Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-08-15
Information Given.

Mr. Editor For the benefit of IAN Hum
BILE Voter who desires TO know by wha
authority the delegates were appointed 10 tn,
State convention, in Baltimore, to nominate
State officers and appoint the Democratic Cen
trail Committee for this county, | would mos
respectfully ask the insertion Of the It'll CLAUSE
of the system adopted by the Democratic Con
servatiye party, which is as follows:
~. When candidates for State or Judicial
| offices or Congress are to be chosen, the Pri-
mary elections shall be conducted in all respects
ike those for county officers, the voters voting
directly for the person they desire for candi,
date or candidates, and when the result shall
have been ascertained as hereinbefore provided
| by the Executive Committee, said committee
shall appoint delegates to the proper conyen-
| ton upon the nomination of the person OF
persons who shall have received the largest
aggregate vote, it such person or persons re-
| side in this county; or if such person or per-
sons do not reside in this county, then upon
the nomination Of three gentlemen named by
said committee and known to said commit
tee as friends of the successful candidate at
the Primary election
IAN Humble Voter" In closing his article
uses this language, Nothing personal is in
tended, but only political information is
wanted"
Now, If this Humble Democrat will be hon.
est enough to come out in yonr paper and
confess that he was not only humble, but ig-
norant of this clause, will, as one of the la,e
committee, accept his statement as honest
when he says that nothing personal was in
tended, but il he was cognizant of this clause
adopted by our party and published in our
county papers, then am constrained TO believe
his article was not only personal, but was in-
tended to injure the Democratic party.
He speaks of the manner Of appointment of
these delegates as seemingly an arbitrary pow
er. If il be so, it emanated from the people,
and it is for the people to change it.
As to what the opinions OF some are about
the Crawford county system, or Montgomery
county system, being adopted by the people
for the selection of County officers. and that the
selection of State nominations should have
been by the old mode, there can be no doubts
about our system. tits full, ample and COM
plete; it is written and printed and applca-
BILE to both county and State nominations, and
those who have doubts, or are ignorant of the
provisions contained therein, can read /. in the
papers or have access to 1t by applying to the
committee
The committee in its action has been gov
erned strictly by that system, and under that
system one Of the candidates on the State tick
ct named to the central committee the dele
gates he desired to be appointed to the State
convention. If Gan Humble Voter" is ig-
norant of the system, | would most respect
fully inform him that by application to either
OF the county papers, or to any one of the
committee, it win afford them pleasure 10 fur
nish him with copy of the system adopted
by large majority of tho party in this county.
| am sure that while as a party we would
most earnestly command due sense Of humil-
ity it is not our desire that any Democrat
should be ignorant or deprived Of full oppor-
tunity OF learning and knowing the system
and plan which governs US in this county.
GEO. PETER.