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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-29
A DefalcatiOn.

The Oxford Press of Wednesday last,
says it was discovered last week that
George NJ. Rupert. who has been treas
urer of the Penn Mutual Fire Insurance
Company for twelve years and Of the
Borough of West Chester for eightee II
years, was a defaulter to tho former to
the amount of about $40, 600 and to the
latter for 5000. When the fact of the
defalcation was made known on Satur-
day it created great surprise, Mr.. Rupel
having always stood high in the estima-
ton of the community for probity and
honesty. lie is a lawyer Of ability and
good practice and enjoyed the confidence
of all who knew him. The deficit has
been extending from year to year, the
correct balances of the books being made
up at the annual audits by the cash re-
ceived for the current year. The solvency
of the insurance company is not affected
by the loss. The bondsmen who endols-
ed for Mr. Rupert when he assumed the
Office of treasurer of the borough and of
the insurance company have both been
dead for some years and his failure
to procure other bondsmen, as required
by the lately elected board of managers
of the Penn Mutual: led to his resigna-
ton of the treasurership and divulge-
ment of the shortness in his accounts.
Mr.. Rupert has given a bond to A. p.
Reid, ESD, as trustee, to meet the def
cency
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-29
EFFECTS OF FREE TRADE.

President Hamlin, of Middlebury
College, Vermont, thus sets these forth
"What has been the reception Of Free
Trade among the nations? First all
the European nations, England ex-
cepted, after forty years Of discussion
and experience, are confirmed in pro-
lection. France, after one taste has
returned the chalice to England and
bowed the Golden Club out. Second,
Of more significance is the fact that
the self-governing English colonies,
after full trial of the free trade in
which they were mustered, have set it
aside and have adopted the American
system in its place. They have a
stronger protective tariff than most of
the European nations. Great Britain
stands in absolute isolation among the
English-speaking communities. Not
one of the children she has brought up
will rock this cradle OF her old age.
Third, the inferior nations, as Turkey,
Egypt, India, China, Japan, instead Of
being regenerated, have been impover-
ished and drenched in blood"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-29
POLITICAL NOTES.

MIR. Tilden did not attend his brother S
funeral. He will doubtless be present
at the political obsequies of the next
nominees Of his party Om"ha Rspub-
ltcdn.
The hope of the Democracy rests in
M. Randalls tact and ability. The
south has found in him friend when
she most needed one. May he again put
her under oblisation.-Nashcille Ameri-
can.
Logan has many qualities which natur-
ally attract not only the first soldier in
the land, but many others. He was a
brave union general, he is a natural
fighter; he has always been good Re-
publican ockport, ~ y. Journal.
1t looks as if Randall will either ''have
to fish or cut bait for ''the tariff for
revenue only" reformers. Circumstances
are against him, and when the lash of
party begins to snap about his back he
will come down in the usual Democratic
way and support the ticket. chicago
Inter Deem.
Mr. Tilden is reported as expressing
the opinion that Democrat with a good
war record, who had been federal SOL
der, is the kind of man to nominate for
the Presidency. such an expression may
prevent the Atlantic constitution from
electing its Uncle Samuel in Georgia.
Louiscile COmn.srrtdt
talked of in some quarters as the right
man for the Democrats to nominate for
President, but it will end in talk. Mr..
Thurman is several sizes to large man
for the Democracy in its present coudi-
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UNIFORMS.

Mr.. EDIToR-Will you be SO kind as
to inform the public how long it has
been decided, in court of justice that
any person who wears the uniform of the
army, navy, mail, railroad or any other
service, that the fact Of his having un-
form constitutes him an ape dressed up
in blue or grey and that his testimony on
oath, if given in behalf of the service to
which he belongs is not to be believed
and that the fact of his wearing said
uniform brands him as liar. Yet this
is the plea and argument used by the
Cecil county bar before a jury. Was
Generals r. L. Lee and Stonewall Jack
son liars, because they wore the grey
uniform. Is General Hancock and many
other distinguished officers of the army
and navy to be classed under this cate
cory, because they are required when on
duty, to wear the uniform required by
the service to which they belong Yet by
the course now persued by the bar this
doctrine is promulgated to influence the
decision of juries, and which, if it pre-
walls, then the country is to be pitied,
when the wearing of a certain uniform,
at once stamps man as liar and that
his oath before God is an act of pergury
and | say if such arguments is to infiur
ence the verdict of a jury then the sooner
the court houses are closed the better it
will be for the cause of justice.
AN INQUIRER.
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TICKET SCALPING.
The Demora izng Effect Railroad En-
ployes Ct this Questionable business.

The DemCra izinS Effect on Railroad En-
ployes ct this Questionable business.
From the Philadelphia Press.
The developments in the recent trials
of railway conductors i'll Philadelphia
and elsewhere for embezZlcment bring
to light new feature in the so-called
business of ticket scalping, aud explain
very clearly one of the principal reasons
for the crusade which is being waged by
the railroad companies against the gen
trv whose boast IL is that they can dis
count the standard rates of the compan-
les. There was for a Ion. time an ele-
ment of mystery in this peculiar traffic,
which was partially dispelled when the
methods CT the scalpers were ventilated
III the courts and by the clear exposi,
tions of railway officers on the subject.
1t is apparent that the scAlper derives
some Of his support from some of the
various links, large and small, OF the
longer lines between distant points. AS
a matter of course, rates 10y the various
lines between important centres must be
uniform, and the longer lines, by reason
of their greater length and time of tran
sit, could not, and very properly SO, hope
to obtain any considerable proportion of
the through traffic save by the operations
of the scalper. who buys for the intend
lug traveller who falls into his hands
regular ticket by one o. the longer
routes, sells it to him for dollar or so
less than it cost, collecting i bonus from
several of the short lines composing this
route as a reward for diverting tn, trav-
eler from more direct lines, ana pocket
ing a fair profit on the transaction, al
though the passenger may not be SO for
tunate. as the greater length of time
consumed on the trip, and consequent
increase in cost of meals and sleeping
accommodations, may more titan cover
the saving in the cost of the ticket, and
the traveller has no compensation Tor his
lost time.
But this and other operations which
the scalper is wont to consider as 'legi-
innate would scarcely explain the
magnitude which. his profits must as
sumo to maintain him in the traffic, and
these late trials furnish the Information
necessary to complete Il solution OF the
mystery The testimony showed that
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-29
THAT VETO.

We have at last discovered that we
have an economical Governor. The
sixty-cent marriage license law would
take away from the revenue of the
State some So 1000, and Governor Nc
Lane determined to save this great
amount. No matter whether the peo-
pie wanted the law or not twenty
seven thousand dollars is greater than
the will of the people, in the eyes of
our Executive.
Now, there are economies that are
not economies. There are those that
cost more, in actual dollars and cents.
than is saved-the kind that saves at
the spigot while the bung is out, and
the treasure is pouring out of the bung
hole-and this little hdget of economy
of the Governor is one of them.
Suppose the State of Marylandfound
it necessary to go into the market of
the world to borrow a million or two
of dollars? Is it supposable that her
credit would be enhanced by the an
nouncement that her finances were in
such a desperate condition that her
Executive found it necessary to veto a
bill asked for by the people releasing
marriage from taxation because its
passage would take $4,000 from the
annual revenue of the State? OF would
not this announcement SO effect her
credit that, if the loan was secured at
all, it would be at loss of perhaps
seven times twenty-seven thousand dol
lars, or even more?
In looking over the appropriation
bills passed during the present session
of the Legislature, We find one increas
ing the salary Of the Adjutant- General
of the State an item for expenditures
upon the Executive Mansion and its
furniture of several thousand dollars
for the purchase of new law books for
the increase of the pay of police cap
tains an appropriation for exhibiting
our products at the industrial exposi
ton at New Orleans large and liberal
appropriations to various charities
more than liberal appropriations to the
militia, and so running through long
list of items-all proper objects of the
States care-and all in accord with the
progressive, liberal sentiment of the
times. But why is it that the Execu
tive does not apply some Of his eco
nomical theories there? and let the
people have this one little boon asked
for-ths little sixty cent-twenty-seven
thousand dollar marriage license law.
Had the veto been promulgated on
April Ist, we would have thought the
Executive out on little joke but it's
not a Joke he's in dead earnest; he
is economising-saving at the spigot,
while the bung is open.
In considering this matter, Governor
McLane evidently does not take into
consideration at all the wishes of the
people. That $1,000 shuts out every
thing else. The laboring men, poor
people to whom this tax of $3.50 is a
burden. and ten of whom are married
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-29
WISE WORDS.
Senator Sherman Says He is Not Candi-
date and Reviews the Coming Cam
paign.
Philadelphia Press Interview

philadelphia Press Interview
Can the south ever be divided upon
the tariff question: was asked Senator
Sherman.
Not in Presidential year for very
many years yet to come. There will be
distl lets here and there that will send
protection members to congress, but
they will be Democrats. Nearly every
interest of the southern states will be
Set aside fo- blind adherance to the
Democratic party. In canvass where
every manufacturing industry in the
north depends upon protection, these
people will follow a party pledged to free
trade, or tariff for revenue only, as
you please
This. then, will show solid south
against the north upon new issue that
comes home to the workman as well as
the capitalist"
Exactly so, and such a situation must
be met this year. 1t will, or should, en-
list the labor of the country, which is
not often aroused by sentiment. Their
future, perhaps more than that Of all
others, depends upon a reversion of the
present order et things in the south.
The timid members of our party under
stand that this issue is forced upon us.
We do not make it, only meet it,
"Will there be any trouble about ear
rying Ohio this year,
Il think not. We have il peculiar con-
stituency, and its political turns have
been consistent. They were about the
same during the war as since. Our peo,
vote when they please. ana all the pc.
litical machinery cannot bring them to
the polls unless they desire to come. Yet
the history of our campaigns shows that
they can always be relied upon in an
emergency. In this canvass it is very
important to carry Ohio, as il is the only
October state of Importance. A good
candidate can do it.
Twill your state present your Nance
Il am in no sense a candidate, and
would not make an effort for the nomi-
ration. would not even express my
opinion as to who should be delegates
from my own district, or what their ac-
ton should be. Four years ago
thought it best to be candidate. | be-
lieved that the logic Of events at that
time justified such action. The reasons
| need not state. Now there is no such
condition, and | would not enter con-
ties. even for the Endorsement of my own
constituency. Many of my friends write
me complaining. letters because | refuse
to make such an issue. Believing that
the convention, when it meets, should
be free, uninstructed. ana in shape TO do
the very best thing for the whole party,
| have counSeled my friend to that
end. 4 united and enthusiastic party is
more important than one man, and hence
l am for bending every energy to the
first purpose, and am not candidate. :"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-29

ton. His name on its tickets in this
Year of grace would be as bad misfit
as David Davis's waistcoat would be on
Mr.. Tilden.-Ph7ddelphid Press.
If Col William r. Morrison would
only reflect little he would see that
this is not the time for horizontal re-
duction of the tariff. Vegetation is just
budding and everything is trying to get up
into the genial spring air. Moreover,
the political campaign of the presidential
year is about to begin, and there is moth
ing anywhere that suggests reduction
or flattening down. leceldnd Leader.
Sam Randall is pretty long headed
fellow. He hasn't started out with any
fl 1e and drum corps boom for the Demo
cratic Presidential nomination. but he is
doing far better than that. He is cap
turing delegates every day in the old
Keystone State. and will very likely have
quite respectable following before the
other asPirants make start. Perhaps
he will be Tilden'S legatee after all
Troy CIV. ~ Budget.
1t is suggested that the genuine mea,
IN the Tilden scheme is the nomination
on the ticket with him of some extreme
southern man, in the full assurance that
| Tilden is known to be infirm; that he
would not live beyond his Inauguration
in case of election. The Bourbsns would
nation to whose probability Mr. Jefferson
Davis alluded the other day hnoretI
(7enn.) ChroniclF.
| Any compromise which shall secure
for the Morrison bill the votes Of the
Randall faction will be fatal to any meas
ure of tariff reform in the present con
gress. and will amount to all actual de
feat Of that portion Of the party which
succeeded in electing Carlisle speaker
and led to the appointment of Morrison
as chairman of the ways and means com
mittee. 1t will be another case of the
mountain laboring only to bring forth ;
ridiculous mouse. - Hir"g0 Tribune.
If England were to be permitted
overrun this country with her manufae
lures, it's ruin would be only little les.
than if it were effected by fire and sword
The tariff laws are our ratification ant
defense against British competition
which, if allowed, would reduce thu
great mass of our people to the dire con
dition of those Of England. America i
not an avaricious country because of it,
| tariff laws, for they are acts of mere
wisdom ard seif-defense -htladt'Pht'
Mquirfr.
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the railway employees retained the
tickets collected from passengers and
sold them at nominal rates to the seal
pers, who resold them to travellers at a
discount from standard rates, the CON-
panies thus carrying two or more passen-
gers on the same ticket.
These disclosures emphasize with pain
full clearness the moral character of the
scalping enterprise. For years past it
has been the aim of railroad companies
so to adjust their rules and regulations
as to relieve conductors from even the
slightest imputation of dishonesty.
Whether this has been from motives of
selflnterest or not, is immaterial to the
point at issue. The result has been APP.
parent in the esprit d" corps and the
morale of their employees. The feeling
that, in view of the safeguards thrown
around them, they were above suspicion.
has wrought remarkable change in
this class OF employees. and has made the
position of railway conductor a highly
honorable, as it is a responsible and ex-
acting calling. But just as this condi-
ton of things has been SO happily con-
summated, a new element of evil arises,
and it is not strange that amongst such
host of employees some should be
found willing to listen to the temptings
Of the scalpsr. and become eventually his
willing but guilty Tools
In the cuase of morality, and in behalf
of an important and deserving class OF
railway employees we can cordially en-
dorse the efforts of the transportation
lines to utterly abolish this traffic. which
has long been a misdemsanor i'll this
State, and we earnestly hope that the
various States will speedily take cogni.
zance of the growing evil and, by statute
similar to our own, put the scalper under
tie ban of the law and compel railroad
companies to redeem for cash, from pas
| sengers, their unused or partially USED
tickets. In the meantime the traveller
will do well to consider whether he car
conseientiously aid the scalper Or incul
the risk of riding on stolen ticket.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-29
THE BILIOUS BRETHREN,

In tart article published in the Bal
timore papers on Monday last, MIR.
Bernard Carter undertook to scalp Sen
ator German on account of the pres
ence of the latter at Annapolis as a
lobbyist in the interest of the Baltimore
and Ohio Elevated Railroad bill. Mr..
Germans friends say that Mr.. Carter's
real motive in this attack lies in the
opposition of Mr.. German to Mr.. Car
ter'S nomination as Acknowledgement
last fall. But whatever be the inspira-
ton of it, whether political disappoint-
ment or professional jealousy between
the attorneys Of rival corporations, Ger
tain it is that the epithets that are now
being banded back and forth between
these gentlemen of the Ring is feast
for the unregenerate. Wednesdays
Sun was particularly rich in delicious
slang, commonly current among cult,
waited gentlemen of the Baltimore bar:
and published at Mr.. Abell's most &C
commodating rate of twenty cents {
line.
Note this specimen-suf1icient of its
kind:
Bernard is 'Bounssr,"
Bernard is ".Slng,'
When "going Eor' the lobby
And Jesse Hines "mug.'
He "sloggs' the Legislature
"Suatts" Rusk right in the smeller,
And doubles up Tom Hayes
Like a bingham umbsrreller.
He's Phartsee, a prattler,
A corporation Qutbbler;
a Saul among the Prophets,
A htreling and a scrib6ler.
Imagine poor Carriers pheinks
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-29
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

United States Minister Sargent at Ber-
lin has been appointed minister to st.
Petersburg to succeed the late Minister
Hunt.
Mr.. L. G. iollyday, Secretary of State,
has resigned, to take effect May |. and
Gov. McLane has appointed Mr.. George
3. Milligan to the position.
A Franklin physician reports that one
of his patients, L young lady, has gone
literally crazy over ''crazy quilt" Oh
which she was working. Her brain is SC
affected that she sees all sorts of irregu
larly shaped objects.
The jury in the false imprisonment case
Of Iiallett kilbourn against ex Sergent at
Arms Thompson on Wednesday, returned
verdict for Mr.. Kilbourn for $37, 500
The two previous verdicts set aside were
for 500, 900 and $50, 600
A Democrat caucus on the Morrison
tariff bill was held in Washington OIL
Thursday night, and it was decided tina,
the bill be considered in committee o.
the whole, aud then that bill shall be
favorably reported to the House and
passed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-29

THE Republican Congressional Com
mittee is engaged in preparing for the
work of the campaign. Senator Haw-
ley, its chairman, says that requests for
contributions meet with prompt respon-
ses, and that much interest and en-
thusiasm are shown in the work. BY
far the greater number of letters re-
ceived by the committee contain re-
quests to have documents relating to
protection forwarded to the writers.
This would indicate that the tariff ques-
ton will be the principal issue on which
the coming campaign is to be fought.
In all its work the committee has been
careful to observe in the strictest man.
ner the Civil Service law.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-29

The Philadelphia 7imes Says: The
work of adjusting and focalizins is pro-
crossing rapidly and-what was the best
news of all to tile sanguine directors at a
meeting one day this week. Mr.. keely
has fixed the date of actual exhibition
of the motor in their presence. ION or
before April 49, was the language of
Mr.. keely's message, which was COM
municated verbally to the officers and
through them to the directors. keely
himself was not present at the meeting.
Il am too busy to come he explaiAed
to Treasurer Green, land am now so
nearly done with my work that don't
want to appear before the directors again
until appear to exhibit to them our
final triumph.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-29

In an argument on the Bonded
Whisky bill, Mr.. Findlay, of Balti
more, thus argued in favor of retaining
the whisky in bond: "Here are sew
enty million gallons Of concentrated
damnation and misery, double extract
of woe and per,lition, a hellbroth such
as witches never brewed, all safely
guarded in its reservoir behind walls Of
impenetrable masonry * = and you
propose to break these walls down and
let out this whole fiery, seething mass
Of corruption and passion in one fell,
disastrous overflow, and all in the name
and for the sake of temperance. If
the dog is bad, why don't YOU keep
him chainedo"