The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-09-15
CECIL DEMOCRATS.

The Democracy of the county gathered
in convention at Odd Fellows Hall, in this
town, on Tuesday. The composition of
the convention was almost identical with
the last that assembled. 1t was composed
of five delegates from each district, and
many of the delegations were made up al
most entirely of men who have been serv-
ing in this capacity for years past
At 12 o'clock the convention was called
to order by George w. Cruikshank, Esq,
who read the call of the County Committee.
II. II. Brady, Of the Second district, was
chosen Chairman, and Milton Y. Kidd lit
wouldn't be a Democratic convention with
out him was elected Secretary. COM
mttee on credentials, composed of one
delegate from each district, was appointed
after which the convention adjourned until
1 o'clock.
AT the appointed hour the delegates again
met and after roll call, proceeded at
once to the work for which they were assem-
bled.
The first in order in this line was the
vi d III luC IJtdIc
Senate. 1t was generally expected that
there would be at least two competitors for
this nomination. There must. however,
have been little peddling done in this mat
ter, or else candidate No. was scared off,
as when the call for nominations was made
the name of Hon. John M Miller was the
only one presented. On motion of Mr..
Ward, of the First district, Mr.. Miller was
nominated by reclamation.
Next in order was the selection of can
didates for the House of Delegates. The
following were placed before the conven-
ton: William M. Knight, of the First dis
trict, Adam r. Magraw and A. II. Briscoe,
of the Sixth, James NJ. Touchstone, of the
Seventh, DR.. r. r. Crothers, of the Eighth,
and DR.. James Turner, of the Ninth. The
ballot resulted as follows: Knight, 80; Ma
graw, 1G; Briscoe, 1G; Turner, &c; Touch
stone, &c; Crothers, IS. Messrs. Knight,
Tombstone and Turner were declared the
nominees.
For County Commissioners the names of
James w. Morgan, of the First district, B.
NJ. Crawford, of the Second. w. W. Arm
strong, of the Fourth, d. p. Cameron, OF
the Fifth, w. w. Moore and r. b. Mellow
ell, of the Sixth, and r. II. Crothers, of
the Eighth, were placed in nomination.
The vote resulted as follows: Morgan. Is;
Crawford, 81; Armstrong, s; Mcdowell, 8;
Cameron, 30; Moore, 10; Crothers, "a
Messrs. Crawford, Cameron and Crothers,
| having received a majority of the votes,
were declared the nominees.
Over the nomination for the sheriffalty
the hottest fight was made. There were
six candidates, as follows: w. T. Boulder,
of the Second district. Morris Dunbar and
S. B. Grant. of the Third, Valentine B.
Algard, Of the Fifth. George II. Logan, of
the Ninth and J. c. Hindman, of the Sixth.
Three ballots were had before selection
was made. At the close of the second the
names of MesSrs. Grant, Algard aud Hind
man were withdrawn, and the third vote
resulted in the nomination of Mr.. Boulder
by the following vote: Boulder, &c; Dun
bar, :; Logan, -
James J. McCauley, of the Third district,
was unanimously nominated for county sur
veyor.
Messrs. Geo. Biddle, of the First district,
w. B. Writ, of the Third. Levi r. Mearns,
of the Ninth, and w. S. Kerr, of the Fifth,
were chosen as delegates to the State Con-
vention, to assemble in Baltimore on the
9th instant, after which the convention
adjourned.