The Cecil Whig., 1882-03-11

One of the hottest political battles be-
tween the Democratic factions ever wit
messed at Annapolis, occurred on We'd
nesday night.
Senator Arthur p. German. the cham
pion of Senator Bians. flushed with the
victory over the defeat of the Police bill
had been making his arrangements for a
grand onslaught upon the entire forces
of the opposition. He had sent out his
skirmishers in the persons of Fawcett
Willison and other attaches of the canal,
and relied upon Senators Bishop, Hep
bron and Parsons to turn over the entire
Eastern Shore delegation to BianS. which.
added to what he had on the Western
Shore and the inroads he always made on
the delegation from Baltimore city. would
give him a glorious triumph and settle the
question of who was master of MARYLAND
politics to-day. In the meantime the op-
position clans were gathering in numbers
and strength, and Cotton, smarting under
the apparent charges of bad faith heaped
upon him in connection with the Police
bill, determined upon revenge-no mat
ter what the cost. The result of this
contest-the first which has taken place
between Messrs German and Colton--is
much more important than appears on
the surface, and is prelude to many
more that are to follow. The general
opinion here is that this only the begin
ming of the end.
y SIGNIFICANT CONVERSATION.
A conversation that took place at the
Maryland Hotel, after it was ascertained
that General Herbert had received the
1,afr %1,n
friend of Senator German and a member
of the State Senate from the Eastern
Shore whose time is about to expire,
shows the relations between Messrs. Cor
man and Cotton (the real name of the
Senator being, of course, omitted). "Ah,
Billy" said one of the lieutenants of
Mr.. German, 1--WE have played the fool
at last and am afraid that this is the
beginning of Mr. Germans downfall"
Why" replied the Eastern Shore Sen
ator, what could have caused the slip
upa" Slip-up9' said Mr.. Gorman's S lieu
tenant; mo slip-up at ALL but the work
of that devil. George Colton' That
can't be-" SAID the retiring Senator. for
have watched Cotton. and | cannot see
what he has done ut all" "Ah " was
the reply. You don't know him. Mr..
otllIdu bOld ltic iC Hdu pcCu "bI klHU anu
:issociating with men of all kinds for the
last twenty years, and has never yet seen
i man sn lntirn., or whose brain WAS 81"
fertile OF mischief. ~ 1ul at political
tricks. as Geunge Cotton There is no
depths To VIII G., hr w"ul,l not descend
and. to use his own words, he wnuid
sacrifice the last dollar to get even with
thosa who he thinks had wronged him.
Yes but Mr.. Gorman has not wran4ed
him, was the reply. He has not made
him any promises. | am sure. that he
does not mean to comply with, and do
not sGe what grounds yoa have to suspect
him. Il will tell ynU how We missed
our calculations: Mr.. German and all of
us thought that the anxiety and the pride
that tolt"u felt to get i'll the canal would
at least keep him qniet until after this
tight. but, rs | have said before, we have
pIa,e the tBui aud LOST
While this conversation was going on,
Mr.. Cotton ha 1 a splendid COLLATION. set
out at the City Hotel for General Her.
bert and about one hundred of his friends.
Mr.. Colton's friends state that the causes
OF ihs separation between them is that
Mr.. German made him the promise of
the canal presidency. and that he has
almost admitted as much. and that it has
been ascertained that Senator German
does not expect to keep the promise. Mr..
Cotton is jubilant Tonight, and says he
never felt happier since Mr.. Gorman's
election to the United States Senate two
years ago. That, it will be remembered,
was when the two We're staunch friends.
They say tle moral of this is that a poll
ticiaH must be true ~ his friends. At
the entertanmept speeches were made
by General Herbert. Senator HepbroI
and a large number of others.
WHAT TOOK PLACE IN Caucus.
There were scventy-six Democratic
members i'll caucus. being the full Dem
oapatje strength, which is a very unusual
case. The proceedings we're Of the m"st
quiet nature. Mr. Kirkland, oF haiti-
more city, nominated Gen. Herbert, the
latter being in his ward. He called at
tention to his record as an officer in the
army, as well as i'll the state militia and
as 4 E1lice commissioner for the past two
years. senator Parsons nominated Sen
ator W. II. Bians iii, :. few terse re-
marks. and Senator Williams seconded il
with a short speech, calling attention to
tlse career and standing OF Mr.. Bians
which c1.Gmended him to the support of
the caucus
Mr.. McCosker aGC Mr.. Waters were
both in the caucus. The Lailoting was
then called tof. and was proceeded with
in ali orderly mna"er. Most Of the mem
bers walked up with the ballots open in
their hands, so that every one could see
them. As the ballotiny was going on
every one was anNi"usly calculating the
tesult, Senator Bians wanted ut tiiSt to
pair of With a.ilGa Que but not being
able to do 40. he iiGh..tably EGt.i>cl TO
vote for himself when his name was cal
led. and voted the only blank. When
the vote was counted it WAS found that
Gen. Herbert had received 43 votes. and
Bians 32 and one blank vote was cast by
seuata9 Bians.
ASAL9.is OF RAE NOtk.
4 most careful analysis Of the vote in
caucus gives Bans the two from Garrett.
Getty and Michael>: the two from Mont
gomery. Waters and Dyson; two from
P,,,., (.a,n,r.,'S Sf,nlv and lnnrIa,