Daily Republican., 1880-08-23
Election of Delegates,

The State Central Committee Of Del
aware having directed its Chairman t
issue a call, and designate the
time and manner of electine
delegates to the State Convention or.
dered by the State Committee to be
convened at Dover on September End,
1880, the County Committee Of New
Castle County Cor very small minority
of the full committee,) } decided on Sat
usday last, to override the action Of the
State Committee, and passed series oi
resolutions denouncing the action Of
the State Central Committee, and pro.
vidsd for the election of delegates to
the Stata Convention, which evidently
means to bolt the action Of the only le-
gally constituted State body of Repub.
licans in Delaware.
II those twenty-three gentlemen ol
the County Committee wish to get up a
| little State Convention on their own
account, they can do SO, but they can
not reasonably expect to be recognized
as delegates to the Republican State
Convention legally ordered to be con.
vened at Dover on the I'd Of September.
The manner of selecting delegates as
designated in the call of the Chairman
of the State Central Committee, provides
that the Republican voters in each Hun
dred in the State, and in each ward in
this city, shall meet on Saturday, Aug.
%. h, at A o'clock,p. m, snd select from
their own number, then and there pre-
sent, juds se5 to hold said delegate elec-
tion, who, as soon as chosen shall then
and there open the polls for the elec.
tion Of delegates to the State Couven-
tion, by ballot, by resident Republi-
cans only ofthe respective Wards and
Hundreds.
1t is the most just, honorable and
fair method that could have possibly
been provided for fair and honest Sc
lection Of delegates by the citizens Of
each Ward and Hundred. II prevents
the opening up of any possible avenue
to fraud. 1t places the citizens Of each
Ward and Hundred in the possession
of the fullest rights possible to select
their own judges AMI vote for their
choice for delegates. The State Com.
mittee have presented the time and
manner OF selecting delegates only;
they left the selection of judges entirely
20 the people OF the respective Hun
dIeds and Wards, whilst only twenty.
three members of a County Con-
vention select men of their own choos-
ing to hold delegate elections in every
Ward and election district in the coun-
ty, for delegates to 4 Stats Convention.
II a county convention was to be conven-
cd, then and in that event, the County
Committee would prescribe the time,
place and manner of holding the
same, and the manner Of selecting del
egates thereto, but for a County Com.
mittes meeting to attempt to override
the State Central Committee in the call
for an election Of delegates to a
State Convention, is an open and def
ant bolt against the legally constituted
State Central Committee, and cannot be
received in any other manner by any
reasonable person who will give the
matter careful thought and due consld-
Grafton.
The selection of delegates on the
2Sth day of August throughout this
State will be made in compliance with
the call Of Henry W. cannon, Chair
man of the State Cen ntral Committee,
and the credentials Of those selected as
delegates under said call, will be duly
certified, and sent to the Chairman OF
State Committee, and they will un-
doubtedly constitute the members Of
the State Convention on September 2,
1880. If the % gentlemen from New
Castle County wish TO get up State
of their own they mast
AXE the responsibility and accept the
.esults. Yours Respectfully
CONSISTENCY.