The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-08-02
POLITICAL POINTS.

fallen heir to $3.50, 600 Ben Butler ought
to strike him for the campaign fund
LoutsUWe Commercial.
Clevelaud's letter will sound some
thing like the report of the small boy S
toy pistol that went off after the expio-
Sion of the big cannou.-Ba Baltimore AMER
jcaa.
There is depression in values of
nearly every description. 1t is even in
tlmated that Carl Schurz will consent
to MARBLE for reform this year at 500 per
warb!e.-PAitadelpAi" Press.
Brother Dana is still holding out falla-
cious announcements to Ben Butler.
The enemies of Cleveland in this state,
We observe, are all pinning their hopes
on Butler.-Ner York World.
Mr.. Hendricks evidently labors undc,
the delusinn that he is the head of the
Democratic ticket. Some one ought to
jerk his coat tail and tell him he is max.
ing a mistake.-Binyhontton Republic IN.
There is democratic disintegration "
in Massachusetts as well as Republican
independence" in Massachusetts. And
the former probably effects as many votes
as the latter.-PrOcidrnce Press.
If MIR. Tilden has sent his congratul.-
lions to Cleveland and Hendricks over
their nominations the fact has not been
made publlc. 1t is significant that the
hero OF Cipher Alley has made no sign
since the conventional ec.lund Leader.
Col. Watterson' squint eyed goddess
of reform hasn't recovered her CONSCIOUS
ness since the disaster happened at Chi
cago. She doesn't know to this day
whether she bit the end off a cyclone or
wasrun over by meat wagon.-IhiLl-
delphia Press.
There is breadth and elevation and
simplicity about Blaine letter of accept
ance chat testify the maturity of power,
fullness of knowledge and mastery of
the affairs that concern the people at
large, making up craftsmanship Gin
cinndH Commercial Ga=ette.
One of our correspondents assures us
that 'the working people today repre-
Sent 800, 900 votes. But where do the
other 5000, 600 come from? We have
had an idea that the majority of our
American people work for Il living. 1t
is not pleasant To find that only one fifth
of them do.-BoSton Herald.
1t is queer political contest. All the
Republicans are going to vote for the
Democratic candidates, and all the Demo
Gratis for the Republican leader At
least, this is what an intelligent New
Zaalander would conclude to be the case
after reading the more strictly PARTISAN
newspapers GU both sdes.-Ncso York
Commercial 4dcertiser.
Mr.. Hendricks is a considerable and
economical man. In order to put the
Democratic committee to no trouble or
expense he goes to Saratoga this week,
where he will receive The formal notice
OF his nomination. This is i'll keeping
MIR. Hendricks went more than half way
Tor the nomination itself, if Mr. Nc
Donald's friends are to be believed
Indianapolis Journal
The New York Times finds some diff
Guilty in accommodating itself to its new
Democratic surroundings This morning
it actually calls for IAN able and ener-
getic manager whose character and rec
ord would beget confidence in the can
vass. and it intiinates that the Hon.
William III. Barnum is not such il man.
If the Times Fuckers at Barnum, what
will it do when it is offered straight
Bourbon dose? 1hJahy Journul.
From the touching and beautiful sen.
timents expressed by the Independents
in their platform one might well wonder
how they managed to exist at all in "a
rude. cold world like this. How they
must yearn for ''some fair, fantastic com
monwealth where the good alone hold
sway And what a relief it would be
to the rest of the American people if they
could discover such i country and get up
and dnst to it in short order.-Putsburg
Commercial Ga=ehe.
Hdrpers Weekly makes desperate at
tempt to prove that it is consistent in it's
OppOSitiOu 20 Mr. Blaine II nnhlishaS
i'll supplement a series of ten Cartoons
in which Mr. Blaine is held up to ridi
Guile for his attitude on the Chinese ones
ton and for certain phases of his foreign
policy. 1t neglects, however, to repro.
duce the cartoon which appeared in the
spring of 1876, when the scandal mon
gers were seeking to destroy his reputa-
ton. That cartoon represented Mr..
Blaine as surrounded by foul binds of
prey, and as throttling them with his
strong arm and plucking their feathers.
1t was designed to illustrate his tri.
umph over false accusers and uncon, erted
brigadiers, and was accompanied on an
other page by all article from Mr.. Cur.
tis's pen indicating Mr.. Blaine's char
acter from the outrageous assaults made
upon it. This cartoon would have adorn-
ed the gallery now reproduced and ought
to have been assigned the place of honor
in the center.-Ncc York Tribune.