The daily gazette., 1883-08-09
areeINTEo FRoM YesTERpAv
nECrLs CnuNrY rICKEr.
A Fun Ticket Nominated and an Equ

able Division Made.
ELKToN, ND, August THE Cecil
county Democratic nominating convention
met at Elkton, to-day and put their ticket |
in the field. The friends of Senator Groome, |
who carried six OF the nine districts at the
primary on Saturday, had decisive cont ol.
The Constable delegates from the other
three districts voted Ii the several ballots.
made no opposition to propositions for de-
claring the nominations TO be unanimous,
and did nothing which looked like dissent
to the verdict OF the majority. The friends
OF MI. Albert Constable carried the thlrd oi
Elkton district the fitth aud eighth, and the
Groome men the rest. The Constable
men, on the ground tnat they we're only 10
as against 30 on the other side, decided not
to put up candidates or to object TO the ear
rying out of tho Groome wlng's program.
The convention met at TO- 80 a. m, and
was called to order by Hon. John M. Miller,
a member of the State central committee.
Mr.. Henry B. Coudon, OF the seventh or
Port Deposit district, was made president,
and Mr.. 81. V. B. Crawford, second district,
secretary. A committee on credentials,
through MIR. VIM. NJ Knight, first district,
reported the del, gates entitled TO seats who
we're returned as elected. The conventi )n
adjourned until 2 p. m, and in the interval
OF recess the cufbstone political discussion
went lively on.
When the convention reassembled Prest-
dent Coudon announced that the nonliua-
tion Of candidates would be taken up. On
motion oil Mr.. ID. NJ. McClenehan, seventh
district, the nomination of three candidates
for the House OF Delegates was ordered to
come up first. The candidates named were
Messrs. HeHry Jones, second district; Frank
X. Scott, third, and DIR. VIM. b. Rowland,
seventh. There being no other nominees,
VIM. NJ. Knight was called on to cast the
vote of the convention, and the gentlemen
were then declared to be the party nomi-
nees by a viva voce vote, Mr. Clinton Me-
CuIlough, of Elkton, who had contested in
the primaries, was not candidate, as
sts ted because his wing lost the third dis
tric..
The three county commissioners nomi-
mated were VIM. ). Potter, first district, 81
votes; Eli 8. Seminar, seventh district, 81
votes, aud Wilsoif D. Person, ninth district
80 votes. Albert +. Strayhom, fourth dis
trict, the oBly other candidate, had 10 votes
For States attorney, Mr.. Daniel Brattor
of Elkton, had no opposition, and, on mo
tiou of John s. Rossell, Constable dele
gate, his nomination was made unanimous
The three candidates for Judges of the Or
phans' Court nominated were David P
Davis, first district, 81 votes; James Nc
Cau-y, third district, ~ votes, and Jamei
M vans, sixth, 30 votes. Richard l.
Thomas, fifth, received l5 votes and VIM. II
Ewing, fourth, 6 voles. On this ballot The
Consta Bile wing made their My attempt al
a contest. Mr.. Davis, who is relative o.
Mr.. George w. Cruikshank of the Elktor
Democrat, was classed with the bic
side. lie came within six votes of carrying
his district at the primary. The Groom'
party put him in nomination for the Or
phans' Court, and the Constable men threw
their strength to Mr.. Thomas. Messrs
Davis, McCau1ey and Thomas constitute tn
present bench.
There being no candidate fer country SUI
veyor, the county committee were directe
to nominate one hereafter.
-Four delegates were elected to the Stat
convention without opposition, as follows
Charles Nj. Ellis, third district; Adam Il
McGraw sixth; Alexander Peoples, fourth
and Levi K. Mearns, ninth.
r, solution was adopted for the presiden
of the convention to appoint county eS
ecuiive committee TO serve until 1855, II t
consist OF one member from each distric
except the third, and of three for the thir
district, aud that the membership for tn
third district be also constituted a count
central committee, with the same powers &
heretofore. The president named Tor tn
body: First district, George BiGdle; secon
II. H. Brady; third. George W. Cruikshanl
DIR g. NJ. Ellis, Clinton McCullough;tourt
ID. IL. EWING MIN, d, y. cooper; SKI
Samuel McCardlc; seventh, ). j. BIcl
eighth, Merritt S. McNamec; ninth, JOSEF
T. England. The majority element in Il
convention predominates in this county e.
ecuttve committee
There work being completed, the eonvei
ton adjourned,
Or the nominees, Mr.. jones, of the legisl
tive ticket, Messrs. Potter and Pierson,
the county commissioners ticket, an
Mcssrs. Davis and Evans for the Orphan
Court, wer, supporters Of Mr., 'Cruikshau
for judge laat ial against Judge stump. D
Rowland, for the Legislature. Mr. Seminal
for county commissioner, and Mr.. Brattoi
the candidate Tor states attorney, and Nj
Scott, who is up for sheriff, supported Jud!
Stump in the last campaign. Mr.. Scott,
the legislative ticket, and Judge McCaule
OF The Orphans Court, were neutral il Il
Judiciary contest and did not attend Il
primaries.