Daily Republican., 1882-07-28
TgE CONVENTION,
.,,ruTsIAsTIC AND HARMO'
~ BSs Hs REPUBLIOAE STATE
Sl"O rONVENTI0N.

OpN VEIN AA~
.,.te edition of the REPuBL1-
10 tne Wednesday, evening the action'
CAN On us Of the State Convention
and reasJaU resaaSJ at Dover were toreshad
selSd aSd And by the time tne ne ae1egaSel Gae
o~es eu Gathering nT to start to the Oonvsn, ven,
we're sSscsme generally known tha1
don " TSO SUrrv of Sussex county would
AlperS ,noted Hd for Governor, and that
b n9m,nS nton Hastings, of Wilmington,
WaSniSSE~om ~ominsted for Congress-. By
TSStu .SOsS who favored peace and harmony
IN tne y RIn Success at the November cleo
rouS u ooOOrnnromise was readily accept.
ton tnyV ~ raipbow, the ha-binger Of
ed a. snV ana those who manifested the
fpeaCe, suS s",ional feeling began to see that
GSs Ss consistent they mad TO . ,all dav 10 ws9 10
II sSe ot tide that was TO RUE 'n0 u"' az
Dover ,aOerslly known Mr.. Fooks,
as - .Ss monument candidates for
one aor .. ~ had withdrawn from the con-
GoV0ini 1naving only Mr.. Curry in the
teSt ies"TS ESs Governor. The nomination
70 tlei@ ronarsss ,u1 was therefore left with
lGs MsS 0TSl TastlO County and AS that county
Sew ~ Vs SsIerates had shown its sympa-
2 !. l.S ,v;,b tbe side that supported Mr..
lnloS aoS0 W" tbe friends Of Mr.. Curry IN
. EoOhVh. honnty were desirous for the
Asn' Sa - p nsacs and harmony that those
ss1S,ious saHV ii should not be interrupted;
M 1S,S sbow their entire sympathy and
~ .Sa'tUeas OuUT in this matter they waitad
cSlU' 'nnn fsw Of the leading members Of
W. IpoSS S,isnds Of Mr.. Fooks and presented
~ W. mama Of Washington Hastings for
w. W. D Ursss This was done to show that
D sSsy ware sincere and desired harmony
u MI tbe party by a ticket chosen from
y ~ w. Sideo that could not fail to har.
'n"niss The spirit in which the com.
nrOmjse rO, was proposed was accepted
III Albert Curry aud Washington
ESstinrs stood before the people on q
ticESt t6at was to bring peace and sue.
sssu and needing only the ratification
oSths Convention. In the meantime it
",s y a, reported that Mr.. Fooks had not
vithdrawn from the contest but was
N tbe hands of his Sussex County
friends, led by Jacob Moore, Esq, Ex.
Attorney General of the State.
The Sussex delegation got to Dover
shOrtly after ton o'clock and went into
caucus over the situation when 1t was
iound that Mr.. Fooks had % of the AZ
d.lepsteS to which Sussex was entitled
and they were prepared to present his
name to the convention if there had
beeu any chance OF success. New Castle
hSd 80 delegates out Of 78 that could
b depended upon for Fooks. But 1t
was found that instead of Is County
rights" in Kent County as at first re-
ported there were but three which
would only make FOoks' vote rs out of
total Of 16O in the convention or Ave
short Of enough to secure q nomination.
Under these circumstances a committee
Of three composed of Jacob Moore,
Robert Lsmbden and II. w. Nc
Colley was appointed to wait upon
The New Castle Delegation upon its
arrival and see what was best to be
done.
The New Castle County delegation
arrived about 1l.3O O'Clock and imme-
diately went into caucus in Burton's
Hall, electing Benz amin Nields, Esq.
chairman and Mr.. Harris of Pencader,
Secretary. Anthony Higgins, Esq.
who had been at Dover since the even
Ing before stated the situation to the
caucus and further stated that COM
mitee would soon arrive to confer with
similar Committee from the Ne
Castle County Cauous. Mr.. Higgins re-
viewed the situation and stated with.
out ColorinG what had been done to har.
monize the party on Mr.. Curry for
Governor and Mr.. Hastings for Con.
greSs and hoped that wise counsels
would prevail.
Dr. Henderson, q Colored delegate
nom the Fifth Ward, did not agree with
the means made use of to nominate
Mr. Hastings though he had no objec.
lions to that gentleman, but as this was
: body OF delegates where each was
Ile peer OF the other, he thought they
saouId have something to say as to who
should be their candidates. He there.
iOfe put in nomination the name Of
henry =. Conrad, q gentleman we'll
qaalined and who he was sure was pop.
ular with the people. Chairman Nields |
luSae brlef address advising harmony
4. 1la submission TO the arrangements {
slst mad been made. Henry f. Pick I
sS GeOrge W. Roberts and Robert j, !
hanby made addresses of similar i'm /
l gUlt, The committee looked for from
iIS ~ sussex caucus not appearing and G
S'lesaCe v Daniel p. Hamilton informing I
Suo caucus that the convention would
lOurned,
THE CONVENTION. Ii
\ az o'clock the court house bell call q
y I., s0e convention together depriving a
n ,Sige number of delegates from getting 1
'Sslf 'Ss = dinner. Henry W. Cannon, took
'uS '.S rnalr and called the convention to !
Ssuo S.uo'' ne congratulated the Republi- a
IJrn ~Si., oG the promising condition In a
W." uSn "at Sne party was now compared to q
wv ,"V years ago. For the purpose Of effect. 8
~ ~ N an - organization he nominated I
a.. ,,r ", v. !. Collins of Smyrna as tempo.
,n.1 %ay chairman and G. W. Patton of /
'IS0'1 Es r county as temporary Secretary. i
\, -, a. Colllns thanked the convention a
Ors y, sne honor bestowed upon him and L
n1s TSs'ssulated ~ his fellow Republicans t
Sin : ~ " sae prospect of sweeping victo O
,,n ~ sne state. He believed that the a
,nT ,ouIa nominated at that convention o
u n W Ine Governor of Delaware. .
hail H. McMullen moved that the
yS,'%sn .on0 S appoint a committee of five II
v nd Sr view Castle and 8 each from Kent d
umSsn S~ssek, o on credentials; the same n
Arm nT,USr on resolutions and the same on s
CHI heDt ~ 10 Organization. Upon the G
IN SNS ro VI Mr' McMullen to a seat in the 8,
+snSonlon +snSonllon being questioned BY DR.. G
OtHiuerSon, Ctiue Isaac N. Mills made The ii
TylOI Tbo ~ which was adopted. a
,mab oNalfman annouaced the afore- a
0O 'C n committees as follows: Is
ict psonIShtlals-J. ptI R. Lofiand, Fred a
gar!n' ne' Charles Tatmau, Charles a
nm "'paf, p, James Dandy, David East.
~, ohs,,. robert j. Hill, joseph Green N
'Tstt Dr. LSmden, A. s. Small. william II
sDi,H.3so Si ,EH.s3solations-Lsvi G. Bird. ESQ. Ii
. T. Isn Nlelds, Esq, Il. @. McLsar' n
,bn NJ armstrong, Robert L. Hanby 81
rsziar mO4Te' j. Colby Smith, Joseph o
y sSAlor, ii, W, McCoIlav T"h