Daily Republican., 1880-05-13
A VOICE FROM KES1.
L1wS eri Dick Harrington raiks
About Tho COnventlOn & -APDarent.
~ Me's Flushed with Success
hut wants HarinOny-Uefend Ing
Kani'a doUrse.


Kent's Course.
Richard Harrington, Rsq,, was in
town Yesterday. In the afternoon the
RBPuBrIcAN met him, aud as the yonpe
Dover lawyer shock him warmly by
the hand, he asked:
"Mr. Harrington have you any OBJ
jections to giving your views regarding
the late unpleasantness in the Repub.
lican State Convention ~
"NoRs whatever" he replied. snow
listen and I'll tell you what think.
The trouble in the convention began
when Mr.. Picksls, refusing to be gov
srnsd by tho wishes Of . majority of
the members Of the State Central Com.
mittse, declined to suggest any man to
the Convention as its temporary chair
man, other than his own choice.
Ycu will at ONE perceive that
many members OF the Convention,
objecting to this. proposed to test this
extraordinary assumption Of authority;
and this purpose grew stronger when
We remembered that Mr.. PickelR, with.
out conGultation with any member of
the committee from Kent County, and,
as am informed and believe, without
any consultation with any member Of
the committee from Sussex, fixed the
day for the assembling convention. re-
gardless of the convenience or wishes
of either his committee or the two low
sr counties. Having ignored his COM
n,ittee in selecting the timu AMI plaos
for holding the Convention Mr.. Pick
els proposed going one long step fur
ther by, not only naming the Temporal
ry chairman Of the convention without
cons ulting the members Of the commit
tee, but against their wishes"
"What was it your intention to do
when you soy this, as you say ?"
'sWs pr-poGed a. the outset to in
quire by q vote OF the convention
whether Mr. Pickols ran the party or
the party ran Mr.. Pickels, or in other
words, whether the dog would wag its
own tail, or sit down and quietly allow
the tail to wag the dog. To Mr. Bush
personally Kent county had no oblec-
tion and they regard him as thorough
upright and consistent Republican,
and 1t was With extreme. reluctance
that they PROCEEDED to test the sense Of
the convention upon this arubitrSry
action"
"How did it happen that Mr.. Mills
was selected ss Ksnt's candidate,
"We had several reasons for doing
30. First, his entire disassociaticn with
any clique or faction in the State; sec
ond, having but recently removed into
our county from Wilmington, where he
a large business acquaintance, it
was supposed he would be acceptable
to a large portion OF New Castle county;
third, that his Republioauism was un-
doubted; fourth, tuat he was man Of
brains. These were the controlling rea.
sons pith our caucus /; his selection was
in no manner the of.pring of political
or tricks. Upon the question, as
10 the Substitution OF Mr. Mills for Mr.. |
Bush the convention passed. A maiori-
~ ruled Mr.. Pickels down. The other
and greater troubles began just here"
"The vote on temporary chairman
continue Mr.. Harrington, after a mo-
nent's pause, "waS test vote, so re-
,ardsd 6y all, and all the tumult and
lisorder which ensued in the couvsn-
ion was the offspring and result OF the
efusal OF Mr. Pickles and his friends to
Lccept their defeat gracefully and sub
nit the majority Of the convention to
lave it's OWE way. Instead of this they
,egan fllibusteriug, and, holding q
of the convention together,
hrew themselves into iaetional oppo-
ition, resisted every step OF the ma.
ority Of the convention, and pretty
penly avowed that through majority
hey would-rule or ruin."
"Well ?"
Well They didn't rule, and to be
ust to thoas gentlemen for whom |
ersonally have high regard, | do not
hink they will attempt to ruin by Ell
ouraging GisorganiSation. The truth
that much must be allowed for large
aud quick impulses. The .
convention was warm-in fact hot, the
'eather was hot ; Mr.. Pickles grew "
OF when hs was asked to step down !; "a
snt County, In her solidity, was cool
effect thuader storm, which has O
cared the political atmosphere and i
,vived the Repablicanism in Della =
are, that is the effect Of the retire t
ent of Mr. Pickels. d
"What Of harmony ?" s
"Ws ara not going to fight among &
lrse es--Ws differed and stated our
f4rencss pretty fully, broadly and
aiply in other words We had fam.
Y quarrel, which, you know, Is not l.
70 kind of a quarrel for strangers to d
Iteriere with" ]!
"How about Kant being solid all the "
no 7" II
II am not surprised that the solidity cl
Kent should puzzle you folks in New W
Istle, Tor y.u quarrel among your
Ives so much. We in Kent rarely
hit each other. 'lu honor preferriHg
other VIZ sink mere personal views ~
d wishes to the general good-benoe u
all questions in the Convention " "
mt was solid. That is the Rspubli- "
Il party of cur county--one mino, p
o purpose, enc hope. ] wish could ~
y as much for the other counties, and
stead of being dsrided | think the
animi!y of ksnt ought to be ap- 80
audsd aud her example followed" Sn
"Why was Kent opposed to permit tb
~ a majority Of the New Castle eau Al
8 to .ms the delegates to the Chica- "a
from their own county" wi
'sThe reasons are obvious. The con- an ~,
utiOn was a Delaware convention,
led to select delegates to the Nation
convention to represent the views
wishes of the people Of the whole ed
to. The delegates assembled from Ke
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