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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
THE CAMPAIGN WHIG.

THE WING will earnestly advocate the
election of Blaine and Logan, and by
every legitimate argument endeavor to
create sentiment in their favor. 1t will
not confne its appeals to electors to the
narrow grounds upon which partisans
expect to reap individual profit by their
success, but upon the higher and broader
groupds-that the highest interests of
the country will be best subserved by
their election.
From this time until November its
columns will contain all political news of
Importance, and that the people of Cecil
and adjoining counties may have within
their reach complete and reliable
weekly compendium of political events
as they transpire, it will be mailed, post
age prepaid. to any address from this
date to the Presidential election, a period
of five months, at the nominal price of
so cents. Order it at once, and after
reading it hand it to your neighbor.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
A SPEECH THAT NO CECIL
DELEGATE MADE.

What a splendid opportunity for in
dividual distinction, as well as to place
their county in an enviable position,
the Cecil delegates to the Democratic
congressional convention threw away
on Wednesday. And yet it seems there
was not man on the delegation who
had sense enough to appreciate the
opportunity offered them. BY piece
of petty trickery the chairman of that
convention delayed the announcement
of the vote, by which Mr.. Hopkins had
been fairly and honestly nominated,
Just long enough to allow sufficient
pressure to be brought upon the one
delegate from Baltimore county to
change his vote and thereby defeat
Mr.. Hopkins nomination. Suppose
some member of the Cecil delegation,
Immediately following the vascillating
Baltimore county man, had rised ii his
seat and said /: Mr.. Chairman, | have
not in the five ballots just cast by the
convention voted for Mr.. Hopkins.
Like my fellow delegates from Cecil, l
have been throwing away my vote on a
hopeless candidate. But, because |
like fair play and because | am OPP
posed to trickery and sharp practices,
| protest against this act of injustice to
Mr.. Hopkins. Whatever obligation of
support | owe the gentleman in whose
interest l have been selected as del
egate. | no less feel it due myself as
well as the county | represent, to re-
Duke this unjustifiable wrong about to
be perpetrated upon a fellow Demo-
crat, who, equally with any other gen.
tIeman whose candidacy has been
pressed before this convention, is emit
tied to my respect and support. |
therefore, sir, also desire to change my
vote from Mr.. Constable to Mr.. Hop
kins.
What would have been the size of
the feather in his Democratic cap had
any one of the Cecil delegates shown
courage enough to have done this?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
MIR. BLAENE'S TRADUCERS.

For years past the Democratic
newspapers have rung the charge
against Mr.. Blaine that he corruptly
used his official position as Speaker of
the House of Representatives for his
personal gain. Fisher and Mullgan,
with malicious intent, have just given
to the world the (allegedD evidence
npon which the charge was based. But
there is not a candid man who after
reading these letters will assert that
there is single sentence in them to
the publication of which Mr.. Blaine
could object. They prove him to nave
been engaged in a purely legitimate
business transaction with Fisher and
Caldwell in Little Rock and Fort Smith
railroad bonds. in which transaction
there is not the slightest suspicion of
an official improperly upon the part of
Mr.. Blame. The contract between
him and Fisher was of the most spe-
cifc character. Fisher was to pay
him a commission for placing stip-
ulated amount of bonds, the commits
sion agreed upon to be paid in bonds
and money. Mr.. Blaine fulfilled his
part of the contract in good faith, as
any other honest business man would
have done, while Fisher and Caldwell
attempted to cheat the former out of
his cash commission. Mr.. Blaine
wrote them repeatedly for settlement
under that contract, but was put off
from month to month with frivolous
excuses.
While Mr.. Blaine would have been
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

We have arrived at the last stage OF
political decentralization when a chair
man of a Democratic convention pur-
posely and deliberately postpones the
announcement of a vote, in order to
gain time, in which to influence men,
bers to change their vote-after nom
ination has been made. The plea of
parliamentary law does not purge the
act OF its impurity. Yet, this was the
way that DIR. Shaw obtained his nomi-
ination; the outcome of an outrage
upon Mr.. Hopkins, of Hartford. If
the Democratic voters of that county
don't resent this act, they have less
spirit than is generally accorded them.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

Rare old Ben with the bias eye,
Rare, and tough, and extremely sly:
Busy all day and up all night,
Free of speech and quick in fight:
Up to snuff with your guileieSS tricks,
The hold of your high hat full of bricks
Scofftd, and hated, and feared of meu,
Rare old Ben
Rare, and no gravy.
Rare old Ben of the bunting mill,
Running for office, time to kill:
Independent-democrat-republican-
Anti-monopoly-w orkingman-
ahor-reformer-commu
e-prohibitionist-
GTeenbacker-All thing, to all men,
Rare old Ben
Rare, and turned over.
Rare old Ben of the sandy craw,
General, governor, man Of law
Red in his button hole blooms the rose,
Red the blood in his bad eye CLOVIS;
When he is ready to fight or talk,
Some man is going to hollow" or walk
b for bunting, Butler, and Ben
Rare ol | Ben,
Rare, but not too rare.
n. d. E"r@cttc.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

AFTER thirty years trial of Prohibi-
ton, the people of Maine, by an i'm
mense majority, have resolved to incor-
porate it into their state constitution,
and henceforth it will be a part of their
fundamental law. This disposes pretty
efectually of the stuff that has been
carted about by the newspapers of the
country, declaring Prohibition a failure,
and the law a dead letter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

In the Fisher Mulligan letters just
published, the infamy of Mr.. BlaIne's
enemies stands out in all its undisguised
malignity. The attempt made by
Fisher, through James Mulligan, to ex
tort money from Mr.. Blaine by threats
to lay before congressional commit
tee correspondence that would have 10
he explained, and which would have a
tendency to injure his prospects for
receiving the nomination for the preSi-
dency, can be correctly denominated
by no other name than blackmail. The
efforts of the men who were confessedly
parties to this scheme of blackmail to
further blacken the character of the
man who has been honored by the re
publican nomination for the presidency
will be unavailing. The shafts of malice
fall far short of the mark. Right heart
lily may Mr.. Blaine thank his lucky
stars that his enemies have come to his
yindication.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
1gtduli!:I!stl ).

irr>;ll'r',-.,. .at.
We owe you a 81, u. ...':-, II.
ofthe fact ab"u: ih. a,!t. ,.t..-
ton Of linen 4 i, 1",.@5
worse and worse. This >r.r
tits goingt"b" worsrt:!an ,>er
before. Last year there was
only one large store in i'nija
delphia besides .h's that did
not put in its windows cotton
and-linen to be looked al for
linen, and Of course to be
sold for linen. There is on
store in New York in which
linen is sure to be linen; and
only one SO far as we krow.
IS it of any Importance
whether linen is pure or not:o
Cotton is rrct:ier, evcner,
new turns yellow and gets
fuzzy, washed a few times.
The smoothncss and beauty
Of new cotton helps the sub
stitution for they tempt the
eye and deludc The judgment
LINENS lumpy, ncversmooth;
and yet the smoother it is,
the more like cotton, the
better. Is it any wonder that
cotton is soil for I.ncn? |,
IS important that linen H.
linen.
Can you tell which is
which ? In a difficult cass
Hot one merchant in ten car
ell which is which, and b@
sure of it. When our buyer
goes to 4 maker of lin, rs
abroad one OF his first things
to say is: "Don't offer me-
any union goods | may
not detect the cotton to day,
but | shall find it and hold
you responsible forit. t" Any
body is liable to get cotton in
with his linen That isn'l die
trouble. Most merchants
want it. They want the
beauty and the price and the
profit; and are willing to take
their chance of reputation.
And the public is by no
means reluctant to be cheat
cd. 1t will believe almost
anything OF what is pretty
and seems to be cheap.
We are not saying that
every merchant that 81 5 cot
ton-and-linen cheats; far from
it. We have already intimat-
ed that a very considerable
part of the buying public
wants cotton-and-lincn, and
doesn't want to be told
of the fact. Most merchants
sell what is wanted as it is
wanted. There's no cheat
ing in that. But We don't
like the business. We pre-
fer to sell linen for linen. AMI
nothing but linen for linen.
And the reason we prefer it
is because we think it a fdircr
thing to do, and in the long
run more profitable.
We are not Ov2r-Crit.Cli
upon others. We sell linen
for linen; let others do as
they will.
TnUN WA<AN>u~2.
Chestnut Thirteenth and ll.rkrr ts,s's eaI
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

Now, will the organs of purity that
have been bearing false witness against
Mr.. Blaine all these years have the
manliness to apologize to him for the
wrong they have attempted to do him !?
Probably not. They will apologize by
lying with redoubled industry. That is
the way organs of immaculate purity
make reparation usually.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
AN APOLOGY DEMANDED.
Mr.. TIainc's Enemies Asked to Confess that
They Have Wronged Him.


Near York Sun (Ind. Dcm.)
We again call attention to the fact
that the production by Mulligan and
Fisher of the letter of October "a, 1871,
finally and fully exonorateS Mr.. Blaine
from thu charge that he withheld part
of the contents of the package obtained
from Muili%an in June, 1876. Every doc
ument in the lot had been accounted for
except this one. The charge that Mr..
Blaine tempered with the bundle of pa
perS rested solely on his failure to read
the Fisher letter of Octocer 24, 1871. 1t
was on Mulligan's schedule. Blaine said
he could not find it. Why he failed to
find it is now apparent. 1t was still in
the possession of Mulligan and Fisher
L. never passed into Blaine's hands. He
told the truth about it. He told the
truth when he assured the House that
his exhibit covered every scrap and
scrimption' that came from Mulligan.
Now, we are interested to see whether
the newspapers which nave urged against
Mr.. Blaine this special charge of dis
honesty will retract it and apologize.
They have wronged him in this respect,
at least. In this respect, at least, they
owe him and themselves a frank and
manly admission of the error.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
Blaine's Vote Explained.

On the evening of the election Mr.
Blaine made speech, iii which he said
''The Republican party, by the desire
of leading temperance men, took no ac-
ton as a party on the amendment. For
yself | decided not to vote at all on the
question. / took this position because
am chosen by the Republican party as
the representative of national issues and
by no act of mine shall any question be
obtruded into the national campaign
which belongs properly to the domain of
State politics. Certain advocates of pro-
hibition and certain opponents of prohib-
ition are each seeking to drag the issue
into the national canvass and thus tend
ing to exclude from popular considera-
tion the questions which press for nat
ional decision. If there be any ques-
tion that belongs solely to the police
power of the State it is the control of
the liquor traffic, and wise men will not
neglect national issues in the year of a
national contest. Judicious friends of a
protective tariff, which is the practical
issue of the campaign, will not divert
their votes to the question of prohibi-
ton, which is not a practical issue i'll the
natioral campaign.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
Exporting Oil From Maryland FISH.

In the cargo Of the steamer AVIATION,
which sailed from Baltimore on Tuesday,
there were 100 barrels of fish oil, which
were shipped by Messrs. Bellands, Pas
quit Il Squires, of Dymer's Creek, Va
and which will be sent to Germany. The
oil was pressed from alewives, large
schools of which infest the waters of the
lower Chesapeake. Their capture and
manufacture form an important industry
in the locality.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
this year

HENDRICKS is making frantic efforts
to carry the state Of Indiana, but be-
tween the friends of a protective tariff
and the Union soldiers, who remember
his hostility to the war, he is likely to
have hard road to travel.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

THERE is a good deal of worry over
the low prices of breadstuffs. They
are said now to be cheaper in London
than Chicago. If this be the case, and
no change takes place, if the yield is
above the average in Europe, and with
increase of supplies from Russia and
India, it is plain that there will be but
a limited demand for American bread
stufis 1t is apparent, therefore, that
our chief reliance must be on the home
market. The greater number of con-
sumers here, the greater the demand
and tendency to maintain prices. Bat
to increase the number of consumers
we must increase Il number of per
sons engaged in ell : han agricultural
pursuits; we must W:;ply mills, fac
tories, foundries, ! -. mechanical
shops Of all kinds. Elt this is not to
be done by reducing the tariff to the
free trade basis, letting in the products
of cheap labor from Europe. Moth
ing more fatal to our prosperity could
happen. And yet this is what Demo
cratic free-trade advocates woull have
us do.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

How ONE Bourbon brother delight
eth in gouging We other. But it makes
big difference whose eye is gouged.
This time twas Mr.. Hopkins.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

Mr. WHIT said on Thursday even
ing The farmer runs the government,
after ALL" Don't he mean that he
would like to have the farmers vote
to put him in a position to join in run
ming the government? This is what
Mr.. Writ means, after all. How much
does he care for the farmer at any
other but election times? The youth
full cXpounder of Democracy aims high
politically.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

On, SHAW! 1t were better for your
reputation as fair man, had you de-
clined nomination SO questionably
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

The most cheering sign in the times
is the split in the Irish vote. The Re-
publican party will get at least fifty
per cent. of the Irish-American vote
This wear
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

The publication of the second batch of
MulIigan letters has fallen as fiat as a
pancake. Leading Democrats in the diff
ferent political centres admit that they
can do Mr. Blaine no harm, but may
have a damaging effect upon the Demo-
cratic canvas.
Secretary Post, of the Washington
Democratic headquarters, admitted that
he could not see that the letters could do
the Democratic cause any good. Other
Democrats held similar views, and ex-
pressed the opinion that their publica
ton might do the Democrats more harm
than good. On all hands it is admitted
that there is nothing in the Letters that
will place Mr.. Blaine in worse light
than Is shed on him by the original let
tiers, and there is nothing in them to JUS
tify the portentious brag and buster
which has been INDUCED in by Demo-
cratic managers concerning their Grim
mating character.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

WHAT did Mr.. Writ mean when he
said on Thursday evening that, the
man who turns the furrow is very low
DOWN." Didn't he forget himself for
the moment?
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
DEMOCRATIC VIEWS.

GuM in tie Nen Torh 7iibune.-IIere
ate three hotel keepers of Saratoga talk
ing to me during the past week: first.
James VI. Marvin, of the United States
hotel, the most prosperous man i'll Sara
toga county: Blaine has walk over.
lie will carry New York State By 80. 900
to $4,000 Majority Henry Clair, Grand
Union hotel: 81 am Democrat, and
while | shall vote for Cleveland, | have
not the least idea of elccting him, and it
looks to me as if this campaign would be
Their Jctfersonion club in this village
could not raise SO so hire a band to ser
enadc Governor Hendricks when he was
notified of his nomination. Does that
look Ike making any sacrifice for the
candidate?' Charles LoSckam, proprie-
tor of the Clarendon hotel, Saratoga, and
of the new Genesee hotel, Buffalo: Il
like Mr. Cleveland first rate. Blaine
will be elected, | guess. That's what
they think in Buffalo. The German Re-
publicanS there have not budyed from
their position. They have thrivcd under
the Republican party and can not be
picked up for fools.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
Ayers SarsaDarilias

hG- la,! in his case. l thinl- rs blond H,u.
have contained the humgc 5"r At least
years: hut ii did net SHOW. cvr"nt IN tn" iv.iA
Ct Il scrofulous sore on the wrist, Un.l &boE.
five years ago. From 4 few spots which ap-
reared at that time, it gradually spread 50 -
to cover his entire body. assure y0n io was
terribly afflicted and an object OF pity, when
he began us:rr your medicine. Now, there a!o
few men Of his aye who enjoy as good health
as h" Inns. l could easily name fifty persons
who would tnsttf; to the facts in his case.
Yours truly, W. NJ. fElLLE9s."
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

Wantci-a

y lady. possessed of all the attractions which
tend I" ma"c womcnkind beloved, finding time
drag rather heavily upon her hands wishes q be
guile the leisure hours ncurrcS pundinr with some
intelligent and refined gentlemen Of EIktun or vi
cinlty. Address. with real name
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

NE and Protection are the watch
5of the campaign. BY this sign
/shall conquer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
NO OCCASION TO WORRY.

San Frdacisr0 BnNetiH-If st. John
and his Vice President were elected thoy
could not pass any laws prohibiting the
manufacture and sale of liquors of any
kind. If the Prohibitionists, on second
thought. should determine to supply
them with Congress the aspect of things
would not be in the least changed Con
gress has no power to pass any such law
1t is a Legislative body with very restrict
ed functions. 1t would he diliicult to
find greater piece of political nonsense
and absurdity than that which is in
volv@,. in the candidacy OF St. John. To
vote for him is to retard and not pro
mote the cause of true temperance. The
National Government has nothng what
ever to do with the question.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
CORDIAL COMPLIMENTS.

Hdin"npoliS 7imcs.-M Mr.. Hendricks
says that Mr. Cleveland is "atiahle and
courteous" Mr. Alien. Mr.. CleyeIand's
uncle, says of his nephew: Grove is
bright fellow. He does not know as
much as Mr.. Blaine, but I'll admit he
knows more than Hendricks
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

nent Democrat who entertained Cover
nor Cleveland before lie disappeared in
the woods was Smith NJ. Weed, and he
return. This is the same Smith VI. Weed
who achieved notority as an agent for Mr..
Tilden i'll the cipher dispatch business.
electoral votes of South Carolina, ard
only failed because the money was not
Forthcoming in time. He is now assist
ing Mr.. Barnum III managing the great
reform campaign.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
CRANKS AND DUDES.

-1Nahta C0Nstitutioa (Dem. If all the
cranks and dudes quit the Democratic
party the campaign will move along Wig
orously and aggressiveiy. Sham pctsts
and cranks are a dead weight to any
party, and the sooner they drop off or
get out the better
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
A VOICE FROM THE PAST

Baltimore UcJuld.-Section s of TIE
confederate constitution is the inspira-
ton of the free-trade journals in this
country. Several years have elapsed
since the Montgomery Congress and the
changes since should make obsolete the
official utterance Of the Confederate
States. That it has not, proves the ten
acity with which the free-trade Demo-
crat clings to the past.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
DEMOCRATIC DOCTRINE.

Boston HtroH.-The letter received by
ex- Senator Grady frcm a distinguished
Southern statesman, chiding him Cor his
opposition to Cleveland, voices the sen
''Ler us get into power, and then reform
the party alterward,' is what that states
man sail
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20
DRIFT OF OPINION.
Elmira Ga:ette.-A man may smile and
smile and be a PrOhihitionSt.
BUTLER'S PICNIC

IfHsbuJg Dtsp"teh.-Whoever may dis
pute the wisdom of Ben Buffers canvass
can not deny that he is having heaps of
fun out Of it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

VV7JWYV 7TV7TN'-- HC T7VTrr7'v-V IVTV T'1sT y
can never win National victory. It's
old men are dying away. The boys who
catch the ballots that fall from their stiff
fened hands are Republicans.
THE EBB GREATER THAN THE FLOW.
Boston Journol.-The New York star
says that the Democratic managers ''Eaze
with equanimity on the going of the
Irish, and revel in vision of the coming
of the German" Where is good deal
more going than coming in progress,
however.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-09-20

Chestnut. Thirteenth and M.Gkrr t!-e', eal
City-h.h! sGuuc.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-20

Eneisnd today. There vas no public
reception In September they play a
picked Canadian and English eleven,
ana IN October public dinner will be
rendered the members at the Union
League Club.
Death Of NJ. Weed ward.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Is i DR.. Wood
ward, United States Army. one of the
ply siciaHs Who attended President Gar
neid IN bis last illness, died near Phila-
delphia today.
Dry Weather.
PLYhoUTH, n. h. Aug. l9.-Ths dry
est season since 1870 10 prevailing here.
Wells are giving out and the streams
are low. Many of the smaller ones are
entirely dry. No rain has fallen since
May.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-20

PARIS. Aug. 19.-At Toulon there were
two deaths frem cholera last night. The
fatal cases develop more readily and
death comes more quickly than at the
outbreak of the epidemic.
At Marseilles there were eight deaths
last night.
ToULoN, Aug. 1S.-Reoord Of cholera
in the hospitals of this city today :
Deaths none, admitted one, cured sev-
en-, under treatment fifty-eight. There
were four cholera deaths at Brignoles
today.
MARsEILLEs. Aug. 19.-The report of
the ravages of the cholera in the several
departments of Southern Franc for the
twenty four hours ending at 8 o'clock
this morning ia az follows: Herault, IA
deaths; Garde 6, Aude 4, Eastern Pv-
rennes 20.