Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-08-23
Republican County Convention.

Republican County Convention.
The st. Mary's Republican Convention
met at the Court House Tuesday. Eaoch
Is. Abel Of the County Central Committee
read the call and Geo. II. beaverton, ofthe
End district, was made temporary chair
man and Enoch B Abel secretary. John
5. Jones mt we'd that representatives of the
press be invited to seats at the table, which
was carried. 1t was moved and carried
that the secretary read the list Of delegates
and if there be no contests that committee
on credentials be dispensed with. The Sec
rotary read the following list:
lst District-Robert NJ. Mason. Edward Ten
nison, Benz Dunbar, Geo. W. welch, John
Tarlton. Jere Green, Chris. Butler, Ralph But
Ter, Samuel Carroll, Igns Smallwood.
End District-Geo. II. beaverton. Arthur C.
Combs. j. Bean Tippeti, Charles II. Guyther,
Fred GLADDEN., Henry GLADDEN., George Jour-
den. John Fenwick, z. Suter, ---Thompson
3rd District-w. A. Soraervilie, r. r. Graves,
WIN. Clarke, Enoch b. Abel. Alfred Carberry,
VIM. ID. Floyd. Geo. Creighton. Henry Bush,
James Armstrong, Leo VI. wathen.
4th District-Rich. Winters, saml. Butler, ].
w. Yates, Oswald Platter. james Baker, John
Carter. VIM. s. Bush, SaInl. Neale, J. W. Coun-
tiss. Charles Barnes.
9Th District-Chap. d. Barber. Jas H. Handy,
VIM. Lattisaw, Aaron Gross, John Jenifer.
Thomas Holton, John Curtis, Alfred Curtis,
John Harper. Elijah Willard.
9th District-James T. King, Stephen Jones,
Z. Jones, BAIL Bankins, Dallas Curtis, Rich.
stephens, James Clarke, Frank johnson, Hen
ry Chapman, Wash Wilkinson
9Th District-Geo. W. iiass, Rich. II. Arnold.
Daniel woodland, Philip Jamison, Lincoln
Woodland. Leander Carter. Jos. Collins. Adam
Mahoney, Fred. Wilson, Igns Fenwick.
sth District-J. O. Jones, Vim. Y. Ford, Jno
$. Jones. Edmund Joy, w. r. E Long, Jas II.
Butler. Romanus Watts, Jesse Biscoe, Geo. A.
Thomas, BENZ. Chase.
On motion of VIM. Clark committee of
one from each district ON resolutions was
appointed as follows: BENZ. Dunbar Chas.
II. Guyther. VIM II. Clark, Oswald But
Ter, Jas. Fl. Handy, Jas T. King, Adam
MahoneY, Jas. Fl. Butler. The committee
retired and after quite an interval reported
as follows:
RESOLVED, By the Republicans of ST. Mary-s
county. in convention assembled that we re-
affirm our confidence I'm the Republican wis
as set forth IN the MINNEAPOLIS Convention and
hereby express cur emphatic disapproval Of
the botch of a tariff Tim just PASSED by the
BE IL further resolved, That we heartily en-
dorse the course pursued 10y our senator and
delegates In the last Legislature and approve
the bills passed By them for It. Mary-s county
BE it further resolved. That we express our
positive disapproval of the articles in our coun-
" newspapers especially from unprincipled
parties
Mr.. Enoch B. Abel moved to amend by
striking out the last section. Senator Will
kinson made q speech, in which he de-
clared he could not let this thing pass I'M
noticed" and then proceeded to attack and
denounce John Cajay and criticisc the
course of the Senior Editor of the Eater
prise, but agreed to striking out the section,
which was accordingly done Senator
Wilkinson emphasized his control Of the
Convention by making the motions, and
whatever he proposed was speedily adopt.
ed. He proposed six delegates 10 the Con.
gressionsl Convention, with half vote
each, and six delegates are 10 40 as follows
J. Oscar Jones. Chapman B. Barber, Ar
thur c. Combs, Richard Winters. Basil
Bsnkins, Adam Mahoney. The alternaies
are: James H. Handy, John s. Jones, VIII
liam H. Clarke, Geo. Fl. beaverton, VIII
liam =. Chesley, Samuel Carroll. He read
sa4 S7pEovet Of the Central Committees
REPRESENTATIVES. ia their call and rnove.s
taas egEsziasse % one from each district
Be sppofn,@4 By the chair t1 NEE. hereaf.
ter, and II e1nIancston with the Central
CaGsaziftee- s@secr and propose 70 the Eler.
tim supervbsurs 3 rsIraes s0r minority Judge
and 3 RAGS FIR Ekpablb1Aa ballot clerk.
The Committee sppciEtes3 saader the mo-
ton Was Genzzs W Weis:h. Arthur G.
C1Ehs, Leo u wGIheu, Richard Winters.
John HArpeE, Basil Baakirzs, George W.
Gzss, WIIIizz 2. Fnrd. Ths. Seu..r nert
moved TIA. the Corvention eEees new
County Central COMMITTEES LnS in eous-
pIinentary speech proposed Mr. Each Es
Abel - ehairnaa tkereoE Mr. Ab.sC WIS
unanimously eEeras3- WIIgisu r. Halls
friezds n the Eonvert50u wlusei o. make
= fgAt % place him. On tie C;onraiftse. bgI.
Hall saw that L. wasn't IN II aad gDs
cut Daniel o. Barnes and George w.
Green, both eoIcEsd, we're slated s5r tie
F1scez, and hey g7s tkere. On rnnsinn,
the Cozveutioa sijeursed
Nicholas Bsscoe rt1resseE thss aEksiezre
a1er The CosTs1t5su adF1ur1sed defsnd ND
himself from asps-sSsus cast upon kis r.
pzbsicazisEz, dersarsng Tat he had sEvETs
been q trne rspubiicza. arsa asserting tss
aSS=lTty g. prove shas s0@e - the des~Esfss
who bad cssatS1 hin "A hiz distrsCs we're
bolsers and af thfs Izst election and rlsry
times before had voted tie Democratic
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