Smyrna times., 1880-05-12
WHOLE NO. 1906.
The Republican Convention at Dover.
WAR OF FACTIONS FOR THE LEADERSHIP.


~ The state Republican Convention was held at Dover
thursday afternoon and for the hours that it lasted
was Il nearly unbrOkcn scene Of turmoil and confu-
SION, The Pickles faction held a clear majority Of
Ncw Castle and Sussex delegates but Richard liar
rngtOn held the Kent delegation unitedlv in hand
for the Bird faction and cast forty votes solidlv on
In this way they fought step bv s;ep til they carried
the organization and named the delegates to Chicago
several times the convention seemed on the point of
tllc II would be little less than disOrderly mob.
-, THE GENERAL BODY GOING TO WORK.
= me convention was called to order at = p. NJ by H.
r. fIckIcS, chairman of the state Executive Commit
NJ W n accordance with party precedent he named
Mr.''; W. Bush as temporary chairman. Ex-CongrcsS
man l-04and said that he had been authorized by
HiGc HIc majority Of the state Committee to |. n
NILS, superintendent Of the Philadelphia, Whining
Ton and Baltimore railroad, 10 that position, and
~ Ncl MS name as substitute for Mr.. Bushs. Mr.
lckcs was indispoc take the sense of the conven
u?il' lhlsmuch as the chairman of the County Com
n,[cC ila hitherto exercised the power to appoint
without question. You are there to put notions
ana not to run the convention Dick Harrington
SH!oulcu eAclledy. Alter Il prolonged and acrimO-
nions debate the question finally put to the house
resulting in eighty nine votes for Mills and sixty -four
very nearly evenly divided The dee%atdns Of the tho
contested ward and hundred had not yet been permit
tcl 70 V0tc, and the question of which should be al
lnittcd became vital to the control of the body.
chairman Mills on taking the chair. announced his
intention to promote harmony by all means in his
power II he could assist in harnOniZing the party
he was ready to DO his part and he meant what he
said lie is very deficient in the knowledge of parlia-
neniary tactics which. perhaps, may account for his
having ruled uniformly i'll favor of those who nom-
mated and elected him. The next discord arose out
OF the composition of the Committees on Organization
Credentials and Resolutions. The delegates from
Kent argued in favor of having them made mn Of
three dclegatcs from each county Anthony Higgins
Esd OF Wilmington said that the convention would
take very serious slip if declined obey party
history and tradition which for twelve years at least
had accorded New Castle five delegates on each com
nttep the lower counties havinT thren zach jJn
demanded for New Castle her Just force and influence
In the debate that followed many acrimonious
words were exchanged and confusion at times
frtls.v
The committee were finally chosen in accordance
with the old rule New Castle five members and tho
lower counties three each. EX-Judge George T.
Fisher, late of Washington was made chairman of the
Credentials Committee X. c. FraiIn, of the Commit
! tee on Permanent organization and eX-Congressnan
y. b. Smithcrs of the Committee Resolutions
After half an hours recess the convention reasscfn-
blcd and from the first rap Of the Chairmans for
were beaten. Judge Fisher reported in favor of ad-
hitting both delegations from Wilmington Tenth
ward and excluded the Baltimore hundred delega-
| uun which brought the regular credentials Mr..
Higgins moved the rejection of the report far
as the contestlng delegations were concerned and
argued the facts at length claiming that the deega-
tiOn bearing the credentials the only fairly
elected and the contestants had 10 whatever.
Counsellor Bird took up the argument for the
cstntS who he claimed the only representative
delegates OF the ward the others being new creatures
! Of the County Committee. Judge Fisher also de-
Tended the action oi the committee as based upon
The best liSht ulcy could obtain After eXaming all
the witnessed within reach DR.. Burton of Lewes and
Dr. C. : Layton protested vigorously against the
port OF the committee amid many interruptions from
the other side Finally Layton declared that if the
report insisted upon he would call upon every
true Republican to leave the room. gOOdly number
of them at once and started as if 60 out The
| widest confusion ensued. Loud-voiced members
| lcaped upon the benches and tried to make them
selves heard, Disorder reigned supreme for five miu
ueS. The seCeders were finally induced to re-
main, when the vote was taken, Harrington remark
ing that Kent was solid and had authorized him to
cast her 40 votes for the report This was protested
against at the time and a demand made to have the
roll of her delegates called Chairman Mills declined
to order this on the of time. and it in
sisted upon The result was II votes for the reflection
J = he
the vote stood Il yeas 10 60 nays-a bare majority of
two but llemoralizing enough to cause MANY Of the
| minority delegates 10 take an early train home
! THE PLATFORM OF THE PARTY.
The Committee of Permanent Organization rcnorted
for permanent officers /. y. Mills, chairman vice
| presidents, T. \. Curtis. John Moore and Thomas J.
Davis. DR.. samuel silver, Dr. W. I. Collins and c. $
Layton chosen secretaries. These were chosen
| after some opposition. EX-CongresSman SmitherS
then read the resolutions, which pledged undivided
support to any nominee of the Chicago convention
excepting Grant and investing the delegates with full
discretion. Excepting that of limitation the rcsolu-
tions were unanimously adopted being as follows:
E,s0'Ued, That being in entire accord with the Re
publican party of the United States content To-
refer to the authoritative enuncaton of its conyen-
to the history of its acts the most conclusive proof
| OF his usefulness
Rcsolued That the selection of its candidates ought
to be considered simply the choice of agents 10
administer the functions of government in accordance
with those principals that the necessary conditions
of popular approval forbid the nomination of any
person liable to public censures to render his
election probably impossible and that under this abso
lutte limitation regulating the action of political par
, ties free government any Republican fWhO shall
| receive the Endorsement of the National Convention
will be entitled TO the undivided support of the
/, ! Republicans of Delaware.
RCSOLred That the delegates chosen by this cOnVen-
tion from the State of Delaware act in the National
convention to be held at Chicago the second day
of June next are invested with power to vote on all
questions according to individual sense of right that
we send them for consultation and trust them with
out qualification only reminding them that as nomi-
nation without election would be vain in their effort
to discern the candidates who should be selected.
they should regard the preference of those States
upon which we must rely for success rather than the
Indication Of those from which the electoral votes can
scarcely be hoped, much less expected
THE NATIONAL DELEGATES.
The following delegates TO the Chicago convention
were submitted for the approval of the convention
New Castle Christian Febiger Levi G. Clark Kent
, y. b. Smithers. Major LOfand; Sussex, Benjamin
! Burton, Albert Curry AlternateS: New Castle S. T.
V. Carthy, Samuel Silver; Kent, George F. Fisher
Lemuel Johnson; Sussex, Jacob Moore, Abel S.
George s Townsend as substitute for Levi G. Clark
in the New Castle delegation. This aroused the
bittereSt and most dsOrderly contest of the cOnven-
ton. They demanded that the convention elect the
candidate who was the choice of the majority of the
New Castle delegation and asked to have it polled
Kent refused permit this, and for half hour
scene that has seldom been paralelled was enacted
Threats howls. cries of - Put him out g shut him
up p etc were exchanged. once there was a rush
toward speaker that looked as If the threats would
become actual violence When it came to the vote
Kents delegation again cast solid. The unit
rule, the same that Cameron used to such purpose,
HARRINGTON exclaimed at length throwing M his
hand. 1t objected to on the ground that many OF
the delegation had gone away and an undue prepOn-
derance would be given to that county by permitting
but would not order call of the roll and refused
entertain appeal. Disorder again reigned, and a
delegate excitedly impored the Chair not to stultfy
himself and injure his good repute by refusing what
was parliamentary right The arbitration Of the
DISPUTE was left to y. B. SmitherS, who advised that
as the vote had already been twice recorded unit
it was too late to appeal: The last prop was then
the vote was announced Clark had IS and Townsend
As. After seven hours of the most turbulent session
ever known in Delaware the Convention instructed
the Chair to appoint State Committee and adjourn
w. ,,or. -,,rx,
The delegation it is said stands five for Blaine and
one for Edmunds with Raine for the latters second
the lack Of harmony that prevailed will add greatly
| to their difficulties in the coming canvass.
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A PARTING ScENE.-Did you ever hear two married
women take leave of each other at the gate on
Summer evening? This is the way they dOit:
"Goodby. Come down and see us right soon.''
Yes, so will. You come up right soon"
"Good-by? Don't you forget to come soon.
"No, won't. Don't you forget to come up"
81 won't; Be sure and bring Sally Jane with you
Il will I'd have brought her up this time, but she
wasn't very well. She wanted to come up awful bad
Ibid She now? That was too bad. Be sure and
al will and you will be sure and bring the baby
Twill: forgot to tell you he's cut another tooth "
You don't say. How many has he got nowP
al guess it does this hot weather. Well good by
| | Don't forget to come down."
mo, won't Don't you forget to come up Good
And they seperate-NelO York Commercial Advertiser
A gentleman hires countryman for a
servant who has never been in service before,
81 will give you SIS month, and / will
dress you," says the master. The country
J lad locks delighted and enters at once. The
following morRing, hewever, as his master
4 did net see him, though it was getting quite
r late, he got up and went to see what was
{ the matter. He found the servant in bed
The master few into passion, but the
/ man said, "Was it net agreed that yor
were to dress nae? was waiting fer YOU +