The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-10-23
Why Cecil Democrat Will Not Support

HIS llShGt.
EDITOR OF CECIL WING:
As Il Democrat who has never voted for Il
Republican. not even Horace Greely in 1872. |
address you, the editor Of r., u lcan par, r
feeling sure that neither ol the Demucra c
papers would publish any communicates
such rs this IS giving my reasons for no.
supporting the whole Dem cratic ticket n
tho coming election.
1t. The majority OF the Democratic tick,
or rather the best offices, were slated long
before the year 1896 had com" to a close.
End. That the harmony necessary for the
success OF the Democratic party IN Ceci.
C uuty cannot h" brought abou, by tho boss, !,
having themselves nominated for Office.
8. The names Of the bosses have brcon q
so familiar to the voters Of Cecil county, tina,
have conc uded l I'D like to vote r
some else this fan, one name having been on
the ticket for twenty years, another nam"
either on the ticket or before the people at
the primaries for number Of years, and
still another wherein the memory Of man
runneth not to the contrary
4th. Because no Democrat in the Third
Election district for twenty years, with ne
exception, has succeeded in securing the
nomination for an Office of any importance
from the fact. that there was always IA "bOs>'
,cho ,rdS q candidate, but who at the same
time made use OF a numhor of men. 10y havin
them cal didut"s for sheriff, with no int. :
tioa Of supporting them III convention, ba.
merely to have them help carry the district
aud King,
Lee who was member of the convention
in 1885, and who was in favor of Pet Howard
for Clerk OF the Circuit Court, and truly
represented the sentiment OF the district. ii
consideration of the nomination for sheriff. |
not then, at some future time, was induced
to vote for Il. Il. Crothers. but he nev,r
secured his reward This promise was made
by one Of the "Dossrs," VINO is now on tie
ticket, Lee having gone to his house t g
night before the convention, after he ha1
retired.
Smith was forced Oft the ticket ut the last
moment in 1887, ill order that another DO
from Elkton could be nominated. To use IT,,
expression OF the late W. j Jones, Smith W.
reed Off the ticket in Il cruel manner" At
is tims Smith held the key to the convel-
ton and could have dictated his own tern
to the bosses but failed to do o. and was
turued down by the bosses contrary to the
advice Of the late DR.. Mitchell, upon whom
the bosses called the sunday night before Il g
convention,
King was used by the bosses in 1891. to
help carry the primaries, with the under
standing even to the day Of the convention,
that he should receive the nomination tor
sheriff, but tad to give way to II boss, foI
nomination and who is now on the ticket
again. The defeat OF King for nomination al
this time has been by King attributed solely
to the late c. G. Crothers, but the fact OF hi
defeat for nomination was rs | have stated
the experiment of having two lucrative offices
from the Third district having nearly proved
disastrous in 1873, when A. W. Mitchell was
nominated for Clerk. and Il. d. lamar for
Register OF Wills. the latter only securing one
vote in the convention from his own district
for nomination