Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-07-21
FIXING THE TICKET.
Work OF the Democratic County
Convention.
FRANK BROWN and Or. WELLS ENDORSED
Delegates 70 the Convention.

TO nominate State Senator, four mem
bers of the House Of Delegates. sheriff.
Clerk of the Circuit Court. county
treasurer five county commissioners
and county surveyor-met here to-day
at the Court House, at noon.
The convention was called to order by
Geo. n. Potee. chairman of the county
central committee.
On motion of Gen. f. A. Bond, DIR.
Elijah Williams of the 2nd district was
made permanent chairman of the con,
ventlon and Andrew l. Hartman, secre-
tarY.
There being no contested delegations
the usual committee on creden falls was
dispensed with, and the temporary Off.
GERS were declared permanent officers of
the convention.
The convention now being ready to
proceed TO business J. G.. Bannon. NOV
ed to go into the nomination OF State
Senator, which was carried.
JAS S. Armiger of the third district
nominated Mr. Robert Moss In a compli.
mentary speech. There being no other
nominations, Gen. f. A. Bond moved
that the nomination be declared by &C.
clamstion, which was carried.
At this juncture of the proceedings,
the president laid before the convention
a series of resolutions and list OF
names submitted by the Farmers AL
lance from which to select candidates
for the various offices On motion of
]. c. Bannon they were referred to
committee of one from each district.
Gen. f. A Bond submitted substi
tute for the same. which were also re-
ferred to the same committee.
The convention then took q recess
for half an hour and reported that so
much of said resolutions as referred to
the certain reforms, &c. be adopted. -
Nominations for candidates being In
order, the following were then put
In nomination;
For The House Of Delegates, LIST district
Jas. II. Brashears; End district--R. F.
Dodson; All district-C. Il. Donaldson.
9th district-Chas. Sappington; 9th dis
trict-E S. Riley; sth district, VIM. T.
Hutchins. The vote was taken by dis.
tricts. Messrs. Jas. II. Brashears. w. T.
Hutchins, Chas. Sappington and c. E.
Donaldson, having received the largest
number OF votes were declared nomi-
mated.
For Clerk Of The Circuit Court--Major
Sprigg HARDWOOD was unanimously nomi-
mated.
For County Treasurer-M. Tilghman
Howard OF the LIST district, II. w. Bald.
win, present incumbent of the end, and
+. w. Owens, of the 9Th district were
put in nomination +. w. Owens OF the
9Th having received the majority of votes
cast was declared the choice of the con-
vention.
For County Commissioners : the follow
ing were put in nomination-W. @.
Clayton, of the 1st district; j. f. Bald
win, of the end; II. ii. Phelps, of the
3rd; w. ]. Disney. of the 4th; w. G.
Gisschell. of the 9th; l. p. Wayson, of
the 9Th. Messrs. j. F. Baldwin of the
end; r. H. Phelps. OF the 3rd; w. j. Dis
ney, of the 4th. w. G. Gischell, OF the
9th, and l.. p. Wayson of the 9Th dis
tricts, were declared the nominees OF the
convention.
For States Attorney-John Ireland
was nominated and declared the unani-
nous choice of the convention
For The Orph4ns' Court. M. King,
Henry A. Tydings, w. Hawkins. and
Thos. S. Beard were put In nomination
resulting in favor of the first three.
For Sheriff DIR. w. 9. Claude. OF An.
napolis was declared the unanimous
choice of the convention.
For County sHroeysr-Capt Lewis
Green was unanimously nominated.
The following were elected delegates
to the State conven ton, which meets In
Baltimore, Thursday July 30: VIM. f.
Chairs, Gen. +, A. Bond, Geo. N. Potee,
John ireland. |. s. Nutwell.
Geo n Poiec, OF the fifth district sub
mitte, the following resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted:
Resolred, That the delegates to the
State Convention be instructed to vote
for, and use every honorable means to
secure the nomination OF DIR. George
Wells as Clerk of the Court of Appeals.
Rssolsed further, That the said dele.
gates to the State Convention be instruct
ed to vote for and use all honorable
means to secure the nomination of Hon.
Frank Brown of Carroll county as our
standard bearcr for Governor of the State
RssolUed. That the Senator and men,
beers of the House of Delegates, If elected
be instructed TO vote for the reelection
of the Hon. Arthur p. German as Uni
ted States Senator.
The following were elected delegates
to the Judicial convention which meets
in Annapolis September gath to nomi-
nate = candidate for the associate judge
f. ]. w. Revell, r. M. PindelI, j. @.
Bannon, ]. w. Lee, f. L. Wathan.
Each delegation being allowed to
name its own member Of the county exc
cutive committee the following were
selected: LIST district-M. II. Hill; end
district Richard Baldwin; srd district
r Arnold. 1th diatricf-C Il Don