The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-08-30
Proceedings Of the Republican County
Convention.

lheb III SoHFeHtlou vi uesudy, august
Goth, in Elkton, to nominate candidates
for the offices 10 be filled at tho coming
election.
The officers of the Convention were:-
Mr.. Thomas b. Hopper, President; vice
President, Mr.. T. p. Jones; Secretary, DR..
r. ii. Tuft; Assistant Secretary, r. c.
Thackery.
On call for credentials the following
gentlemen appeared as delegates:
First D,strict.-Thomas p. Jones, J. II.
Clark, F. Price, G.. B. Jones, ]. w. Caven-
der.
Second DISQUALIFICATION Lake, t. B.
Hopper, w. T. Kane, Joseph Brooks, S.
p. Wood.
Third Distrlct.-E. +. Ewing, Joseph
Wells, John L. Smith, George Ricketts,,
(Mr. Ricketts, was elected to fill the place
of Mr.. Townsend Poole, who was absent.
John f. Wilson.
Fourth District. - David Scott, James
McKane, DR.. r. C. Carter, S. X. Miller,
john Brewster.
Fifth Dlstrict.-J. Wesley Falls, VIM. T.
Richardson, Samuel johnson, John A. Rut-
ter, Alfred Ford.
iSirM District.-Gcorge w. Haines, T..
L. Marshall, George Balderston, T. w.
Rttenhouse, B. f. Kirk.
SersnM District.-James A. Davis, D.
X. Ralston, E. T. Thompson, J. Dixon
Uo,+ 1VoeJo1, A,rt;p
Eighth District. T. West, Gideon
Boldly, Joseph A. Roman, W. P. Cum
mings, Jethro Mccullough.
Ninth District. -Samuel Haddock, Thos.
Janney, VIM. T. Warburton, r. Hams
England, Samuel ]. Brown.
On motion tho first business brought be-
fore the Convention was the selection of
four delegates, to represent Cecil county
in the State Convention, to be held in
Frederick City, September 18th, 1879
The gentlemen selected were:-Joseph b.
Pugh, Col. Joseph G. Hill DR.. r. G. Car
tor, Jacob Tome.
By consent of the Convention each dis
trict was empowered to select person to
represent it on tho County Central Com
mittee, and on call of the Districts, the
following were named and declared &C
ccptable to the Conventions:
First District, J. II. Clark; Second Dis
trict, 7. b. Hopper; Third District, E. E.
Ewing; Fourth District, David Scott;
Fifth District, J. Wesley Falls; Sixth Dis
trict, DR.. L. r. Kirk; Seventh District, E.
T. Thompson; Eighth District, Jethro T.
McCullough; Ninth District, James C.
Crothers.
Several motions were offered as to the
manner in which the Convention should
nominate, pending which the Convention
adjourned until half past one o'clock
Upon its re-assembling the same motions
were again offered, when the following
course was decided upon, to nominate in
order: Clerk, Register, County Commits
sioner, Sheriff, State Senator, Delegates to
the Legislature, County Surveyor.
Nominations for Clerk being then in
order, Palmer C. Strickland, being the
only one named for the position, was de-
clared the unanimous choice of the Con-
vention.
The next in order was the nomination
for Register, when, upon the call of the
Districts, Jas. B. Price, DR.. n. b. Nor
rison and John NJ. Ireland, were placed
in nomination. The first ballot resulted
as follows:
James 3. Price 4
DR.. N. b. Morrison II
John NJ. Ireland "a
the necessary number of votes was, on
motion, declared the unanimous choice OF
the Convention.
Nomination for County Commissioners
followed, when Thomas P. Jones, Joseph
II. Clark, Col. |. D. Davis, James McKane,
J. T. Reed, w. T. West, Jas. c. Crothers
were named for the position.
FIRST BALLOT.
Thomas T. Jones II
Col. |. D. Davis S
James Mckane Is
VIM. r. West 81
James G. Crothers 30
J. II. Clark Ii
AS but two gentlemen were elected a
second ballot was necessary, which result
ed in the selection eff Mr.. Thomas p. Jones,
Mr.. Clark withdrawing his name. The
candidates, therefore, for this position are,
Messrs. w. T. West, James G. Crothers,
Thomas P. Jones.
Then followed the nomination for Sheriff,
when George W. Boulder, of the Second
District, Benoni Cooling, of the Fifth
District, J. N. Mccullough, of the Seventh
District, John w. McCardle, of tho Ninth
District, and T. V. Kesler, Of the Third
District, were placed before the Conven-
ton.
FIRST BALLOT.
Benoni Cooling
J. N. Mccullough 3
J. w. McCardle
7. V. Kesler 8
Thereupon Mr.. George W. Boulder was
declared the unanimous choice of the
Convention.
For State Senator, Mr.. Job Haines, OF
Rising Sun, there being no other candi-
dates named) was unanimously declared
the nominee.
The next in order was the nomination
of Delegates to the Legislature, when the
following persons were placed in nemina-
toni. J. Wright, of the First District,
w. G. Lake, of the Second District, Geo.
Ricketts,, of tho Third District, ]. Wesley
Falls of the Fifth District, J. T. Reynolds,
of the Sixth District, ]. r. Coulson, o1
the Seventh District, J. c. Warner, of the
Eighth District; and the choice of the
Convention fell upon Geo. Ricketts,, J. r.
Coulson, J. Wesley Falls, by the following
vote:
J. J. Wright
Geo: Ricketts, q
J. w. Falls "A
J. T. Reynolds
j. r. Coulson 81
J. G. Warner
Mr.. VIM. T. Bye, of tho Fourth District,
was then selected as the nominee for County