The Morning herald., 1876-09-11

THE BIRD CAUGHT,

1.-THE BIRD CAUGHT
HE rs Gagged By HIS FRIENDS
Levt O. Bird COnsents to b Oassdtdae,
For COn0Tess-Hosv he Proposss to Car
~ tho Stated Jo5st Canvass Wssl
James WtllIans.
The Republican Convention meets al
Dover on Wednesday with q central objec,
upon which to cast its love for Congressiona
honors. For some time the magnates o.
the party have been beating around the
bush in search of . candidate, and ct last
have started up the game and captured 8
Bird, the gentleman by that name with Lew
Q. prefxed, having decided that he win &C.
cept the nomination, and his full name will
come before the convention and carry the
body by storm of applause, three cheers
and tiger.
The Republican party in this State Is one
OF factions, and one Of those factions is by
no means Bird faction, It opposed that end
Of the parts that Mr.. Bird tied to in the
Delegate election, and when the Blaine
delegates went to st. Louis proudly trium-
phant over the Bristow crowd, they declared
by all that was true and sacred In men that
they had lost Delaware to the party, and
among those upon whose shoulders this sin
was laid was Levi G. Bird, because he was
of the other crowd to themselves. But now
the tone of factional politics has changed.
There are no Bristow men and no Blaine
men; If DR.. Prettyman aud Judge Fisher
would stop firing blank cartridges at each
other there would be pacific Republican
party In the State, not through choice, but
through policy.
Saturday morning representative of the
HERALD called upon Mr.. Bird and found
him closeted with several members of the
Republican party, who fled out after con-
siderable consultation, with smile of salts
faction Illuminating their faces that indica-
ted something had gone all right. Mr..
Bird looked as though load had been lif-
ted from his shoulders. With the smoke of
Turkish cigarette he was blowing rings
into space, and said, in answer to an INQUIRY
from the reporter, "Yes, have consented,
1t is the wish of the party. They have
asked me to become their nominee, and it
is only at the very last moment that I have
consented, and as you must know I have
all along told those with whom have con
versed that it was not my wish to accept
political honors, or be in any way promi-
nently identified with party affairs. 1t is
incompatible with taste that has no such
tendencies, but as the party has earnestly
requested that let my name come before
the convention, shall do so."
II have made no effort to seek the nomi-
nation. have no idea who the delegates
will be, and shall make no effort to find out.
If the nomination is hearty one then l
shall enter the campaign in earnest"
Reporter.-"How will you conduct the
campaign
Mr.. Bird.-"The same as did in nv
speech last night before the Hayes and
Wheeler Club, by dwelling upon the resolu-
tion adopted by the last Democratic State
Convention, declaring this q white mans
government. The inference of this resolu-
tion is plain to every one. It means that
the colored man has no right to representa-
tion."
Reporter.-"Will you make this an is-
sue Of the eampaign?"
Mr.. Bird.-"I will certainly make It an is
sue of the campaign In this State, aud show
that 1t is but the common sentiment of the
Democratic party-more mildly drawn than
in the South. And If it is proposed by Mr..
Williams, to make this an issue of the cam
paign either for the State campaign or in
part with the national campaign I would
like to take the stump, and deliver three or
four speeches."
Reporter do not think there is the
least possibility of the Republican party
carrying the State in November9"
Mr.. Bird.-"Emphaticslly do sir. You
see the Democratic majority in Sussex never |
was very large. And what majority there
has been there will be wholly overcome by !
the Dog Law, which is one of the greatest
outrages in the way of taxation that people |
have ever been subjected to. There is no
help for this county going anything but Re- |
publican after the splendid victory of Tues |
day. Kent will be the only county that will |
go Democratic and that will be more so at |
the next election, because over twelve hun
dred co,ored men have been dropped from
the assessment list. We will carry New Cas- |
tie by about thirteen hundred majority and |
Sussex by at least five hundred, and the two |
combined are more than Kent can over
come."
The representative of THE HERALD after.
wards called upon Mr.. Pickels and several /
other members of the Republican party and
was informed by them that there was pos
sibility of some name being mentioned from
the lower counties but that would be all Il
that Mr.. Bird ,is the choice of the party. and
there is not the least doubt that he will be
nominated almost by acclamation. The Re-
publicans are in the highest state of en-
couragement by the recent election.
n Nesc Castle Asstheress.
Col. II. b. Jones, brother-in-law of DR..
George T. Maxwell, and editor of the Ma
con, (Ga.) Telegraph and Messenger"
writes an interesting letter to his naner