Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1886-07-07
COMMUNICATED.
PRINCE WILLIAM DEMOCRATS.


Pursuant to q call of The chairman Of the
county executive committee, the democrat:
of the county of Prince William assembled
10 mass meeting at Brentsvillo on Monday
| July 9TH, for the purpose of choosing dele
pstes to the nominating convention or inc
Sth congressional district to he held IN the
civ of Alexandria on August 9Th. 1SS6.
The meeting was called to order by J: )
Davies. chairman, and on motion w. W.
Thornton was made secretary. The follow,
inp resolutions by c. E. Ncol, were offered
and carried
LIST, Resolred That the chair do appoint
q committee of three from each maglsterlaI
district in the county.
81. That said committee nominate dele
gates and alternates to the Alexandria con-
Vention, subject to ratification by the mass
| meeting.
The Chair appointed the following from
! their respective districts-to nominate dele
gates and alternates to the Alexandria con.
vention, to wit:
Gainesville, G. G.. Galleher, DR.. Fl. M.
GARRISON and w. III. Brown; Manassas, John
K. Tillett, G.. w. Mutt and w. w. Thornton;
Brentsville, George Akers, John A. Draw.
ner and l.. A. Marsteller; Coles, Meredith
w. Horton, Robert Mcintosh and M. N.
Lynn Occoquan, b. Glascock, A. p. Lynn
and George w. Tansil; Dumlries, John n
Tolson. John M. Payne and James r. King.
The following delegates and alternates to
the Alexandria convention were nominated
by the above committee and unanimously
ratified by the mass meeting:
Gainesville, Col. Edward Berkly, r. j. Chew
and Crawford Cushing alternates. Capt. Il.
II. Tyler, G. A. Heineken and H. F. Lynn
Manassas, J. p. Leachman, ]. w. Wilcoxen,
and J. ]. Davies alternates. F. NJ. Lewis,
G. f. Brawner and Olando Evans Brents-
Vile, G. f. Nicol and ]. B. T. Thornton
alternates, r. Nelson and ]. p. Manuel
Coles, JAS. M. Barbee and NJ. N. Lynn; al
ternates, John G. Taylor and S. B.
Howell Occoquan, George w. Tansil !;
alternate, w. B. Glascock; Dumfries,
John n. Tolson alternate, S. e. Tayener.
On motion Of ]. B. T. Thornton Hon.
Joseph B. Reid was unanimously selected
delegate.at- Large from the county.
The following resolutions, by Judge Chas.
E. Sinclair, were unanimously adopted:
Rcsolrcd, AS sense of this meeting that the
Hon. E. E. Meredith is the choice of the people OF
Prince William county for seat in the next Con-
gress of the United States in the Eighth Congress-
ional District.
Resolrcd further, That the delegates appointed by
| the same in mass meeting assembled arc hereby
instructed to exert all honorable efforts to procure
| his nomination
| resolution was offered by T. J. Chew, and
| having been amended, on motion Of G. +. Nicol
by inserting 'or district meeting" after primary
| election" was adopted. The resolution as amond-
| cd read as follows:
RcSolrrl That it is 4 sense of this meeting that
it is to the best interest Of the democratic party
that in the nomination of all candidates for coun
ty offices and delegates to any convention to nom.
mate candidates to State Federal Offices to hold
| hereafter primary elections or district meetings
| in each district.
On motion it was ordered that tho full minutes
of this meeting be published in the Manassas Ga
.eiic with the request that said minutes he pub
lished in the other democratic papers in the ST.
Congressional district.
On motion tho meeting adjourned.
| J.J. DAVIES Chairman.
w. w. THORNTON Secretary.