Daily Republican., 1880-08-23
THE COUNTY COMMITTEE.

An Important Meeting hold ON SAt.
urday-A stand Meae AERinst she
Action Ofth State Central Com.
mittee, Oaicers Ap2Otuts d toHo cid
the Delegate Elections.
The Republican County Executive
Committee met in the Lincoln Club
Reom on Saturday afternoon, the Chair.
Rkn, Geo. W. StoEe, in the chair. At
an early stage of the proceedings all
persons not members Of the committee
were requested to withdraw from the
| room.
The resignation Of W., S. Bullsck, of
the Seventh ward, was received and &C.
ceptea, and Washington Hastings was
elected in hisstead.
The resignation of =. II. Derrick, Of
West Brandywine Hundred, was &C
oepted, and Robert Banks elected in his
stead.
The following resolution, offered by
John c. Higgins, was adopted
Resolved, That in future the city of VII
nington beSsntitled to a senator and Repre-
sentative a& each election ior members OF the
General Assembly.
The question which excited the most
! interest in the Committee was the late
action Of the Republican State Central
Committee, in depriving the County
Committee Of any sad all jurisdiction
in the holding Of elections for Delegates
to the State Convention. The action of
the State Central Committee was defend
ed by James L. Hawkins, member Of
said Committee and also member of
the County Committee, and James
Stroud, from the First Ward.
A long and animated debate resalted
in the adoption Of the following resolu-
tions by vote of % to 2:
WHEREAS, The recent call OF the Republi,
can state Central Committee for a state
Convention to be held Sept 3mber 2, 1880, con.
tains the following clauses:
In the several wards ofthe city OF Whining
tep and hundreds In New Castle COunty. the
Republicans will assemble at 4 O'Clock, p. m,
and select three Judges to hold the delegats
election; and the judges SO selected shall, as
80 n as chosen. open the polls for the election
of said delegates, and keep the same.open till
II O'Clock, p. m.
Upon closing the polls, the Judges duly
chosen shall publicly count the vo es and I'm.
mediately certify the result TO the Chairman
of the state Central Committee.
BY order OF the state Central Committee
II. W. CANNON, Chairman.
DOVER. DEL Aug. 1S, 81.
AND WHEREAS, These clauses contain In.
strucuons to the voters OF New Castle county
contrary to the long established customs and
practices OF the party. Therefore,
Resolved, That this Committee regards
this assumption OF power on the part OF the
Stato Central Committee in presuming to
regulate the manner OF choosing . i'd. as to
hold the election OF delegates TO the State
Convention as entirely unwarfanted, and as
usurping poWer that belongs only 10 the state
Convention. That while we desire to see the
party strengthened by the adoption Of wise
In thods, we can only see In this new depar-
ture measure fraught with the greatest dan.
ger, one that will tend directly to concentrate
he power Of the party In tine hands OF the
Chairman of the state Central Committee,
who, under this rule, is made thS sole judge
OF the list OF delegates VINO shall vote for the
temporary Chairman of the Convention,
thereby controlling all the appointments o.
committees, and putting the entire control Of
the Convention into his hands,
Resolved, That we csll attention TO the In
significant omission In these unWar. anted in
Instructions by the State Central Commit
tee, OF the naming OF places TO bold the elec.
tions in the city OF Wilmington, and tue
equal y significant absence OF the phrase, ''at
the ueual vt ting places"
1t is perfectly evident that In the thickly |
popul ted territory Of our large wards, sever
al polls might be 0penod-eyen with good in
tentiuns-and 70 endless difficulties arise as
to who was entitled to sit as delegates. II,
then, these d1ttiulties might arise with the
best OF intentions, how much easier would 1t
be for selfish and designing men to use 1t as
q means OF defraudink and cheating the vot'
ers out OF their real choice.
hnltn n a.
tai to the future prosp cts OF the party to en-
force these Instructions, and that theriore we
decline 10 comply with them, and that we
proceed at Snce 10 appoint Judges TO mold the
elections as usual Tor delegates TO tho State
Convention, at Dover, september 2, 1850, AID
also to name the time and places oil holding
such elecdOns.
Received, That wo appeal to the Republi-
cans Of New Castle county for their supp .rt IN
this effort 10 sustain their right to express In
the usual wsy-in the way hitherto unques-
toned and emtLent'y Just and lalr-Lhelr
wishes as to who should represent them In
State Conventions, bsieving that our duty To
them, as their official representatives, makes
our course in this matter perfectly plain.
The foregoing resolutions reported
ported by q committee consisting Of
Washington Hastings, J. Horace Ru'1
dolph and James II. Clark. |
The following persons reported
by the various Ward and Hundred
delegations were appointed to held the
delegate elections on Saturday next:
First Ward-H. NJ. Mulline b. 7.
Bye, J. F. Thomas.
Second-Charles e. Sparks, Joshua
Emerson, VIM. Countiss.
Thitd-F. R. Irons, Sam'l A. House,
Joseph v. Martin.
Fourth-W. H. Griffin, Peter 5.
Blake, L. B. Morrow.
Fifth-solomon Hersey, J. Ct. Had
dock, Harry Brown.
sixth-Wm. Moystein, Fred. Chairs,
Edw. C. Moore.
ssventh-Thos. J. Mahafy, Thos. L.
Talley, Geo. W. Todd. Il
Eishth-George H. Jackson, Alvin
Townsley, Geo. Paradee.
Ninth-John F. Price, Il. D. Ray
mond, Samuel Rigby.
Tenth-Wm. Croney, c. W. Solo
way, M. T. Eastwood.
Brandywine, (east)-John Petitde. =
mango, Amor Forwood. +. sharpley =
Perkins.
Brandywine, (west)-Robert Banks, y
G. M. d. Watson, Tomas R. Day.
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