The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1893-09-23
COLD SCHEEK -

voters of Cecil think about It?
COLD "CHEEK."
If it were pro oable, or even con
ceivable, that the Republicans would
or could secure majority in tae
next Legislature, Messrs. Haines,
Moore, Ellison and Brickley would
display considerable cold "cheek,"
if they asked Democrats to help
them to seats in that body. 1t is
only less cheeky in them to expect
Democratic support to add them to
a minority in the Legislature the
hopelessness of which can only be
conjectured. Simply as Republicans
Mr.. Haines and his associates would
be helpless and harmless at Anna.
polls. County Meas.
The above is one of those elegant
EXTRACTS" stamped and branded
with the true Crothers proprietary
trade mark, and for which our CO
temporary has become famous in
this campaign, from t. ve-T outset
of which, Mr.. Crothers has assumed
a seemingly proprietary" right to
represent Cecil county IN the State
Senate;
He has more than once with the
super abundant conceit of political
'boss, " undertaken to argue editor
ally in the Meas, that Mr.. Haines
and his Legislative associates would
have no political standing or inau-
ence at Annapolis, and hence could
accomplish practically nothing in the
way Of needed legislation because
they would be in the minority in
that body.
As a specimen of "cold cheek, :"
this assumption is worthy Of its
author.
And yet it is evident that the
writer OF this editorial "hosh," has
never read the platform Of his own
party, enunciated at Ekton on Tues
day, June 6, 1898, or if he has read
it, he stultifies himself by contradict
ing its unmistakable language:
Whereas, Chapter 474 Of the Acts
of Assembly of 1890. whereby the
question of license or no license IVES
submitted to the voters of this county
at the general election of 1890, pro-
vides, that the same question shall be
submitted to the voters at the general
election OF 1894.
"And whereas, in order to carry
out this provision OF the law, appro
pirate legislation must be passed by
the General Assembly of 1894. and
tile Passage Of such legislation a0iH be
entirely 7Vithin control Of the Senator
and DELEGATES elected from this
county,"
We have italicized the latter clause
OF this preamble to make its meaning
palmer.
Senator and Delegates elected
from this county"
1t doesn't say Democratic Senator
and Delegates.
Certainly not. 1t would have been
absurd and ridiculous if it did.
Now Mr.. Crothers was one OF two
gentlemen who wrote that platform.
Why does he declare one thing
authoritatively in the platform on
which he stands, and then knock his
platform into smithereens in his
organ, the N>vSp
Which is right, the platform or the
Me7vs?
Why, the former of course.
In all matters of local legislation,
the Senator and Delegates sent to
the State Legislature, as the choice
OF legally expressed Waj~iLy Of
the qualified voters OF county,
from time immemorial in Mary
land, have had, and will continue to
have centre CONTROL"
Maryland would be a political
despotism, were it otherwise
A Republican minority at Anna.
polls would not Of course be recog-
nized il the caucus of Democratic
majority; nor could it influence gen
eral State Legislation. but in all
needed local legislation unless it were
of political character and openly
antagonized the general state policy
OF the majority, a minority could be
as potential in the interests OF its con-
stitEency as the ability of individual
members could make it.
Mr.. Crothers knows this, and his
attempt to make voters believe that
he as Senator elect could alone be
potential at Annapolis, is simply an
unwarranted assumption.
And this is what Mr.. Crothers
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