The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1899-09-15

the Largest in Many Years
and Perfect Harmony Pre-
vailed --Amicable Agreement
Among the States Attorney
Candidates - Troxell Wins
the Contest for Sheriff in the
Observation-Disclosures Chosen.
Never in the history of the
Democratic party in Frederick
District was ever a more largely
attended or harmonious primary
meeting held than that of last
Saturday for the purpose of Sc,
Letting delegates to the County
Central Committee tomorrow.
Saturday, the 10th inst, and
also to appoint members of the
j Central Committee.
! The meeting was called to or.
der promptly at 2 o'clock, by Mr..
Charles n. Hargett, Chairman of
the County Central Committee,
who III a few words explained the
object and purpose of the event.
and then said that the chair was
ready for business.
| Mr.. II. Dorsey EtchiSon, who
/ is one of the candidates for
State's.AttOrney, arose and made
/ the following statement to the
assembly, many of whom came
impressed with the idea that a
vote by ballot would be taken in
the primary o decide the prefer
ence of Frederick District.
The speaker stated that meet.
ing had been held the night pre-
vions, and that all the candidates
for States Attorney - MesSrs. j.
f. r. Wood, Glenn Fl. Worthing-
ton, John Newman and himself
were present and also candi-
dates for Sheriff-MeSsrs. Luther
Derr and Charles p. Troxell-
and candidates for Judges of the
Orphans Court-MeSsrS. Blanch.
ard Philpot and Jefferson f.
KriSe, that an agreement was en-
tered into between them all. with
the exception of the candidates
for Sheriff, to select Mr.. Charles
n. Hargett for chairman of the
primary that he have the power
/ to appoint twenty-five delegates
to the County Convention, with
these restrictions, viz: that each
candidate for States Attorney
should be a delegate and have
the right to name one friend to
look after his interest, and that
the chairman and the secretary
of the primary were TO be includ-
ed as delegates, the candidates
for Judges of the Orphans Court
being satisfied to trust their cases
to the delegation.
After the statement of the case
Mr.. EtchiSOn put the motion to
elect Mr.. Hargett as chairman
and Mr.. Joseph f. Eisenhauer
as secretary. AT this juncture
Mr.. j. +. II. Wood arose and
made a similar statement, except
he said he wanted to have the
thing decided at the primary but
the majority ruled. The other
candidates then said a few words
in like vein, all seeming willing
to abide by the decision of the
delegates to be appointed At
the conclusion of these remarks
the motion to elect the chairman
and secretary was again put be-
fore the primary, seconded and
unanimously carried. A motion
was made that the chairman be
empowered to select twenty five
delegates to the County Conven-
ton, which was seconded and
carried without a dissenting vote.
Next in order was the contest
for the choice of the primary for
Sheriff.
A motion was made to divide
the house and count those in
favor of each candidate, but on
account of the crowd this was
found impracticable 1t was
then decided to let each person
go out the door and register his
vote to tellers appointed by each
candidate. Mr.. Derr chose Will
lard Garrett and Harry Blacks
ton: Mr.. Troxell, Calvin Schildt-
knecht and Marion MOberly. The
result OF the vote was 1876 in favor
of Troxell to 131 for Derr. On
motion of Mr.. G. III. Eckstein,
the delegates were instructed to
cast their ballot for Mr.. Troxell.
This motion was unanimously
carried. The primary then adj
journed.
The following are the Delegates
and Central Committees chosen
in the county:
Buckeystown District, No. l.