The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-09-17
CLAYTON 0. KEEDY
NOMINATED FOR JUDGE.
A HARMONIOUS CONVENTION.
The Nomination Received With
Great Favor-Committee For
maIIy Notifies the Candidate
and Receives His Official Ac-
CeptanCe.

The delegates TO the Judicial Con.
vention which assembled in Rockville
on Wednesday last, carried out the
will of the party by placing in nomi.
nation gentleman of the highest
standing at the Frederick bar-Mr.
Clayton o. Keedy.
AT caucus of the members of the
Frederick County delegation, the
names of Mr.. j. +. r. Wood and MIR.
nently mentioned, and both of whom
had large following, were withdrawn,
which left only the names of Mr..
Keedy and Mr.. Worthington. The
vote, which was finally taken, resulted
in Mr.. Keedy receiving fourteen votes
and Mr.. Worthington eleven, so that
at the convention, only the name of
Mr.. Keedy was presented. The Mont
gomery County delegates conceded to
Frederick County the right to name
the candidate, and the nomina ton of
Mr.. Keedy was therefore unanimous,
he receiving the six votes of Frederick
County and the four from Montgom-
cry. The convention gave every latitude
in the discussion of the question
and of the candidates named.
For twenty years Mr.. Keedy has been
in active practice at the Frederick bar
and many important cases have been
entrusted to his care. He is a man of
ripe age, of the highest standing, quiet
and dignitied in manner, and will
make a judge whom the people can re-
spect in every way. He is forty-two
years of age and native of Washing
ton County. He is graduate of Ran
dolph-MacOn College and also of the
law department of the Maryland Uni
versity. He has practiced his profess
sion in Frederick for the past twenty
one years, and is now associated with
Milton G. Urner as a law partner. In
his manner Mr.. Keedy is modest and
unassuming and possesses a certain re-
fined dignity which would set well
upon judicial parsonage. He is a
deep and thoughtful student and is
considered one of the best-read lawyers
always been Democrat, but has
never held public office. He is a
member of the Lutheran Church,
and stands high in the community
in which he resides. The other gentle
men whose names were before the con-
vention are all younger men and have
bright futures before them. Now that
the nomination has been made every
true Democrat should fall in line and
do all III his power to elect the entire
Democratic ticket.
Mr.. Bowie f. Waters was chairman
of the committee which met Wednes-
day and which without much parley-
ing got down to business
The name of Mr.. Keedy was pre-
sented by Mr. H. Dorsey Etchison in
neat speech and was seconded by
Mr.. Alexander Kilgour, of Montgom-
cry County. The nomination was
made unanimous by the convention.
A committee was appointed to notify
the nominee composed as follows: H.
Dorsey Etchison, DIR. J. w. Downey,
George r. Stottlemeyer, Alexander
Kilgour and Hugh G. Townsend.
ROCKVILLE, Md, Sept. Is, 1897.
Hon. CLAYTON o. KEEDY, ,
Frederick, Maryland.
SIR:-It is with very great pleasure,
that in pursuance of instructions given
US by the Convention of the Democratic
party for the Sixth Judicial Circuit of
Maryland, assembled here to-day, we
as the notification committee duly APP
poinJed by the Chairman of the Con-
vention, have to communicate to you
that you have been unanimously NOM
mated for the high position of Asso-
ciate Judge for said Judicial Circuit,
comprising Frederick and Montgomery
Counties Not only have you been
made the unanimous choice of the
Democratic party, which, represented
by its delegates, represented also the ad-
herents to its faith, but we believe that,
irrespective of political lines and creeds,
you occupy an exalted position in the
good opinion of all your fellow-citizens,
and because of this, they will show you
their substantial recognition of your
personal worth and ability to discharge
the duties of the office for which we
have nominated you, at the polls.
We therefore ask your acceptance of
the nomination for this high station,
and upon the part of the Convention of
the Democratic party, which has met
and adjourned with Its work completed
aud its duties discharged, we take this
means to tender it to you. Awaiting
your reply,
We remain very respectfully,
Ii. DORSEY ETCHlSON,
Chairman.
j. w. DOwNEY,
GEO. II. ST0TTLEMYER,
ALEXANDER KILGoUR,
HUGH TOWNSEND,
Notification Committee.