The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-04-27
NOTES OF 1.-THE COMBINE -
GORMANISM IN CECIL

/ Ilt 'DTllluH NOllDlllt has tpout Nllol'-
ped the "harmony" mask, now that the
people have seen through it.
'Boss" Crothers has come to the front,
and is undisguisedly at work managing its
affairs and directing its operations.
| Last week, it is reported, he called his
candidate for treasurer down when he sent
in his application to join the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics, with the
statement that if he joined it he would
lose the Catholic vote.
SO the application is withdrawn for the
present until the Catholic vote is in, and
the Junior Order vote is to be catered to in
another direction.
both Catholics and the Mechanics in this
attempt to make them the football of
machine" politics.
The Boss" is hard at work perfecting
his ticket, and has about completed the
legislative part Of it, although he has had
trouble in making the nice adjustments"
necessary to its success.
Tempting overtures have been made to
Mr. Samuel j. Keys, of Elkton to head
the delegate ticket. He has heretofore
professed to be opposed to the Combine"
and it is understood that the opposition,
among whom Mr.. Keys has number OF
friends, solicited him to be candidate for
/ put Mr. inSistnI tbot hn
had no aspirations whatever for public
office, and was understood as being ready
to join in any movement to defeat the
Combine" 1t seems, however, a little
difficult to ascertain at this time Mr.. Keys
exact political status.
Mr.. William X. Reckefus is reported as
the second on the delegate list. lie is to
hustle around right sharp, and get the
Seventh district for the "Combine," and
secure his nomination for the legislature,
while Mr. James T. Graham slumbers in
silent repose.
The third man is Mr.. George w. Lock-
wood, of the First district.
This satisfies the requirement of geo
graphical distribution.
But there are other considerations.
Mr.. Lockwood is Catholic, Mr.. Recke-
fus is Presby terrain, and Mr.. Keys is
Methodist.
1t is necessary to have religious as well
as a geographical distribution of candidates
md tlasa Inc intc Lost S ,,ht IF
in machine" politics. for this reason the
Boss is particularly anxious to capture
Mr.. Keys to complete the UNCONVENTIONAL
trio.
Now Mr.. Lockwood's candidacy will be
apt to ra'se row.
The public school question will enter
into it,
He is charged with being one of the
antagonists of the Junior Order in causing
trouble about flag raising on the public
school houses in the First district
There is also said to be movement
going on among the Catholics of the State
for separate parochial Schools and State
lol tilCll
This, in addition to the enormous appro-
priations for sectaridn institutions by Demo-
cratic legislatures at every recurring session,
has aroused the antagonism of the A. p. A.
members in the State, and that of the
Junior Order of American Mechanics, which
considers itself the champion and protector
80 thn pnbnnl al
shrewdness and diplomacy OF the leader OF
the Combine" will be needed to avoid
offending the Catholics on the one hand,
and the thousand or more members of the
Junior Order in the county on the other,
who full of enthusiasm and patriotism,
are hosting flags over our school houses.
the Combine ticket is practically selected.
1t is absolutely necessary to have this part
of the ticket strong and it is difficult to
get self-respecting men to run in the face
of the Crothers law, which limits their
official powers, an makes them in a large
measure merely subservient in their own
office to the two Crothers clerks
1t will be nominated as it stands if it
succeeds at the primaries, with the possible,
not to say probable exception of the
States attorney.
Mr.. Crothers has not the slightest inten-
ton of nominating Mr.. Evans.
His Office will be to help pull the other
"a nd idates thrnuuh at tho nr;n,oriaa
Mr.. Hester Hess will come to the
county convention with the five delegates
from the Fourth district, and the necessity
of securing the full vote OF that Democratic
Gibraltar for the nominees of the "Com-
bine" may shelve Mr.. Evans for Mr.. Hess.