The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1877-09-21

nominate candidates for local offices and del
egates to the Republican State convention,
met in Bel Air on Tuesday. DR.. H. c.
Whiteford, of the 9th district, was called to
the chair and Richard A. Barnes, of the Cd
district, appointed Secretary The several
district delegations were nearly all full, about
81 out of the 60 elected being present.
The first business in order was the selec-
tion of delegates to the State Convention,
the following being chosen Edward M. Al
len, John T. Spicer, Solomon Welheril and
Franklin Hopper.
Theodore Clayton, of the list district, then
moved that the convention proc eed to nomi
nate county ticket. The motion seemed to
take some of the members by surprise. 1t
was seconded and put TO the convention, but
before vote was taken Mr.. Allen said that
many members of the convention doubted
the expediency of making nominations, and
wanted to know if there was not some way
of opening the matter, so that n discussion of
the subject cound be had.
Capt. r. E Duvall and John w. Carroll
member who voted in the affirmative would
move reconsideration. The motion being
made, q vote was taken, and the motion to
re. consider defeated. The original motion
was then carried and the following nomina.
lions were made:
For State Senator-John A. Hopper.
For the House of Delegates-Dr. H. G.
Whiteford, Dr. Robert Dickey, Charles
Fl. Hitchcock and John II. Richardson.
The latter, respectable colored barber of
Havre de Grace, was placed in nomination by
John W. Carroll. His nomination dropped
like wet blanket upon the convention, and
it was plainly to be seen that the imam and
brother" although good enough as voter,
was considered hardly equal to the task of
leading the forlorn hope of Republicanism
against Democracy in Hartford this fall No
open objection was made, but whispered
consultation took place, and upon reading the
names in nomination, Richardson's name
was quietly ignored Whereupon Mr.. Car.
roll "raised his voice" and declared that lie had
nominated John Fl. Richardson and indicated
that he intended, too, that his favorite should
take his chances with the rest. A ballot be.
ing taken, it appeared that the colored man
had received three votes, and that John A
Hopper was nominated as candidate fol
State Senator; and DR.. Fl. G. Whiteford, DR.
Robert Dickey and Charles II. Hitchcock
as candidates for the Honse of Delegates.
Nominations for the remainder of the tick.
ct were made, as follows:
For Sheriff-Capt. Joseph A. Harkins and
Oscar Blackburn.
For County Commissioners-S. o. Nc.
Courtney, ofthe list; ]. G. Malcolm, of the Cd
Corbin Grafton and VIM. Woolsey, of the
Sd; Hiram Ball, of the 4th G. G. Kinsey
w. S. Whiteford and d. Reynolds, of the
9Th district.
For Coun ty Surveyor-Davd Pyle and G
| G. Curtiss.
A ballot was taken, resulting in majority
for Capt. Joseph A. Harkins for Sheriff S
o. McCourtney, ]. G. Malcolm, VIM. Wool.
sey, Hiram Ball and G. G. Kinsey, for County
Commissioners and G. G. Curtiss for County
Surveyor-who were accordingly declared
the choice of the convention.
A county Executive Committee, composed
of two from each district, were then elected
as follows:
First Observation-Disclosures Clayton and s.
o. McCourtney; I'd, Bonield Gorrell and
Charles Stockham; Sd, Garrett Amos and E
G. Price; 4th, DIR. Robert Dickey and Ga.
briel Smithson; 9Th, VIM. A Cooke and
VIM. A. Heaps; 9th, s. E. Penning and
| Herman Osmond.
The convention then adjourned, without
day.
The body was remarkable for two things
First, the small number of colored delegates
only two of the race being in the convention
and but one colored man among the specta-
tors. Secondly, for the evident want of en-.
thusiasn and marked lack of interest shown
in the deliberations of the body by many oil
the old warehouses of the party, who merely
voted when their names were called, but ap-
peared to care very little what the convention
did. Perhaps they felt, as many Republicans
do, that the great Fraud-in Office at WASH
ington had sold out the Republican party to
the Democrats, and there was nothing left
worth fighting for; or that for all that life
offered under Hayes, man might as well be
a Democrat as Republican.
The ticket nominated is a fair representa-.
tive one of the party, and in thus consenting
to political martyrdom the gentlemen named
display admirable fortitude and devotion to
principle.