The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1907-03-02
WISE..OR OTHERWISE?


be no question but that ultimately
il must challenge the laurelS OF Ben
Tillman or the unspeakable Swetten-
ham. as one OF the most remarkable
humorists of its age. Its latest inter
esting effort in this particular line OF
literature is the extremely cOmiCal par
tisan twist which it gives to the resolu-
tions of the Farmers Club on the sub
Jet OF good road building. The gen
tlemen OF that Club will doubtless not
be cxtravagantly delighted at having
their very appropriate and intelligent
resolutions prostituted to purely par
tisan purpose. But they can hardly
ccnsurc The News overmuch when thev
recall the fact that the very head and
front OF its offending is part OF its
normal role as the official mouth
piece OF the organization. Such
journal is not expected to discuss pub
lie questions with an unbiased spirit,
Its business is to manufacture capital
for partisan ends out OF everything
that arises: and in the faithful per-
Torrance OF that "bounden duty it
uses the Farmers Club resolutions as
a text whcreon to hang an arraign-
ment OF Republican administration of
county affairs and a pathetic plant at
the sorrowfu loss the county has Sus-
tanned by its failure to continue "un-
der the control OF Democratic Boards
OF Commits SiuncrS." Let the deludcd
and purblind citizens OF this misguided
county understand that their unpar-
donablc Jolly i'll ccctug Mr.. Commits
Sioner (R) instead oi Mr.. Commits
sioncr Cd has wrought the disastrous
result OF "a total increase Tin the tax
ratcl in three years OF ninety cents on
one hundred dollars;" "or in other
words ii has Just cost the taxpayers OF
Cecil county $4,000 more under three
years OF Republican rule than it did
under three years oil average Demo-
cratic rule" or in other words, the
people could have built so miles OF
permanent gravel roads for Just what it
has cost them to enjoy Republican
administration; or in other words, give
the Democrats control and the same
tax rate, and they will build Is miles OF
permanent gravel roads per year with
out burdening the county with bonds:'
or in other words, ii the county will
only repent and return to the wise and
economical control OF Democratic
Boards 1t is only a matter OF few
brief days before the county will be
able to live on nothing year and
save money Will you come into nv
parlor, said the spider to the fly? Could
anything be more dcliciously comcal
than the staid and sober countenance
with which The News puts such stuff
before its pcople2 But-a word in your
ear, George, dear:-"Do you suppose
there is anybody anywhere, within the
confines of thic county, dumb enough
to be caught by such political chaff as
this" That is what it is, and ALL it
is, political chaff and the people of
Cecil county have shown themselves
wise to it, again and again in the last
few years. Tune up, old friend; the
campaign draweth nigh and the pipers
must prepare to pipe. But in all your
tuning, Just remember that YOU might
as well Sing palms to a dead mule" as
to try and fool the enlightened people
of this county with that old Scarecrow
OF an increased tax rate, due to Repub
lican mismanagement. Those people
have long since come to understand
too perfectly that the increased tax
rate was simply an honest determine
ton to pay off and wipe out the old
debts that had been allowed to pile I'D
in the county during the previous
years.