The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-06-22
Democratic State Convention.

On Wednesday the expiring Democracy of
the State Of Maryland gasped its endorsement
of Horace Greeley and the Cincinnati platform
in State convention in Baltimore city at Mary
land Institute.
All the counties and the city Of Baltimore
were represented. Hon. James r, Earle of
Queen Annes county presided. Tie conven-
ton was without speech, appla' SO or en-
thusiasm. Hon. Montgomery Blair of Mont
gomery county; Hon. A. Leo Knott of Balti-
more city Hon. Robert Fowler of Baltimore
county and Ex-Governor Philip Frank
Thomas of Talbot county, were elee'ed dele
gates at large to the National eat ratio con-
vention to meet in the city Of Monuments on
July 9th.
The following district delegates we elected !:
First Distrct-Jesse K. Illness of Kent
county, and DR.. Washington Finley, of Queen
Anne's.
Second Districk-J. B. Boyle, Of Carroll
county; Thomas II. Moore, Of Baltimore county.
Third District-John F. Hunter ami William
H. Jlllard, ofS3altimore city.
Fourth District-H OIL. Robert T. Banks and
Major Harry Gilmor, of Baltimore city.
Fifth District-Dr. Eli j. Henkle, of Anne
Arundel, and John Lee Carroll, Of Howard
county.
Sixth Distributions J. W. Baushman, of
Frederick county, and Major George Freaner
OF Washington county.
DR.. Duvall of Anne Arundel couny offered
resolution instructing the delegatSs to sen
dorse Greeley and BroaOn on the Cincinnati plat
FORM" This created considerable itement,
and the chairman ruled debate out of order.
A motion was made and prevailed 4 .,efer the
resolution to the committee on zes@ ms A
motion was then made to adjourp >ch pre-
vailed. No action was taken on, esolution,
debate being denied by 'hs chair Demo.
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THE CoLoRED CoNvENFIoN.-The colored con
venton met in Baltimore, at Douglass Institute,
on the 10Th inst. In consequence of the non
attendance of delegates from number Of the
counties, and the slim attendance generally
the affair was failure. Only nine counties were
represented. Rev. VIM. T. Brown was made
chairman. Resolutions were passed endorsing
Grant and Wilson and the Philadelphia plat
form, and pledging the colored vote of tie State
to their support in November.
We Should like to be informed what became
of that part of it's object which was parity
educational" Least among the objects stated
il the call was the political aspect of the con-
vention, but in the proceedings the Baltimore
papers give nothing but the political doings
Not having full attendance-the vote show
ing "a members only-the Convention adjourn
ed subject to the call of the chairman.
We would be gratifed to learn something of
its proceedings upon the educational welfare
of the colored people of the State.
Our LATER FRANKLIN.-One by one our heroes
have been taken from US. William Tell has been
proven myth. 1t is shown that GecSEs~N ash
ington never owned II Ratchet and his father
never planted cherry trees. There are daring
skeptics who insist that JOB, kind patient, for
giving, noi-afflicted job is only the hero of a
poem and never existed in real life The un-
kindest cut OF all however is tina, which an old
printer in the american Newspaper Reporter
gives ''our later Franklin" He insists that be
worked with Greeley on paper called 1.-The
Spirit Of the Times which was published in New
York city some fifty years ago. Horace was
then nineteen years Of age and commanded the
magnificent salary oil So per week He was noisy,
quarrelsome and so poor printer that be lost
his case. His strong pon, consisted in gather
ing the boys about the composing stone and in
a cbril1 MI I'll (, LIa
not even a good printer.