Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-08-29
From Medley's.

| Mr.. Editor As our primaries are over the
people are naturally thinking of what Is to be
the benefit to the county from the present po-
litical contest. Our honored candidates hav-
| ing passed through the ordeal of an election
amongst friends, and the choice being those
named in your issues, 1t now becomes the
duty OF all true Democrats to work tor the
nominated ticket. Some Of the candidates
were not the choice of your humble servant,
but all ran the gauntlet Of our way Of making
nominations when all were striving for their
favorites, and to judge by the signs OF the
times the ticket will get such vote as will
make The present disorganizers and would-be
Independents know that II our people do diff.
fer in making choice of our standard bear
ers, we area unit in their support when the
choice is made, for our people are true to the
Democratic party because they love its INDY
ing principles. II anything was said among
the advocates thereof 10 the heat Of our pri,
mary contest which ought not to have been
| said, our opponents need not take it as q har-
| binger Tor their success, for the hum6lest iu-
dividual in our ranks is far preferable to the
best in their fold. So, IL there Is any man or
set of men, in cur county, insists on pushing
themselves on the people for Office against the
wishes Of the white people of the county as
spoken by them at the late primaries, who
think by the assistance of negro votes they
nominees, they will find themselves woefully
mistaken. What combinations can any Of
them make with the Republicans? None ex-
cept the one for Clerk. He might trade of
| the positions under him. For fear such might
be his little game, will say to all Democrats
whom the sick man may approach for their
sutirages, to give no encouragement 10 any such
suspicious looking self-appointed ofice-seek-
er, who is trying to get an Office under the
reform cloak with the enemy of the white
mans party as his main support.
| hare read the account of the late tax
payers convention which was held in Balu-
more, and think the mos; of their suggestions
ought TO receive favorable consideration at the
hands OF our next legislature, and if consis-
| tent, TO be ingrafted in our present or future
| laws, especially those recommending giving
our magistrates more authority aud the i'm
! provement of common schools. Is not the
habit of appropriating the States money to
debt-burdened colleges been carried on long
enough? Let those appropriations go to the
common schools to help to educate The poor
children thereof, for our party's boast is 10 so
legislate that the benefits should be for the
greatest number. Give us good home teachers
with stated, living salaries and there will be no
necessity for these college appropriations at
the expense of the sons of toll. Also to give
the people of this county chance TO have a
vote TO say whether they will longer allew in
our midst the sale of spirituous liquors to be
egalized by law, to tempt our noble youths TO
lead dssipated and reckless lives. We will
leave the above suggestions in the hands of
| our nominees, as also other needed reforms,
such as taxing mortgages and other exempted
propererty, mostly owned by the wealthy
which exemptions are beginning to Rnaw at
the vitality of that part of the Bill of Rights,
which says, call property shall bear its just
proportion of the States needed revenue on
| its taxable basis MEDLEY's.