On motion of Mr. STIRLING,
The convention took a recess until 8 o'clock
EVENING SESSION.
The convention met at 8 o'clock, P. M.
The roll was called, and the following mem
bers answered to their names :
Messrs. Goldsborough, President; Abbott
Annan, Audoun, Baker, Belt, Brooks, Brown
Carter, Chambers, Crawford, Cunningham,
Cushing, Daniel, Davis, of Washington, Del-
linger, Dent, Duvall, Earle, Ecker, Farrow,
Galloway, Greene, Hatch, Hebb, Hoffman,
Hollyday, Hopper, Horsey, Jones, of Cecil,
Keefer, Kennard, King, Larsh, Lee, Marbury,
Markey, McComas, Mitchell, Miller, Morgan,
Mullikin, Murray, Negley, Parran, Pugh,
Purnell, Ridgely, Russell, Sands, Schley,
Schlosser, Scott, Sneary, Stirling, Stock-
bridge, Sykes, Thomas, Todd, Valliant,
Wickard, Wooden—62.
THE SOLDIERS' VOTE.
Mr. DANIEL. I ask the consent of the house
to make a statement with reference to some
remarks that were made in the debate yester-
day, It will be recollected by the house that
one of the gentlemen from Prince George's
(Mr. Marbury) yesterday, in a speech, made
reference to a certain vote that had been ta-
ken among the soldiers encamped here, at
which vote, I think be stated that all had
voted for McClellan except seven, and these
would have voted for him if they bad not
been afraid. There were at that time some
officers present who were surprised at the an-
nouncement, and believing that injustice
would be done them, or a large proportion of
them, if such a report were to go out uncon-
tradicted, they felt it their duty to call a
meeting and take a vote; and they desire me
to present the result to the convention. I
ask therefore that this paper, showing the re-
sult of the vote, be entered upon the record
of the debates of this convention.
Mr. MILLER. Is that in order?
Mr. CUSHING. Quite as much so as the per-
sonal character of Mr. Williams.
Mr. BELT. That was not so much the
character of Mr. Williams as the character of
Mr. Valliant.
The paper was read as follows ;
OFFICERS' HOSPITAL,
Annapolis, Md., Sept. 2, 1864.
The wounded officers at this hospital, rep-
resenting some two hundred and fifty differ-
ent regiments, met to-day to give expression
to their choice of candidates for the presi-
dency.
The meeting was called to order by Dr.
Comstock. On motion, he was called on to
preside over the meeting.
Lieutenant Ball, of the second Maryland
volunteers, was appointed secretary, and the
following officers tellers; Captain Little, |
187th Pennsylvania volunteers, Captain
Wells, 1st New York dragoons, and Lieuten-
ant Davis, second infantry, United States
army.
Lieutenant Colonel Adney, of the 36th
Ohio, was called upon to address the meeting,
when he proceeded to make a few appropri-
ate remarks, which were received with great
applause. He was followed by Colonel De-
Forrest; of the 11th Massachusetts volunteers,
and Colonel Massey, 2nd Maryland volunteers,
and others.
The following named officers were appoint-
ed a committee to wait upon the Maryland
State Convention, now in session here, with
the result of the ballot:
Lieutenant Colone] Adney, 36th Ohio vol-
unteers, D. H. Armstrong, Surgeon, United
States volunteers, and Captain DeKay, 14th
infantry, United States army.
The ballot was then taken with the follow-
ing result:
Lincoln and Johnson........ .......... 237
McClellan and Pendleton............... 32
Fremont and Cochrane................. 1
Total ,.., , . ,.... 270
Lincoln majority, 204.
WM. B. BALL,
2nd Md. Vols., Secretary.
[Applause.]
Mr. BELT. As my colleague who made the
statement is not here, I will say I have no
doubt that the explanation of it is this: We
know very well that night by night those
who constitute the soldiers here, are coming
and going between two suns. The vote he
referred to was taken I believe some days ago,
at least, I understood yesterday that on the
night before there had been a very large ar-
rival of troops from Maine; and I do not sup-
pose anybody expects Maine men will vote for
McClellan, soldiers or not. No doubt it wag
the Maine vote that carried the result against
us.
Mr. CUSHING. I should like to have the
gentleman from Prince George's explain to
us the process by which broken limbs can be
cured between sun and sun, in order that
these men who come here with a wounded leg
or arm, or a hole in the breast or stomach,
may be cured and sent away. The informa-
tion might be valuable to surgeons.
Mr. BELT. I have been here four months,
and I have never seen any arrival of wounded
men, and I have never seen any departure of
them in the day time; and hence I conclude
they are moved at night. I suppose the
reason the government moves the men at night
is that it is more salubrious, on account of the
coolness of the atmosphere.
Mr. DANIEL. These officers say that they
represent "some two hundred and fifty differ-
ent regiments. So many could not have come
from Maine. [Laughter and applause.]
Mr. SANDS. I would like to say a word.— |
