The Morning herald., 1878-10-16
q THE eREENBAcKERs..,n.

PREPARATIONS FoR THE STATE odoNvEN-
ron ~ * * lot OF LETTERS FROM 'SoNr>
NEEs. "no,,,t,r,
The room away up on the third floor of
Middieton's buildingoat Fourth and King
street, which the Greenback II abor party
utilize as, their headquarters contained,
perhaps, one fourth of the number ofo' per-
sons It's limited capacity will accommodate
Mr.. "A. H.rWeld presided, and upon calling
the meeting to order he said It would
please him to hear from the different wards
In reference to the progress they were max
ing in the selection Of delegates to the
State Convention. Asi-0 1A0N"XT H.
+ From the First, Second, Ninth and Sixth
Wards, reports were made efect'that
{ delegates had already been chosen and the
other Wards reported that their delegates
would be decided upon to-day andthiss1eve-
-ning.t T9gaoQ'0 vleE ESQ sGw modw
7s This business having been disposed. q, the
chair invited, tho reading Of av number of
letters in the, Sscretary's possession q and
that party proceeded to do So. Az .gna
The first. letter was from Augustus Stout.
'of Smyrna, and from It's tone, appeared to
zhSve been written In reply to- d note from
MreB. B. Cooper, asking his opinieula to
candidates. VI do not know, be wrote ,of any
outspoken man who is a greenbsCser, that
can suggest as acandidate~ for Governor,
and none other can get my vote!o Iuhave
been SO busy for some time past that Lhave
not been able to look into matters much.
must also confess my inability,to name any
person as candidate for Representative to
Congress. &, ng.n hgs sg9iupsI 1870
SO A communication from agentlemap down
at Laurel BY the name of Brisrwood, was
next read Hesugges ed tie name Of John
|R. McFee, John w III HoustonS John n .Pkyn-
ter, .ald ;Geprge w. s. Nicholson asa candi-
dates, and expressed the opinion that oMr.
Nicholson would be then the most likely to
accept. '''''T"t'i ''a
n The opinion of J.sK. satterthwaite, the
nominee from Mill Creek Hundred, ss Rep
resentative, was next listeEed to. He said
that If the eminent editors Of New Castle
county papers would follow hts advice they
would support the Greenback issue and
work for the amelioration of labor .as he
had done for the last rs years, He HHeeaa also
aeCepbeu bu6 uOmludblUu.
W.IA.o Hukill, of st. Georges hundred,
nominee for Representative, begged permis-
sion to, decline, as he was not fully ~ sym
pathy with the movement, and thought
some one else would do much better.'q
The letter from VIM. q. Clark, was brief
and to the point, as follows: /" I do nnot
fully endorse your platform and uust there
fore decline being candidate for Levy
Court Commissioner from st. Georges hun
dredne9gy ar "a sgf l#.,I% nsa1 lw
The Secretary here stated that he had
heard brief rumor from Mr.. Rumor as to
his acceptance, but 1t was from Henry P.
Rumor, of Newport, and not John Rumor,
OF Henry Clay 2. O.. The mistake, he said,
was caused by the letter informing M.
Rumor Of his nomination being sent to ,thr
wrong post Mr.. Rumor's letter how
ever, was read, and he declared himself as
hesrs, hand, and soul In the cause, and
and would do all In his power for it's ad-
vancement, and authorized them to use his
name as the body thought best for the pre-
motion of the party's interest. ~ Go,i11a!
Mr.. John T. jackson stated In Q leommu-
nicatiop that he bad received a letter In, re-
gard to his name be used as q candidate for
Representative to Congress, declared that
be never had any ambition to hold5any
Office. He was in sympathy with the cause
but decIined the candidacy. al I,
For some time after this there was a dead
lull in the proceedings, and very little busi>
ness was done from that time till the ad-
journment, the time being taken up, with q
disconnected series of remarks Upon the
different phases OF the canyassd bsfIaod