The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1886-09-04
Democratic Primaries and Con-
VentiOnS.

VentionS.
The Democratic primaries in Cecl
contrast with those of last year. Their
We're contests in tolr of the districts bu
they lacked the interest of former occa
sions aud but a small poll were made il
all of the districts. The big county lead
ers saw little to gain in either a victor,
for Shaw or Talbot. 1t was universe Il,
Admitted that Cecil county had not 1
ghost OF "A show for the nomination ant
could not cast her vote SO as even to as
sure chance the next time. A yer.
quiet, yet interesting, fight was made IL
the field. One was in the interest o
Charles II. Smith for delegate to Bel All
while the other was for Henry nj
Cameron for the same honor Tue first
named ticket was supported by what Is
known as young democracy faction OF
the party. Mr.. Cameron made the fight
on his ''own hook" and worked almost
unaided, several of the most prominent
of his delegates not being Oh the ground
The contest was only participated in by
the young men. Neither Collector
Groome or Mr.. Constable took part in the
fight. the delegates i'll favor of Mr..
Smith were successful by an average ma
jority OF - in vote of 232. The vote
was Daniel Brattcn, 1873; VIM. E. X.
Frazer, 1874 :; Reuben Ward, 123 John
Kennedy, 100 W. Arthur Mitchell, 1875
Henry Cameron, 10; Morris Dunbar, 104
G. w. Denny, 104; George T. KING, 105 ;
I. j. Bryson, Jr., 1902. In the Sikh dis
trict there Was a contest in which ticket
headed by DR.. r. r. Crothers won the
day. In the Seventh the fight WAS more
between the rival candidates Shaw and
| Talbot than in the other districts aud a
delegation in favor of the latter was
| elected without much trouble. In the
| Eighth district the old contest between
Chas G. Crothers and his opponents was
decided IN favor of the eXStates- Attor-
ney who brought delegation to Elkton
on Tuesday of which his brother Austin
s. Crothers was member. The average
vote was II to 80. There were no con-
tests in the other districts. The conven-
ton assembled at l 1 - a. m. on Tuesday.
The court house bell which, for many
years has called political conventions, be-
ing no longer i'll place TO perform this
duty thedelegates were late i'll sembling
and but few spectators were in the Odd
Fellows hall when VIM. S. Evans, chair
man of the State Central Commute for
this county, called the convention to Or
der. On motion of Austin 5. Crothers
w. E. X. Frazer, of the Tnird district,
was elected temporary chairman without
opposition. After Messrs. Hester Hess
and J. p. Kirk had declined the position
of temporary secretary, John P. Shippers,
OF the Sth district, was elected. On mo-
ton the chair was empowered to appoint
committee oa permanent organization
of one from each district. The following
"OiS JaS. AlCCoS, b3ultl
Bratton, Hester Hess, John G. Williams.
Dir. r. r. Crothers, Alexander Jackson,
David BENZ and Levi r. Mearns. On
motion the committee was also made one
on credentials. They reported through
their chairman States Attorney Daniel
Brattou in favor of making the tempo
"A
that tn y had examined the credentials
of delegates from all the districts except
ing the Second. Tnis district was not
represen ed owing to the irregular man.
ner in which the primaries were held
The port was adopted. The following
were the delegates
FRS, district .mes P. Mccoy. Z. r.
Pearce, James S. Merritt, F. F. Myers
Jr.
Third district-Daniel Bratton, w. f.
X. Frazer, John Kennedy, Reuben Ward,
w. Arthur MITCHELL
Fourth district-Jordan }. Wright G.
B. Brokaw, Frank II. Mackey, Barney
Moore, Hester Hess.
Fifth distrjct-Samnel Sturgeon, John
G. Williams. r. b. Gibson, John T. H bit.
| Stephen Mearns.
Sixth district-Gordon Sill. II. NJ.
| Evans, Wan. Swisher, Chas. Tush, r. II.
| Crothers.
Seventh district-Alex. Jack son, j. P
Kirk, r. X. Stephenson, S. G. R WAND,
| w. X. Reckefus.
Eighth dstrlct-David Bentz. Basil
Hanna, WIN. McGuigan, WIN. Stewart,
Austin S. Crothers.
Ninth district-Levl r. Mearns, John
Shippers, 7. H. Van Pelt, A J. II. Cam
eron. Harry Lnpan.
Nominations for delegates to the CON
| gressional convention to be held in Bel
AR Oh Sept 10Th were declared i'll order
and the following placed in nomination :;
James p Mccoy of the First, G iarles II.
Smith of the Third, Barney Moore of the
| Fourth, II. l.. Thomas Jr. of the Fifth,
| w. h. Reckrtns of the Seventh, Austin
| ). CruururS OF the Eight, and Levi r.
Mearns of the Ninth Four were selected
on the first ballot. The vote was Mearns
! 80, Thomas ~, Crothers "a, Smith %,
Reckefus l6, Moore Is, Mccoy Is. The
will probably be for Shaw, but under no
| circumstances will they vote for Talbot.
| The convention was controlled by that
| faction of the party known as the
Young Democracy and led by John
| S. Writ, Chas. G. Crothers and Others
John G. Williams after the delegates had
been elected offered the following resolu-
! tons which We're adopted without a dis
senting vote.
| WHEREAS, The Democratic party in
| Cecil county has for many years been
divided by factional strife, whereby the
interests of the party have been subor-
diuated to personal ends and party
unity has been distributed by personal
bitterness of feeling which all true Demo-
| Gratis aud good citizens deplore and
| which if unchecked threatens to DESTROY
party integrity and due regard for the
honorable discharge of party obligations;
| AND WHEREAS, The rank and file OF
the party, while approaching individual
Independence of thought and action. re-
gard with just reproach men who enter
primary contests for political favors and
failing t. receive the support of the ma
| jorty of their fellow Democrats in utter
disregard OF party obligations in spirit
| of personal bitterness seek to defeat the
fairly chosen representatives of the party
| therefore be it
! ResoIced, That it is the sense of this
convention that it is the duty of every
| Democrat to repudiate faction and seek