The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1881-06-25
LOCAL. POLITICS.
DoINGs OF TIE CECIL DEs;ocRAcY
Their Conventicn-Bo:h Wings IN Motion.
The New Pnion AheaI

| In ac"or,! with H." call puhli>hrd in the
! ryan OF last week, the Democracy of rh'.
.onnty met in primary meetings in The
various districts on Saturday afternoon,
for the purpose Of >eleriin. five persons in
Zach district as memhcrS Of the County
| Convention, which met in his town on Tue
lay iasr, t" elect four delegates Ia The Con-
vrI:TIon which met in Baltimore on Thurs
day, and nominated Thomas j. Heating as
4 candidate for Comptroller of the Treasury
IF the State, TO he voted for nrNt Fail.
At the primary here, hut - handful Of the
faithful We're present, mainly o. Il :. Thrr
met in til" flee Of Justice Lrwis NJ two
o'clock, and the business WAS quickly de-
~l'atchei. Mr.. \. p. Sh"rklrv WIS called
10 preside and ,JaS. =. Lewis, Esq, elected
Secretary. VIM. 5. Evans, +. Il. Scott, y.
Brarton, Jr., :. X. Blake and David Work
We're nouinltrd and hy u r;r0 ,'"cc vote
elected rs delegates, whrreurou III" mrcting
adjourned, having been in s,ssi N ahou,
Twenty-Five minutes. \ number ii Demo-
Gratis came along afterwards. hunting for
the primary meeting, but FAILED to lind it,
it having faded as a flower.
Tic delegates selected in the various dis
trirts on Saturday. met in Justice Lewis
office on T"csIlay. III" meeting WIS called
TO order by Cot. John II. Miller, Chairman
OF the County Central CrmnIitter, and +. :.
t:veri>t selc"tcd as Temporary Chairman and
{. c. CrntEcr> as temporary Secretary.
a committee on credentials and perma-
ncnt organization, consisting OF one from
each district, was appointed. who took in
charge the certificates from the primaries,
and its Chairman. Mr.. ilnight, moved an
adjournment until u quarter t" one o'clock,
which was lost, and the committee retired
Credentials all right. bur many of The dele
CATIONS not full. On Il count of noses it
was discovered that there We're hut twenty
seven members present, where there S,ouid
have been fovty-tve. This difficulty WAS
remetliea by allowing the member or mem
hers of each delegation present To cast the
whole five votes Of She district. Under this
arrangement one man voted for five he
being the only member of his Delegation
present. The temporary officers We're by
vote made the officers of the Convention.
All preiiminarieS being arranged, the bus
mess Of the Convention was entered into,
and candidates Iur the Baltimore Conven-
ton nominated, each district as il was call
ed naming its tavoritr ii il had any. The
First named George Bi,l,ih: Second, G. W
Hume Craig: Third. W. s Evans: Fourth,
Albert Constable: Seventh, Jas NJ Touch
stone: Eighth, W. L. Porter. The Fifth.
sixth and Ninth had 10 candidates. The
result of tn, first and only ballot was ;iN
follows: TouchStunr -; Porter, n: Con
stable, y: Craig, %: Evans, -: Biddle, ~
The four first named, having received the
highest number OF N"teS, were thereupon
declared the delegation ~ the Baltimore
Convention, and the Secretary WAS instruct.
cd to certify accordingly.
This is somewhat Il turnover from the rr-
suit Of The primary of saturday, and thu
y. Il. : We're smiling enough to lead one To
suspect them of being on top. At any rate, !
there were whispers OF wire pulling and
manipulating, N"., and evidently somebody !
WAS not pleased. There being IL" other bus /
mess before the Convention. and, in fact I
the Convention ;!0t appearing rs thnngh il !
desired any more, Il mutton 10 aii"urn wA> /.
quickly carried and in Il few minutes no .
one world have suerr't,tl Mat -urn ~ Ia. .
sritu:iou rs . Convention hand h"en s;nur