The daily gazette., 1882-08-23
GOOD DAYS WORK.
ov,ey FOR GOVERNOR ;
osE FOR CONGRESS.
uov THE THING WAS DONE.
NJ Men Who Knew Their Own
nou, A convention Harmonious, ED-
.a"sastlc n and Level-Headed.

,snecInl correspondence of the Gazette
ng,,rp .,p Aucust 22.-The convention wa
poi W., iL", Gne and It's work was done wisel,
l,ous1 oi, - There was no bossism, and mel
pnu "e,, w, and acted after their own minds
aUus %es Gathering of men, who fully real
sa3 3ho imnortant duty they had to per
fn l, snd srt did did It eonscientiously. No confer
IDcs 'p Of o a handful of leaders, who were moi
uoo uoo delegates, decided the matter before.
% .nd and forced an unpleasant nomination
aun nan tbe t convention. No caucus even could
ou 'or an any light upon the result, and the
"A" .joD NJ vas commenced with the situation
a. copfusion worse confonnded.
tn TSs ,toy of the convention, briefly told
,slegra6h in to-day's GAZETTE, is an in
restiHg one. Everything was uncertain
MIA Me asting of the ballot which nomi-
stsj Spkley. The greatest doubt existed
syDoon. Moore was out of the fight
bthe morning, when his now famous
:na, which contained no uncertain
n vas torn open and read by Secretary
M STATE W0lr0tt. This complicated the
nation, The anji-S,ockley men worked
nj against him and 1t was anything to
n Stockley." Combinations were talked
AMI planned and worked for. DIR. Henry
s lrlqy Hon. James NJ. Williams of Kent
Robert II. Davis Of Sussex were talked
u dark horses, and finally 1t was decided
the Moore men, now without leader, to
|lnhDe on Davis. This effort looked as If
Eould succeed when the convention was
RssOu, and more like 1t afterward, when
Rex asked leave to retire rom the con-
tiOn and deliberate.
4 difficult to explain how uncertain the
lg was. The caucuses had done nothing
into convention the 1870 delegates went
heYerything at sea and no one willing to
on the result ...5
THE CONVENTION.
be convention was composed of repre-
Atiye Delaware men. When It was
alO order by Chairman Chandler of
State Central Committee, the scene pre-
I'd was a striking one. A glance over
crowded Court House hall revealed
appointment and familiar faces. In the
lrOB was John w. Causey, side-whisk-
and hopeful Of success for his friend
fEIey, and close by was eX.Speaker Har-
On, trite graYer than usual, and Al.
lsol OF Georgetown, was nervous and
tFestless than he had ever been seen.
were Mr.. Stockley's Sussex licuten-
and close by were the Payntcr men,
+ Witch" Houston leading his cause.
Watching his chance to talk. Kent
ped the middle block of seats, and the
ilown faces of Secretary Wulcutt and
PTesen tativcs Lyndale, Sayin, Collins
Fbtrs could be seen in the front. The
%an Col. Whiteley was The most promi-
man in the New Castle delegation, and
part he took in the proceedings was
Ig on" ....-5-.
D organization had but little interest.
pFary Chairman Cooch mounted the
lofm amid applause and the committees
patea We're as follows
iLhahem organization-J. Il. Penning-
l. !, Aaylor, Dr. n Pratt and ]. Il.
Us oi hent county; David Reese, John
ausy, EMU j Morris, l.. B. Chandler,
AGNeal and John W. Houston of
X; feter Ford, j. c. VaDdyke, II.
pnnggr, Thomas Toy and w. A.
~ ol New Castle. .---=.-
taeltIaIs-W. II. Brady, Joseph Dean.
tg \ Eliasm, John Phillips and @. A.
stll ol New Castle J II. George. ]
ssRy' L. j. Reynolds and g. j. Har-
~ u u u heht NJ ~. ]. Lowe, j. w. Phil
n,", ,"5 iT,9r1ty, u, W, W. Morris, G. c.
,.i sul W. l.. lhorp of Sussex.
os09llS-W aus q. Whiteley, Henry A.
lu' 1l Il H. Z. Justis, Henry NJ. Barlow
Jpu H. hodnry of New Castle James
S,,9W, y. u,,di b. l. Lewis, z. NJ. Lfndale.
~ r Williams, !, and W. I. CayenIer of
= T. kfeearls, A. P. Robinson. r.
.ssy sy"i W, /, Moore and W. c. Rust
,eo.t,ll1 committee tt on Permanent organiza-
iSa!. kET4 Illt following officers
rFa,r9, sanl, Wilkins Cnoch of New
FnrysnI1ents.samuel n, nssamuel NJ. sfppler of
c5l,n D,, llslfy Ridgely of Kent, and II. |
Sllal d Aew Castle. s''ie -
,VI,llrs-1W, Man, II Brady of New Castle
aT S'a'a ol heht, a,.d Dir. John Fooks |
0,sP 'si9fl : was ordered and by the time
ommi,, aa'' iale hrirfspeech of thanks
omnJ,, ,te on Credentials came in.
or@,a,, ,@s lad an easy task. There |
ID Ia arn'lllse ru,l, on Resolutions was the
nra H. report Ii was out a good while
got m arH mlT Wall /. G. Yandegrift, |
H. p s,,i alt moved that New Castle be
b. THs 'ae NJ iof consu ltation for 10 |
ed ont mn NV was granted and the delega-
was b,'iil, %Ti ACROSS the green, where n |
n mutt llfld III the State House.
rp0nat aef later and Kent made the
"a Soi. ol1 and also retired. II now
h na as II something was to he
M outstla sa} 2l solving the vexed
as not ''f tE ol the convention. But |
lack ana 54e !. case Both delegations
pthog S%1, h.i y soon got whispered about
pchang@,5I ,Ia peen done. The situation
and MI aolllmittee on Resolutions |
or II" W n mounting the platform with
lan, St stons nis ,hahd, Col. Whiteley. the |
laie5 , 9aooi a,' howing for minute 3r two
adha anu N enthusiastic applause Re-
taq9, wv report Col. Whlteley said /:
Before ras @a9 !, 9entlemen Of the Con-
ttee on w pa reading the report of the
Dor 10 ka ,,efSoii1ilons, ~ of which | have |
FemarkSsg - chairman, | desire to make |
Patio m,rt, n.y. llle way of preface. The |
30 wears y 9i Delaware has been in |
lin the ~, IL purity in legislation, if |
rigid co.i ,SPenalture of money and
the 1 lsn6a tasL Of public officers war.
be said ijp,,tle4ee ar !, of the people. this
e. At 1,o 'ne Democratic party of
That baI.,.,e u,e end OF the war it was
the peam,a Nun 900. To-day we stand
dtlc rast p| with half OF that debt
Of iateros,t ,lnded at a remarkably |
lG,mS.eeres and sold at a nreninms G1s
opponent, ,y1r 1ha N n interest. Applause.
Ten in pawn. 'le Republican party, has
EYER viii Ti"Sr En here and l hope to God
dge them Il" Ut. Applause. We can |
ears and l'fll i They have had control af
Power u, ani 5lle State in which thew
When w. %l'a gentlefpen, Ii is not
What ,aa aaa in the Genera S IAlpPia~sT; G"~sTa
ave been bgpd u We expect NThe Repub-
Principle u ! power, and it is a party
tlat. 1t Is peg pardon, | did not
APPLAUSE 'an ana leayes and the two
the sal,sii Su laughter, meaning