Middletown transcript., 1886-09-30
ITHE OTHER TICKET.

TEMPERANCE REFoRMERs NAME
) II. FULL COUNTY TICKET. SIX DEMO
Gratis, SIX REPUBLICANS AM
: TWO INDEPENDENTS FOR LEVY
: COURT AND LEGIsLATURE.
The New Castle county Temperance Re
form Convention was held in, Whining
ton on Saturday afternoon. Alfred CAV
throp was made president and J. W. Die
fendorf was secretary. The convention
was openedwith prayer by Thos. NJ. wor
rilow, of Wilmington. After the prayer
recess of twenty, minutes followed to al.
lowithe coInnitteel on credentials to pre-.
pare its report. The report of the COM
mittee showed 81 delegates present, nearly
the full quota for the whole county.
The committee on apportionment re-
ported in favor of one senator from Appo-
quiniinink hundred and one from Chris
tiana, with one representative from each
Of the following hundreds: Pencader,
Mill Creek, White Clay Creek, Black bird,
Red Lion, New Castle and Wilmington.
That portion relating to senators was then
Iedopted,s and, on motion Of Alexander
De$kyne, Of Black bird hundred; the. con-
vention went into nomination of senator
ial candidates.
VIM. E. Appleton was named by Thos.
! Lattomus as senator for Appoquini-
mink hundred, and unanimously nomi-
mated. Isaac P. Foreman was offered for
Christiana hundred by A. D. Sheldon,
and vote was about being taken when
Mr.. Dean suggested that the convention
ought to know for whom it was voting,
adding: I want to know whether I am
voting for man or horse" Mr.. Shell
bdon and others at once vouched that Mr..
Foreman was well worthy the honor;
that bis life had been consistent one and
that he had always been 81 Democrat.
Mr.. Dean SAID that his having been
Democrat was not the point. "Has he
the qualifications? is what we want to
KNOW" said he. The reply was given
that the proposed nominee was &c A solid
man who would make q good Ssenator
and could not DO beualsts Mr.. Fore
man received Unanimous vote.
In reference to the apportionment of the
hundreds for representatives VIM. G.
Weirysaid he had left the Democratic
party because his hundred-Brandywine
had been left out SO often by that party |
and he objected toI the newt party. doing
the same thing. Mr. Deaky yh& who had |
had a hand in making the apportionment,
said there was no desire to slight anybody
but he did not see how 1t could be
cha1gedZ AEhaotioh. % reSmmis was
lost and the report was adopted. Nomi-
nations were then made by the several |
hundreds which resulted In the following |
legislative ticket: -,
MIILi ORERK.-HenryS. Kent M i
wHITE CRAY CREEK. John W. Burris.
Cats. .,
BLACKBIRD.--Alexander Deakyne.
Red Lion.-Reuben Anderson. /
NEW CAsTLE.-HenryM M. Silver.
WILMINaToN.-Eli Mendinhall.
Candidates for the Levy Court were Sc
lected as follows, All unanimously Red
Lion hundred, James M. Craig, st.
Georges, John B. vandegritt, Appoquini-
mink, Thomas Maloney, Blackbird, John
A. Latta, White Clay Greek, Samuel
Lindsay, Mill Creek, Joseph Derrickson.
There were six names presented for the
office ofsherif-William A. Hukill, Will
liam L. White, James II. Scott, Amos E.
David idsoh William lJ:i Ihnk and iHensy
NJ! Wtiiteman, for whom the vote stood,
10, 81, 3,7,2 and 6. Having
received majority of votes, Mr.. White
was declared the unanimous choice of the
5Fsr coroner, Leonard G. vahdegrifts sof
Newport, N. B. Appleton of Wilmington,
md William G. Wier Of Brandywine
hundred were brought out, when Mr.. ,
Dean suggested that " as Brandywine hun
ired had been left in he.cold in. the dis
ribution of the crumbs" it should be ,
,iven the nomination for coroner. In 1
his view of the case, Messrs. Vandegrift $
md Appleton were withdrawn, and ,
Mr.. Wler was UNANIMOUSLY nominated. 7
On motion the nomination for assessors, /
Inspectors and road commissioners were O
eft with the committee of the hundreds
nd BY Another jnotiou the county COM
nittee were empowered to fill any va 8
aney that might occur ID the ticket. C
Mr.. Burris wanted to know what 8
aeans were going to be taken to prevent a
rand at the election. The matter was 8
DIT with the county committee. The v
1hole ticket was then unanimously en- G
orsed with hurrah.. . "
Some Of the candidates werethen intro q
uced who made speeehes-of thanks for
ieir unexpected elevation and expressed
leir willingness to be sacrificed .tor the
bod Of the cause, though they had not, q,
lother's son of them, expected that the !,
omination lightning was going to strike
lem. li. .sal
Nearly all the cand didates for levy court
len and legislature are farmers. -
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