The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1873-09-06
Proceedings Of the Democratic County
Convention.

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and W. H. Vanderiord appointed Secretary.
The President expressed his thanks for the
honor conferred upon him and stated the OBJ
ject of the conveation. ii. T. Webb, Esq,
moved that one from each district be appoint
cd as committee on permanent organization
and rules governing the convention, and also
II committee of one from each district on ere
dentials The committee on Organization
consisted of VIM. II. Grouse, DIR. j. Rinchart,
Peter Duce Vim. N. Matthews, Jas. George,
Francis Warner, HIT. Webb, Michael Buch-
man, Robert Sellman, Jr., Thomas +. Cover,
ID. ii. Maynard, Hiram Davis. The commit.
tee on Credentials were James Burke, John
II. Jordan, A. Koontz, VIM. II. Lamottc, s.
T. c. Brown, j. IIaltozer, Airhcart Winters,
ii. II. Lamotte, George ii. Davis, James W.
White, Louis Dielman, Reuben SaylOr.
The committee ON permanent organization
reported through their Chairman, ii. 7. Webb,
Esq, the following:
Mr.. Chairman and Gentlemen Of Tie Con.
rention Your committee beg leave to re.
port and recommend MS permanent officers Of
this Convention, the following gentlemen -
George A. Shower, President; Reuben Say
lor and George II. Davis, Vice Presidents
Francis Warner and Charles Il. Iauver, See.
retaries. Your committee further report and
recommend that the Convention in the nomi.
nation Of Candidates for the several offices,
shall proceed 10 make them in the following
order, as heretofore practiced by former Con-
ventions, to.wit list, Clerk of the Circuit
Court; ID, Register Of Wills; I'd, -Four mem.
hers for House Of Delegates; ith, Three can
didates for County Commissioners; 9TH,
County Treasurer and Clerk to the County
Commissioners; 9Th, Sheriff; It'll, County
Surveyor and that the nominations for all
the offices he made before taking n recess.
The Convention will take recess for such
time as the majority thereof may determine,
and upon reasscmbling the selection of Can
didates shall he proceeded with in the order
above named but the name of any gentle.
man may be placed before the Convention for
nomination Tor any of the said offices at any
time before u final selection is made for the
said offices, except only when the vote is be-
ing taken, the call of the roll shall not be sus.
pended for the purpose of Withdrawing the
names of any gentleman or placing any add.
tonal onebelorc the Convention. Your Com.
mittee further report that nasmuch us the
Democratic Central Committee for this County
have recommended that in the selection of
Candidates for Offices, the vote in the County
Conventions should not be by districts, but
that each Delegate to the Convention should
have his vote in the Convention, and foras-
much MS your NbHlilliilt' ullTDNt VI tnt re-
commentator Ofthe Central Committee, and
believe that mode of voting to be more in
accord with Democratic principles AN usages
than the voting by districts, as heretofore fire.
quenty practiced in this county, therefore,
in the selection Of Candidates by this Conven.
ton, each Delegate shall have ono vote, and
the majority of all the delegates shall be
necessary to choice; that the President and
Vice Presidents shall appoint two tcllers to
take and receive the votes and on the call of
the roll of the Delegates, by one Of the Secre
taries, each Delegate, when his name is called
shall vote by ballot. That in all matters not
above provided for, the proceedings of the
Convention shall he governed by the Rules of
the last House Of Delegates. All of which is
respectfully submitted.
The committee ON Credentials reported
through their chairman, s. I. G. Brown, Esq
that all the districts were fully represented
and that there were no contrasting delegations.
LIST OF DELEGATES.
District No. l.--Wm H. Grouse, James
Burke, JOINS Harner, Addison Martin, Peter
Smith.
District No. DIR. j. Rinehart, George
W. Gilbert, John II. Jordan, Samuel Beck,
j. Hamilton Singer.
District No. 3.-Absalom koontz, Noah
Stansbury, Peter Duce, Gershom HUFF, Jacob
II. Lippy.
District No. Ill. II. Caple, VIM. n.
Matthew'S Charles L. l.auyer, Henry Trexler,
Vim. H. l.amottc.
District No. 5.--Joshua Phillips. Brice
Shipley, 5. 7. c. Brown, James George,
James Albaugh.
District No. Gu. b. Sullivan, L. Mycrly,
George A. Shower, Francis Warner J. p.
Baltozer
District No. Jacob Zacharias David
Fowble, Airheart Winters, Hanson'T. Webb,
jacob Myerly.
District No. s.--H. II. Lamottc, Michuel
Buchanan, John NJ. Ruby, A, NJ. Ruby, Josh.
ua Shuster.
District No. 9.-Wm. IL. Hooper, Corne.
Illus Brashear, DR.. X. o. ID. Warheld, Robert
Sellman, Jr., George II. Davis.
District No. l0.-lsaiah Ham, David II.
Foreman John p. Cash, James W. White,
Thomas Il. Cover.
District No. ll.--D. H. Maynard NJ. c.
McKinstry, j. W. Englar, Beniah Bowersox,
Louis Dieman.
District No, H. Archibald Graham, Hi
ram Davis, Adam Fuss, Mordecai Gosnell,
Reuben Saylor.
The report of both committees were unani.
mousy adopted by the Convention, and gen
tlemen were then placed in nomination for
the several Offices, to-wit
For Clerk of the Circuit Court, John j.
Baumgartner, DIR. Frank I. Shaw, j. Oliver
Wadlow.
Register of Wills, DIR. Henry Il. Beltz.
House Of Delegates, DIR. 5. II. Waters,
Henry Vanderford, DIR. II. NJ. Drach, Thos.
+. Cover, James A. c. Bond, Thos. D. Gist,
II. A. McAtee, Henry Gait, Thos c. Brown,
l.. A. j. Lamotte.
County Commissioners, Lawrence Iepp,
Mordecai c. McKinstry, Jeremiah II. Smith,
John o. Dcvries, VIM. H..Crousc, John w.
Murray, Reuben Saylor, John N. Selby.
Treasurer and Clerk to the County Com.
missioners, Jabez A. Bush.
Sheriff, r. Charles Matthews, Edward Dev.
ilbiss.
Surveyor, j. Henry Hoppe.
On motion the convention adjourned until
u oclocl, p. NJ.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The President called the Convention to
order, and said If there were no more nomi.
nations for Clerk, that the delegates would at
once proceed to ballot. DIR. Frank T. Shaw
was selected as the candidate for that position
On motion of NJ. G. McKinstry, Esq, it
was resolved that as there was only, Que gen.
lletllil nanleu tOr REGISTER, tnat Dr. Henry
H. Beltz be declared the unanimous choice Of
the Convention for that position.
The selection of Candidates for the House
of Delegates was next in order, but before the
balloting began the names Of Messrs. Cover,
Bond, Gist and McAtcc were withdrawn, and
the result showed that DR.. s. r. Waters,
Henry yanderlord, Thomas Z. Brown and
Henry Gait, were elected.
Before the vote for Commissioners was Ia
ken Mr. Saylor withdrew his name Messrs.
Mordecai G. McKinstry and John o. Devries
were elected ON the first ballot, and on the
second ballot the name of Mr.. Selby was
withdrawn aud Mr.. Murray was chosen.
Jabez A. Bush was declared the unanimous
choice Of the Convention for Treasurer and
Clerk to the County Commissioners, he hav-
ing no opponent for that position.
For Sheriff, Edward Dcvilbiss received the
majority Of the votes cast.
J. Henry Hoppe was selected to fill the POI
stion of County Surveyor by the unanimous
choice of the Convention.
A motion was made and passed authorizing
the proceedings to be published in the DEMO,
CRATIC ADVOCATE.
The work of the Convention being finished,