Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-08-10
SOLUTION or rHg NEW PAN.


Last week in our attempted explanation OF
the new plan we left of at the point where
the delegates have been proportioned among
the different candidates and the convention is
ready for the first ballot The district delega-
tons are then called upon to vote, and they
cast their vote in accordance with the dstribu-
ton made by the convention. Delegates do
not individually vote, but the chairman Of the
delegation casts its vote. Thus, if after the
calculation is made, Rock vile district is pro-
portioped among three candidates, the chair
man will announce the vote Of Rockville dis
trict in accordance with the apportionmcnt.--
After all the districts have been called and
voted If no candidate has received sixty-tbree
or more votes, the candidate having the low
est number of votes is dropped Whenever
such person is dropped, the votes he has re-
ceived are divided among tho other candidates
who have received votes 10 the same district
delegations, Thus, If the lowest man has re-
ceived six yotes-three,fro Medley S and three
from Rockvile-his votes are divided among
the other candidates who received votes from
those two districts. If two men have received
votes in Medley's, the first ten and the Sc ond
Twelve the three votes he received from Med
ley's are divided between those two, the one
receiving ten tweuty-seconds of three votes
and the other twelve twcnty-seconds Of three
votes and his three votes from Rockville are
divided 10 the same way among those who re-
csived votes from the Rockville delegation
The second ballot is then taken. and if no one
has yet received sixty-three votes, the lowest
yided on the same principle, and so on until
some one has received sixty-thrce votes. But
suppose for instance as might readily occur
in the case Of the Sherilfilty, that Cracklin
district should give its vote TO Walach and
Townsend aud they shonld be the tw lowest
men in the convention, and upon the first and
second ballot were respectively dropped, then
it is our opinion that Cracklin district would
have no further vote upon the nomination of
Sheriff, because no one else having received
votes Of its delegation there is no one for the
votes Of Walach and Townsend to be given
TO. This is not just nor right, because the idea
Of the convention was to preserve to the dis
tricts an equal representation and equal par
,icipation in the making of all nominatans
We would therefore advise MS soon rs the con-
Veniion meets 10 make nominations that it adopt
some remedy for this unjust casting out of a
district which may read lily occurand which will
probably produce discord and disaffcction. -
We think that if all the candidates receiving
votes in district are dropped, it would be
wise TO divide the votes among the other can
didalcs in proportion TO the whole number of
votes each of them received in the other four
districts upon the presumption that if the ia
vorites OF that district who received It's votes
were out Of the field then it would vote upon
the rest of the candidates as the rest Of the
county did.
AT the coming primaries the voters Of the
different districts will be called upon to vote
for one person in each districts to constitute
County Committee TO net in conjunction with
the Central Committee in relation to party
matters.
We have tried 10 make n clear lucid aud SIM
rle statement of our understanding of the new
plan. II we have made errors we hope that
any one will feel perfectly at liberty to cor
rect us as our only desire is TO give ts--the
Democratic voters Of the coaRtya correct ex-
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