The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-08-17
Democratic County Convention.

The Democratic County Convention met at the
Court House, on Tuesday, at IL o'clock, noon.
Hon. Henry ID. Farnands, President OF the
Democratic Executive Committee called the
meeting to order and suggested that as Il num-
her of delegates had not yet arrived it would be
well to organize temporarily and then adjourn
until after dinner.
ON motion of Mr.. WIN. Young, Hon. Charlton
W. Billingsea was called to the chair, and on mo-
ton of NJ. =. II. Rutledge, Mr. Charles W. Mi
chael was appointed Secretary.
Judge I}illingslea on taking the chair thanked
the convention and said he regarded 1t an honor
to preside over body whose principles and aims
We're for the perpetuation of the Democratic
party. He hoped. too that every member of the
convention would show himself Democrat at
the polls. There had been differences of opinion
as To candidates, but he advised them to come up
in solid phalanX To the rescue of the great DEM
Ocratc party Ot this country. The down fall of
Democracy, said he, will he the death-knell to
the principles OF free government which we en-
The credentials of the several delegations
were handed To the secretary, and on motion of
2. II. Rutledge, the following Committee on Gre
dentals and Permanent Organization was APP
| pointed by the chair:
Jas Is. Preston, LIST district Geo b Silver, ad
| VIM. Young. 3D. David Wiley, 4th Il. II. Nor
gan 9Th Or. ID. W. Hopkins, 9Th.
On motion of Mr.. Young recess was then
! taken until2 O'Clock, =. Nj.
Upon reassembling the Committee on Crcden-
tails, &c, presented the following list of delegates
| entitled to seats:
James Il. Preston, John A. Cunningham, Q. W.
| BiIiingslea, b. Frank Hanway, John Havi.and.
| Howard A. Bateman, Col. John q. Walsh, Walter
W. Preston.
| Hope,CeR. Geo. Il. Silver. Ambrose Cooley, S.
Il. Baldwin, James b. Gallon, Jas. +. Taylor,
HdHS Gross ROddS.-Chares w. Michael, S. G.
| Davis, Jarrett II. Baldwin, II. +. McGaw, X. p.
Mitchell.
BEL AN.- Ohio s. Lee, Thos. II. Robinson. Alex.
| Norris.
| thuch0He-Wm. Munnikhuysen, James NJ.
Jacobs. VIM. Kennedy
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| Ja,retSmHe. VIM. Il. Hanway Jas. NJ. Scarf
DIR. John W. Barton.
| ipper Gross RoddS.--P. IL. Rutledge, John
| No,Ti$tM. Wiley, II. b. Stitler, Jacob b.
Metzel.
Samuel Hopkins, DR.. David Riley, Johns II.
Steaims Robert Il. Morgan, Martin T. Murphy
| Hdcfe de Gidce.-A. 5. Adams, Jos. II. Carver
| Harry Lawder, Geo. IL Boyd, H. l.. Donnelly,
X. A. Magowcu, Murray Vandver, s. r. Barnes
| DIR. ID. W. Hopkins, l.. W. Murphy.
| The committee also recommended permanent
| Off ce rs as follows:
Col J. G. Walsh, Jarrett II. Bald win. VIM. Mum
nikhuysen, II. Is. Stiher, NJ. II. Murphy and Geo
II. Boyd. Secretaries Chas. w. Michael and DR.
| j. l.. Windolph.
The report was adopted. On motion of VIM
| Young, the convention proceeded To nominate
Ave delegates to the State Convention.
| Thos. II. Robinson nominated Hon. Henry ID.
| Farnandis. Is. Frank Hanway nominated james
Is. Preston John Divers nominated VIM. Bald
| win. AMBROSE cooley nominated GtD. Is. SILVER.
| DIR. David Riley nominated Johns II. Janney--
| III. e. Lawder nominated Robert X. Vandvcr.-
Jacob b. Metzel nomipated David Wiley.
| Before vote was ordered Mr.. Baldwin said he
wished to make an explanation. 1t had been re-
| ported that he was opposed to the nomination of
| Mr. Archer and in favor of Mr. Hamilton ms
| first choice. The report was not true. Mr.
| Archer had not stronger friend in the Conyen-
| tion than he. He then withdrew his name.
| Messrs. Ohio s. Lee and VIM. Young were ap-
| pointed tellers, and a vote was taken with the
| following result:
Farnandis 90; Silver As; Wiley, Sc; Janney,
| 60; Vaadiver, 80 (; Preston, II.
| Hessrs. Farnandis, Silver, Wiley, Janney and
| Vandiver were thereupon declared elected.
| On motion of Mr.. Preston the nominations were
| made unanimous.
| The districts were then called in rotation to
| make nominations for alternates. Abingdon had
no name to present, and the other dstric nam
| ed q. w. Michael, Thomas II. Robinson, j. NJ
| Scarf, DIR. John Sappngdon and George II. Boyd
| who were, upon motion of Mr.. Ohio =. lee, I'M
animously elected. The convention then ad-
| journed,
Among those present, besides delegates, were
! Messrs. i. NJ. Whteford, Dr. John Sappington,
| Jas. M. Cain. j. H. Ely. James X. Keeoh, Henry
Osthine, BENZ. Silver, Jr. John McDoon, A. Pres
| ton Gilbert, j. Martin McNabb, Frank Whitaker
| John II. Rutedge, Patrick q. Savin and others.
| The delegates elected may be set down as first
| for Hon. Henry w. Archer for Governor. 1t is
| believed that they have no second choice and II
| unable to secure the nomination of Mr.. Archer
| will cast their votes with a view to nominating
| the best possible candidate.