The Democratic advocate., 1878-09-14
Second Congressional District.
Nomination of J. Fred. G. Talbot.
592 BALLOTS TAKEN

The Democratic Convention for this dis
trlct met at Cockeysville. on Thursday. DIR.
Frank I. Shaw, of Carroll, was elected Pres.
ident, with Vice President from each of the
other counties; W. II. Nav. of Cecil. and
Philip A. Kroh, of Baltimore, we're ap-
pointed as Secretaries. The following dele
gates were reported:
Baltimore County--Wm. s. Keech. John
;. BiddisOn, DIR. George II. Cairnes. Wm.
Parks, Philip 4. kroh, Geo. l.. Stoeksdale.
Carroll-Dr. f. i. Shaw, DIR. II. f. Beltz.
DR.. S. r. Waters, T. Herbert Shriver. Reu,
ben Saylor.
Cecil-Iames NJ Touchstone. BENJAMIN NJ
Crawford, John W. Bell, W. II. Nav.
Harf0rd-Major VIM. II. Dallam. VIM. NJ
Elliott, VIM. F. Pannell, Charles II. Street.
Nominations being in order, John $. Bid.
olson nominated j. Fred. c. Talbot. Of Raj.
tlmore county; b. NJ. Crawford nominated q
W. Cruikshank, of Cecil county; W. III. Dali
lam nominated J. Carroll Walsh, of Hartford
county; DIR. Waters nominated Hon. Charles
b. Roberts, OF Carroll county.
The irst ballot resulted as follows ;-Balti.
more county, Talbot 3; Carroll, Roberts 5;
Cecil, Cruikshank 4; Hartford, Walsh 4. After
the first ballot Mr.. Dallam withdrew the name
OF Mr.. Walsh. The second ballot stood =
Baltimore county, Talbot 6; Carroll. Roberts
.; Cecil, Cruikshank 4; Hartford, Talbot ,.
Roberts l, Cruikshank l. Total, Talbot 8,
Roberts and Cruikshank 3. Balloting con
unued until 265 ballots in all had been taken,
occupying the time of the convention up to
about haif-past 3 o'clock, except the hour :
recess for dinner, during which Baltimore.
Carroll and Cecil counties voted soldIy for
their nominee. Hartford county kept divid.
ing her vote betwecs. the three candidates.
Roberts, Talbot and C..,ikshank. Occasion.
ally three OF her votes would be cast for Tai
bott, bringing him up to o. OF one within the
required number to nominate, which met with
much applause from the spectators. Then
she would vote three for Roberts, bringing
him up to eight, which was the highest he re-
eelvedj and once OF so she voted three for
Craikshank, bringing him up to seven. Gen
orally, though, Mr.. Cruikshank received from
four TO hye votes, the remainder being divid-
ed between Mr.. Roberts and Mr.. Talbot.
Mr.: Talbot several times received nine votes
ana Mr.. Roberts several times eight.
Alter the result of the 265th ballot had
been announced, when the vote stood for
Talbot, fer Roberts and for Cruikshank.
Mr.. Dallam, of Hartford county, moved TO
adjourn to meet at Barnum's Hotel. Balti-
more, at half-past seven O'Clock.
Mr.. Bi8son, Of Baltimore county. stoutlv
opposed the motion in brief speech. saving
the baltimore county delegation were going
to stay there until they made the nominee.
and II the convention went elsewhere TO make
It they could do it outside of his deleea
uon. They proposed to sit there and vote
until the day OF election if need be, and then
they would elect their man. Applause
The motion to adjourn TO Barnnmfs Hotel
was carried, however, by the following vote:
baltimore county, 6 nays; Carroll. s was;
Cecil, yeas and nays Hartford. 4 yeas
total, yeas IL, nays 8.
While the vote was being taken Mr.. Keech
raised the question as to the right of adjourn
ing outside the district, but the president de-
cided the point was raised to late, as the vote
was being taken. He announced the conven.
non adjourned until u o'clock, to meet at
Barnum's Hotel, Baltimore.
EVENING SESSION.
The convention met at Barnum's Hotel Al
the appointed time and Immediately adjourn
ed to Raine's Hall. There two hundred an i
seventy ballots were taken, making five hun-
dred and thirty-ive in all. and the conven.
ton, without nominating n candidate. ad.
lourned to meet at Raineis Hall at 81 O'Clock
Friday morning. The first ballot cast at
night was the same as the last one at Cockevs-
vile, being for Talbot, for Roberts and )
for Cruikshank. The voting continued with
out change all through the two hundred and
seventy ballots. Mr. Pannell made the mo-
ton to adjourn until Friday morning at
Raine's Hall, and Mr.. Keech moved as a
substitute that the convention adjourn To
meet at Towsontown Friday morning at 10
o'clock. The substitute was lost. only the
Baltimore county delegation voting for il. and
the original motion was carried, the Bati-
more county delegation voting against it.
The following dispatch was received
just as we closed our forms:
BALTIMORE, September I3, 1878.
Talbot nominated on the FIVE hundred and
ninety second ballot. I. II. SuRrvrR