The Morning herald., 1876-09-14
PEACE CONVENTION,
OLD SORES HEALED UP.

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. Tho Republican party of Delaware yester- |
day accomplished two objects-frst holding
Htate Convention at Dover, and second q !
grand rejoicing over the recent. victory
In this city. Without thelatter the
former would have been tame, and
.uneventfulv bereft of the nominations. But
following closely upon the heels of the re-
sultM last Tuesday, 1t stirred party feeling
and sGave to the Republican party much Of
the I'D spirit, which had not been 50 closely
idenAled with it before previous to recent
fiushes of success. It was the disheartened re-
turning to the party camp flres;the despond-
ent drinking the milk of fresh courage. This
was the impression created yesterday as the
eye tbok in realistic photograph spread
out ia the amusement hall Of the Dover
Court House. There were faces that the
observer selected and dweIt upon as more
conspicuous than the others that wreathed
them in, they stood out more prominently
thanothers.
Midway of the body the rotund form,
firmly set mouth, slightly protected by IN
iron gray mostache, and round Intelligent
face Of DR.. Isaac j. Jump was seen, keenly
watching the actions of Others. Not far
distant Wasthe Hon. N. B. Smithers, W arm
ly discussing the prospects of the party in
the Suite In November. Further to the
left was the Hon. James R. Lofland, in i'm
maculate vest that almost Wed with mos
tache that has become hoary, and eye
glasses dangling from button hole, formed
| an ofnament that gave him the appearance
3bf man who has adopted the manners ofa
Washington life. But in the group there
was one the cynosure Of all eyes, his tall
commanding figure, surmounted by clas-
sic head, appeared to attract attention un
solicited, as much from the notoriety of the
man as the personal presence he offered
this was Judge Geo. P. Fisher. Not since
| 1860 has he before yesterday taken an &C.
| tive part in the State politics Of his party.
Close by, and of dignided presence, dressy
| and man to attract In q crowd, was Gen.
| A, T. A. Torbert, Consul General to France
once candidate for Congress In this State
hand now back again amid those who had
often walked in the. line of political battle
with him. :,
Ia the body there was the presence of all
factions of the party in the State. The
| hatchet had been buried, the balm Of unity
had healed sores that were fresh but days
ago. Anthony Higgins was the persona
] ficatlon Of good humOr. Harry Pickles and
lChas;ie Gallagher worked In the same. har-
I ness with those that were bitter in opposite
factions not weeks ago. 1t seemed as
thouph the remarks Of. Mr.. George W.
.Josephs of Sussex, one of the Vice-Presi.
dents, that God Almighty was smiling his
blessings down upon the body, were litter
ally true. Everybody was good natured,
the speeches were good natured, and the
Chairman laid the gavel to one side as an
instrument only intened for disorderly peo
pie, and that had no place among the peace
makers.
The caucuses amounted to little. The
New Castle county Delegates occupied tht
Music Hall; Kent county Delegates hao
room upon the first floor; and nearly oppo
site old Sussex caucused In room without
chairs, but the Delegates were equal to the
emergency, and going far back into history
recollected reading of the days when chairs
we're unknown, and betook themselves tx
the only accommodation offered which wal
the floor, and circle OF gentlemen arouno
the room, in such undignified and unparlia-
mentary positions, was the scene onereo
when the representative OF IHE HERALD
peeped In upon them. !,
And when Mr.. Pickels appeared at tht
foot lights to call the Convention to oroer
as he stated in accordance with the instruc'
tions ofthe State Central Committee, ther'
, was q roar of applause, and everything wal
| ~ l,So 1D tn nNlftiNAI marianne
that is particularly expressive when applied
to nolitical conventions. He did not propos,
, To sneak. actions speak louder than words
and nominated 8. Minot Curtis temporar.
chairman. Mr.. Curtis, had received, he said
. admonition from the remarks of Mr.. Pick
J els and would not trespass upon the time o
. the Convention. Then 1t was that voic
was heard: that by long absence was unfa
miliar TO State political bodies,it was that
In. r. Smithers, who wished only to remtn'
the Convention that It was important th
: committees be thought of as soon as poss
9 ble. At this moment another figure aros'
that has not been heard In . Delawar
Republican Convention since 1850, and
Q was that of Judge George P. Fisher, VII
7 wished to inform the gentleman that the
e needed Secretary first, and this office wa
supplied in the person of Mr.. A. d. Watson
! The Committee onCredentials in accordanc
/ with motion from Mr.. Pickles was mad
up Of five from each county. A motto
: from Mr.. Higgins did the same thing Il
the Committee on Resolutions, and simila
motion from Mr.. John Scott made the rel
reseutation of the Committee on Perm'
nent Organization the same.
For the first time that day yanother famtlia
face was seen to rise up slowly from anon
the large body of men, and voice VI
heard that was recognized as that of D
nv Isaac Jump, who proposed. action ct ono
9 and to accomplish this moved that tt
' Committee on Resolutions be named
speedily as possible, and the names OF Il
committee were called of. The Commits
on Credentials were as follows: From Ne
y Castle. John N. Scott, Patrick Megarit