Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1872-06-21
STATE CONVENTION

ana the city OF Baltimore. AT half-paSt 10 o.
clock tie Hon. Joshua Vansant, Chairman of
the State Central Committee, called the Con-
vention to order, and Hon. James T. Earle, of
Queen Anne's county, was called temporarily
to the Chair, and Mr. J. J. Fenton, OF Balti-
more, made temporary Secretary.
The counties and city were then called and
the names of all the delegates handed up to the
Secretary.
A Committee on Credentials and Permanent
Organization was appointed, and after recess
of half an hour taken. by the Convention, the
committee reported that the credentials were
all correct, and also reported the following
permanent officers of the Convention: J..
President-Hon. James T. Earle.
V1ce PTesidentS-Dr. A. Hardcas1le, Henry
W. Archer, James A. Henderson, Col. E T.
Joyce, Hon. Barnes Compton and Andrew
Gouder.
Secretaries-J J. Fenton, Ed. Warfeld and
Thomas H. Moore. The latter subsequently
declined, and Grafton Duvall was appointed.
The report was unanimously adopted and
the permanent officers requested to take their
seats.
REMARKS OF PRESIDENT EARLE.
The President after thanking the Convention,
remarked that whatever differences of opinion
might have heretofore existed between parties,
they should row be buried in oblivion, and
that men should be selected as delegates to the
National Convention who could conscientious
ly forget the past and go entirely for their.
country's good. Whatever course is adopted
by the National Convention must be respected
and regarded by the Democratic Conservative
OS hat tn
dorsed the Cincinnati nominees or resolved to
put new men in the field, its mandates should
be needed. There never has been time before
in the history of the country when good men
of all parties were called upon to give up more
Of prejudice than at the present, and he fully
believed that on the deliberations of the Balti-
more Convention depended the veal or woe of
the country. He again cautioned the Conven-
ton to send none but the truest and best men
to be found to the National Convention, for it's
own credit and for the sake of the country.
On motion the rulesof the last House of Del
egates of Maryland were adopted for the gov
eminent of the Convention.
Mr.. Geo. Freaner, of Washington county,
submitted a resolution ordering that all reso-
lutions presented referring to the nomination
of candidates for President and Vice President
by the National Convention be referred with
out debate to a committee of one from each
county and legislative district of the city,
which was adopted. The committee was then
appointed.
NOMINATION OF DELEGATES At LARGE.
A motion of Mr.. Thomas II. Moore, of Bal
timore county, to nominate four delegates at
large 10 the National Democratic Convention
was carried, and the following nominations
made:
Hon. Montgomery Blair, Of Montgomery
county; Hon. A. Leo Knott, of Baltimore city;
Hon. Robert Fowler, of Baltimore county;
Robert, Y. Slater, of Baltimore city; Col. VIM.
.. Leonard, of Wicomico; Ex-Governor Philip
Francis Thomas. of Talbot; Ex-Governor
EQden BOWIE, of Prince Georges; John P. Poe,
E6f Baltimore city; George w. Covington and
EPbraim Wilson, of Worcester, and John Lee
Carroll, of Howard. g.
A motion TO the effect chat the nominees or
their friends should state who they favored for
President was laid on the table by unani-
nous vote.
LA ballot was taken and the following gen.
tlemeu elected as delegates at large to the Ma
tional Democratic Convention to meet in Bal
timore city on the 9th of July: Hon. Mont
gomery Blair, Hon. A. Leo Knott, Hon. Ro-
bert j. Fowler and Ex- Governor Philip Frank
Thomas.
/ The Convention then took recess Of one
hour and a half to allow the delegates from
the Congressional Districts time to confer with
each other. -
AFTERNOON SESSION
At ten minutes of four O'Clock the 'Conven-
lion yas again called to order by the Presi-
dent. The FIRST business in order was the
naming Of Congressional delegates to the Dem
ocratic National Convention, which was done
by each district nominating its delegates. The
results was as follows:
DISTRICT DELEGATEs
First District-Jesse K. Hines, of Kent
and DR.. Washington Finley, Of Queen Anne's.
Second District-J. B. Boyle, of Carroll,
and Thomas III. Moore, OF Baltimore county
Third District-John r. Hunter and Will
liam n. Jllard of Baltimore city.
Fourth Distribution. Robert T. Banks and
Major Harry w. Gilmor, of Baltimore city
Fifth Ustrict-Dr. Eli Henkle, of Anne
Arundel, and John Lee Carroll, of Howard.
| Sixth Distribution. j. W. Baughman, of
Frederick, and Maj. George Freaner, of Wash
| Upon motion the delegates were declared
unanimously elected.
Hon. j P. German, of Howard, offered
resolution, which was carried, rendering the
thanks of the Convention to the President for
his services, and to the Managers of the Mary
land Institute for the use of the hall.
DR.. Joseph /. Duvall, of Anne Arundel, Of
| fered the following resolution
RESOLVED. That the delegates appointed by
this Convention to the Democratic National
Convention, to assemble in this city on the 9th
of July, 1872, are hereby instructed to oppose
the nomination by said Convention of sepa-
rate or party candidates for President and Vice
President, as inexpedient in view of existing
political complications, and to support instead
the endorsement Of Greeley and Brown on the
Cincinnati platform, as more likely to effect
change in the National Administration, an OBJ
ject of paramount Importance, as the first
practical step in the great reform movement,
which we hope to see carried forward to ulti-
mate triumph. in every department to the
Government.
+ The resolution produced some excitement,
and the President ruled debate our of order,
and the. resolution was referred to Committee
on Resolutions.
A delegate inquired if it was in order to
select State Central Committee.
Hon. A. P. German stated that: the last
State Convention had selected State Central
Committee for two years, until the next State
EConvention.
= A motion was made to ADJOURN.
Colonel E. T. Joyce hoped that the ConVen-
ton would not adjourn without taking action