The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-11-17
CUR NEW YORK LETTER

! nc week las been one of exception
able turbulence and violence, for what
ever ot evil there is in men seems to
come ont ao1nt election time more than
t"ng other season of the year. The
| week las been prolific of murders, sui
! eide, ivb1cries, Opponents and rupa-
VA, aai Tie worst of it was that there
! Wa :. dc q 20 relief to the general evil
! it.s,.''i ct the time. There is much
h't* ''Aiskcy in circulation at election
tI.G'. a'.d regret to add that notwith-
s-at....@g the well intentioned efforts of
NIosiet &awyer, Francis Murphy, and
al i.la IvS- Of the cold water evange.
Lists. lat bad whiskey drinkers are as
rt':t l'..a is the sands on the seashore
c: IL "a: liz the milky way"
| !. u doubt it, all you have to do is to
| St.! - any bar-room, and if there is
not man in sight say, Come boys
take a'i"5l.' Instantly, as though the
Az ", ii!led with telephone, you VIII
see t-H rushing from every quarter.
IL wo"c erfnl; very wonderful; like
! E"&,1.eil DlEu's men, they seem to start
from uao ground. Now whiskey at forty
certs q gallon is not a first-class drink
and When IN energetic New York local
| polit!".an puts himself on the outside of
quart Of it, he generally wants to fight
and 70 the credit of our city be it re-
coIue.t, ne does not have to hunt very
| long before he is accommodated with all
he wants. This at least was the expert
encc q William Conroy-''one of the
finest whose beat was in the twenty
third precinct. If there is one rule
more insisted on than another by the
police commissioners it is that police
man shall not drink upon his beat,
William Conroy had been disciplined for
| that very offence only a few weeks be-
fore, a4d lad been reprimanded and
indicted three days pay; more than that,
lie tad been arrested for robbery once,
ana o:.ce for murder, but, by hook or by
crot,,, a:a& | think it was by crook, he
mauagra 60 slip through the clutches of
tGc :.,w. Of course this is just exactly
| the proper kind of timber to make
| POI msl II. One great advantage of
| selecting this material is, they know all
| tho ,-ltN.,s, and the thieves know the
! g'. That no thief who had any re-
! gar. FOR Ais professional standing will
a.. = tolun Off with red-hot stove
VII, , Iic2man is around, if he can
| fin. roll Of bank or a lot of silver
sp'Ds.
! H'.' Co"i|y was n heeler for Paddy
! A!1u,y, tic alderman of the eighteenth
wa. and Paddy had him put on the
! poi two years ago. 1t is true the an
tacs"el!tN Of COnroy were rather unsavory
| pu- !o could serve his friend Paddy, one
81 ..inma"y Halls magnates, better as
4 Policeman than common rough. 1t is
4 st excellent custom, and one beyond
al: Praise, for our judges, aldermen, and
| otter public functionaries, about election
THINGS. 10 leave small sums around at the
different saloons for the boys to take''a
. t..&5. This hospitable and excellent
cus.1:a is firmly engrafted on our polti
, cal s~stem, and cur admirable police are
nnT,. "-Icctea, they generally expect to
CO; heir nip inside of the storm door, an
ingenious addition to every first class
"a!'ri, and usually labeled "Famiy En-
trarcc,' for the reason that women and
children can there be accommodated
without Inconvenience OR danger The
s:"'n door was Policeman Conroy's
stronghold, but when the barkeeper said
lilly Murphy left drink for you," he
st#"N'sd two boys to look out for tn 2
r""c|sn'tn and stepped into the saloon.
II, dispute arose about matter of
tl!rrE cents and for this sum this model
policeman killed man, aud that he did
H.. ill Il half dozen is not his fault He
d. what lie could, and the question that
No exercises US, will Mr.. William Con-
no. grace the galows, or receive the
thtrEs Of the police commissioners. All
l--'..'s i- r., it is a terrible thing to re.
liz III Il our lives and all we have
ar at The melcy of protectors like these.
~a"s" nagS are found in our rogues gal
ial,a#, #"d who, ii they had their deserts,
W3@.I ba inside the walls of our peniten-
IT," '.r state prison. 1t is to be hoped
t!es some e&"gt will be made to sever the
connection Of our police with politics.
the Iouher Nugent, now in Trent IN
p"i>'f! Cor one of the most desperate rob-
b"''a ever attempted in the United
Si"trs, IS fair sample of this kind of
officer. Connected with band of rob-
hers winch it would be difficult to match
in he world: twice taken up for CON-
rH,i:T with burglars on his beat: then
while i'll prison for the robhing of the
BANK on the corner of Blocker street and
"road"af. though it was as certain as
daE that he received the swag, he turned
around and sued the city for his pay as a
HvrctHIan and received nearly thou
'.-. ",'.."tS. But there are other things
,a '.2E about besides murderous police
r..4.
lie tct.on was a most absorbing
/ 81. ", but we are glad that 1t is over.
...,.o was terribly bitter feeling in all
'-- "atUs, three or four Democratic fac.
,..''> Ia each. County tickets and State
/ ..s cts were cut and slashed into mince-
! n.-"t. Some ran in between the drops
Ht-o never expected to see daylight and
! prime iaToIites went to the wall buried
uAtrr an avalanch of votes, which made
ta,m think The day of Judgment was not
FIR oil.
i:rooiilyn, with clean democratic ma
jointly Of $4,000, placed life long repub-
! iitah IN supreme control of her municipal
aaa'rs, and elected the pride of the de-
/ lH"eracy to stay at home for the next
two years. In triangular fight, owing
10 the diSscltions of the democrats, the
| republicans captured the senate and as
/ Senoiy By neck, and there they will
ito." the fort against the model governor
iot the remainder of his eXcellency's
term. 1t has been a week of surprises,
many Of them not of the most pleasant
character, and there is little doubt but
tnaH. d" Tie Self-sacriiicins patriots who
have been putting up the whiskey fot