Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1877-03-30
The Coming Convention.

Mr.. Editor I respectfully submit to the
Democracy of this county the following plan
for the future nomination Of the candidates OF
the party:
LIST. Let the County Executive COMMITTEE
appoint day, and three honorable men to act
as Judges who shall receive and count the
votes Of tho Democrats and Conservatives land
no oihersj in each district for the persons
whom they may desire as the candidates of the
party for each and all of the Offices in the
gift of the people.
End That The people 10 all of the districts
may know who are candidates for these nomi
nations, let it be required Of all candidates, or
their friends to annocnce IN the county papers
their names and the Office for which they are
cand dates, at least two weeks before the prl-
mary election and let the County Executive
Committee have printed and sent to the sew
eral voting places sufficient number of tickets
each of which shall contain the names Of all
the candidates with the Office they desire to fill
From this general ticket the voters can erase
the names Of those whom they do not want,
and leave the names Of those they do want rs
candidates OF the party.
Bird. Let the polls be kept open nll day, or n
sufficient number of hours 10 enable all to
vote; and at the close, let the Judges count
and return (under oath if you please) TO the
County Executive Committee the numder Of
votes cast for each and every candidate in
their respective districts.
4lh. When the returns are all in from the
respective districts, the Executive Committee
shall aggregate the whole vote and announce
to the people, through the county papers, the
names of those who have received the highest
number of votes as the candidates OF tho party
for the respective offices; this aggregating OF
votes TO apply 10 all candidates except those
for the Office Of County Com missioner, in
which case the candidate in each district re-
ceiving the highest number Of votes shall be
The candidate for that particular District.
9Th In case of tie vote between any Of the
candidates for any particular Office, the Execu-
tive Committee shall decide by lot who shall be
the candidate, first giving notice to the candi-
dates interested when the lot shall be decided.
9th. To pay the expense of printing the
tickets or for any other purpose, the Executive
Committee shall require of each candidate for
nomination 10 pay his proportion of expenses,
and if he does not pay, his name shall be left
off OF the proposed general ticket.
The advantages of the foregoing plan are,
it is essentially Democratic and perfectly fair
to all candidates, and to all the Districts it
gives to every member o. The party an OPP
portunity 10 express his individual preference
Committees and Conventions, in which the
'oire-puliing and mischief is done and the peo-
Pile often cheated out of their preference; il
saves one day to the people, leaving them 10 at
tend to their work at home, instead Of string
up strife in the Convention; it leaves defeated
candidates no excuse for running independent,
and thus riskirg the success Of the party it
will be the means of bringing before the
people some of our best and most competent
citizens as candidates as they will have a fair
chance Of receiving n nomination and last,
but by no means least of all, believe it will
be the means Of quelling The dissatisfaction
which has been felt by many of the party for
years, and which if not quelled, will surely
lead to its disintegration and defeat some of
these days.
| ! submit this plan and these views, Mr..
Editor, with hope that they will receive the
careful consideration Of my fellow citizens OF
the party, and that the members of the coming
Convention will assemble with an earnest
desire and firm determination to adopt plan
for future nominations, which will result in
the continued ascendency Of the Democratic
party and the best interests of our good old
Montgomery county. F. A. 7.