Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1880-07-29
DELI WARE REPUBLIC4Ns.

Preparing for Their state COnven-
ti"n-s'he tstb of August the Prob |
able Date-Eow the WEARING
Factions are Facing About Agaim
II. q. bradford. Jr.. for Congress
What viii the Result
He?
Special Correspondence of stats journal.
DovER July 20 Although Mr.. Cannon,
the official nouth.piece of the Republican |
State Executive COMMITTEES will not be- |
authority for positive statement in |
regard TO the exact time Mt which the State |
Convention will be held, it is generally |
understood that the call will be issued in a |
short time aud that the 18th Of August
will be the day fixed.
The two parts into which The party has
been divided by the occurrences ut the
last Convention held here, are quietly but |
industriously preparing for another, and
from present appearances, u tiefcer contest
for domination, shan the somewhat ia. |
nous one of May last
The party of the second part, as we
must designate the faction headed by Mr..
Higgins aud Mr.. Pickles until they prove
that they are the first part OF the party,
have already settled upon their candidate
for the Congressional nomination. They
have, after looking the field fairly over,
decided to bring out T. G. Bradford, Jr.,
Esq, of Wilmington. MIR. Conrad of the
News was talked about but is held of for
another time, and as Mr.. Higgins has his
eye upon the Senatorship, whenever the
party gets Legislature he would not
allow his name to be used, and the result
is Mr.. Bradford to the front and Mr..
Pickles to the rescue. The latter gentle
men has cast his political fortune with his
old opponents, and is working like a
beaver against his quondam friends Mr..
Conrsd, and presumably the Neps is in
hearty sympathy with him and there will
be the most lively sort of contest in
Wilmington aud New Castle county for
delegates TO the State convention. Mr.
Pickles expects to get large majority of
the New Castle delegates, confidently
counting upon at least 80, leaving IS for
the "other fellows"
~ should think" said Mr. Conrad, re-
Gently, that there will be no difficulty
on our part, in demonstrating that the
recent convention did not fairly represent
the party"
Which means that he expects to out
vote MIR. Cannon and the "Dover iunto"
-as the knot OF Republicans in Kent
county have been derisively named by
their enemies-and to nominate Mr..
Bradford for Congress.
The sx-feet-two of robust and s,alwatt
Republcanism in the physical construc-
ton of Chairman Cannon, is of a very
careful sort aud not given to hunting
ducks with brass band" When asked
Lin the direct question, "Who is to be
put up by your friends for the Congress
sional nomination I" he closed up one
eye and whistled softly, but SAID nothing.
That appears 10 he the way of it. The
victors ut the late rumpus here are making
the stiilest sort OF a still hunt, and fully
understand how to do it, They do not ill.,
tend to show their hand OH u bluff and
fully BELLY Va the maxim "silence is
golden
Who is their candidate? This Ia the
problem which MIR. higgins and Mr..
Pickles and the others who are called "the
opposition now that they are out of the
, regular organization would like to solve
Sure it is that 1t is not MIR. Moore nor Mr
Massey and probably not General Torber
nor Mr.. Cannon, nor MIR. Smithers
, although the latter has been spoken o.
' with some confidence as having concluded
!, to accept, aud the Information has giveI
MIR. Bradtord's friends u cold shlver. /
. is not at all probable, however, that Mr.
. Sml,ntrs has been cOquetting in his posi-
:, tive statements that he cannot be u can
} dldate, and the most probable explanation
. of the ippossibilty of placing your fiuge
: on the candidate of tue party of the iirs
. part, is that they have not themselve
. definitely settled upon any one. Tina
:. they will between now and the l9lh j
>. pretty certain, for the very good reaso
~ that they cannot afford TO divide thei
:, votes between two or three.
n Beyond this question of candidates
~ however, aud of vastly more interest to RI
i. publlcans are the chances of the two wing
NJ of the party of success i'll the convention
for this Is all that the fight is for. neithe
IL hoping TO elect u hspublioau to Oongres
this year,
n, The expectation of Mr.. Higgins All
m MIR. Pickles that they will get 80 delegate
D. from New Castle, is supplemented by
i'd conviction tlmt they will be reinforced b
as not less than % Of the ~ from SUISSE!
M thus giving them 50 votes, -four MOI
of than majority of the Convention.
30 1t is little hignitcant that they ri,
/; Kent up to the other faction. Can the
TO GIT - delegates from Sussex? II is N,
ly impossible but would hardly appear TO /
y probable. At the last Convention whel
st Mr. Higgins found himself so suddenl
* turutd down in tn. full tllshuf anticipate
Il, success, only % votes could be gotte
Ii froIA Suss X, aud this with the organic
us ton in their nwu hauds. 1t is not like
Id thai they can hold their own now, niue
he less luska gains Should they get all thu
I'D they claim III New Castle Lud manage
he control The ~ dtlrgAtes from below VII
n voted with them ON the 9th of May las
st. they would have 30, and the control ,
y the Convention
at But this il doncedI to ihom ever,
I'd thing; aud with only n margin of 4 vot,
til Oh their own figures their prospec
NY would not appear 10 pe of such u prolni
ly lug character as 10 warrant MI txpec,atin
he from sncn p disiuterestld stand-pnil { {
or an EVERY EVENING correspondent occ,
ct pies that they are 10 DO what Que of the
i'll most prominent leaders said to mo ii
en other day they would do, Clean the
ut other fellows out II inoks very muc
gu AS tbough them other fellows" would {
w the scaiping again.
The following estimate of what IL
as relative strength Of the two wings il like
to to be WHEN he convention meets, il like
ell tn be nearer the mark than II
CO estimates OF either, being completed aft
III careful comparison Of the figures
he both and subsequent examination into Il
he situation III varlOus parts Of the State.
,at il not pretended that il is entirely accurat
he but the Result of the primary election W
ls, demonstrate that it indicates as nearly
lly anything of the kind eau be expected
Die do the strength of the warning factions.
ri Kent county is by common consent D
Sc, down MS good for 10 votes-ts entire re
ate reseDtation for the wing represented
he Mr. Bird, MIR. Mills and Mr.. Uanpo
IN which we will call the committee part
led for convenience, ~ they are in control
us the Siete committee.
ic. lu New Castle county the delegation
IN likely TO be divided 30 foi the commit
he, party ard i3 for the Higgins Pick,
Dre party. Ia Sussex the delegation will
re- pretty evenly divided 81 to ~ This es
al mate will give the committee party 9G
i'm 81 for their aspirants
the This does GOT appear to he encouragii
the for Mr.. Higgins hopes, but it will
the about the way of il. The delegation
or. New Castle county will probably stand, f
wn the committee party, from Wilmingto
hat IL from New CASTLE hundred, 3 Brand
if wine, =; Red Lion, 3 St. Georges,
ere Pencader, B; Appoquinimink, ; Sou
Chris'iana, 3 total, b. The balance m
of be counted for the other side, the flo
er- having resulted in very closely and d
md tinctly drawn lines.
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