The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-08-31

| COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CoNvENTIoN.-The dele
gates elected by the Democratic Conservative
voters last week in the various districts OF Bal
timore county, Except the first and thirteen ID
| districts,) to a county convention to elect six
delegates to the second district congressional
convention, met on Tuesday at TowsontowG tor
the purpose of transactipg the business Tor
which they were elected. The second cungres
slonal district is composed of Hartford. Gecl
carroll, and all of Baltimore county, exceptth
nrst and thirteenth districts, which are now III
the NTH congressional district.
The only two candidates in the field in Bal
tlmore county are Hon. Stevenson Archer, the
present member of Congress from the second
olstrlct, who has been elected three successive
LINES 70 the position, and George II. Carman
Esq. Both gentleman were present at the con-
vention.
per OF the convention. On motion ot o.,
Hall, OF the seventh district, Col James Mab,ifoi
was made temporary chairman. Mr. MabnoI
on assuming the position, expressed his OF att
tude to his friends OF Baltimore county for thu
honor conferred upon him. They met. he sale.
WIN one common end, to do the best for ther
native county and for the country at large
On motion of Lewis Turner Thomas P, phi
lips, OF the second district, was elected TEMPO
rary secretary, and committee consisting OF |
one from each district was appointed on Gre
dentals and permanent Organization. TIE
committee retired Tor short time snd after re-
turning reported all the districts fully repre-
sented.
For permanent officers the committee report-
ed the following: For president. Col. Jane,
Mahool, Vice Presdents-Lewis Turner, j.,
1 Dr. a. ;; Baldwin, Charles J. Beckley. Geo.ge
". Jordan, Jesse Daley, Capt. James Hall,
I. Croughan, and Gotlieb Erdman. secre-
taries-Thonas P. Phillip and w. H. Roller
Col. Mahool again thanked the convention for
Inc honor conferred upon him, and announced
That the convention was ready for the election
d aeIegates to the congressional convention.
Inc following gentlemen were placed in NOM
Hation for the election as delegates to the con-
sresslonal convention: A. S. Cooper, fifth dis
.rlct; John N. Carroll, fourth district; Col. JAS
,1anool, tenth Lewis Turner, Jr., third !: DR.. A.
: Baldwin, eleventh; Capt James Hall, sew
,nth; Hon. Richard Grason, ninth ). F. C.
Talbot, eighth; Thomas P. Phillips, second;
wilson Townsend, twelfth Thomas Dougher-
y, eighth. motion was made to vote viva
1oce, but it was lost by vote Of yeas II, nays
=, and 1T was then decided 20 vote by ballot.
Noah h. Worthington and John S. Hayes were
appointed tellers, and the convention proceed
d TO vote, the first ballot resulting as follows
"copper" 50, Carroll So, Mahool 20, Turner SO,
Baldwin 36, Hall %, Grason 10 Talbot 81,
'hlilips SO, Townsend 20, Dougherty /.
The chair announced that according to the
lerk's count there he'd been 81 votes cast, ana
nat the convention was only entitled to 800
-otes.
1t was afterwards ascertained that mistake
lad been uniutentionally made N the count.
md upon motion of Mr.. Talbot the result of
he oallott as-announeed-luas declared the vote
~ ~ = -Abrah ham Cooper. John N
Carr'll' LIE ner, Jr., DIR. A. S. Baldwin,
!. F. C. Talbot aad Thomas P. Phillips were
,kcted as delegates. 1t is understood that all
# the delegates are pledged to the support of
Mr.. Carman as the nominee for Congress in this
congressional district. After the announcement
# the vote the convention adjourned sine die