The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-06-22
TWO easy" CONVENTIONS.
Democrats Meet at Towson and Nominate
a Ticket Without Friction-No Jar
ring in Prearranged Plans.

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The Democrats ofBaltimore county held two
conventions at Towson on Tuesday and al
there were no contests everything moved
smoothly and the business was soon disposed
of. The convention to send delegates to the
| State convention was called to order by Hon
| J. Fred. G. Talbot by virtue of his authority
as chairman of the State Central Committee
! for Baltimore county. He made short ad
| dress, after which DR.. ]. F. II. Gorsuch was
made chairman and c. Wesley Catch, secre
tary. These gentlemen served as both tenn
porary and permanent officers of the con.
vention.
The following were chosen delegates to elect
delegates to the State convention to nominate
candidates for Governor, Comptroller. etc.:
First District-William e. Maggie, s. j. Van
Lii. Jr., Augustus Dalcour, August Luers and
Second~Henry Loose, Oliver E. Fisher. Paul
Ehrhart, Thomas ]. Ritter and Jackson L: Deitz
Third-William N. Elder, H. t. Mallonee,
Fourth-George j. Fringer, Charles Schwartz
Lewis Dawson, John w. Shipley and Lee j.
Fifth-Alfred Fowble, Jacob Elliott. Jacob S.
Gorsuch, Joseph NJ. Armacost and Edward Mar
SIXTH. Adam Shuppert. Henry Dickmeyer,
John L. Krebs, Maurice McNamee and William
Seyenth~Harry Gemmill. Joshua Armacost,
Joshua Slade, James M. Bennington and Edwin
Eighth.Richard N Britton, Henry Hess, Will
liam II. Cockey, William p. Lindsay and Clar-
NinthoJohn J. Roche, William Frankton, Mi
chael J. Creaghan, Charles f. Cole and DR.. u. w.
Tenth-Oliver M. Hutchins, John B. Koerner,
John Cockey, Edward P Royston and Joseph
Eleventh-C c. Burton, DIR. James F. H. Cor
such, John Hines. John Miller and George Orem.
psTwelfth-John Bentz, Valentine J. Behr, Con.
Thirteenth-John H. Kraemer, Robert G.
Clark, Ferdinand /. DeBoy, Michael j. Goeler
FourteenthNC. Wesley Catch, Beverly W.
Hall, Gottleib Hekel, George Klein and Joseph
Plumer.
vey. William H. Hughes, Jr.. d. Lee Bowen and
Samuel j. Wilkinson.
Fourteen names were then placed in nomi-
nation for delegates to the State convention,
each one being entitled to half a vote. Follow
ing are the names and they were elected and
the convention adjourned:
F sfSs Sis' yon Rspa. Alfred Fowbls
Walter r. Townsend, Valentine J. Behr,
q. Lyon Rogers. Jr., Charles j. Fox,
Harry E. Goodwin, M. j. Padian,
Edward TOmey, j. M. birmingham,
Harry G., Luttgerding, William p. BOsley.
They were Instructed to vote for Messrs. J..
Fred. G. Talbot, Walter r. Townsend and
James Rittenhouse for members of the State
Central Committee.
The delegates chosen to nominate county
ticket then assembled Mr.. Joseph B. Herbert,
of the 9th district, was made chairman, and
Mr. George S. Kieffer, of the 18th district,
secretary. The following list of delegates was
submitted and they were declared entitled to
seats in the convention:
DELEGATES TO COUNTY CONVENTION.
Il; tot md Lob
Oliver Murphy, John P. Murphy, A. Cover Law
renee.
Second-Dr. H. F. shipley, Frank Holman.
George Fauth, John Engle, irving W. Gosnell
Third-Philip Watts, DR.. H. A. Naylor, John
Hutton, John Gephart. Edward L. Bland.
field Lockard. Newton o Giest, Samuel Il. Brown.
Fifth-Thomas III. Alban, George A; Nash,
John G.. Cole, ]. Herbert Martin, William Q.
Sixth-Reuben H. Weinholt, Horatio G. Frank.
John G. Alban, James H. White, Emory M.
Seventh-Lewis schlalin, Samuel Molesworth,
Grandson Almony, James Anderson, William
Slade.
Eighth-Martin j. o. ara, Edward G. Wheeler,
James f. Rafferty,, Samuel q. Dali, Peter hes-
Ninth-Thomas R. Jenifer, Joseph B. Herbert,
A. A. Sanner, William Neubauer, Hugh j. Gal
Tenth-George Hartman, Howard Nelson,
John Momberger, Walter Hutchins, William
Eleventh-C. c. Burton, Dr. James F. H. Cor
such, John Hines, George Orem. John Miller.
Twelfth-Henry NJ. Miller, William Schen-
ming, Henry Mueller, John I. Grace, James
Thirteenth-Jacob H. Reinhart, David T. For
gan, Michael O'Brien, George s. Kieffer Ed
Fourteenth = Charles ]. Fox. John Nuth.
Bradley K. Purdum. Thomas Combs, Leo
Mueller.
Doyle, W. Herbert Gorsuch, Charles F. Gillespie,
Henry EinhOuSe.
Messrs. Martin ]. O'Hara and Thomas R.
Jenifer were appointed tellers but there was no
work for them to do as the entire ticket was
nominated by reclamation, as follows:
For Register of Wills-William j. Peach,
| I'd district.
For States Attorney H. Bussey
| Sth district.
For County Treasurer-N. Bosley Merry
man, Sth district.
For Sheriff-Abraham T. STREET., 18th district
For County Commissioners-Henry p.
Mann, 18th district William Byerly, 4th dis
| trict, and Dr. G. L. Mattfeldt. LIST district.
For Judges Of the Orphans Court--M elchor
| Hoshall 9Th district; E. Clinton Tracey, 9th
district H. Seymour Piersol, 10th district.
For County Surveyor-Fred. D. Dollenberg,
| Jr., 9th district.
For State Senator-John S. Biddison, 18th
! district.
Benson, 18th district VIM. F. Coghlan, Be-
| district John Mays Little 9TH district; w
George Marley and Michael P. Kehoe, 9th dis
trict; Charles M. Snyder, 18th district
Following is a list of those chosen at the
primaries on Saturday last as members of the
| County Executive Committee:
| First District-August Peters, Saml G. Mahlt
! and Bernard ]. Hogarty.
| Second-William j. Peach, William +. PieI ,Sr.
Third~Griswoid Thelin, Noah Walker and Lis
| ter T. Watts
George w. Uhler..
| William H. Wells.
| Sixth-Reuben H. Housman, John II. Copen
| haver and William j. Baker.
Seventh-Christopher T. Slade, Charles L. AL
| mony and James w: Ayres.
| Eighth-Martin W. Hyland, Harry Dawes and
| Thomas B. Wheeler.
Ninth-John F. Anderson, Benjamin 2. Stan.
| ton and Samuel e. Devices.
Tenth-John Zinkhan, Samuel Parker and
Eleventh. Frank Kearney, William Dunty
Tweifth-Philip A. Dunnigan, George Adam:
| and Newman b. Curry.
| Kieffer and Robert c. Clark
| Fourteenth-Ch J. Fox, Peter Trempe
and Louis N. Bradfield.
Fifteenth-Dr. j. s. Woodward, John NJ. Low
rey and DR.. ]. w. Harrison.
Dedication of Stevenson Church.
Owing to the dedication of the new Stevenson
| Methodist Episcopal Churcn, Green Oprlnl
Valley, Sunday, June 23d, Hunts Church
Sherwood, will be closed during the day il
order that the people may attend the dedica
tory services. Three services will be held
the new church. The morning service will
begin at 1890 o'clock. The sermon will b
preached by Rev. DR.. G. w. Baldwin, super
intendent of the Baltimore City Missionary
and Church Extension Society. Music will
be furnished by Hunts Church choir, will
Rev. s. Carroll Coale, of Dickson College, as
organist. Montezuma Tribe, Improved Orde
of Red Men, and Zion Lodge, /. o. o. F., o
Pikesville, will be in attendance.
At the afternoon service, beginning at
o'clock, Governor Warfield will be present ant
make an address. Other addresses will be dc
livered by prominent laymen of the Methods
Episcopal denomination. Special music will
be furnished by the quartet of Mt. Vernon
Place Church choir, under the direction OF MI
James E. Ingram, Jr. The formal dedicatory
service will occur at this time
at night Rev. G. Herbert Richardson, D. D
through whose efforts this church enterpris
was carried forward will preach.
Stevenson Church, with Hunts Church, 9
Sherwood, forms Hunts charge, with Rev. b
w. Burgan, as pastor. Until last April thes
two churches were Joined with four others O.
Chestnut Ridge and formed Hunts Circuit
AT the last session of Baltimore CoDferenc
| Hunts and Stevenson churches were separate