Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1875-07-16
Proceedings of the convention.

The Democratic Conservative County
Convention assembled in the Court House
on Tuesday evening about o'clock and
organized by the election of the following
gentlemen as officers
President-JoHN w MITCHELL.
Vice Presidents-J. w. JENKINS and DR.
A. J. SMooT.
Secretaries r. FARRALL and D. L
SANDERS.
After brief address from the chair ex-
planning the object of the meeting and
counseling harmony, and after the differ
ent delegations, except that from the 9th
district, had filled up all vacancies, mo-
ton was made that the five members OF
that delegation present be. allowed to cast
sse-rote of the district. 4 brief
debate followed when the motion was "a
dopted.
The Convention then proceeded to bal
lot for three delegates to represent the
county in the State Convention. DR.. Thos.
G.. Price, DR.. Peter W. Hawkins and Geo.
A. HUNT. Col. Samuel Cox, DR.. Thos A.
Carrico and Vivian Brent, ESQ.,, were
placed in nomination. The first named
were understood to be Groome men and
the last three in favor of Mr.. Hamilton
After counting the ballots the tellers re-
ported that Messrs. HUNT and Brent mad
each 45 votes; Messrs. Carrico and Price
A, and Messrs. Cox and Hawkins 43, and
one vote thrown out, because it contained
the names of Col. Cox and DR.. Carrico
only-the latter being written on it twice.
whilst the rule required that no ticke ct
should be counted unless it Lad three
names on it. DR.. S. W. Dent declared
that the rejected ticket was in his hand
writing, and that he had made mistake
in writing the name of Dr.. Carrico twice
instead of putting on the name of Mr.
Brent with that of Gel. Cox and DIR. Car
rico. But inasinuch as DR.. Dent could
not say that he had voted that particular
ticket, because he had written several. the
Convention declined to allow the ticket
to be counted. Had this been done MIR.
Brent would have. received 46 votes and
would have been elected. whilst the vote
of DIR. Carrico and Col. Cox would have
been increased each one vote.
1t was then claimed that the tally of the
officers showed only SO votes had been
cast, of which Mr.. HUNT and Mr. Brent
having received each 45 votes. :; majority,
they were elected But the chair decided
thoe lIlG IOll Iau Dce0 CaIteU
and no absentees reported the presump-
ton was that 80 votes had been cast. and
no one having received majority of that
number there was no election. The tick cts
In the possession of the tellers were then
counted to discover that Goth ticket, but
only q could be found. Mr.. John T.
Davis, the teller who had charge OF them,
reported that they had been taken from
the hat by persons in the crowd pressing
around him. Under these circumstances
it was evident result could be clearly
and-1hercupon another ballot
4 y ordered. When the vote was report
ed there were 40 each tor Price Haw kins
and HUNT; AZ for Carrico and 40 each for
Cox and Brent. Whereupon. Messrs. Price
Hawkins and Hunt were declared elect
ed, and the Convention adjourned.
After adjournment there was pretty
lively discussion over the closeness of the
vote and much was said pro and con, but
all was unanimity when the crowd was
invited by the victorious party to try some
of Mr.. Hunts ice water NQtwithstand-
ing the closeness of the contest, everything
passed off we'll and there were no person
alties or harshness INDUCED in on either
side.
The following is list of the delegates
to the Convention: