Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1886-08-18

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during which John f. Salisbury and
L. O Vsndegrift came on the platform
and with others surrounded the chair
man. Their action was greeted with
cries Of "You have no right there. ="
"Put them down." and "Come away;i
let him alone"
When they stepped down the chair
man advanced to the front and decided
that the motion to appoint the commit
tee had been carried. David T. Marvel
offered IN amendment that the dele
cations from each county withdraw for
and rejecting their own
com mittee, and this was the signal for
another scene of CON fusion and uproar
which lasted for fully ten minutes,
during which 1t was impossible for any
business to be transacted. j. b. PEN
nington stepped TO the front OF the plat
form and endeavored to pour oil on the|
troubled waters, bus his efforts were
futile and he was forced to retire.
Finally Benjamin Allen moved an ad
|journment, but his motion was received
with such yells Of derision and cries Of
"No, no." that 1t WAS not entertained.
In the meantime the committee on cre-
dentials had been named, and the sec
retary undertook to read them, but was
compelled by the disorder TO desist.
A motion to adjourn for one hour was
finally put and lost, as 1t was evident
that the anti Bi 2gs delegates were anxi-
lous to gain time so that they could
unite their forces on some one man.
| The secretary finally read the names
Of the committee as follows:
New Castle John M. Newell, James
7. Shallcross. John Townsend, Robert
q. Justis, John /. Boyle.
Kent-E T. Cooper, A. FL Cahill,
Peter X. Meredith, Edgar Maloney,
John Harrington.
Sussex-A j. Ho,sey, W. 8 McCabe,
l. N. Fooks, william Reynolds, John
Il. b. Mustard.
The annoup osme ent of the names was
received with cheers and yells, and the
chairman hammered in vain on the
table to command order. l.. c. Vande-
grift moved to adjourn until 2 o'clock
but the motion WAS ignored, and after
another disorderly scene j. +. Sauls.
bury made q similar motion, when
some one In the crowd raised the point
that the motion was not in order. The
lchairman decided that o motion to ad.
ljourn was always in order, and put 1t.
There were cries OF '.aye," $50, ""no,"
from all parts of the house, the out.
siders doing more voting than the dele
gates, aud many of them, true to their
Instincts, voting two or three times
but the motion was declared carried
and the convention adjourned.
During the recess the anti-Biggs mer
con ferred together, and the general inn
preston was that they had united OF
. some new man. 1t was also said tha
! Cooch hal offertd to withdraw in favol
OF any one that might be selected, bu
, rs there were rumors OF all kind
, nothing definite was known until they
were brought out by the proceedings o
the afternoon session.
al At 2 o'clock the convention re-
' assemb bled, but 1t WAS fully fifteeI
minutes later before 1t was called u
i order. The Committee on Credential
q presented their report, and the secre
tary read the names of the delegates
, when Mr.. Newell moved that it b
: adopted. Mr.. Vandegrift moved I
t | am end that IL be laid on the table
when w. Polk Cummins stated that b
!. objected to the report on the groun
I'll that the committee had allowed Duo
J. Creek Hundred but FIVE delegates. whe
b it was entitled to eight, and TO his Ger
d tain knowledge there we're eight me
70 pockets. On motion the report was r.
: lferrtd back to the committee for corret
ltion, and they again retired.
y When the committee returned, Nj
!, lSaulsbury moved that the amended T
a port be accepted, and L. @. Vandegri
,s az ked II remarks were in order, but b
- voice was drowned with cries
d ,"uuestion, Question" and IL
h down."
,pi Mr.. Salisbury finally got an oppors
e nifty to say that ali Mr.. VandeRr
d wanted was to make speech. VIII
I'D lhe was speaking, Mr.. Vande2r
~ mounted the platform, and was receiv
Il w ith yells Of derision and cries OF ''ooI
ed down." "you have no business there
ry etc, While this disorder aud coufusiI
was at it's height. Mr.. Vandegrtft mai
bs tanned his position. When it was foul
as that he could not be downed he W
,at given An opportunity to speak, and
of uounced the action of the committee
in throwing out James o. Donnell, Of t
OIL FIRST ward, George G. Dickey, OF t
Is Third, Michael Kane of the Fourth, a
enl James Malloy, of the Seventh ward,
re- lof whom he declared had been legal
We elected, and had their credensii
an signed by the proper officers IN th'
,et pockets.
,ot Charles q. McWhorter said that
en- Joined hands with the gentleman
favor Of fair play, but he was surpris
Ice to hear him talk about men being fall
ed elected In Wilmington, and said tt
N when he spoke about the election Il
nR Saturday being conducted fairly q
sre honestly he wondered that the wol
are did not blister his tongue. This rems
nf biaaao
red cheers, which drowned his voice. WI
Ich quiet was restored he continued 2
lis. said that this spirit of choking of 4
,ne speech was what was undermining
ereI Democratic party, and combined W
o." the unfair and fraudulent voting wol
ON Eventually ruin it.
t The question was then put on ac &c
Ing ing the amended report of the Conn
the tee on Cred on ii als,: and viva v
d a vote was taken, but as many of the c
jur. siders Joined In voting, and there '
uls- 80 much confusion that IL was impos
hel BILE to decide which had carried,
ap- chairman decided to take az aye s
tion nav vote, which resulted In 116 aye
3uI- 81 nays, and the report was decla
cus- adopted. Mr.. Cooper moved that
heir tenn porary organization be made per-
t itInent, and Mr.. Allen moved to anne
T. that Robert Hill be made permar
10 chairman.
ttee, This WAS supplemented by an anne
zach ment to lay the previous amendH
on the table, and upon vote bt
gen taken the chairman decided that
man amendment 10 the amendment had
was carried, AS usual with the viva
and vote, a number who were not enti
man voted. and W. Polk Cummins appei
sard from the decision of the chair, and