liz 1t
self Too much t. carry is one, but
the main reason was that the county
. ,a..iaherS kicked against Bah.more city
n,u,..,uiiz iug the places. They kicked
! cmphrticaiiI will. ;hgir heels aimed
toward Barnes t"'nlt""', rl.ai S.:itie4
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the part Of the managers that t,oy ...-
s. near the end "i their rope that DIES
peratc means must he rea"lted t" III or
der 10 save themselves from utter de
struc;inn. /: vas d:3ne, said It senator,
who il shrewd. ana IN Ill.,; EvuitH"n..r "f
} the ring SO lar AZ ATTY ore outside ~.
coterie of managers is allowed to nr. 10
make things more easy u be attained
the election OF Compton and the reteil-
) tao.. Of liz control OF the Board of Pub
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