The daily gazette., 1878-08-17
Letter from Samuel Townsend
For the Gazette.1

MR.. EDITOR: In your paper day or
Two ago you reflected against the Com
init'ee on Resolutions at the late De-
cratic state Convention held at ,,over.
l was one Of that Committee and do not
intend to swallow your insinuation qui. &.
Y. others OF said committee can do as
they please. In Delaware there has al
ways been too short time allowed to
mold State Conventions, and therefore
TOO much haste in getting through. Our
county, this year. to help obviate this
uefect, hir+d special train; but when
they got to Dover the lower Kent and
sussex delegates had no such arrange
merits, but was wholly depending on the
nrst through train down, the 3 p. III. train.
therefore, as soon as the Convention as
semDle1 they went at matters with a
state Platform was composed Of FIVE
from each coun'y-ifteen In all. There
had been rumor that as Mr.. Bayard
| and Mr.. Salisbury differed in their votes
onthe Silver Bill there would be no res
| olutions passed Ut Ahe Convention. /. as
one OF the eoannlittee, and not belonging
to ell her Mr.. Bayard or Mf. SALISBURY,
had determined l would not be corked
up; and therefore when went into the
committee room. was agreeably disap-
pQinttd, for a set of resolutions were pre-
scented that considered very fair, par-
tictlal lythe one that says the Dem ocrats
OF Delaware are in favor of gold and sill
yer, and paper that can be converted at
the pleasure cf the holder into either
gold or silver. This is old time currency
Delp ocratic doctrine, before Mr.. Bayar,i
| or Mr.. Salisbury was born. The resolu-
ton in regard to tariff we altered and
| amended some and the resolutions being
SO satisfactory to the committee, and such
an uproar in the body of the Convention,
we went OUT In tie Convention there to
find the unheard of procedure of nomi-
mating candidate for Governor and try
ing to nominate a Representative to Con-
Rress whilst The most important commit
tee of State Convention was out pre-
pairing the platform that said candidates
should stand on. Now, Mr.. Johnson, the
delegates from your county was not to
blame for this haste. The Convention,
with lS0 delegates, was only in session
about two hours. But If you expect a
committees OF five from each county to
write and prepare code OF resolutions
in one day or afternoon that will meet
all the Questions that man IL heir to you
win be mistaken and what good could
1t do? Do you suppose in free America
that her free men Democrats would swal-
low and respect everything u committee
of fifteen might do? No! Does not the
Legislature or this little State, composed
of 30 members, set two or three months
every two years; and does not the next
Legislature upset nearly verything done
the previous session? Now, in regard to
passing a resolution saying the sa larry of
the President Of $4,000 should be re-
duced to $4,000 is Of very little conse-
quence; for If it was worth $25, 900 " hen
we had population of three millions il
ought, would suppose, be worth more
when we have a population Of over forty
doubt be reduced ten or fifteen thousand
for garrison duty, and when any rea
fighting was needed accept the services
of as many volunteers as would finish uI
| the job in the stated space of time.
SAM UEL TOWNSEND.
Townsend, August 10, 1878.