Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-08-26
FL1T- FOOTED HEBELLION.

The Republican County Committee
Kicks Against Capitalization
Filings out the Standard of County
Rights, and Appoints Its own
Judges in Its Own Way.
The Republican County Executive Com
mittee held a secret session in the Lincoln
Club room, on Saturday afternoon, at
which the following resolutions were
adopted by vote of 90 to 2 James i.
Hawkius and james Il. Stroud voting in
the negative
WHEREAS, The recent call of the Republican
State Central Committee for State Convention,
TO he he'd September ., ssO,contains the following
clauses:
In the several wards of tine city of Wilmington.
and hundreds in New Castle county. the Republic
Guns will assemble at y. M, aud select three
Judges TO hod the delegate election, and the Judges
so selected shall, ne soon as chosen, open the polls
for the election of said delegates, and Keep the
same open until O'Clock p. III.
Upon closing the polls, the Judges duly chosen
shall publicly count the vo rs and INN diaiey
certify the result 10 the Chairman of the State
Central Committee
BY order OF the State Central Committee.
IL. w. CANNON, Chairman.
DOVER DEL, August is, 1880
AND WHEREAS, These CLAUSES contain instrIe-
tlOns TO the voters of New Castle county, contrary
10 the lOng-estiiblishcd customs and practices Of
the party Therefore,
ReSoiued, THAT this Committee regards this
assumption of power on the part OF the State
Central Committee in presuming TO regulate the
manner of choosing Judges 10 hold the elections of
delegates to the State Convention entirely un-
warranted, and AS usnrping power that belongs
only 10 the State Convention That while we
desire to see the party strengthened by the adop-
tlon OF wise methods, we can only sec in this new
departure II measure fraught with the greatest
danger, one that will tend directly to concentrate
the power of the party in the hands OF the Chair
man OF the State Central Committee whO under
this rule il made the sole judge OF the list Of dele
gates who shall vote for the temporary Chairman
OF the Convention, thereby controlling all the APP
pOntments OF committees, and putting the entire
control OF the Convention into his hands.
RESOLVED, That we call attention To the signill-
cant omlssicn IN these unwarranted instructions
by the State Central Committee, OF the naming OF
places 10 hold these elcCliOns in the city Of Will
minEtOn, aud the equally significant Absence of the
phrase, 'at the usual voting places" 1t ia per-
fectly evident that in the thckly populated terri
tory OF our large wards, several polls might be
opened-even with good intentions and 80 end
less difficulties arise As to who entitled to sit
IA delegates. u then, these difficulties might
arisc with the best Of intentions, how much easier
would il ne for selfish and designing men to use ii
as means of detrandius and cheating the voters
ont of their real choice.
RtSoiped. That we believe 1t would he fatal TO
the future prospects Of the party 10 enforce these
instructions, and that therefore we decline to COM
ply with them, and that We proceed ut once To
appoint judges to hold the elections ls usual for
delegates To tho State Conventions at Dover,
september ID, 1850, aud also to name time and
places Ot holding such elections.
ResOlged, That we appeal 10 the Republicans Of
new Castle county for their support In this effort
To sustain their right 10 eXpr IN the usual way
in the way hitherto unqnesiiOnetl, and eminently
Just and far-their wishes as to VINO should repre-
sent them IN State conventions, believing that
duiy TO them, rs their official representatives,
makes our course in this matter perfectly plain.
Inaccordance with this pronunciamento,
committee consisting OF Washington
Hastings. j. II Rudolph and j. H. Clark,
reported the following election officers for
the county:
First Ward-H. NJ. Mullen, b. T. Bye,
j. f. Thomas.
Second-Chsrles e. Sparks, Joshua
Emerson, William Countiss.
Third. II. Irons, Samuel A. House,
Joseph V. Martin
Fourth-W. ii. Griffith, Peter S. Blake,
l.. b. Morrow.
Fifth-Solomon Hersey, j. G. Haddock,
Harry Brown.
Sixth-William Moystein, Ferdinand
Chairs Eiw. Moore.
Seventh-Thomas Mahafy. Thomas
Talley, George W. Todd.
Eighth-George Ii. jackson, Alvin
Townsley, George Pardee.
Ninth-John +. Price, Ii. d. Raymond,
Samuel Rlgby.
Tenth William Croney, O. W. Sol
loway, NJ. j. Eastwood
Brandywine (East John Pettide-
mango, Amor Forwood, Sharpley Perkins
Brandywine (West)- Robert Banks, c.
NJ. d. Watson, Thomas X. Day.
Uhristiana NORTH John Ball, Jr., j.
S. Miller, A. d. LeOsrpentier.
Christians (South) )-Alexauder Irons,
Frank Il. Jones, j. W. II. Watson.
Mill Creek-Lemuel Graves, Henry
Thompson, William f. Little.
New Chstle-James G. Shaw, John
Steele, Edward Challenger.
White Clay Creek (East)-J. F. j..
Peters, II. o. Southgate, W. W. Groves.
White Clay Greek (West) q. G. King,
George W. Williams, i. D. Porter.
Penceder--John Barber, Samuel Alrich,
Nathaniel Newman.
Red Lion (East) William j. Robinson,
T. d. Cleaver, Charles W. Jefferson.
Red Lion (West)-Thomas ". Belviile,
Charles Oorbit, Jumes T. Rothwell.
st. Georl es East )-Daniel W. Corbit,
Joseph Cleaver, James Janyier.
St Georges (Wes)-Andrew Eliason,
George Iugraham Charles Tatman, Jr.
Appcquinimink-Geo l.. Townsend,
d. g. Maloney, Elias N. Moore.
Blackbird-John Allstin, Jesse Fenni-
more, Robert Davis.
The polling places We're also fixed, one
place i'll each ward and the usual polling
places for general elections in the outlying
hundreds.
Washington Hastings aud Robert Banks
were elected members of the committee
vice W. s. Bullock and $. II. Derrickson,
resigned.
The following resolution was also
adopted;
ReSolped That in future the city Of Whining
ton be entitled 10 a Senator and Representative n
each election for III Ilhers ul the GellcriI
Assembly.