ticket elected, and the first Democrat elected within 15
years. The county had always been looked on as certainly
Republican, with majorities ranging from 1500 to 2500. To-
overcome this majority and secure 1200 for himself shows
clearly the high esteem in which he is held by the people of
Allegany.

It has been often said that a prophet is not without honor
save in his own country, but this is not the case with Mr.
Shannon. When a man running for political office is so highly
esteemed as to draw from the opposition party several hundred
personal votes for himself, he is considered a strong candidate,
so that it will be readily admitted that one who draws several
thousand from the opposition gives the very strongest evidence
of his popularity with his fellow-countians. A man's immediate
neighbors and friends are the ones fairly presumed to know
him best. When they are found rallying to him and standing
by him regardless of political considerations, it is safe to con-
clude that he is a good citizen and entitled to the confidence of
all.

Mr. Shannon resides in Frostburg, where the Republican
majority runs all the way from 500 to 800, yet here, too, he
polled all of his own party vote and carried the town by 353-
demonstrating that from 400 to 500 Republicans regarded him
so highly that they abandoned their own party candidate to vote
for him. No greater compliment could have been paid him than
this almost unanimous endorsement by his neighbors. To
those who know the Senator, however, this was not considered
remarkable. No man possesses to a greater degree the faculty
of making friends. Socially Senator Shannon is a model gen-
tleman. Whether in business, in office, as a Free Mason, Elk
or Knight of Pythias, he is ever ready with the genuine entente
cordiale, employing that term in its popular sense.

He served as Register of Wills for six years in an acceptable
manner to the people of Allegany, and at the expiration of his
term was nominated and elected to the Senate of Maryland,
and by the same popular token he was again the sole successful
Democratic nominee.

His services in the Senate are well known and appreciated
by the citizens of the entire State. He was on very many of
the important committees, and no member was held in higher
esteem by his fellow-members. While on all party matters he
could be relied on to protect the interests of his party, he was
too broadminded to neglect the interests of the State at large.