The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-03-15
POLITICAL NOTES.

Jonn SneTHaH Is Hot u Ue TeSdTucu as d
presidential impossibility. In his long ca
reer he has made himself very solid with
the country Wheeling htelHgencer.
! Henry Watterson is a gentleman,of sub
| lime cheek He wants to name the Repub-
lican as well as the Democratic candidate
for the presdency.-hansas City Journal.
Congressman A. S. Hewitt has been re-
tired from the list Of presidential possibili-
ties. He monkeyed with the Irish question
and was blown up with dynamite.
City journal.
Bring what chaxge man will against Re-
publican administration, none regardfal of
truth can say that it has failed in effort to
stand between the nations revenues and
the rapacity of thieves. -Knorriue( Tenn.)
Chronicle.
Under the existing administration the
law appears to be working with fair de-
gree of efficiency in respect Of non-partisan-
ship in the disposal of patronage, simply
because President Arthur is willing to en-
force it in spirit as we'll as according to the
lcllcT. Duh u HOW Iudu III Guo ulIc uOuSc,
and especially Democrat, would make
very short work of the whole thing. Troy
Times.
Those Democrats who want tue ''old
ticket" rensminated in order to ''rebuke
the fraud of counting in Hayes" should re-
member that if the Democrats themselves
did not show any great disposition four
years ago to rebuke this fraud by nominal
ing Tlden and Hendricks, the people gener-
ally will not do SO now. IT the leaders Of
the Democratic party ,an let the "rebuke"
60 by for eight years the people will let it
90 by indefinitely. baltimore Herald.
If there were no higher considerations
than the dispensation of patronage, the
dealing out of places to personal favorites,
the Republican party could present ne
better claims to public confidence than does
the Democratic party. The stronger the
emphasis that is given to the reported senti-
ment of the President, and the more au-
thoritative the utterance becomes, the
higher will he be raised in the confidence
Of the country and the more elevated will
be the position he will occupy in the galaxy
Of American statesmen.-Valley Tirginian.
The safer and more sagacious correspond
ents at Washington a seem to share in
this view-and say that it is the choice of
people setting in, with a growing tide of
strength, in favor of the president. When
to this is added the fact that there are now
~ eft in ha RI fiuhtipu him
and indeed practically none at all--and
no party papers which do not concede til"
he has made safe and excellent president,
i would seem that the situation, so far as
indications go now, is making up for AT
thur.-Io,rd State Register
What have we heard of late? Arthur in
his messages and Edmands in his bills have
defined their position, Logan and Sherman
have declared themselves to a limited eX-
tent, Blaine has heretofore, and not long
ago, spoken very freely-but where are the
wise words of the Democratic candidates?
The great free trade leader, Mcdonald, is
close as an oyster And who has heard
from the old ticket? Has Hendricks opened
the bulls eye of his dark lantern? Above
all, has the venerable statesmen of Gram
Grey park and CIPHER alley flashed his cleo
trio light upon the nation Oakland (CuL)
Jidette.
Gov. Hale, of New Hampshire, who has
been interviewed as to the politics of his
state, says: 81 don't think the Republicans
have formed any decided preferences yet.
One man says Arthur; another man says
Edmunds; another says some one else.
Each one has his strong points and his weak
points. We are trying to find an answer
to the question: "Whe is the strongest
man." Next to that we want to know:
What about New York?' Logan seems to
have some strength over the country; Ar
thur is well thought of and kindly men
toned; Baline we do not know about.
was strongly in favor of Blaine four years
ago. I believe We shall elect the next
president. "-Erchdnge.
All the old questions are dead. The tariff
is the one line on which parties may divide.
The Republicans are protectionists or
nothing. The Democrats are free traders
OF notnlng. NOW, ii the pOllcy OF the gov
is to be protection the Republicans
should not be removed from power, be-
cause public measures ought to be intrusted
to the hands of their friends, not their en-
emies. do not want to see the Demecratic
party come in except as a revenue reformer.
In other words if l must l prefer to take
my Republicanism pure and simple as an
honest, bona fide dose Of castor oil, and not
in the form Of capsule fabricated by a
chemist and labeled demo |
cracy ."-Henry Watterson.