The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1872-04-20
Proceedings Of the Republican
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Proceedings Of the Republican
Convention.
In accordance with the call OF the Executive
Committee of Baltimore county, the Republican
Convention convened on Monday of this week,
at Towsontown, and on motion of S. Parker
Bosley, Esq, was organized temporarily by cal
ling DR.. G. W. Gladden. to the chair, and ap-
pointing j. L. Turner, Esq, secretary.
A committee of one from each election district
was appointed by the chair as committee on cre-
dentials and permanent organization, consisting
of the following gentlemen: LIST district. S.
Merryman I'd district-G. B. Jean; Sd district
John Slack 4th district-N F. Weller; 9th
dstrict-Jas. B. Ensor; 9th district-Wm. Nc
Cullough 7th district-Emanuel Bull 9th dis
trict-R. S. Smith 9th district-H. Clay Long
necker; 10th district-N. H. Parker; llth dis
trict-Dr. David King 18th Observation-Disclosures
N. Brian 18th dstrict-Geo. Fl. Whittemore.
After remaining out some time in consultation,
the committee returned and reported the follow
ing gentlemen as the permanent officers of the
convention, viz:
Chairman-Dr. Chas. w. gladden..
Vice Presidents-Wm. Mccullough, Nicholas
q. Parker, DR.. David King.
Secretaries-J. L. Turner, John NJ. Wheeler,
81. Clay Longnecker.
The committee also reported the following
gentlemen entitled to seats in the convention
First Distribution. D. L. Stanton, John X.
Smith, William Lowe, J. Scott Merryman,
Charles W. Beatty.
Secoad District-Geo. B. Jean, J. n. Burn
ham, Chas. H. 0ursler, VIM. P. Jean, Albert
Chase.
Third District-John Slack, John L. Turner,
Lewis P. Cole, George M. Foard. I. F. Slack.
| Joseph Weller, VIM. P. Cole, Edw. P. Philpot.
Fifth District.-Thomas Cooper, John NJ.
| Wheeler, Hugh G. Crockett, George H. Hare,
| James B. Ensor.
.SirM District.-William Mccullough, John
Cooper, Nathan Spicer, George M. Fultz, Will
liam Kidd.
Seventh District.-Alfred s. Cooper, Joseph
Jones. Emanuel Bull, Conrad Turnbaugh, John
T. Burns.
Eighth District.-Robert S. Smith, Saml X.
Griffith, Lewis R. Cole, Geo. W. Parsons, L. c..
Shepherd.
Ninth District-H. Clay Longnecker, saml
H. Nicer, Charles Hamilton, Lewis Light,
Uriah Carter.
Tenth District.-S. Parker Bosley, David
Kirk, Henry Green, N. H. Parker, J. NJ. Nc
Comas, Jr.
Eleventh District.-Dr. c. W. gladden., DR..
David King, Ira Freeman, James Ransom,
George Brindle.
TtoeLfh District-Chas. R. Mace, n. M. Bril-
an, Geo. Oliver, Geo. Young, VIM. Thomas.
Thirteenth District. William Ewing, George
II. Whittemore, William Smarden, William
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On motion of DR.. David King, the convention
decided that each district should be entitled 10
cast five votes in the baoting for candidates or
upon any question that should be voted upon by
the convention.
On motion of S. Parker Bosley, the onvention
proceeded TO make nominations for candidates to
be baloted for for delegates to the State con-
vention which convenes in Baltimore on Oath
instant, and whose business ii is to elect sixteen
delegates TO the National Convention to meet in
Philadelphia on June 9th, for the purpose OF
nominating candidates tor the Presidency and
Vice Presidency OF the United States
The following named gentlemen were put il
nomination TO be voted for as delegates TO the
State convention, viz John T. Ensor, Dr. G. w.
gladden., R. s. Smith, VIM. Button, J. Scott
Merryman, Thomas Cooper, Wm F. Weller, s.
Parker Bosley, John N. Wheeler.
resolution, asking that the delegates elected
be instructed not TO vote for any Federal Office
holder as a delegate to the National Convention
and that President Grant and Vice President
Colfax be endorsed as the unanimous choice of
the convention for denomination by the Phila-
delchia convention, was offered by G. B. Jean,
of I'd district. Speeches were made 10 favor of
this resolution by Messrs. Jean and Wheeler and
against it by Messrs. King, Smith, Freeman, Slack
and Bosley, when, upon motion OF the latter gen.
tleman, the resolution was tabled.
A motion was then made to proceed to ballot
and another TO vote by districts, both OF which
were passed, whereupon the convention began
balloting for delegates TO the State convention,
resulting as follows:
John T. Ensor, 55 votes DR.. c. W. gladden.,
65 Robt. S. Smith, 40; William Button, 81
]. Scott Merryman, As; Thomas Cooper, 65
VIM. F. Weller, %; S. Parker Bosley, 20. The
name of John NJ. Wheeler was Withdrawn before
the bailouug began. Messrs. Ensor, gladden.,
Smith, Buttoh, Merryman, Cooper and .Bosey
having received e majority of the votes cast
were declared elected.
A motion to adjourn was made by VIM. F.
Weller which was voted down, for the purpose
OF transacting other business.
Ira Freeman, Esq, then offered the following
resolu ton, which was adopted by the conven-
ton unanimously:
Resolved, That the convention is unanimously
convention TO vote for no one as delegate TO
the National Convention who is not pledged to
the denomination of Grant and Colfax.
On motion made by J. Scott Merry man, a new
Executive Committee of three members from each
district was appointed by The respective delega-
tions, as follows:
LIST district. R. Heacock j. Scott Merry
man, Henry Schlosser I'd district-N. N. Haight,
Geo. B. Jean, VIM. P. Cole; Sd distrct-John
Slack, Thos. Sanderson, Lewis p Cole; 4th dis.
trict-Wm. F. Weller, E. P Philpoi, Benz. F.
Croft; 5th district-Geo. H. Hare, John NJ.
Wheeler, Jas. B. Ensor; 9th William
Mccullough, R. E. Jones, VIM. H. Hoffman
7th disirict-Conrad Turnbaugh, Emanuel Bull,
Micajah Meredith; sih distrct-L. E. Bull, c.
L. Jessop, R. s. Smith 9th district-H. Clay
Longnecker, T. Scho6eld, VIM. H. Mittan 10Th
districts. Parker Bosey, Henry D. Morris, j.
March McComas, Jr.; llth district-Ira Free
man, DR.. David King, DR.. c. W. gladden.; IL tn
district-N. NJ. Brian, Alex. Mccormick, James
Asher 18th dstrict--W Smarden, Geo b
Whittemore, Hanson Garrett.
There being no other business before the con-
vention, it adjourned sine die
The convention was we'll attended, most OF the
delegations being full Iu several districts OF
the county the primary meetings were more
largely attended than usual