The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1909-08-07

wv g rat At the large num-
Der OF new subscriptions which
have come to the CECIL WING i'll
the las, few days from various parts
OF the county The significant and en-
cuuarging feature IN Il all is the evil
deucc il brings us that an increasing
number oi our iellow-citiZens are en-
dorsing the fight we have been making
FOR the deliverancc oi the county from
the tyranny OF political bossism. We
are always glad to be encouraged in
that contest. and we propose to keep
II ng-cncouragcmcnt or no en-
enlargement We do not have TO edit
this paper, and we have no rcmotest
desire TO be bothered with editing il.
unless il can stand for something worth
while. II we can be OF am service To-
the decent citizenship OF this county,
n its struggle for dcliverance from
political machine which ought not To
live another day: machine which is
50 INSCRIPTIONS, arrogant, and ill-fav-
"red as TO have Disguised and alienated
the better part oi its own party, and
only manages 10 maintain its preca-
riouS existence by unholy coalitions,
liberal patronage III quarters OF easy
virtue and all the tricks OF the
trade that can be devised where some
degree OF "Smoothncss" is unrestrain-
ed by any degree OF rectitude; a ma
chine which would he smashed into
SmithcrccnS' by many OF the people
who now support IL ii the people were
not so sadly hoodwinked BY smooth
aud oily speeches: a machine which
holds the whtSkey crowd in one hand
and the church vote" in the other,
and handles both so Skilliully that the
corrupt, criminal classes" are a no
more certain asset than the ancient
and (noO honorable family OF the wax
noses: machine which makes poll
tics So cold-blooded and continuous a
business which burrows so ceasclesslv
and insinuatingy into divers quarters
rs 10 make you uncertain who next will
be numbered amongst its hcnchmcn bv
the pG wcr III the dollar-in the form
"i patronage or pure coin oi the
rea'r. 4 machine which has demon.
.traicd again and again how little il
cares i"r the public hut how much il
cares i"r itself and it. own little circle
ri perpetual office holders: a machine
which has succeeded in making every
local paper IN this county, except the
WHO, q mere echo al its will, until
II has nothing whatever Ia fear from
the press 81 H. own party; ii We can
he at any service To- the people OF this
county IN the fight they are making ON
the tyranny 81 this machine. then we
arc glad Ia go on with the work The
pleasant little evidences 81 the ma
chimes hatred Tor lis. which it hands
out IN divers way, and 1t divers times
are extremely rxhllarating and en-
c"uraglng. Knowing that machine as
We d., seeing as many ui its disgust
my methods a. we have seen. we have
not been able 10 refrain from the
plaincSt sort ri speaking. Naturally,
the machine does not regard us with
favor We don't want il to. We have
No political lavors tO ask or political
future /" regard The thing for which
We do care. and the thing which we
are getting. il increasing evidence OF
the peoples approval When in one
week a> happened last week. between
forty and fifty al the best Democrats in
thi, county send lis letters either oi
subscription ar encouragement. We can
afford Ia smile At the abuse with which
We are honorcd bv the machines
henchmcn, ofiicc-holdcrs. and Suhscrv.
lent journalists Let them rave: that
counts nothing But when the people
sneak it counts everything The pco-
pie are certainly speaking now II
they stand 10 their guns and speak in
November nest. We may hope for
happy dcliycrancc