Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-09-12

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four votes in the Affirmative. The vote
was teen taken on Dir. BTogden's sub
stitute, resulting in its adoption by a
vote Of IS yeas 10 3 nays.
Nominations being declared in order
&c. Sullivan, Of Baltimore county,
nominated DIR. Eli J. Henkle. OF Anne
Arundel; James s. Wilson nominated
BENJAMIN G. Harris. ofSt- Mays; Or.
Maccubin nominated Fendall Msrbury,
OF Prince Georges; and George A. Hunt
nomin mated Andrew G. Chapman, OF
Charles county.
In presenting the name OF Hon. u.
G.. Harris 70 the notice Of the Conven-
ton, which was received with loud APP
pIause, Mr.. Wilson. ofSt. Mary's, spoke.
substantially. as follows; In present
ing the name Of Hon. b. @. Harris to
the notice Of this Convention, no eulo-
Ky Is necessary from me. Nothing that
could say would add to his high char
acter and brilliant reputation.
experience and tried ability
mand The confidence Of this
and that party which he hi
to victory. lApplause. II
Ing and nesasas- period. whek
VIZ .dg:1g the land sisI bloSd, "a
every democrat imperiIIed his libef9g
by asserting his political principles, be
came 10 the front. and boldly and fear
lessly upheld and maintained the nights
Of bis people. His manly couEse, un-
swerving fidelity to principle and gal
liant defence of constitutional rights, not
only in the contests at home, bat after
wards in Congress, could not but have
inspired admiration and engrafted upon
the hearts Of his constituents q lasting
gratitude. Applause. Although for
the last twelve years, or since bis de-
feat for a denomination in 1866, Ito
which il was conceded on all sides, I'M
der the circumstances, he was fairly en-
titled, he has comparatively retired to
private llfe from the public eye, this
admiration still fingers IN the breasts Of
the masses of the people. Applause.
His bold and manly stand in the Legis-
lature of Maryland in 1861 against ty-
ranny and oppression by the side Of the
gallant sons Of Calvert, Magruder and
Bond, Davis and Carrico, of Charles,
and his comrade, Col. Dent, of st. Ma
rvs, is yet fresh in the memory Of an
admiring constituency. Applause. I
And without any attempt to detract
augat from the merits of the other wor-
Thy aspirants for this nomination, we
are sincere in the belief that his nomi-
nation would create more unanimity and
enthusiasm IN the democratic ranks than
that of any other gentleman. The dem
Ocratic vote would readily combine upon
him as our standard-bearer, and !rium-
phantly carry him through. Applause.
In this sordid and corrupt age, when
fraud stalks triumphantly into the very
portals of the Executive mansion, the
country is looking for just such men as
Benjamin G. Harris. Applause. His
tried integrity, sterling virtue, devotion
to principle and high sense of honor have
gained him national reputation Of which
we may well feel proud. Applause.
He nay not have endorsed all the late
measures OF his party, or strictly follow
ed it in some OF the changes Of princi-
Piles for policies, but this much can be
said, that he has never given aid, COM
fort or encouragement 10 the enemies
OF democratic principles. Applause.
We cannot but believe that these prin-
cIples are as true and sound as in the
days Of Jefferson, and If so, of them
you can find no better representative
than the candidate st. Mary's offers.
Loud applause1.
DR.. Maccubbin in nominating Mr..
Marbsrys said that his name was never
connected in political intrigues, but he
had always higher and holier motives,
and defeat never weakened his devo-
ton 10 his party and never cooled his
ardor.
The ballot was then taken, with the
following result
For Henkle, Anne Arundel, 4; Bal
umore county, =; Baltimore city, 4 81
Calvert, 8; Howard, 3-16. For Mar
bury, Prince Georges, 4. For Chap
man, Charles, 8. For Harris, St. Ma
ry's, 8.
DR.. Henkle, having received the ma
jority Of the votes Of the Convention,
was declared the choice Of the Conven-
ton, and his nomination. was made unan-
Imous.
A committee, consisting Of Brogden,
Of Anne Arundel. Wilson, Of st. Ma
rvs, and DR.. Maccubbin, of Prince
Georges, was appointed to wait on DR..
Henkle and spDrise him of his nomi-
nation.
While The committee was out, Gen.
eral A. G. Chapman entered the room,
and after being called upon, delivered
speech, in which he promised support
10 the nominee.
DIR. Henkle was then introduced TO
Inc Convention. and made briefspeech
Of acceptance.
The Convention then adjourned.
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL Con-