The daily gazette., 1880-05-07

votes Of either Of the contesting dele.
When Keut county was reached Major
Lonand announced that he was jnstruc-
cd 10 cast the forty votes Of Ire, county
olldly for Isaac Mills
Sussex County objected to this. but
nr. Smithers, said if they did not be-
lieve there were forty solid votes from
Kent, to call the roll. The roll was
not called. At the conclusion of the
ballot, the result was found to be as
follows:
For Mr.. Mills-New Castle, 81
Kent, 40
Sussex, 10
80
II OF Mr.. Bush-New Castle, 43
Sussex, 90
GO
This settled the question, and Mr..
Mills advanced upon the stage, saying
lie represented no faction, nor yet, as
some PEOPLE might say, was he the
representative of corporation. He
was simply a citizen and Republi-
can.
Frederick Pyle, DR.. VIM. I. Kollock
and DIR. G. II. Layton were appointed
temporary Secretaries, and then Be-
niah Watson moved for the appoint
ment of a committee on credentials of
three members from each county.
Up jumped An hony Higgins with a
claim for the right Of New Castle
County to have five members of all
committees, and Mr.. Pickles hoped
New Castle would not yield one .jot or
little of this right. He moved to
amend by making the committee five
from Now Castle, and Beniah, at the
suggestion of Levi Bird, accepted the
amendment. The motion prevailed,
and committees on permanent organi-
zation and resolutions, Mr. Higgins
moving for the latter, were also order
ed. The chairman received lists of
committees from the Kent county fac
tion. and announced them as follows :
Committee on Credentials-New
Castle County-R. l.. Armstrong, James
L. Hawkins. Robert T. Wright, Robert
lianly and Edward lawson.
Kent County Beniah Watson. E.q..
Jabez jenkins and George p. Fish r,
Esq. Sussex County, Henry p. Can
non, Edward Burton and William Gum.
On Permanent Organization-New
Castle q unty-Robert q. Fraim,
George w. Groves, Samuel Silvers,
3. V. B. Carty,col., and Allen Smith.
Kent County-Thomas d. Read
b. X. Lofland ard ID. Z. Barnard, Jr.
Sussex County Augustus Moore, John
A. Phillips and William Hurdle.
Committee on Resolutions-New Cas-
tie County-Levi e. Bird, Esq, Richard
Smith, DR.. Ellison, Anthony Higgins.
Ed, and William Miller of the Sixth
Ward.
Kent County--N. B. Smithers, Jacob
Freidel ard JohnG. Smithers.
Sussex County-Eli r. Sharp, Charles
Small and Isaac Sirmon.
The Convention then, at A is O'Clock
took Il recess of half an hour, to await
reports from the committees
Upon the reassembling Of the Con-
ventlon, at 4 as O'Clock the Committee
OH credentials, through Judge Fisher,
reported that there were but two con-
tests, one in the Tenth Ward, Whining
ton, and one III Baltimore Hundred,
Sussex county. In regard to the former,
the COMMITTEE reported in favor of ad-
mitting both delegations ; and in re-
gard to Baltimore Hundred, tho report
favored the admission of the contest
ants, but as the latter were represented
by only OF man, he had to cast the four
votes Of the hundred.
The report came upon the Conven-
tion like bombshell, and Mr.. Hig-
gins promptly moved to reject that por-
ton referring to the Tenth Ward. H.,
supported his motion in bitter speech,
claiming the regularity of the delega
tion VIII se seats were contested.
Levi G. Bird followed in a spirited
response, claiming the Tenth Ward
regular delegation was chosen illegally,
in pursuance Of a plan set on foot By
tie County Executive Committee, and
its chairnar, Mr.. Solomon Heisey, to
select delegate tickets by packed Ward
meetings. He said the Stewart ticket
in the Tenth Ward was born in fraud,
gotten up in fraud aud elected in fraud.
Judge Fisher said: "Mr. Chairman
and Brother Republicans, have lived
sixty-nine years, Since 1888 l have
been trying to throttle-not my friend
on my right Mr.. Higgins], not any
Republican in New Castle county, no,
not any of my friends-I have not split
my ticket, have voted it for 40 years
as clean as any mans bill of health,
from top to bottom-but l did try to
throttle the Democratic party when my
young friend here was mewling and
paking in his nurses arms. Now he
rises here not only to throttle Inc but
TO throttle Kent county and the majority
Of this Convention.
Judge Fisher then defended the report
of the committee saying that fraud was
apparent in the Tenth ward election, land
that one of the regular delegates from
Baltimore Hundred admitted to the
Committee that their ticket was elected
by the votes of Democrats. 81 want to
know" said the Judge, ''if the Republi-
can party is to be ruled by Democratic
votes, If any man thinks so let him
come out and Say SOP"
Mr.. Hlggirs-I NO i'd say to my learn
ed friend that never said would vote
for Mr.. Bayard."
This was thrust at Levi Bird who is
charged with being in favor OF Mr..
Baya ard for President, and the applause
that greeted 1t was tremendous.
Judge Fisher responded that Kent and
Sussex Republicans would never vote
for Mr.. Bayard either for President or
Senator He then pleaded for the adop-
ton OF the committees report, and for
harmony and growing eloquent, said," If
| am to be slaughtered in the house of
NV friends, lei my last hours be.glorified"
by the triumph of the Republican party.