The daily gazette., 1876-05-15
The Republican Primaries
The Ring and Anti-Ring Fight
in Wilmington.
The Anti-Ringites Fail to Garry
a Ward.
The Hastings (Or Brists,c) Ticket
Defeated In Erery Ward.

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GATES TO EE GIVEN TO BLAINE-THE
"BeTTER ELEMENT" OF THE RErUB-
LICAN PARTY 1GNoMINioCsLY DE-
FEATED.
Saturday afternoon the Republican
Primaries, or elections for Delegates
to the Republican State Convention
and for members of the County Exc
cutivc committee, were held in this |
city and State, between the hours of |
and z o'clock
In Wilmington the election was the |
occasion of an exciting contest. There |
were two tickets in each Ward one |
favoring the James Scott as Delegate
to the Cincinnati Convention, and the
other favoring the election of Wash
ington Hastings. The Scott ticket was
supported by the adherents of the old
"City Ring" and represented a senti-
ment in favor of the nomination of
Hon. James G. Blaine as the Republi'
can Presidential candidate. Hastings
ticket was supported by the "ante
ring" or "better element" of the Re'
publican party, and was supposed to
be favorable to the nomination of that
"pure and incorruptible" statesman
and reformer, Secretary Bristow.
In such a contest there could, of
course, be but one result, and the
''better clement" of the Republican
party, went down with rush before
the assault of the corrupt and wicked
"Ringsters. They were routed "horse
foot and dragoon," and the slogan Of
"Bristow and Reform" with which
they opened the battle, was soon
drowned by eXultant shouts of victory
by the faithful adherents of the "$64,-
600 gentleman from Maine"
In the Seventh Ward, the home of
Mr.. Hastings, the contest was the clio.
scst and most exciting. The Hastings
ticket included Washington Jones,
John Green, III. G. Mahaffy and John
Price as Delegates, with Howard M.
Jenkin, VIM. $. Bullock, Jos. II. d.
Seeds and Isaac Henderson as alter
mates. The understanding was that il
this ticket was successful MIR. Jones
was to stay at bone, and Mr. Jcnkin.
take his place in the State Convention
But this little arrangement was by ,
close shave, Knocked in the head, and
Messrs. Jones and Jenkinswere denied
the opportunity of making this nice
little exchange of personal and politi>
cal ceul tesy.
The vote in this Ward was so close
that the count was necessary To deter
mine the general result, and at tho
close of the polls both sides were con-
fident and fearful by tnrns.
Postmaster Pyle, who had been al
the window all the afternoon, consul
ted his little check book at intervals
and assured his friends that they were
"all right" while Frank Nolen, who
had been assidiously counting "Ring'
noses during the voting confidently
assured has friends that their side wa.
certainly successful. The latter pre-
diction proved correct, and in the
home of their leader the ''reformers'
lost their last hope and met with 8
humiliating defeat.
In the Third Ward the vote was also
very close, but in the others the
"Ring" tickets were largely successful
The result was somewhat surprising,a a!
it was generally expected that the
Hastings tickets would carry two, anG
perhaps three OF the Wards, while it,
most ardent advocates hoped for il
even greater success.
Below is q list of the tickets elected
with the vote received: and the vote
given to the defeated tickets:
FIRST WARD.
Delegates-David Woolnan, Sam
Miller, Jr., Thomhs Jones, John I
Stroud.
Al!ernates-Caleb Miller, Ii. M
Mullen, David Byard, Z. X. Craw-
ford.
County committee-Thomas John.
son, John B. Johnson, Rufus Bur
roughs.
The vote on this ticket ranged from
1873 to 1876, on the opposition vote wa.
"a to 80.
SECOND WARD.
Delegates George Mccall, VIM. Nc
Crea, John Wentz, Charles Dslan.
Alternates- Henry Feldmeier, Law.
renee Sova, NJ. w. Macklem, Solomon
Bantam.
County Committee-CharlesE E. Sparks
, Joseph c. Rowland, John E. johnson.
Received 100 votes; opposition vot,
from 20 to SO.
THIRD WARD.
Delegates Y Swiggett, David Z
ICoyle, VIM ID clayton, Jonn N scott.
Alternates-John s Grossly, William
. A Green, Joshua Conner, Elisha Duncan
County Committee-Gecma ID Lin
4 coin, George w Vernon.
a The vote ranged from 116 to 121 ep
5 position from los to 108.
= FoURTH WARD.
o Observation-Disclosures Woolley. Thomas
r Mcreland, David III Gustus, David Stew
enson, James II Anderson.
Alternates- Edwin j Horner, Phili
Traynor, Benjamin Crozier, James Eglin
h ton, Sr., James Conner, Sr.
o County Committee John T. Davis
Alfred d Vandeyer.
Received s4 votes; opposition ticke.
So.
= FIFTH WARD.
r Delegates-LeviC G Bird, Levi G CLARK
3 Thomas W Saville, John nlghmar
= Joseph Price.
~ Alternates- William Fields, Samu,
G Tazewell, William Simmons, John