Montgomery County sentinel., 1890-09-26
TICKET.
WILLIAM M. MCkAlG,
OF ALLEGANY COUNTY.
Election, Tuesday, November 4th, 1890.
THE HAGERsTo WV CONVENTION

In another column will be found the pro.
ceedings Of the Democratic Convention of
the Sixth Congressional District Very sell
dom has so large and representative a body
Of men assembled in this section of the
State, and tosthis fact, perhaps, we are in
debted for the happy result of Its delibera-
tions The final selection of candidate
was the outcome of free and unselfish in
terchange of views by men of all shades of
opiAion within the Democratic party. II is
vastly more complimentary to Mr.. McKaig,
: iii1a il be had carried off the honor after a
prolonged contest and heated contention,
and leaves no room for heartburnings in the
ranks of party which should now, il ever,
be united and earnest in its efforts to win.
The nominee, Hon. VIM NJ McKaig, is
in the prime of middle life, thorough
l3emocrat without being violent partisan,
oi unblemished integrity, and entitled to
the confidence and respect of the people of
the District. He possesses phenomenal pop.
ularity in his own home. In 1887, when he
was candidate for the State Senate, the
Republican candidate for Governor carried
Allegany county by 1,1S9 majority, while
Mr.. McKaig's Democratic majority was 706 !;
and in May of the present year he was
elected Mayor OF Cumberland in the face of
great odds, achieving Democratic munich
pal victory for the first time in six years.
These facts some months ago brought his
name into prominent mention as an availa-
: bic candidate for Congress, and universal
regret was expressed when, in August, he
declined To permit the use of his name.-
This determination was overcome at Ha-
gerstown by the persistent persuasions of a
large majority OF the delegates, and we have
no doubt that the Democrats OF the district
will to man, give him hearty and en-
thusiastic support.
The platform of the convention is ad-
mirable, both in its positive declaration of
Democratic principles and its arraignment
of Mr.. McComas and the Republican party.
1t disdans 10 indulge in clap trap and catch
phrases, and says in straightforward Ian
guage what the Democratic party thinks of
men and measures. 1t demands lower taxes
in the interest of the masses of the people,
and makes il very plain, by the enumera-
ton of his political sins, that Mr.. McComas
is real enemy of the people whom he pre-.
tends to represent, and entirely subservient
to the tariff lords who dominate his party
and demand further advantages in return
for the liberality with which they con.
ttibuted 70 the purchase Of the last election
With the labors of the Hagerstown con-
venton ended, the issues OF the present cam
paign are fairly and fully presented TO our
people We do not fear any contrasts that
may be drawn, either as to the principles
advocated by the respective parties or the
candidates whom they have placed in the
field. We know that great change has
been going on in the minds of the people in
regard to the great economic questions in.
VOWED in this contest, and we believe that
the result will prove how wise and patriotic
the Democratic party has been and that its
faith in the ultimate verdict OF the people
was not misplaced.
But we are not to assume that victory will
come for the asking. There is earnest and
persistent work ahead of us. Mr.. McComas
is an experienced and wary politician, who
believes in success, and does not hesitate to
employ any means necessary to attain it,
But such men always come to grief some
day, and we see, in an aroused public sen
timent the opportunity for his overthrow
The one thing for Democrats to remember
is, that Mr.. McComas is the uncomproms-
ing enemy of their party and of all they
hold dear, and that the times demand that
they give at least one day to the duties of
citizenship.