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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08
JUMPED THE WRONG HARE

NUR. h. Is. Shrccvcs, Chairman 81
N the Democratic City Commit
A'A tee. evidently jumped the
wrong hare when he challenged Col
lcctor Stone Ia a Joint debate on the
Disirouchlsemcnt Amendment Col
lcctor Stone declines the invitation ON
the ground OF his want oi training a
a public speaker: but in the course of
his declination he finds opportunity To
deal the Amendment some telling
blows, none 81 which are harder than
the ones he takes from Chairman
Shreeves' own lips II seems that m
1905 MIR ShrccvcS was actively and
aggrcSSiycly against the Poe \mcnd-
mcnt, and prepared Tor the Crescent
Club a report on the same: wherein
he Uhe now Wanted champion oi the
Straus AmcndmcnO handles the So
called grandfather clause" in words
which the Collector recalls on him.
with great effect MIR ShrccvcS said /:
The second and third sections OF
the amendment are undcmocratic and
create class distinction. II i an at
tempt To- incorporate into our political
institutions the doctrine oi hereditary
right So inlmcal To Tree government
did the founders ui our republic re
gard any elias, government based upon
hcrcdity that they prohibited by lcgi>-
latvc cuactmcul> any Titled ari>tu-
crazy nr the acceptance at titled bon
orS from foreign putcntatcs and they
even abolished primngculturc Why
should one individual. though unworthy
to exercise the right ni franchise be
entitled to- de- 50 because he happens
To- have been the descendant, ui an an
ccStnr who was entitled To- vote before
certain date. while another though
descendant ui such person. must
worthy ~ every respect. not beng Il
undergo an extra test ui the kind laid
down
Here Mr. Stone remarks
There are the same attempts L.
create elias, distinctions" and "incnr-
poratc into "ur p"llical institutions
the doctrine III hereditary right IN
the amendment YOU now support, but
since yuu obtained your present posi-
ton YOU appear tu have seen a new
light
In the same report, MIR Shrccvc
said
The results ui lh, mca,urr wi'l be
unfair. rctrugrc>>iyc. instead at pro-
grcssivc; tuiquituu>. di>crmn%tivc and
productive 81 tyrarnical acts
For years in this State party icalty has
been Judged mainly b, icalty 81 the
bosses Citizen, ri Mary land. We
appeal to You. YOUR mauhuod. Your
suffrage +, IN peril In the shadow ~
the ncgr" are lurking men tempting 10
wrc>t from l"u lay ,pcci"u> aud ariiul
legislation Your rights 81 suffrage. II
YOU hrarkcu {" the ,pcc."r> plea ~
negro di,iranchlscmcu; aud pass tin,
amendment. YOU will soon awaken To-
the realization that ike E,au. yuu
have sold ynw h'rtIr'ahr inr q mere
me-, ui pniiapc.'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08

MEN-capable, strong, honest and
free men, who refuse to recognize any
mastery, except their obligations to
public service. We want independent
officials and the one thing that makes
independent officials is independent
voters When man feels that he
owes his election to no political ring,
but solely to the peoples belief in his
fitness that man is in a good position
10 render acceptable public service TO
all the people. without fear and with
out favor. This is just what the poll
ticians do not want and what they are
not going To- permit il they can help
it, Their way OF helping il is to not
only select the candidates that suit
them. but to line the voters up for those
candidates by the cry OF party regu-
larity" Regularity, be hanged. II is
not regularity we want; il is public ser
vice And public service will never be
oi the best and highest order, until
the people learn To- care more for
THAT than they do for party shibbo-
leths. We understand, OF course, the
place oi party organizations in our
governmental machinery. But that
does not mean a man shall put himself
into unquestioning and minimizing
bondage to even his own party. Bet
ter a subject OF the Sultan than such
thing. even as it is better To be slave
To one master than 10 many.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08

school building on Howard street on
Thursday morning, and was severely
hurt about the head and face
The closing exercises OF the Chcsa-
pcakc City High School will be held
on Thursday, May II. Rev Edwin {.
Gardner, pastor OF the NJ. +. Church,
will preach the sermon TO the grad
yates ON Sunday, May %.
DR.. John II. lamar and Mcssrs.
Henry NJ Mccullough and l.. NJ.
liaincs were reelected trustees Of
Elktun Presbyterian Church, at a con-
grcgational meeting held on Monday
evening James McIntirc was chosen
trustee Ia succeed the late John
Frazer.
a fast express on the Delaware
Railroad. near Wyoming, ran down
Willie FoSSctt. aged IT. and Nellie
Marker. aged ~. who had been gath
criug violcts ior their teacher and were
ON their way to school. on Tue sday
morning They were instantly killed
and badly manglcd.
DR.. {. + Carrico. OF Cherry Hill.
was chosen President, DIR. J. J. Wright,
oi Warwick, Vice President; DR. How
ard Bratton. Secretary and Treasurer;
DIR. II. A. Mitchell, Censor and DIR. J.
II lamar. delegate to the meeting oi
the State Society. at the annual meet
my oi the Cecil County Medical So
cicty. on April 20.
The Marriage 81 Ills Ward, the
comedy drama that comes to the Elk
ton Opera House. Friday. May :,
is equal Ia the greatest ot comedy site
cc>Scs IN the past years. 1t is in fact
better from a dramatic standpoint than
most ni them. inasmuch as It has
plot, which is 4 very complicated at
lair and relies ON its merits alone for
success The theme is not supplied by
the hackncycd plot oi mistaken iden-
tlty. The story is consistent, and the
situations come in natural manner,
and are not at all exaggerated. 1t is
clcvcrly constructed. and contains
everything tina, is new in the comedy
line. The piece will be presented by
an especially selected company, head
ed by the well known comedian Sam
ucl c. Harris
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FREE OR FETTERED

~ IS. OF course. 4 matter iOr the
rruloundc>t regret that our views
on the subject at independent vot.
ing should not meet the approval oi
the editor ni the Cecil Democrat.
though We confess to having iuadvcrt-
entity overlooked his existence when
We were giving expression to these
views NJ the same time, we would he
glad To- welcome him among the con
vertS L. nj political faith and are
sorry. though not surprised, To- dis
cover that he j. not only hopeless in
his partiSanship. but even glorlcS in his
hopclcS>uc>S. and would lain be MINI
bercd amongst the "chumpS' who
would vote the ticket" even though
the devil were on il. We strive, how
ever, Ia bear up against attacks from
such quarters with the iurtitudc and
equaulmrty which come from rccog-
nizing that We owe No responsibility
for our opinions Ia ANYTHING or any
body. other than our individual cor.
science. To be sure. the editor 81 the
Democrat ha, discovered that the
WIllG'S editor is standing candi-
date iur political Office. lraSmuch. as
that TACT !, not borne III upon our own
inner consciousness. WE iccl entirely
free IRON any personal political cntan.
clements. and NJ Liberty TO SAY
HE THINGS WE THINK. without
even side glance at the effect OF
those utcrauccs on any personal poll
teal ambitions, Md what We think is
that narrow, bitter, bindly prciudiccd
Republican : ~ much oi Il menace 10
the cau>c nf good government. as is
the same sort ~ Democrat No man
- better public servant because he
wears a party badgc-bc il Republican
or Democrat lie may be much
worse public servant because he wears
political collar That i, precisely the
ground oi our uncompromiSing ppposi-
ton To the Democratic Organization"
III this Statc-thc way il puts its collar
on lis men. makes them the mere tools
Of little bunch 81 political over lords
whose highest aim in public affairs is
the pcrpctuatluu oi their own political
power That sort 81 public official is
not the peoples servant NJ all-rhc is
the servant oi his political makers:
and Just a. Objectionable under Re
publican party emblem as under a De
mocratic II the Republican party in
this State and county can rise no
higher than the Democratic machine
against which it is pittcd, then it has
no especial claim to success What the
county wants in It's public Offices i
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Local lettings

\ wind mill was blown down on
the Webster Brown place near lom.
bard. by recent gale.
James Ycrkc> was dragged from
hi, team near Blue Ball, when his
horse was scared by an automobile and
his ankle Was spraincd, one day this
week
-Gcurgc Walker. the Elk Mills boy
whose illness with tctary. a rare dis
ease, was noted last week, is now at
Union Hospital, where he is gradually
improving
William Frederick. ui Whining
ton, with a party 81 friends. took his
tine speedy launch from New Castle,
via the canal, Ia hi, summer home on
the North East river, near Charles
town. on Wednesday.
Harry Alexander. son - II. F..
Alexander, icll oif the upper to the
lower section 81 the fire escape at the
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08
Mr.. ErlcsOn's Old House

Go see it: its beauty. II stands
out among all its neighbors, because
the coloring is so bright and clear. Mr..
Ericsson painted with l.. & NJ. Paint
and says il cost 10 less than ever be-
fore. He bought only ~ gallons OF l..
4 NJ. Paint and Q gallons OF Li:eeed
Oil to mix with IT, This made FL gall
Ions of pure paint. and cost only 81 20
per gallon. It's as handsome as the
finest in town The l.. & NJ is sold by
K. b. Frazer, Elkton.
J. a. Roney. North East.
w. 7. Cummings, Port Deposit
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08
Ran Zig MoguI Over Road

The giant Mogul locomotive with a
train OF fifty loaded cars was given a
trip over the T.. H. < W. K. r. last
Friday from the Potomac division yards
bridges and culvcrtS No special re-
cord was aimed at as the train was held
for passenger trains. The return trip
was made within seven hours. The
engine weighs 100 tons aud locomotives
OF like class will, it is thought, be
shortly put IN service on the Maryland
division OF the road
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08
No. 1886
REPORT OF THE CONDITION
or TINE
National Bank of EIkfon
AT EiSTos. IN THE STARE or MARYLAND.
AT the Close or BUSINESS.
April 2sih. 1909.
RESOURCES

Loans and Discounts. s6i7.eo7 u
OvcTdralts secured and unsecufcd..... las ~
U. 5. Bonds to secure circulation 5000 %
Bonds. securities etc.. 2s7.Oii 81
Ranking house. furniture, hxturcs..... 1000 90
Other real estate owned. ............. 300 %
Due from National Banks mot reserve
agents -. .............. .......... ?.9Ss ~
Due from approved reserve agcnts..... Ss.j7s -
Checks and other cash items .......... SSTOl
Nodes Of other National Banks....... $500 "
Fractional paper currency, nickels and
cenis............ ........... go. 2S7,
Lawful Money Reserve in Rank. viz:
Specie ............. t}b,hNJ Is
LeRal-tender notes ........ i7.gOOO 81. 5Gi IS
Redemption fund with Z. :. Treasurer
IS per cent, Of circulationi ....-.,.. $500 90
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w

Wy ELL, the Governor has made
w his ten strike" in economy oi
administration and two char
women have fallen by the way. an aged
messenger has had his wages cut $500
year and janitor or so has been
temporarily dismissed Beginning thus
at the bottom. the Governor NAV be
intending Ia work his way up through
ascending ranks OF princjpalitics and
powers. until pcrchancc he lights on
the $1,000 year increase in the Gu-
bcruatorial income, But "wondman,
spare that tree,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08
You Can Get 4 Al WHITES

--Alonzo Hughes, OF 4IS North
Chester street. Baltimore, was held for
Court by Justice O'Neil at the East
ern Police Station, last Friday, charg-
ed with robbing DIR. J. Horace Jenkins
OF Elkton, OF $i2o in that city, on the
previous Tuesday night. DIR. Jenkins
could not identity him but knew the
numbers of the notes he lost. SIX
'twentics". paid him by the National
Bank OF SandersviIlc. Ga.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08
.AMES L. POWERS.
President;
HARRY NJ. TAYLOR.
ELMORE DEtBERT.
JOHN II. TERRELL.
FRANK X. SCOTT.
Commissioners

George Atkinson, formerly OF Elk
ton, now with the Hires Company,
Philadelphia. was taken suddenly i'll
on Thursday, with appendicitis. He
was hurried to hospital, where an
operation was performed, which prom
iscd Ia prove successful.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08

New goods coming every day. anything you may
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08
Editorial Notes

THE people 81 Elktou will be inter.
esicd in the showing made by the town
finances, as the Town Commissioners
present the same in another column.
The $1,000 note will be cared for by
current taxes, So that the new sewer.
although built at a cost oi over $4,000.
will be paid Tor without the town going
into bonded indebtedness. just as was
done III the case OF the very handsome
improvement to the street along the
Partridge iiill property, few years
age. Cur taN-ratc Is not high rs com
pared with other places; Our income
therefore is not large. and when the
! own Commissioners succeed in max.
lng 4 desirable public Improvement,
now and then, ont ui the current taxes.
We believe our people will feel that We
are doing well.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08

GREAT is economy, and greater
yet + Maryland incarnation ui the
same On Monday. We will say. the
Governor took German Peoples head
of ta> lanIturD. and un a Tuesday he
stuck It uu again ta> an inspector or
something or other IN the tobacco
warchouScD Now. isn't that going
some on economy at administration
l'ut II i none too last fOr the Cover
n"rs press agent. Between the de
capilatiun and the rc-captatipn. the
people were RECALLED with the usual
press notices concerning the Cover
n"rS stern measure ui cconomy-and
MIR. Peoples wasn't host tu the cause
either. \gain We say, great is econ
"my and greater yet Is politics
OH, Don't be IN such hurry Ia see
the Good Roads CommiS>i SION make the
dirt fly, II the Governor and his Com
mission cant have year ar two ior
talking ard inspecting. what Is the
plagued project good iur. Hope de-
icrrcd makcth the heart sick; We'll.
don. hope Just wait and see what YOU
may sec. when yuu really see the
State road, building See.
ON another page We publish The iull
test ~ the Di>iranchScmcut Amend
mcnt. We want YOU to carefully read
It II is icariully and wonderfully
made. and IL, best way Ia be sure of
the peoples voting against. is to get
them Ia know what the thing actually
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-05-08

Aliens Foot Ease. n powder II prevents Tight
ness and Blis,ering, cures swollen. Sweating.
sc. sample mailed FREE. Address, A. s.
Oluisted, Leroy, y. Y.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-09-24
THE WONDERS OF MONTANA.

w. +. Dillaway, vice president of
the Mechanics Trust company of Bos-
ton, who owns large real estate inter
ests in North Dakota. Montana and
Washington. has returned to Boston
from western trip. during which he
spent a few days in Butte. and in an
interview is quoted as follows:
THE eastern man has no conception
of the immensely of the values of our
western country, unless he has seen
them. After an acquaintance with the
northwestern country for over 20 years
| was enabled to make comparison, and
it was one of the most interesting
studies of my life. Valleys quite unin
habitcd then are populated today with
farmers tilling to 10 acres of land and
rea!i2in. from $1,000 to $4,000 per year
net. Farmers are out Of debt, and with
investments and bank accounts of good
size. Land which could have been bought
within less than 20 years at $l.25 per
acre is today selling for $3.50 to $1,000
per acre.
Vast plains in Dakota and Montana
50 dry as to forbid cultivation. and APP
parcntly fit only for cattle grazing, are
now with irrigation producing prodi.
iou> crops and are settled with a pros
porous people. The sparsest settlements
have grown into substantial towns, and
the small towns into bristling munich
ralitics. while good sized towns are be-
ginning to measure their population and
wealth by the larger cities of the middle
West.
Seattle already claims more people
than Minneapolis, while Great Falls.
with its water power seven times that
of ali the water powers Of the country.
drifting only Niagara, is already book
cd by the wisest judgments to outsttip
them all.
This seems like magic and SCUM 5
like boom talk, but it is the truth. The
people who have done it are flesh of our
flesh, but they have had unusual oppor
tunties and the richest lands on earth
to work upon. All that has been written
of crops and development is true. All
that has been told about individual ac
emulation OF wealth is true.
"The West. and particularly the
Northwest. is alive with men of talent
and education, graduates of our eastern
colleges, located at every point where
energy and intelligence can achieve, and
the end is not yet.
Ore is surprised at the quality Of
our western brethren. They are broad
er. more sophisticated. more humane,
than their eastern brother. The vast re-
sources ut their command make them
broader and more courageous in mind and
body. \ great task is being worked out,
and the performers are fitted for the
work The western farmer holds large
share of the wealth of the country. and
he is destined to hold more rather than
less.
Credits are sound. business is good;
crops are beyond the dreams of avarice;
confidence is ut high tide, and why
nut ="
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-09-24

imposed upon citizens of
moderate means, compelled to seek
justice from wealthy and powerful
corporations, by the defects of court
rules and court procedures which he
so clearly and OPPORTUNITY describes.
When farmer and community
of farmers have their crops DESTROYED
and the lives of farm animals put in
jeopardy by the operations of a for
eign trust company, and are dragged
through expensive court proceedings
for a period of time covering several
years to meet an adverse decision on
technical question of legal practice
having no relation to the evidence of
wrong or the merits of the plea that
injury is done, and are then confront
ed with rule of law which requires
them to pay nearly 100000 in order
to perfect All appeal to an intermedi-
ate court, with a certainty that the
great corporations will compel them
to meet further delays and additional
great costs in final appeal to the
supreme court, justice is worse than
a farce and not much better than an
open fraud upon the citizens of
humble means.-Montana Lookout.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-09-24

by members of the resolution COM
mittee became apparent soon after
the campaign opened. 1t was taken
advantage Of by the opposition as was
expected, and that phrase more than
anything else compelled the abandon
ment of the golf links and the mount
ing of the platform by the Republican
candidate to assure the public that
the platform and it's candidate stood
for downward revision.
1t is difficult to understand how Mr..
Taft, if he had been genuine down.
ward revisiOnist, could have been
responsible for the incorporation of
this troublesome new feature of the
protection document. A reasonable
profit" guaranteed under the protec-
tive system ought to be enough, and
unless it is removed from the declara-
lions of the party on that subject,
probably will he enough to destroy
the system. How are reasonable
profits" to be measured? Who shall
be the judge and how are they to be
estimated? Why is not the guarantee
of a reasonable profit an insurance
against bad business methods? How
much better is this guarantee, for ex-
ample, than the guarantee of bank
deposits by the state. against which
Mr.. Taft argued SO well and effective
ly? III fine, how are we to escape the
conclusion that Mr.. Taft is not only
now, but always has been more in
sympathy with the high tariff men,
with the favored interests, than with
the rising sentiment of the country to
the effect that protected industry,
largely fused into trusts and monopo-
ly, has abused beyond sutferance the
advantages accorded on the original
theory that protection was for the
common benefit.
If Mr.. Taft seeks to promote party
solidity he is making botch of the
job by trying to defend the Aldricl
tariff before the people of the west as
good measure and all they had q
right to expect. 1t is Il libel OH theil
intelligence to tell them that the bill
is a compliance in satisfactory de
gree with what they had been led t.
expect as the result Of long wait fol
tariff reduction and relief from trus
eNtortion favored by the tariff.
Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1909-09-24
TWO RACE PROBLEM

Only the other day various newspa-
pers in this country noted that in the
establishment of constitution for
British South Africa the blacks were
excluded from participation in the gov
ermment. and averred with some junction
that the race problem is imposed on the
whites in South Africa as we'll as in
this country. indicating strong infer
cnce that it is uncomfortable.
The race question in South Africa
is different from that i'll this country.
because IL large share of the blacks there
are still in actual savagery. and prac-
ticallv all of them not more than
single step removed from it. TO propose
to admit them to suffrage and repre-
>entation would be equivalent to a
similar proposition for the Indians of
this country in colonial days when the
Indians were in the majority. But it
has the point of similarity that in both
countries the race problem is intensified
by the desire of the whites unanimous
in South Africa, and widely prevalent
in the southern states, to keep the me-
groes in subsection.
AS to the insolubility of the race
question III the United States the best
answer was furnished by Booker I.
Washington III recent speech at Louis
vile. of which the following extract is
worth quoting:
a little more than 10 years ago,
when the negro was made free. he had
almost 10 acres of land: now he has an
acreage nearly as large as New Eng
land. Then he had almost no homes;
now he has 100000 homes. Then he had
few farms: now he has 200.MO farms
Then he had no insurance companies;
now he has S.. When the American ne
gro was made free about 3 per cent
could read and write: now 81 per cent
can both read and write. Then he had
few churches: now he has $4,000
churches
The colored population is by no means
| perfect. But. when such progress as that
can be shown by single race the talk
Of the inso!ube race problem is stupid
ity. At present it is pertinent to note
that the race problem most acute and
| closest ut hand does not involve the
ne.:r" race, but one coming from districts
| m,lci. closer to the supposed birthplace
! OF tie proud Caucasians.