The daily gazette., 1880-09-03

into Senatorial aud Representative dis
tricts, aud the Senators snd Representa-
tives should be elected in such districts |
by the people thereof and thatihe cOun- !
ties should bs divided into districts, and |
tue Levy Courtnen elected therefrom
BY the people thereof
3.-We tavor the election of all county
officers directly by the people thereof;
and the reduction of the pay of such
officers to a reasonable compensation
for the services rendered.
4.-Beneving that neither pdbhc vIr-
tue nor intelligence has any connection
with the soil, we are heartily opposed to
freehold qualifications for public office.
5.-ThaI "A more liberal exemption law
should he enacted, applicable to all deb's
hereafter contracted, and that III any
such system all debts du for wages, for
the current year shall be wholly exempt
from attachment or execution process.
6.-The present assessment laws were
conceived more in the interests of the
Democratic party than of the people,
aud largely at the expense OF the tax
payer. Their administration, by the
Levy Courts Of the several counties, is
IN deTogaiion of the rights of freeInep,
Is unjust, partisan ami dishonest.
I've express our confidence In the
zeal, capacity and wi.dom of the State
Central Committee, aud earnestly re-
quest all persons having at heart the sue
cess of he party, to give to said com
mittee their cordial support.
8.-That we urge on tho Republican
party IN this 5 ATE, and all persons hav-
ing at heart its success, to give TO the
State Central Committee their full and
hearty support in their efforts to place
Delaware IN the line OF Republican
States.
The seventh resolution, though it al
peared on the printed slip, was not read
in the Convention, the ,lgth being sub
stituted in its stead. The latter, though
an endorsement of the State Committee,
is not quite so positive as the seventh,
and was offered simply as a glied pill,
| that the County Committee would
swallow with out gasglng so terribly.
The resolutions were adopted with
a yell, the County Committee delegates
not voting.
| CHOOSING ELECTORS.
For New Castle County Levi G. Bird
nominated Gen. Henry DUPONT.
For Kent County |. N. Mi Is nomina
ted D. p. Barnard, Jr.
For Sussex County Dir. Hiram Bur-
ton nominated John ID. Rodney.
| On Judge Fishers motion the nomi-
nations were endorsed by acclamation.
THE GRAND DURLEsQUE.
Then came the grand burlesque OF
nominating Judge Houston for Congress.
A dilapidated looking delegate from
Sussex, VIM. W. Morgan by name, arose
and proceeded to give long, dry and
dreary recital about some fellow he
| ;,, tv Hftu aun
He described his ftiend's boyhood, told
how be went to Sunday School and
Joined church, and finally uttered his
name John w. Houston.
1t was like Joy nominating Blaine at
Chicago, and the Convention, thinking
to choke uif the tiresome speaker at this
point, broke into uproarious applause
willie delegate Jack Cade, OF Sussex, vo
eiforously seconded the nnmi nation o
Judge Houston" Roars CT langhte
greeted this announcement, and to ado
to the ridiculous nature of the burlesqut
a boy appeared among the delegates dis
uibutlng printed copies Of simple dog
onrel called "liurrah for Houston, too,
which the Convention was expected t
sing with great gusto at the proper time
1t seemed as though the Convention wa
determined to fairly bury the Judge un
der a load of ridicule, and to dispose o
the most serious part of its business II
the most unbecoming manner. Th
following verse and chorus will indicate
the character OF the doggerel, and an!
one who knows Judge Houston cal
fancy his feelings and imagine his expires
sions when it comes to his notice:
| Renublicans of Delaware,
Let's sink all County lines
And in one common worship hence
Have no divid shrines.
Then hurrah for General jim,
Hurrah for General Jim,
| Hurrah for General Jim,
Hurrah for Houston, too.
But to the surprise of the Convention
old Sussex was not near through noml
mating Judge Houston. He went on u
speak of old times in the Legislature, an'
how lie (the speaker) had been mem
Der and voted for JOAN NJ. Clayton TO
u. S. Senal or, which was the pr'udes
! act of his life. How old Clayton gav'
the members a supper, and how the.
+ enioyed it. All this and much more TIN
old gentleman got of to the great amuse
ment of the Convention, and closed will
the following dry toast "Hon. Johl
w. Houston distinguishes
son: He has served her in the past, an,
she is willing TO trust him in the future.
Anthony Higgins, Esq, restored orde
and dignity to the Convention in an eai
nest speech seconding the nomination
lie said;
Gentlemen In behalf of the Repub cal
party in Delaware, | beg leave 10 secon'
/, The nomination OF Hon. John w. Hous
ton. History, Sirs, marks Itself by peri
DDS. This country is free. No slave
trpads its soil IL owes its freedom to thu
Republican party, as it owes its unit;
and its life. The late confilct, sirs, whicl
had its Curious ending, had its begin
ming; this conflict, of which we hav
seen It's travail, its struggle, and the vic
tory. During "A portion OF the time tn
Republican party Of Delaware has 0eei
unable to utter one word upon the sid'
| of freedom aud the right, ami 1t has beel
persistently, ii not consistently, mi>rrp
5 resented To- lay We take up the threa'
} of history. We 90 back TO the tiul
when. IN 1949, at the close of the Mex
, | can war, when The question was Ialset
; as to whether the conceded territor'
,hould ba on the side of freed I'm or siay'
cry, then, sirs, the forerunner aud pro
genitor, the Wing party OF hle' sen mem
: O v, was in the ascendancy, and the yot
l of Delaware WAS lst on the slide OF Tree
4 | dom by John W. Houston. Grea
: cheering.
, Sirs, since that phase of the battle il
over. we again take up the thread o
; history. We now take up our honore
leader of those "; one who sat side D.
side with great ones who have gon
9 forever by. We put hun again at th