The Baltimore County union., 1868-03-07
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Ia pursuance of The call lssued by The Ilopub.
ican EEeculive cOumii,se Of this coun,y, pri.
mary meetings were held ia the several districts
on Saturday last, fOr the purpose Of eIecting del.
egaies 10 County Conveniiou. The County
ConVeution assembled al the Smedley House ON
Tuesday last, aud rsauiSed by calling COL. JnO.
q. Holland, Of the First District 10 the Chair,
aud appointing Jasper n. Slack, Of the Third
District, - SecTelATy. Col. Holland stated the
object Of the meeting, via the selection OF seven
delegates 10 represent the county in the State
Convention, which met In baltimore On Yesterday
(FFiday, to elect delegates FROM this State to the
Chicago Convention. On motion, the following
gentlemen were appointed 10 examine the cre.
den,ials Of the delegates aud to rrpor, permanent
officers for the Convention
FUsf Disfricf--(;eorEe A. Foafd.
Seeoad Disiriei-Jas. y. Burnham
Third Disiriei-Jasper n. Slack.
Fourth Disfriei-lIenjAmln q. GroH.
PVh Disfriei--Thomas Hale.
S,xh Disincf--ChFisliAn Gore.
Streah Distriof-Alfrcd S. Cooper
Eighth Disirief-Roberi s. Smith.
Niah Disirid-Samuel y. Whitlt
NRih DisiTici-S. Parker Bosley.
EIersHh Disiricf-Dr. Charles ". Cadden.
RrsDh Disirid-Jamrs Thompson.
THE thirteenth District delegates were no,
present when this committee was appointed. hut
came in directly afterwards
While the committee Was absent. John T. In.
sor, Esq, addressed the meeting, ably aud iorci.
bly,, but was Interrupted by the return of,hr com.
mitite, Who reported the folio wing genllen,rn as
entitled to seats 10 the Convention, viz
First Disfr,ct.-John e. Holland, J. W. NJ.
Mercer. Joseph Edwards. George 4. FoArd.
William Gambrill.
Second do.-N. y. Iiaighi. Henry Frsnts, J..
>. Miller. ten. Stanton, J. y. Burnham.
Third dO.-Jaspcr y. slack, Capt. j. T.. Ar.
naeost. John wintcro'le. John Smith. Johnkey
Burnham.
70 rh do.-ncnI. ,. Grofi, s. =. Martin, Jnn.
=. Gore. John A. Neel, VIM. Mck. tiorc.
Fgth do.-Daniel Bcckiey. Beni. Il. Bush,
ID. shambcrger. Thos. Halle. J. NJ. Wheeler.
Sirh dO.-T. y. Wantland, Christian Gore,
WIN. Mccullough. Henry Konc, W. d. Hare.
NrtaM d9.-l.ieut \. :. Cooper. Morris Fred
erick, Vim. Kirkwo,d. =. Bull, Thos. cooper
Eighth do.--.Iamcs II. Miller. 4. !. Badders.
Evan NJ. Price. Henry Clark, Capt. Smith.
N'nM do. T. Schohcld, Lieut. +. n. white.
Col. j. II. Wilson, j. IL Boyd. Alex. johnson.
Tt"h do.- Nichols. 70. Parker. s. l.. Bosley,
u. 7. Anderson, Joshua II. Parker. Washington
Stoncbrakrr.
EltrcaA do.--Iiuius King. Aquiln Anius, Dr
G. NJ. caddcn. u. NJ. Price. E,lw. J. BELL.
T'roih fo.-DaVid parlett. u. X. Lu,by. Ia =.
Thompson. y. VI. Brian. VIM. oliver.
Hir'o th io.--wm. Ewing. Win. Smar,l-n,
10. l.. cassell. :. q. =. waitcmyrr. II. burrows.
The Committee also reported the following
gentlemen As permanent officers Of the Convcn-
iiou
PSssidsm. Col. John L. Holland.
I''ee P','ritn's lieury Clark 1t, \. ;.
cooper.
Sser,tary II Rufus hing.
The report VI the Committee was unanimously
adopted, aud Col. Holland made An sloa urn,
speech, urging harmony in our ranks and the
putting forth oi our best efforts TO give the vote
Of our State 10 the nominees Of the Chirnso Con.
veniion.
The Convention then proceeded To the nomi.
nation aud election VI delegates to the State Con
vrniion. The following gentlemen we're placed
in nomination y. II. Parker, 1t. :. y. whiIiie.
Col. John Holland, Jas. \. Burnham, JasIer
y. Slack. John 7. Ensor, Capt. Il. 5. smith, ].
u. Parker J. NJ. Wheeler. 1t. \. ). Cooper Il.
". Price, y. =. Groa. John H. l.ongneck.r.
Capt. ". Sionebrcaker, Gen. ID. l.. Stanton
The tirst ballot resulted as follows: y. u.
Parker 10, whiitle -. Holland 81, BurnhAm :.
Slack ~, Ensor 20, Smith 33, J. u. Parker ..
Wheeler 3i, Cooper s. Price 81, Gron Is.
Longnecker J, StoHebrak -, Stanton Ia--
Nessrs. Holland, Cooper, Ensor Slack and
Wheeler declared elected ON this ballot.
,eo.dbdiiot -whi,,le -, Smith 49, S,oue-
hraker 80, Stanton 10, Price ), J. II. Parker l.
Capt. Smith wns declared elected on this ballot,
THnrd 5ailot --whiule ~, S,onebrnker 10.
Stanton II, Price ?.
Messrs John e. Holland, Alfred $ Cooper,
Jasper y. Slack, John T. Ensor, John n. Wheel
er Rob,. 5. Smith and Washington Stonebraker
having received a majority ofal the votes cast,
were then declared unanimously elected to rep
resent the county in the State Convention.
Sorne discussion then ensued upon a motion To
instruct the dslrgatrs, but without coming To a
voir upon the question the Convention adjourned
'ins dee. II is understood, however, that the
delegates elected are unanimously in favor Of
Grant for President, Aud that nearly al, n no,
all ofihem, are favorable to giving the vote Of
the State 10 Hon. John A. J creswell for Vice
President.