The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-10-26

While our amiable contemporary of
the Cecil Democrat is vainly endeav-
oring to persuade tax-paying Demo
Gratis in Cecil, that they should ubon
principle vote for their party candi-
dates, the inference being that the per-
sonal qualification OF nominees should
with good Democrats be secondary
consideration, even in the case of Offices
OF a purely business or municipal char
acter, very large element of his party
has repudiated this doctrine in the city
of Baltimore, and has joined with the
Republicans in the hope of securing
needed municipal reforms in that city.
They will do this year precisely what a
corresponding element of their party
did in this county two years ago, cast
their votes for such men as they be-
lieve will prove the best public officers
in positions which are purely of bust
ness character.
Their declarations are we'll worthy of
consideration by tax-paying and prop
erty holding voters.
"We demand of the Mayor of this
city not platform embodied in this
statement: Il am a Democrat and
believe that the greatest good to the
majority of our people can be attained
by the application of democratic prln-
ciples' of government in municipal as
well as national affairs )" nor platform
such as this: 81 am a Republican and
believe that the city government should
be administered on Republican princi
pies" We do not recognize that the
differences between the two parties,
Democratic and Republicans, relate to
any questions OF municipal administra-
ton.
"The chief, if not the only question
ID dispute between the two parties, re-
lates to the tariff, and we deny that
there are any democratic Principles"
or any Republican principles" as such
applicable to the collection of the city's
revenue, the paving and lighting OF its
streets, the opening of highways, the
construction of bridges and sewers, the
cleaning of streets, the policing of the
city and the care of its health and san
ltary condition, or any other part of the
necessary work of the municipal admin
istration. The management of cIty's |
business is like that of private corpo-
ration, to be conducted not on Demo-
cratic or Republican, but on business
principles. The attempt to run the city
government on democratic princi-
piles" So called, or on the basis of
sonorous but empty phrase 81 am a
Democrat has led to high assessment
and one dollar and ninety cent tax
rate. The cite tax-rate, Notwithstanding
the ever growing assessment, has In
creased and is increasing and ought to
be diminished"
And we may well add, that the run
ming of the local business affairs OF
Cecil County con Democratic princi-
piles SO Called" cost the taxpayers of
Cecil County for the twenty years COW
ing the period from the levy Of 1867 to
that of 1887, about double what it
would have cost them had that sonorous
but empty phrase 81 am a Democrat"
been less potent with them.
But they "caught on" in the fall of
1887, and saw that it was better to
conduct county affairs more upon bus
mess and less upon political principles,
with the result that they secured a
a Board of County Commissioners,
which has placed the business of that
office upon better basis than 1t has
been for a quarter of century, and