The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1886-09-18

Two Conventions in One Day-A Big
Row-PoliticiaLs and Policemen.--Th
Democratic battle which commenced in the Con
gressional primaries in this county last week wa
continued here on Tuesday when the delegates as
sembled to elect six delegates to the nominating
convention which met in Belair the day follow
ing. On the face of the returns DR.. Shaw hat
carried six dstricts-the I'd, Sd, 4th, 5th 9TH anC
12th-and Mr.. Talbott's friends had carried thu
remaining five embraced in the Second Congress
sional district-the 9th, Sth, 9th, 10th and 18th
There had been charges ana counter charges o.
fraud and by the time the convention was ready
to assemble TowsontOwn was pretty well filled
with excited Democrats who came either as dele
gates workers for their respective favOrites
A large hall in Parle.t's coach shop had beer
secured in which to hold the meeting and some
time before IL o'clock the whole force of county
police, in charge of the marshal, made their ap-
| pearance and took charge of the meeting place
stretching rope across about midway of the
room so as to reserve portion exclusively for the
delegates.
| At IL o'clock Mr.. John H. Fowler, chairman OF
| the Democratic Executive Committee of the coun-
| ty, called the convention to order, there being
| present at the time the representatives from DR..
Shaw's six districts, besides many who were not
delegates. A little later some of Mr.. Talbott's
seemed to have charge of everything, refused to
admit them unless they were provided with tickets
with the word delegate" printed on them. The
| Talbot people said they knew nothing about
these tickets and had not been provided with
| them. This of course caused some contention and
the facts were reported to Mr.. Talbot, who was
| at Wheeler's Hotel. After q conference it was
decided that the Talbot delegates should not en-
ter the Shaw convention, so they repaired to the
| room Of the Democratic club, farther down the
| street, and organized convention of their own,
Mr.. Talbot, a member of the State Central
Committee for Baltimore county, calling the
meeting to order and stating for what purpose
they had assembled, &c. Here then were two
conventions ready to transact the business usually
attended to by one.
THE SHAW CONVENTION.
Thomas Xelbaugh of the 5th district, was made
temporary chairman and HI. Wilmer Almony, of
the 9TH district secretary. subsequently they
were made the permanent officers. The usual
preliminary work having been disposed of the
following resolution was offered and adopted:
Resolved, That the chair appoint committee
of five members of the convention now assembled
| to acquaint the delegates frum the 9th, 9Th 9th,
10th and 18th districts who are in the town, but
not present, that the convention has been tenn.
porarily organized and is ready for business, and
to invite them to participate in the proceedings
of the convention.
The committee appointed under this resolution
performed its duty but it did not result in bringing
the two bodies together.
At this stage of the proceedings Mr.. c. V.
Cherbonnier, member of the Talbot convention
from the 18th district, appeared and read the fol-
lowing resolution which had been passed by the
body of which he was member:
Resolced By the Democratic Congressional Con-
uention of Baltimore county, That this is the
legal convention, having been called to order
promptly at II o'clock by the chairman of the
State Central Committee for this county, and we
hereby respectfully request the attendance of
delegates desiring to attend.
Mr.. John F. Centrum, CT the 18th district, then
moved that "this convention thank the gentlemen
of the committee who have called ON us, and re-
quest them to state to the delegates who have
withdrawn from this convention that we do not
recognize their organization in any way, shape or
form that this convention has been called to
order by Mr.. Fowler. the chairman of the county
Democratic Executive Committee, and that Mr..
Benson and Mr.. Knight, majority of the State
Central Committee fer this county, have author
lied Mr.. Fowler to call this convention and no
other" This motion prevailed.
On motion the following were then chosen dele
gates to the Belair convention John Williams,
I'd district; Geo. 7. Holiday, Sd; Thomas KEEL
baugh, 9Th; J. V. Slade, 7th Daniel A. Boone,
9th, and J. Hartman Schone, 18th Alternates-
c. Philip Laurenson, John j. Foley, William
John F. Centrum.
After the transaction of some other unimpor-
tant business the convention adjourned sine die.
THE TALBOT CONVENTION.
As stated above Mr.. Talbot called this con-
vention to order and said GAS chairman of the
State Central Committee for Baltimore county,
appointed by the chairman of the State committee,
and Democrat and free man, claim the
right to call the free Democracy of my county to
order. We have had primary election, so called,
in this county, which was as corrupt as corrupt
can be. The policen en-, lamplighters, garbage
men and road supervisors, many of whom were
in favor of me, were whipped into line under threat
Of dismissal 1 have been a Democrat all my life
have had friends in the Board of County Com
missioners. never asked the discharge of any
man. have asked favors of my friends, but
never asked the County Commissioners to coerce
any man. 1 have only asked that men be APP
pointed whom the people in the neghborhood
wantad. Let nc hove an old time Rnard Of Coun-
ty Commissioners. 1 want a Democratic conven-
ton. 1t is represented that Shaw has six districts
and five. l was perfectly willing to go into con-
vention and show satisfactorily where fraud had
been committed. In the Sd and 18th districts 1
had neither judge nor clerk. In the Clifton
precinct of the Sd district there were repeaters
from Baltimore and the LIST district, and the coun-
ty officers were pulling my friends out and intim-
idating them. In the 9TH district they voted 40
republicans, and people were hauled from Carroll
county to swell the vote against me. 1 am not
willing to go into a convention where my friends
may be hauled about and treated worse then at
the primaries"
Mr.. Frank 1. Duncan, of the Sth district was
made temporary chairman, and Mr.. Frank Hoen,
of the 9th, secretary. They were afterwards made
the permanent officers of the convention, and the
usual preliminary work was disposed of.
At this juncture the resolution passed by the
Shaw convention, inviting the Talbot people to
meet with them, was read but no attention was
paid to it except to suggest that it be thrown out
of the window.
After some further discussion as to the proper
standing Of the two conventions, on molten the
following elected delegates to the Beair con-
vention: VIM. S. Keech and D. M. Upton, 9th
district C. V. Cherbonnier, 11th; Frank Dun
can, Sth Christopher Slade, I'd and DR.. A. Price,
10th. Alternates-Chas. E. Fendall, Joshua F.
Cockey, Jr., Joshua F. Benson, DR.. H. J.. Hebb,
DR.. ]. S. Baldwin and ]. Scott Price.
The following resolution unanimously
adopted, after which the convention adjourned:
Resotced, That this convention deprecates the
interference of the majority of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners in the present Congressional
campaign in compelling, under threats of dismiss
sal, their appointees to commit acts of violence
and to participate in conducting fraudulent pri-
mary elections; that we believe the people can
and will in the future, as they have in the past,
take charge of nominating conventions and con-
duct the proceedings of the same without the in
timidating pressure of the entire county police"
A Great Cricket Match.-Those fond of
outdoor sports will have a chance of witnessing a
game of cricket at Mount Washington, commenc
ing Monday, September Goth, which will possess
much more than ordinary interest 1t will be
between the great transatlantic team known as
the "Gentlemen of England" and the Baltimore
Cricket Club. Referring to this event the Balti-
more Neacs says "The game will last three days
and will be notable event in amateur ST. orting
and society circles. The visiting team is COM
posed of the finest players in all England, picked
from the leading clubs. 1t is, therefore, probably
the best in existence, and will, of course, beyond
any reasonable doubt, vanquish the Baltimore
Club. In New York it won against team picked
from the several clubs of that city in Canada it
has just won match from picked team COM
posed of the best Canadian players in Philadel-
phia it will meet team selected from six clubs |
Nowhere except Baltimore will it play against |