The Morning herald., 1876-09-28
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A CONTENTION TO-DAY.

A CONTENTION TO-DAY. M
A Talk With a Pr0nsjnent Mover- WAoe'
He ThiSks Of ths Repwbiica~ NeMsSse-s
tions Hunting Casdtdases Erasm tltex
Garbage Ptses Of the Parsv-A Issslsw4
Of Cros0 Eaters &sl
To day unravels new scene In the great
political drama of Delaware. It ID mons
other than the Temperance movement, thoI
necessity, the advantages Of which have
been named to the people in the texts ofsI
calls made by committees, and the feveriGh
oratory of Temperance lecturers.
A talk yesterday afternoon by represenS.
tative of The HERALD with one Of thu
leaders in the movement clicited the fact
that the Convention to-day would have D0@
political attiliation f; the Interpretation gen-
orally placed upon the movement, thss 81
it's being part and parcel of the Republt-S
can party, was one Of mistake entirely, ana 4
all who have any such ideas should disa-N
buse their minds OF them at once. The idea 4
of the movement is to reach purer legisl6-
tion than the State now has, and the inf1rS
ence oftemperance is the only way or ave.
nue. through which it can be accomplished. w
The convention has no aim of vengence ~
party, no factional spite to satisfy. II has y
but the one purpose of making the Legisla-
ture body that is incorruptible.
"What would Le the event If either Of the 4
candidates for Congress were to have their I,
names presented to the convention, with the 4
special plea that they were willing to place
themselves under any and all obligations
that the rules Oftemlerauce would exact ~ 4
"It would be folly for any such action to 4
occur, for l can assure you sil, that neither
one of them are the kind Of men we want.
We do not want any man who would change
his social and private views for the patron
age of the temperance people. We want \
one who is temperance in principle, who
observes it as a Christian duty. Let man
do anything rather than sell himself for
patronage, and that either Of the present
Congressional Candidates would do to come \
to us nsw."
"The candidates for assembly. How Gre
they" I I1ss
"To be expressive, as stubborn as jack
asses, only two or three have sent In their
names yet, and to tell you the truth, We
would not care if none Of them sent in their
names, for that ticket is made up Of the
poorest stuff that the Republican party
could have selected. 1t is the sediment Of
the party that came floating to the top, and
was skinned off by men who have no po-
litical manliness, but are crsvens In all
taking "crow" as a regular diet, or they
scavengers and gathered from the
garbage piles of the party all Of
this stuff that was unloaded as refuse
sometime ago and now serve it up as sort
of Legislative hash or pot pouri. No sir,
the Temperance party will have none of
that. What they want is a ticket that is
genuine, it mnst be temperance out and
out. We want no resurrected, soured, dis
tempered, disappointed, irrascible Republi-
can fossils, which is weighing down the
Republican ticket to-day. There is nothing
like good manly frnt, robust and strong
in intelligence, steadfast In principle,
that's the kind of ticket inspiring to the
people, and which We intend to put for
ward"
"It would be inferred from this that you
are strongly prejudiced against the Republi-
can party P' "Not at all, am speaking Of
the Republican nominations, andwhat is
thought of them, to inform any of those
who may have any idea of showing them
before the convention of practical temper
auce men,"
"Well, who will you nominate upon the
Legislative ticket"
II have not the slightest idea. But Of
one thing you may rest assured, that If we
were to get an answer from Mr.. Ware to ell
the interrogations that we have made, there
is not one of all the number who has been
( mentioned for Office that we would sooner
endorse than he, despite the poor recon-
mendation for office stair builder he receives
at the hands of Republican leaders. But
you may depend, sir, that the convention
will do its full duty, and do it to suit the
delegates, irrespective of any party consid-
oratinn - sss