The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1883-01-20

The hurly- burly of the judicial and congress
sional contest is over, and you are in a condi-
ton to look forward to the future of the DEM
ocratic party in this state with calm and dis
passionate appreciation of the position. In
less than a twelve-month you will be called
upon to enter into another political contest of
more importance than the one which has just
closed. In 1888 a Governor is to be chosen,
and Legislature on which will devolve the
choice of United States Senator, and an
Attorney General and Comptroller of the
Treasury are to be elected, besides county
officers. With good ticket, and with union
and harmony in our ranks, Maryland is Dem
ocratic by majority ranging from ten to
twenty thousand, but if we should make a
mistake in nominating a candidate for Gov
ernor, and fail to support our nominee with
strong tickets in all partsof the state, we might
encounter partial or total defeat. 1t is seen
at glance, then, how important it is to the
Democratic party to make a judicious selec-
ton of proper candidate for the executive
office, and to support that candidate in all the
counties and in the city of Baltimore by the
strongest and most popular tickets which can
be brought into the field. On these points
there can be no difference of opinion amongst
US.
This brings US to the consideration of the
question: "Who would make us candidate
that would enthuse and unite the party, rally
ing it as one man, and leading it to sure and
certain victory?n A number of gentlemen
have been named in this connection, and after
a survey of the whole field, duly weighing and
considering the chances and qualifications of
all of them, it seems that no one possesses, in
a more eminent degree, the necessary require
ments of such position than Vim. McKen-
ney, of Queen Anne's county. Mr.. Mcken-
ney is the son of the late Col. John McKen-
ney, well-known ON the Eastern Shore of Ma
ryland He is about So years of age, a man
of fine physique and commanding presence in
good health, full of life, activity and energy,
and of very popular manners. He is man
of liberal education, and keeps up well with
the current political history of the country and
of parties. He is a man of great personal
magnetism, superior judgment and common
sense, prudent and practical and of thorough
business qualifications. He has been a sue
cessful merchant, successful farmer and a
successful bank manager, and in fact has
proven successful i'll almost every business
undertaking he has embarked in He is now
President of the Centreville National Bank,
which he was mainly instrumental in estab-
fishing. He is good fnancier, and keeps
pretty thoroughly posted as to the condition
of the money and trade markets of the coun-
try. He possesses great independence of
character, is self-reliant, a sound Democrat,
and not identified with faction. In religion
he is a member of the Protestant Episcopal
church, having long occupied the position of
vestryman of St. Paurs Parish in his county,
Queen Anne's, not exclusive or bigoted, how
ever, but liberal and charitable in his religious
sentiments and feelings, and with many rela-
tons, family connections and warm personal
friends in the four old religious denominations
of Maryland. He is man whom the whole
Democracy of the state could cheerfully sup
port, and about whom the business and agri-
cultural community could rally with enthusi-
asm.
But it is as the farmers candidate that he
is especially commended to public considera-
ton. Mr.. McKenny is large land proprie-
tor and one of the most successful farmers in
the state. His average wheat crop is report
ed at between thirty and forty thousand bush
els per annum. The legal profession has fur
nished much the larger number of our gov
ernors, and for that reason it would seem a
fit and proper thing to do now to make a Sc
lection from among our intelligent agricultur-
lists. The farming community, | am sure,
would hail his nomination with an enthusi-
assn that would bear him triumphantly into
the executive chair. Many persons yet re-
member with pleasure the popular and sue
cessful administration of Governor William
Grason, the farmer of Queen Anne's. Let
our next governor be farmer of Queen
Anne's also. To the whole party of the state,
of whatsoever calling or profession, the name
of VIM. Mckinney is most heartily and ear
nesty commended as the next Democratic
candidate for governor.