The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-07-27
JOJASHIAN TWADDLE.


insisted, that under no circumstances
could Republican be as good man as a
Democrat. whatever might be their relative
personal qualifications.
Never since that meeting, have we en-.
countered man who displayed such con-
centrated foolshness, and the only ap-
proach to it that we have recently seen in
print, is an editorial in the last issue of the
Cecil Democrat, in which the two local tick
cts now before the voters of the county are
supposed to be criticised and compared.
We had hoped, that in the discussions of
this campaign, any merely personal refer
ence to individual candidates would have
been avoided.
Invidious comparisons between men
equally respectable are always in bad taste,
they accom- plish no good do not influence
single voter and as exhibitions of shallow
partizanship are generally discounted at
their true value by intelligent readers.
The refreshing gush, and .Jojashian flavor
however of the comparisons referred to, en-
title them to especial notice and comment.
The delightful effusion occupies too
much space to quote it entire, so a few
choice morseis from this editorial pudding,
must suffice for present purposes.
The two tickets are now in the field
and any fair minded person making
comparison must he struck with the vast
superiority of that nominated by the Dem
Ocrats "-tccH Dem0crdf.
This dd cdptdRdum declaration, as pref
ace to the more personal illusions that fol-
lowed, is one of those ancient partizan
oracles grown hoary by age, that probably
was contemporary with Noah and has sur
vived the deluge.
As an editorial pundit it has the respect
ability of antiquity, and which is about all
it has to commend it.
I'm reference to the legislative branch of
the tickets who could he dense enough to
suppose that VIM. j. Smith, Lewis +.
Logan and Webste: White would make the
representatives that James =. Mccoy ".
II. Brady and W. W. Nickle will be. -
cecil Dcmoc,m.
This egotistical assumption of the per-
sonal superiority of Mr. Mccoy, Mr. Brady
and Mr.. Nickle, as representatives. over
Mr.. Smith, Mr.. Logan and Mr. White
must be-if we know the three first named
gentlemen correctly-as disagreeable to
them in print as it would be offensive to
others if made by them personally.
Seriously, since the D'moc,m insists
upon making the comparison, why would
the three Democratic candidates make bet
ter representatives than their Republican
opponents?
Are they any better men in point of in
telligence, honesty of character, or personal
qualification?
Will Messrs. Brady, Mccoy and Nckle
all of whom we know personally and
whom We respect as good citizens of Cecil,
authorize their friends to make this claim
for them in this campaign?
Certainly they will not.
As intelligent men, they will tacitly sub,
nit those questions to the decision of indi-
vidual voters.
If this be true, do they authorize the
Editor of the Democrat to flourish their.
personally over their equally
deserving and equally respectable candi-
dates?
Certainly not.
The thee Democratic candidates are not,
in our opinion, gentlemen of sufficient per-
sonal vanity, to boast the individual supe-
riority that this over-zealous organ assumes
for them.
In reality, the Editor of the Dcmoc1m
means, that these gentlemen being Demo
Gratis are necessarily better men than their
Republican opponents.
No one can be dense enough to believe
that he really means anything more than
that.
The gentlemen they have nominated
for County Commissioners, we believe, are
reputable and capable, and when consd-
cred alone would create q fair impression.
but unfortunately for them they are opposed
to men that are more than fair, they are
exc, llent and the result will be that
Messrs. Williams and Clark will not make
much headw against Messrs Steele and
Lee. '-tecH DcmocrM
The patronizing tone of this criticism.
proceeding from the Jojashian brain, is ex
ceedingly refreshing with the thermometer,
at ninety degrees.
The etfervescent gush, the superb sci
conceit of such comparisons are truly de
lightful in midsummer.
Their GOODNESS suggests the Arctic chill
that creeps down one s back at their reading
'The Republican nominees Messrs
Bond, Kirk and Lynch may he good men,
and might make fair Judges, but they ART
not to be considered in the same class az
Hon. David p Davis, Hon. W. X Recke-
fus and Charles L. Beatty, Esq. "-ttcH
Democrat.
This utterly crushing CIV comparison of
candidates, to say nothing of its bad taste,
is the very quintessence of Jojashian twad-
die and well calculated to make the judici-
Gus grieve
To assert that as careful and experienced
men of business as the Republican candi-
dates for the Orphans Court, are not of the