The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-02-11

| other time, 1t seems TO Dc CASE Vi lay
ing low and saving wood" If the Hon.
Arthur Poe German chose, he might
make Il few disclosures that would be OF
great interest to the rank and file of his
party in Maryland; or, if Mr.. |. Freeman
Rasin felt like opening his heart and lips
and taking into his confidence those who
year after year walk up to the polls and
vote the straight ticket without cavil or
questioning, he, too, might make some
disclosures which would set at rest many
a case OF woeful anxiety, which has been
steadily growing since tie news of the
great victory of last fall was heraldsd
abroad among the faithful.
The successors OF Collector of Customs
Marine and Postmaster Johnson will, uu
ioubtedly, be able men and experienced
politicians. The one will c3me from the
counties, the other from the city. Who
ever they may be, most delicate and
intricate question will confront them
from the first. How will the subordi.
nate positions be Distributed Who
will De recognized in the distribution?
VIII any Republicans be retained, or
will clean sweep be made? And
if any Republicans are to be retained,
how Can it be done in order to quiet dis
greeable comment, aud soothe the head
aches of the many who must be dis
appointed? Finally what is to be done
with the Democrats who have held over
in the federal offices under the present
administration?
Take tie Pos; office, for instance or
the 600 employees of this great public
machine, nearly one hundred are Demo
Gratis who havs held oyer. When Post
master Brown retired there were only
seven Republicans upon the pay rolls.
In the custom house, about seventy
| Democrats are now drawing salaries
from Uncle Sam. When Collector Marine
| assumed charge he found that about sixty
Republicans had chung to their positions |
| through the four years of Democratic |
rule The rest of the $50 employees Of
that branch OF the service belonged to |
| the dominant party. or course, there |
was some reason for all this. The Re- |
publicans who held on under Democratic |
rule, and thu Democrats who are now |
drawing salaries under the Republican |
regime, had influential friends who |
fixed things" for them. There is a |
certain exchange of courtesies among the |
leaders o! the two parties which have
been quietly recognized for years.
OF course, it would not DO to have this |
fact publicly paraded, for a searching |
inquiry might result ia some embarrass-
ing developments, yet the policy of Il
tickle you, you tickle me" is ever potent |
and powerful, and has its greatest charm
in the fact that it is able to survive any
change of administration and any over
throw of party. But what is to be done
IN the future, in view of all these facts?
is the question. Will tho one hundred
hold over Democrats in the Postolfice
and their seventy equally fortunate'p0liti
cal brethern i'll the Custom house be
allowed to remain at the public crib
when there are So many hungry among
the faithful knocking at the outer doors?
And will III equal number of Republicans
be retained under the coming administra
ton to even up matters? Who can
tell?
WHY THIS UNUSUAL MoDEsTY.
Those who occupy somewhat humble
positions in the ranks of :h9 Democratic
party are somewhat mystiied by the
absence Of the usual rush FOR positions
at the incoming governmental table.
Has the slate been already fixed. or
are tie leaders keeping hungry ones
quiet in order to catch the first faint
whispering from Lakewood? Surely a
81 900 custom house, $4,000 post office |
and half dozen other remuneraUive and |
emiuently pleasant berths are not to be |
allowed to go By default. Marylanders
and Baltimoreans, as rule are prosper
GUS and happy; they live in a section |
blessed by nature and favored by |
Providence yet it is beyond human |
nature to turn down what is termed in
street parlance "snaps." Consequently |
the marked absence Of any rush for the
numerous comfortable federal positions
has caused considerable comment
among those who are on the outside
and therefore can only guess at coming
events. In the rural districts it is the
general opinion that Congressman Hon.
| John 3. Brown is slated for Collector
Marines chair while in the city the
prevailing opinion drifts toward Mr..
| Murray Vandiver. One thing certain
| the Eastern Shore statesman and his
| friends are no longer the outspoken
| opponents and critics of Senator German
they once were. In other words, they
show d disposition to get in out of the
| cold Time was when John B Browns
name across the bay-and through the
state, for that matter-stood for every
thing that was 'auti ing and anti
German, but this is true no longer.
TheFirst district congressman is creeping
closer under the shadow Of those wings
which have sheltered those who have
been wise in their day and generation
fol the past decade and a half. This
may mean something
l. ruuneth through the mind of the
follower of Maryland politics that over
a year ago certain gilded promises were
made to State Senator f. Stanley Toad
vine, Wicomic0 county. He was to be
made the next congressman from the
| First District, in case it was found
impossible to nominate ex Governor
Jackson, and, failing in that, he was to
get the nice warm berth of state in
surauce commissioner, to succeed Hon.
J. Fred G. Talbot, whose return to
Congress had been determined upon,
But tho first District is uoto1iously hard
TO manage; the politicians down there
have way OF determining their own
affairs and working out their own p9lit,
ical destiny that is to say tho least,
sometimes embarrassing aud so Senator
Toadvlne did not get the congressional
nomination. Now the question is what
solace will be offered him? Captain W.
B. Burchnal, present surveyor of tho
port comes from the Eastern shore and
should another Eastern Shoreman in the
l person of Senator Toadvine succeed him
it might be a happy solution of the
difficulty. At least that is the talk, and
no opposition to this plan is likely to
! arise across the bay unless it be from Col