The daily gazette., 1874-09-12
App0quininiuL Hundred.

In accordance with the previously,
published notice OF the Chairman OF
the Central Committee of Appoquini-
mink hundred, the Democrats assembled
at the voting place in said district, at
Townsend, on Thursday, the 10th inst,
man, Sam'l E Townsend and David Wells
Judges to hold an election.
Samuel Townsend offered the follow
ing preamble and resolutions, which
were read, and on motion of James
kaneley, were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS. Thomas Jefferson and all
other early founders of the Democratic
party agreed and admitted that the
fountain-head of all political power was
IN the miss of the white people in this
country.
AND WHEREAS, On the 7th day of last
June, when the Democratic masses OF
New Castle county assembled in County
Convention at New Castle, they declared
by unmistakeable signs that they were
IN favor OF nominating all members of
the Legislature and Levy Court by bal
lot in the hundred or district where said
members Were appointed; and just as
the vote was about to be taken, parti-
zans in the Ring interests and against
the masses begged that certain old obse-
lete Rules should first be expunged or
amended, and us q compromise, com
mlttee OF one from each hundred were
appointed to meet between then and
September, and take this matter into
consideration and report to the County
Convention; that delegates in the mean
time be elected or selected, and if at the
County Convention it was agreed to
nominate the ticket by ballot as afore.
said, then said Convention should ad-
journ for say about two weeks. TO give
time to hold an election.
AND WHEREAS, Said committee of one
from each hundred met in June at tt
Office OF the chairman Of said committee,
John OByrne, and there q majority OF
said committee instructed their chair
man to report to the County Convention,
that they recommended the nomination
OF the members of the Legislature and
Levy Court by ballot in the several hun
dreds or districts in this county, where
they were apportioned for.
AND WHEREAS, On the 9Th day of Sep
tember, the day of our late County Con
vention. the said chairman, O'Byrne, in
stead of reporting to the said County
Convention, reported to the temporarily
elected and appointed delegates in their
committee room. Certain of them who
We're opposed to being ousted by vote
of the people, and their packed on can
didates shelved, held on to O'Byrnes
report and assumed the making a new
code OF Rules, and when they returned
to the body of the Convention reported
nominees for the county ticket and their
assumed set of rules to govern the party
A vote in the Convention was taken on
the nominees and they were adopted
Then motion was made to lay these
assumed rules made by the delegates on
the table, und majority were in favor,
but the then acting chairman decided
otherwise. A controversy arose, and it
was contended by the friends of the
Ring that the delegates in their side
room Were the Convention, that they
right to decide on their action; thus
reversing the understood rules of the
Democracy in all the States where new
Constitutions have been formed, and
then submitted to the people for ratif-
cation or rejection. Delaware has done
so we have the spectacle of delegate
of New Castle county, assum-
ing to themselves the right to make II
Constitution for The party, and refused to
allow the party to adopt or reject it.
And therefore said rules never having
originated in the proper County Con-
or being ratified by the Demo-
cratic party in either District or County
they are of no binding effect
neither the resolutions that
were pretended to be read after the
had adjourned. They are
all bosh as in the haste of the trickster8
they adjourned the meeting and forgot
the resolutions until afterwards.
Resolved, That two delegates from st.
Georges hundred in the County Dele
gate Committee were conspicuous in in
terfering with the rights of this hundred
in said Committee. and we therefore give
them notice that if either of their names
should ever be put on the ticket for Office
that would have to come before the De-
mocracy of this hundred, we will teach
them a wholesome lesson that may be
warning to other meddlers in this hnn-
dred's affairs, for we give the whole
notice that we will retaliate on
every man who undertakes to interfere
with our hundreds rights.
Resolred, That the proceedings of this
meeting be published in the DELAWARE
GAZETTE and Middlet0lcn Transcript, and
all other papers that see proper TO pub
lish them.
North Election District of Appoquini-
mink Hundred, Gideon +. Barlow, for
,,o,,;ua1 40 votaS.