Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1895-08-01
REPUBLICAN, COUNTY CONVENTION.

st. Mary's Republicans met in
Convention Tuesday. E. B. Abel,
Esqr., of the Central Committee,
called the assemblage to order and
was named by Chap. B. Barber for
temporary chairman. Wash. Wiki
inson nominated j. Edwin Coad.
Dir. Abel wished to withdraw his
name but was not permitted to do
it. The question was first put on
Mr.. Coad's nomination; then on
Mr.. Abell's. Mr.. A. said he was
placed in a delicate position but
from TIE sound thought Mr.. Abel
was chosen. Mr.. w. +. Z. Long
was made temporary secretary.
Credentials were called for and
were handed to the chair. The
question was asked il there were
credentials of an Island delegation.
The chair said, "there was.'' w.
+. Hall said he had reliable infor-
nation that no election was held on
the Island. Mr.. Wilkinson moved
that each delegation be empowered
to name its member of the Commit
tee on Credensi als. Hall wanted the
Island excepted from the motion
but the amendment was not pressed
and right "then and thar" as Uncle
Remus says, the opposition "drap-
ped its rabbit foot" The commit
tee as finally named was: j. Alex
Tennison, Chas. Ii. Guyther, John
Il. johnson, Richard Winters, Jno.
Il. Curtis, Wash. Wilkinson, Abram
Smith, John W. Jones, George w.
Garner. The committee retired
and during their lengthy absense
John Cajay entertained the waiting
delegates and on lockers with a
speech. When the committee re-
turned it reported, through Wash
ington Wilkinson, that the creden-
tials of all the districts were correct
and recommended that the temper
airy officers be made permanent.
John Cajay started to speak. Mr..
Wilkinson insisted that Cajay had
no right to speak. W. +. Hall OBJ
tanned the floor and objected to the
admission of the 9th district dele
CATION saying there was no election
held on the Island, for the gentle
man who had the ballots had told
him he could not and did not de-
liver them. The call required that
the election should be by ballot and
it was certainly not by ballot. Mr..
Wilkinson replied to Hall saying
his information was from first
hands. lie had been told on the
Island that they did not know much
about how to proceed but that they
had held an election and sent dele
gates, and their credentials were the
most precise of any brought to the
convention. Hall replied. The
chair said the report was before the
Convention. Hall moved to amend
the report by excluding the Island.
The chair stated that on this ques-
ton the Island delegation could
not vote. The vote was taken by
ayes and noes and Halls motion
was declared lost by o vote Of "a to
~. It was moved aud carried that
each delegation be empowered to
fill vacancies. This was done and
the Island having but few delegates
on hand filed up from the 3rd and
9th districts. The chair announced
the first business of the Convention
to be the election of a Central Com
mittee to serve for two ensuing
years. On motion of Wash. Wiki
inson Mr.. L. b. Abel was unani-
moasly reelected chairman. Jos.
ii. Ching made an appeal for mi
nority representation and harmony
and named Henry Carberry for
Committeeman in a highly compli-
mentary speech. Wilkinson said
he was pleased with the sentiments
expressed; that no one desired har-
mony more than he did and to Sc
cure it he would willingly accept
Carberry. Carberry was then unan-
imously elected. For the third
place on the committee, Robt. Craw-
ley, Geo. Green and James Curtis
were in at the killing and a viva
voce vote resulted in 66 for Crawley
and 20 for Curtis.
Mr.. Wilkinson next moved that
the Convention send 6 delegates to
Cambridge instead of 8 and that 3
be white and 3 colored. The mo-
ton was carried. Z. b. Abel,
Wash. Wilkinson, w. +. Hall,
John n. Graves, Geo. W. Gass, /.
Y. Suter, Geo. A. Thomas, Nicho-
las Briscoe, Richard Winters were
placed in nomination. Ching moved
that Jno. n. Graves be chosen by
reclamation. The chair put the
affirmative of the question and there
was an uproar. The chair said it
was impossible to decide anything
in that way. After considerable
wsangling and dilatory motions the
convention finally got down to a
ballot which resulted: Abel, n;
Wilkinson, GO; Geo. w. Gass, 81:
Geo. A. Thomas, 62; Rich. Win
tiers, 81; j. z. Suter, So; w. F.
Hall, 80; John n. Graves, "a; Mich
olas Biscoe, q.
w. +. Hall presented resolution
reciting that the delegation to the
State Convention be Instructed 10