Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-10-24
RAIN KILLS A MEETING.
burning of store and Powder Expio.
sion MT. Basard Goes for the Negro
Party.

burning of store and Powder Explo-
sion Mr.. Bayard Goes for the Negro
Party.
by Letter to EVENING JOURNAL.
GEORGETOWN. Del, Oct. 2l.-Sussex
Democrats said yesterday would have
been "a beautiful day for the election,
/ but 1t did not suit them so well for their
widely advertised mass meeting. Hay
wagons and teams Of all description
had been hired, and the storm was "A dis
| appointmenta big disappointment TO the
Sussex Democrats. At noon when Secreta
/ ry Bayard, Senator Gray and Congressman
Pennington arrived there was but little
more than corporais guard, but before
/ o'clock two large wagon loads from
/ Lewes came under the escort of
eighteen or twenty uniformed boys.
members of the Y. NJ ID. G. Tie
registers Of the hotels at night
showed that about 100 persons had been
entertained, and there were probably a
! little over twice that number assembled
in the Court House, under the inspira-
ticu Of the Georgetown Brass Band, when
John w, Cansey introduced Senator
George Gray. lie spoke about a half hour
when he gave wav TO Secretary Bayard.
who talked for an hour and forty
minutes. Mr.. Penin eton's turn
came next and he occupied
only a few minutes as it was gettlNg late
and the audience was getting tireu and
slim. IL was all about the tariff. Con8,i-
tutional Convention, the subject ia which
50 many Sussex countans are Interested
was neglected. and the people were fed on
the Mills bill and free whiskey.n Your
correspondent aid not hear the close of
Mr. Bayard's speech, bL.. no was told by a
Court House .ancial and also by noI.li
nee s. CAe Democratic Legislative ticket
tlat the statesman holding the second
piece in the government turned aside 20
/ scent 'the negro in the wood pile by
warning the people Of Sussex that they
should not put tie reins of the state gov
eminent in the hands of a party, the
majority Of whom belong to m ignorant
class, unfit to rule. Perhaps Mr.. Bayard
thinks the people of Sussex do
not know that Grover, his master, has
given to negroes some of the best offices
or that he offended a white Democrat by
appointing him under a negro in light
house just below us here.
The Prohibitonists met here
yesterday to consider the ad.
visibility of making out ticket A large
majority were in favor Of endorsing the
Republican Legislative ticket as it offers
them all they can hope for, Constitu.
tional Convention and local option, but
the majority formed a separate ticket AZ
fellows
Senator-M. J. Fisher, Seaford Repre-
sentatives-J. j. Boyce, Little Creek
+ G. NJ Marshall Lewes and Relsoboth
Asa f. Conwcl, Breadkln; Alfred p
. Pepper, Georgetown Peter Walls India
4 River; Thomas II. Layton, Nanticoke
) H. Clay Lewis. Bread Creek
e Sheriff-Benjsndn II. Elliott, Broa
e Creek. Coroner---John W. Sammon'
Lewes and Rehoboth.
Levy Court James Lanh, Lewes an
Rehoboth, Levin Wainwright, Lift
o. Creek; William f. Carey, Broadkilr
2 George NJ. Thoroughbred, Georgetown
w H. Rodney, Broad Greek The Lev
~ Court branch lacks three Of being con
plete. Not all the men nominated wi
J. remain on the ticket as they believe tn,
of have all they want in the Republics
ticket
Four years ago the temperance m,
1 ran third ticket for the representati
y branch for this county polling on
average three hundred and seventyh
a votes. They will not get the third of th
I this fall
be The store house Of William A. Wa
IS rington at Rodney, the station ne
below Georgetown. burned down yeste
"a day morning. The explosion Of a ktg
n powder aroused Mr. Warrington VIII
an the store was in flames The origin
NJ not known. There was an insurance
I'd the goods and alsoan insurance of$500
the storehouse, which was owned by \
II Prettyman, the Republican nomin
for Levy Court Of Broadkiln hundred.
he The Republican campaign opens
y Sussex this afternoon at Millsboro for
/. item days canvass Of the county. 4
70 Laurel Brass Band will furnish {
I'M music