Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1888-08-23

The Republican Conven on for 81.
MaIE's county was called % order bv Jno.
y. Grave, Che man Of ne Republic n
Central Comni of The county, and or
gar 4 by elec;ing Jno F. Cecil, Temper
airy Cha man, end Fred A. Morgan
Iempora y Secretary. Upon motion, each
deleJa ION was au' hor, rcd - select its
| member Of ne commit on CT ien'ials
which was done a follows
lst dis let, Jno. T. Gan :; 2nd d." CT,
jas. IL. Jordan % district, Meredack
Clarke; 4ih dist CT. :: ,phen Young; 5h
dist ct, Charles J. Hunter: 9Th district
Washing on Wilkinson; 9Th district, George
Dixie. Or. 9Th d z,tct, George A. Thoma :
The Committee repor 4 we Temporary
officers as permanent and the follow NJ as
delegat7s.
ist Disulct-John Cajay, Nicholas BIZ
Butler, John John IN, LOU Miller, H..
lazy Key, SolomaL Ha .is and Noes + n
netL
End Ds rict-John Hewe !, John L
Mason, John NJ. Lawrence, William b: co !.
james Jordon, Thomas Brlx. on. Randolph
Whaleu, Thomas Cox, Daniel Morgan and
Augustus Wall.e.
ord Dist CIV. H. Clarke, VIM. Z.
Blaci.s one, Wssh Barnes, F. N. Holmes
SAM. Tnompcon. n. H. Nolen, w A.
Cambell, Hamilton Mason, Jeremiah Jor.
dan and Philip Butler
4th Dis, .ct-Charles Mason, Stephen
Young, Oswell Platter, Charles Be- les
Joseph Young, John Auxius, VIM. Young,
VIM. Ca .,'r, j. w. Yai and Jos. Be 'Ier
5,h D. C Charl j. Hunter, Fl d. A.
Morgan, Allen Haw' ins, james by On,
Isaiah Cant'r, Lincoln Combs, TAomas
Hol,On, 1homss Blown, john Brow and
Fuoch b Abel.
9Th D's C. Washington Wilkinson, J.
II Blown, Moses Foster, Henry Butler
. z II. Butler, JnO. II. Barber, Stephen
Jon :, Dallas Gu, :, Edward Joy and Jno
y Graycs.
18th Dstrict-L Clarke, ID Jam;so l.
Fenw ok, K Woodland, L Maddox, D 4
Woodland, J p Jamison, W Jamicon. G
Dicke rson and j T Thoms-
s'h Dis rict-W + Ford, Jones. J
Cecil, & Pursell. b joins, 5 Thomas, II
Butler, L jackson and G 4 Thomas
On motion of Isaiah Can''r, John $,
Jones and John Cajay were cleo 4 dele
gat by reclamation, and L p srd Maddox
Neeh;ng On W. nson and ID. z Graves
were chc N al'arna 70 Isprc ent the
rounty in the convention 70 b. held in
Laurel on Thu day, he 23rd instant for
the purPos2s specified in the call
On motion, il was ordered that the dele.
CATION from each district select five ON
each district tn look after the re. stu on Of
those entitle1 10 vote and also to go that
the name Of the dead and removed be
stricken rom the lists Of voters. On mo.
ton the following resolutions were adopted
rs the sense Of the Convention
WHEREAS, We, the colored republicans
Of St. Mary's county and Of the State
having been faith al adherenis 20 the re-
publican pa. y and i's cause, hav.ny en-
patient in the past and knowing that there
are some mental appoinfive off1c~s in the
gin Of the republican party which We have
The qualifica ons 70 ill, therefore
Reao9ced, That the colored voters Of each
election district nom nate some colored
man, connected with the republican pity,
possessing the necessary qua, flea ons "a
be appointed one Of the Judges Of Elec' on
in the respective districts OF the county
Be q furtAsT Resolced, That the colored
voters Of each Of said distl CTS demand the
representation Of one from each district
After speeches endorsing the above by
MessIs. John y. Graves, Washington Viii.
kinson, Frank y. Holmes, Richard r
! King, John Csiay and Jamcs II. Brown
/ the Convention adjourned.
T. A. MORAN,
SecretAry