Peninsular news and advertiser. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1872-1904, 1876-05-26
WHOLE NO. 635


journal was himself present and made
the report.
DOVER, May 1Sth.-The Republican
| State Convention met here to-day. There
were numerous vacancies in the several
! delegations, which were filled in various
ways-in the case of New Castle county
according to pleasure of Mr.. &. II Gala
CHER The Sussex delegates, who arrived
early, held caucus in the Levy Court
room, before noon, and decided upon
their choice as delegates to Cincinnati
Two hundreds, Little Greek and Balti
more, were unrepresented, and four
other delegates were absent, leaving 80
in the caucus. The vote stood: DR.. j. 5.
Prettyman, Is; Eli r. Sharp, 16; Jacob
Moore, 10; Daniel Burton, o; with several
scattering votes. Messrs. Prettyman and
Sharp were thereupon declared the choice
of the caucus, and it then adjourned.
The delegates from the two absent Hun
dreds would, if they had been present,
have voted for Preytyman, giving his
friends nearly two-thirds of the county.
Upon the arrival of the train from
Wilmington, the delegates devoted them
selves to dinner, and subsequently eau
cuses of the New Castle and Kent dele
gates were held. In the former it APP
peared that Mr.. g. IL. Gallagher had as
sumed the power of making numerous
changes in the delegations, pretending
to do as Chairman of the County Com
mittee, though new Committee, was
elected last Saturday, and Mr.. Gallagher
is not even member of it. 1t was pro
posed that Anthony Higgins, Esq, be
admitted to the caucus, representing
East st. Georges Hundred, in whose del
egation there were two vacancies. Mr..
Higgins made a strong address, stating
the fact that no such power as that as
sumed by Mr.. Gallagher lay in the hands
even of the Chairman of the County
Committee. The caucus, however, upon
the motion that Mr.. Higgins should be
admitted, gave negative decision, the
Wilmington delegates loudly voting that
way. Nominations for delegates to Gin
cinnati were then made, including James
Scott, George z. Tybout, VIM. ID. CLARK,
and Richard L. Smith, Scott and Smith
were chosen. j. Henry Hoffecker and
Levi j. Coppin were carried as alternates.
The Kent delegates in caucus agreed
upon John II. Hoffecker and ex-congress-
man j. r. Lofland as their delegates.
The Convention did not assemble
until half-past two O'Clock, and by this
time it was noised around that Mr. Gal
lagher, who had assumed not only r.
arrange the New Castle delegation, L
also to direct the course of the Cony
ton, had decided that the action of
Sussex caucus should be overslaughe>.
in order to throw out DIR. Prettyman.
lie insisted it was stated, that he would
make up u solid delegation for Mr..
Blaine, and that resolution instruct
ing for him should be adopted. These
reports created much dissatisfaction
amongst the delegates from New Castle
county, outside Of Wilmington, as we'll
as those from Kent and Sussex, espe
cially the proposition to fix things for
Blaine, large proportion of the dele
gates preferring other candidates, most
of them Mr.. Bristow.
On calling the Convention to order, Mr..
Pickles, after some remarks, named Jas.
Woolley for temporary Chairman, and he
was elected. Thos. +. Moreland and r.
l.. Armstrong, of New Castle; F. G.
Ramsdell, of Kent; ard DIR. j. o. Pierce,
OF Sussex, were made Secretaries.
On Mr.. Massey's motion, committees
, of eleven each on Credentials, Perma-
; nent Organization, and Resolutions,
were appointed, and the names being
handed to the Chairman, he read them
as follows:
Credentials. Castle county, Sam
uel Barr, Samuel Silver, W. A. Hukill,
Caleb Millborn, NJ. b. Stotsenburg; Kent,
Powell Aaron, ID. =. Barnard, r. S.
Downes; Sussex, J. q. Short, David w
} Moore, VIM. Short.
Orgdnization.-New Castle County
Levi e. Clark, Geo. T.. Townsend, ia
A. Anderson, j. L. Stroud, Francis Vim
cent: Kent county-D. p. Barnard, VIM.
p. Seward, Jos. S. Truitt; Sussex-Geo.
w. Josephs, James f. Burton, Eli II.
Sharp.
Resolutions. = New Castle County
Chas. Tatman, Jr., Allen Smith, Abner
Woodward. Robert F. Wright, Daniel P.
Hamilton; Kent-LemIel johnson, Geo.
V. Massey. A. b. Conner; Sussex-Dan-
iel Burton, Joseph Phillips, John d.
Rodney.
A recess of half an hour was then
taken.
When the Convention re-assembled,
the Committee on Permanent OrganiZa-
tion reforted the following officers: Pres
ident, Manlove Hayes, Kent; Vice Pres
ident, John W. Day, New Castle, John
7. Jakes, Kent, John ID. Rodney, Sussex;
Secretaries, 7. +. Moreland. New Castle,
James +. Anderson, Kent, d. J. Layton,
Sussex.
Mr.. Hayes. on taking the chair, re-
turned thanks. Mr.. Barr then said he
would present the report of the Creden-
tials Committee, and handed in three
papers. This" he said, lis the list of
New Castle County delegates; this is the
, | llSb Va lNtll. tilN lillo ~ lnC Alob VI Nho-
sex." Tho lists were received but not
read, and nothing appeared to show what
their character was, but subsequently,
upon call of the yeas and nays, it APP
peared that four delegates had been as
signed to West Brandywine; which is
only entitled to two, and that number
of persons not chosen to the Convention
had been put in New Castle county by
Mr.. Gallagher. II. III. Peterson, of Chris
tiana, was substituted for Samuel H.
Dixon of West Brandywine; Winfield
Scott, of Wilmington for ii. &. Walter,
of East st. Georges, and Dan Hamilton,
of Wilmington, for James j. Janvier, of
the same hundred.
The Committee on Resolutions, through
Mr.. Massey, reported the following:
The Republicans of Delaware in State
Convention assembled, pledging their
unalterable devotion to the cardinal prin-
ciples upon which their party is founded
and desiring that the integrity of the
Government shall be maintained, that
its obligations shall be honestly and fully
paid in coin, or obligations convertible
into coin at the pleasure of the holder,
that its administration shall be honestly
and faithfully conducted in all the var
ious branches and departments thereof,
and that home industries shall be prop