The Morning herald., 1876-09-04
COUNTY CONVENTION.
The Meeting at New
Castle.
A GOOD TICKET.
New Rules Reported and
Adopted.

House, previous to . convention Of the
County Delegates to choose candidates for |
the Legislature and Levy Court and State
Senator. Gen. VIM. Reynolds, as chairman |
of the last county meeting, calla the meet |
ing of Saturday to order, and Charles D.
Crutchfeld was made Secretary.
Mr.. Samuel Townsend called for the
report of the County Executive Com
mittee, appointed, at the meeting pre-
viously held. The report showed
that the majority against the adoption of
the New Rules was 289, and then gave the |
certificate of John Henry Publ rs Secretary |
Of the County Executive Committee that
the foregoing figures were correct.
The following resolution was appended
Resolved, That 1t is the opinion of the /
County Executive Committee that hereafter |
the members of the Legislature and Levy |
Court be nominated by ballot In the respec- |
tive hundreds, and we hereby recommend
the same.
At the meeting of the County Executive
this resolution was passed with but three |
dissenting voices.
After the report had been read, George \
Gray, ESQ, Of New Castle, asked the object |
of the report, and what would be the result 1
of adopting It. He claimed to speak as an |
individual Democrat, one that had the best
interests of the party at heart. He was in |
different to everything but that which would |
prevent tristions in the party. He wished to |
proceed clearly and harmoniously. so that
all might understand what they we're deba- |
ding and acting upon. First he would ask
for the proposition before the meeting after
hearing the report. The chairman stated
that It was the rejection or adoption Of the
report.
Mr.. Townsend said his Interpretation OF the
meaning of the meeting was to say whether
certain officers should be nominated by bal
lot. &
There was chorus of sentiments upon
the subject expressed, all in one breath, and
by at least ten, none of whom could be un-
derssood In the din that drowned their
voices. But Mr.. Nathaniel Williams. by
the superiority of his lungs over the others,
and BY his persistency, managed to get the
following motion to the ears of the chair
man: "That the whole matter be laid upon
the table and the Delegates retire to the
Grand Jury room.'
Mr., Townsend, occupied the Bailif's
chair, and was fanked on the right BY sew
eral Delegates sitting in the prisoners dock,
tlanked on the left by rows of chairs oecu-
pied. and hemmed in front and rear. The
n cotton of Mr.. Williams he declared brought
him out upon his rights, that he would
maintain as well as those of the people, and
1t was q plan to cheat the people, who want
to nominate by ballot, and not BY wire-work-
| ing delegates. There was further ram
bling discussion on the subject, which was
interrupted by Mr.. Thomas Ogle, who asked
that committee be appointed to ask Gov
Cochran and Senator salisbury, VINO were
| in the city, to seats on the platform. The
Chairman named the following committee
Messrs. O'Byrne, Ogle and Bird.
The motion was then put by the Chair
upon the adoption or rejection of the report
submitted by the Chairman and Secretary Of
the Comfy Executive Committee.
There were cries of no and yes, and after
ouiet had been partially restored the motion
was again put and carried by large major
tty. ..,.oa l.. ~. nu.,a
Jurv room, and while the meeting was
awaiting their return, Gov. Cochran and
Senator Salisbury were escorted to the plat
form bv the committee and the announce
ment by the Chairman that the able Senator
would address the meeting was greeted with
loud applause.
He expressed his pleasure and apprecia-
tion of the houor of being called upon to
address those so earnest and enthusiastic 10
the Democratic cause as those before him,
and then dwelt upon the coming campaign.
| He spoke of the oppression ofthe South and
the means resorted to to create this Oppres-
sion. one of which was the famous Ku-
Klux, which never had existence or was ex-
erctsed In any other State but that OF North
Carolina; and was made the means OF Hood
ing that whole country with Federal bayo-
nets and terrorism. 1fthese things are con-
tinued 1t may not only eventuate IN robotng
all the Southern States of sovereign rights,
but place them under the bane OF an unjust
Presidential power which will apply its en-
pines and machinery to the usurpation of
Everything that is upright and honest to the
selfish and criminal end of tn. Republican
marty. The administration of this party In
eleven wears has been one of the most reck-
LESS. extravagance, Q looseness OF manage
ment, an unbridled handling of public
money. such az almost render insignificant
the high expenses of war times. Since its
, sdminlstra there has been paid into the
FederalTreasury over four thousand millions
of dollars. This has been stated IN Gov.
. Tilden's letter and has never been contro-
, verted, not even in the desperate effort OF
. senator Edmunds to do go. He then spoke
Of the $16b, ,OOO, 100 gold tax, and asked
I where else did 1t come from but from the
pockets of the people, and tomake plain the
: imposition that Is being practiced upon the
people, will show what the proportion OF
! The State of Delaware is. 1t can be done
: by the simple rule Of three, and brings ou'
the startling result that the state OF Della
ware has paid into the Federal Treasury
since the Republican party came Into power
\ = ths sum Of $16,OOO, 900. Now, what has
j. heen the result Of this terrible tAxAtion 4
@nrop @ Is ! rotten govsrnmsnti \ A 4
N n Y ~ ~ siE|a y e. Y 4 s sss d &