Evening journal., 1888-09-21


named Charles II. Treat for the position
making an earnest plea for the claims Of
Sussex. Mr.. Bach Of this city seconded
Mr. Treats nomination.
1t was ordered that the vote be taken
by ballot and that the secretaries act as
tellers. A motion was made that Sussex
| be allowed 10 vote forty-two
votes through its chairman, but
this, motion, which met with general oppo-
sition, was declared out of order by Chair
man Pilling. The balloting was then
begun and was conducted with much dis
patch until the 155 delegates in the con-
vention had all voted The count was
rapid and in few minutes Chairman
/ Pilling announced that Charles Ii. Treat
was the choice of the convention having
received 04 votes against 81. Mr.. Willis
received 80 and were cast for Edward
/ q. Bradford, Esq. This announcement
was received with cheers. Mr.. penne-
will then moved to make Mr. Treat 5
nomination unanimous, which was done.
On motion Of Mr. Downham a commit
| tee Of four. composed Of Anthony Hig-
| gins Esq, II. O. Conrad, Esq, Mr. VIII
lis and MIR. Bacon, was appointed TO wait
upon Mr. Treat at the Capitol Hotel and
bring him before the convention. Mr..
Willis escorted the newly-named candi
date walking up the middle aisle TO the
platform Mr. Treat was warmly re-
ceiyed and he made capital speech He
was evidently gratifed at receiving
the distinguished honor aud he said
frankly that he felt proud Of the social
business and political confidence which
the people of Delaware had accorded to
him, man born in another state. He
was glad that the prejudicos Of old had
been dissipated and he accepted the
nomination as proof that the Republi
cans Of Delaware favored immigration.
The nomination he accepted as a bugle
call to duty, a pleasant duty, the sup
port and defence of national ticket and
platform that needed no apology or ex-
tenuation. OF the good work done at
Chicago his hearers had all heard. The
Republican candidate for president was
a plain man Of strong sense and primi-
tive virtues. who lived in all the walks
Of life precisely as he professed to live.
In the counsels of statesmen he has ever
had the courage Of his convictions, doing
his duty without regard to the
effect ON his own future. He
had maintained his place among the long
line Of distinguished Republicans, men
who were the leaders not merely of the
best political system of the world, but
leaders Of Thought as well. Mr. Treat
believed that the day work was an indi
cation that old prejudices and bitterness
had been laid aside. the party following
the unprecedented example Of that great,
and grand high private James G.
Blaine, who preferred party success to
personal aggrandizement That was the
was the offspring Of loyalty to
duty. He had never heard Of a
Democrat declining nomination for
President. It was duty Of the hour to
preserve the industrial and commercial
fabric Of the country. This land was old
century, in achievements ii had out
stripped the centuries upon centuries Of
all other countries America should be
maintained for and by Americans, and
governed by American ideas.
The speaker thanked God that the Re-
publican party WAS called upon to defend
the magnificent heritage of our ia.hers,
the homes, the farms. the factories. the
churches, the schools and the political in
stitutions. Their task was an easy one
The local issues should be met with
courage and manliness. The platform
also favored protection against the evils
Of intemperance as we'll as against the
evils of free trade. II favored a change
In the fundamental law of the state, a
change that was demanded at once and
not after the warning families Of the
common enemy had adjusted their
difficulties. There is no sover-
eign higher or grander than
the people, and the people declared
last November that a constitutional con
vention should be called. The industries
of the state demanded this reform even
more imperatively than they called for
the protection Of the American system
The speaker concluded with heartfelt
expression Of gratitude for the honor con
ferred ON him and declared that he would
be satisfied if his work helped merely to
inspire hope and strength in the party,
although it should not prove successful
az the polls
Mr.. Treats conclusion was heartily
cheered, and he had hardly retired when
the hall resounded with calls for Mr.
Willis AS he rose in his place the crowd
called stage, but the speaker promptly
answered. II cannot go on the stage
to-day for my place is right here among
you ON the floor Mr. Willis thanked
the convention for the respectable mi
nority vote that was given him and ex-
gressed pleasure that the majority vote
had been given TO SO capable a man as
Mr.. Treat He urged the party Go stand
| by the policy Of protection, which had
filed the land with prosperity and the
world with its fame. The party must
not indulge in family quarrels, but
must stand loyal to the action Of the
convention In conclusion he said that
the people were not afraid Of high prices
50 long as they enjoyed high wages. He
was again Justify cheered.
Mr.. Higgins was next called upon to
take the platform, which he did, amid
the cheers Of the convention. He said,
when the applause had subsided, that the
unprecedented condition existed in the
party to-day that New Castle looked TO
Kent and Sussex for the harbinger Of
victory. BY fraud unparalleled even
under the Democratic regime in Della
ware more than ?, 500 Republicans Of New
Castle county had been DISTINGUISHED BY
conduct that indelihly puts stain upon
every man that viii profit by 1t, bunch
of public officers in New Castle county
conspired and deliberately executed their
conspiracy to defraud thousands Of their
fellow citizens Of the right Of suffrage
BY an infamy they encOmpassed
this, for which if it's perpetrators shall
hereafter be tolerated even at the com.
/ munion table Of tho Lord or recognized
wherever decent and God-fcaring men
meet. they may be humbly grateful. Tn,
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