The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1895-06-08
THE AN-CROTHERS CON-
BINE TICKET.

Crothers Combine type are jubilant, and
in their Joy wax exceeding glad.
The ostensible cause of their present
convention
The party harmony CIV and party
peace I? p that marked the proceedings of
that body:
The skilful manner in which the Boss
aud his henchmen got in their work with
out fret, fume or friction:
The spontaneous and unnhuenced CIV
selection by the good Democrats of Cecil of
Just the candidates that the Boss would
have them select:
And all done so pleasantly so smoothly,
without a protesting or dissenting voice,
that an uniformed spectator might have
supposed that the whole affair had been
'sct up beforehand,
And such good men selected, too
How. if onc-half that is said in denun-
cation of "Bossism" be true, could
Combine" convention have blundered
into selecting so good ticket?
That is the pulling political coincidence
to which the nosicst cldYucr of the Com
hine" proudly points
Now as to the personal status of the
candidates on the Democratic ticket, the
Wig has no question to raise. 1t frankly
comedies that they are men of responsibility
and good repute, but whose individual
qualification for the offices for which they
have been nominated, cannot be compara-
lively stated until after the Republican
nominations have been made.
While the ticket as whole. gains some
additional credit for quality by comparison
with previous bad tickets nominated by
tie Democrats in this county, the fact is
no less true, that with two exceptions we
believe, every man on the ticket now before
our people. has in the past been either an
office holder or an office seeker.
In this sense, at lcast.it is not as fresh ~
as some of its friends would have itappear.
But conceding its relative quality of
goodness, which the WING willingly does,
its political character or complexion is
proper and fair subject of public discussion.
Primarily, was the ticket really chosen
on Tuesday last by the Democrats of Cecil
county, or is it, in its most important
names in fact, ticket previously selected
! cut dried and slated. by a little coterie of
/ l.lkton politicians, chief of whom is the
| obese Boss who assumes to CONTROL by
virtue of his "machinen craftsmanship, the
destiny of Cecil Democrats, and to dis
pense the party patronage
Is it the peoples ticket, or is it the
/ selection Of Boss?
Let the facts answer.
In its issue of March 10th, 1895, three
months ago the CECIL WING stated editor
| tally that Combine" or peace convention
| called by Mr.. Crothers, had been held in
an office on North street, Elkton, and that
at that private conference three gentlemen
ha been selected as he spontaneous chOicc
of Mr. Crothers for the positions of County
| Treasurer, States Attornel ship and SheI-
/ itfdlty, and that these three gentlemen
were Messrs Manly Bremen, William :.
/ Evans and Harvey Mackey.
These three offices being the three most
remunerative ones in the present gift of
the people OF Cecil county, the selections
for them 50 far in advance of the date of
the assembling of the county nominating
convention naturally excited general com
ment
Now, if the nominal of these gentle
men was the spontaneous choice of the
people on Tuesday, is it or is it not
coincidence, that they should equally have
been the spontaneous choice of the Boss
in February last
Then, it appears that in the selection of
these three gentlemen, at least, the Demo-
ciats on Tuesday did not really nominate,
bit only ratified Mr.. Crothers' previous
selection.
And was not this really the fact?
1t is true that the "Boss failed in
securing all his ticket; he did not get Mr..
Lockwood for the legislature, nor Mr..
Keys nor Mr. Reckefus, and very possibly,
lltii lt iitt'l tulllSS Hi MS OWN way nc
would not have chosen Mr. Brady or Mr..
Nickle or Mr.. Mccoy, all three, we believe,
good anti-liquor license men.
But still, having filled long in advance
the three best places on the ticket, he could
reasonably afford to throw a tub to the
popular whale, and let the Democrats
choose a man or two for themselves.
This was a refreshing act of magnanimity
on the part of the local manager.
With these undeniable facts before us,
it becomes amusing to hear party organs
and party claquers boast of the admirable
ticket the Democrats selected, when really
they had so little to do in the matter of
| these nominations
With these facts before us, it will be
equally difficult to prove, that the ticket is
any stronger in votes than the man who
made it.
The measure Of Mr. Crothers' strength
in the county, is that of the ticket which
he has been SO potential in nominating.