Evening journal., 1888-08-31
woLcoTT's VICTORY.
He Applies the Unit Rule As Was For,
Swallowed Yesterday.


Swallowed Yesterday.
STAFF Correspondence EVENING JOURNAL.
Dover, Del, August 3l.-The Kent
County Democratic Convention which
completed its labors last evening. nomi-
mated the following tickets for the
General Assembly and Levy Court
respectively:
STATE SENATE.
Daniel NJ. Ridgely-East Dover
HOUSE or REPRESENTATIVES,.
Franklin 3. Temple. Kenton
William r. Hudson, Little Creek.
Owen II. Nickers0n, West Dover.
Samuel Armstrong, North Murderkill.
John Heyd South MurderlSill
Albert Harrington. Mispillion,
John A. Bickel, Milford
LEVY COURT
Joshua It Jerman Duck Creek
Henry Pratt, East Dover
W. f. Killen, South Murderkill
Benjamin II Moore, North Murderkil.
George w Iardesty Mispillion
Sheriff-John w. Fennimore, Little
Creek
Coroner-James w Smith. Mispillion.
Most of this ticket had been predicted
by your correspondent during the last
week or So Upon it there is but a single
Salisbury man, Joshua T. Jerman Of
Duck Creek hundred and only his per-
sonal popularity carried him through 1t
is by no means certain, however, that the
whole ticket viii be solidly one way. The
slate was agreed upon in the caucus of
the Wolcott followers held after dinner
yesterday It was decided to enforce
the unit rule at all hazards.
Wilbur II. Burnite and p. X.
Meredith protested Mr.. Burnite
urging that such a course would be disas-
trous and a bad precedent to establish
The hot heads, however, over rode tlieir
judgment and the result is as announced
and the Salisbury followers win have to
gulp down "a tremendous dish of Grow
if the Wolcott crowd should elect the
ticket that they have forced upon them
If mems minds tonight are induces of
their feelings the ticket named viii nevcE
be elected. On the streets of Dover and
on the Green after the convention adj
joune1 the muttering was loud and long,
and everywhere was heard the express
sion: "Well, they have nominated their
ticket, let them elect it. "
The purpose of the Saulsburys is GER
tain They win keep their hands ont Of
the fight and not contribute one cent to-
wards the success Of ticket that is SO
obnoxious to them If they follow this
course TO the end il will result in the
election Of straight Republican county
ticket. The Saulsburys in the late pri-
maries polled over L, 800 votes. and with
a Democratic majority of only 500 in the
county it is easy to see how the squelched
Democrats can obtain revenge The Re
publicans have enjoyed the fight hugely,
knowing that it was bound to result in
their advantage At the primaries they
aided the Wolcott faction and now they
are condoling the Saulsbnrys.
/ The victors were decidedly uneasy last
evening and were by no means happy
over the result. They began to think
that probably they had made a mistake
THE PROCEEDINGS N DETAIL.
The contest over the seating OF
/ Edmund Carton from East Dover hun
dred was on when the despatch to the
/ EVENING JOURNAL. was sent
yesterday. General Kenney bitterly
/ denounced Carton as a traitor
who had explicitly said that he would not
come TO convention, bat would allow Col
onel Cooper to come In his
+ stead Carton had been voted for on
both tickets, but had announced himself
as a Salisbury man. On Friday Cooper
went to see him. when Carton declared
/ that he was surely with him. The
matter was referred to the committee OF
credentials, composed Of James l.. era
ham. Minos T. Conoway, Willard S
/ Meredith, w r. Dickson and j. L.
Smith. The committee reported in favor
of seating Carton, of course.
f. d. Hawkins of South Murderkil
moved that the caucus committee OF
three on resolutions be appointed Gen
eral Kenney endeavored to have the
resolutions of the state convention
adopted as the resolutions Of the county
convention. but was unsuccessful The
caucus committee was then appointed as
follows; David Refs, John II. Schabinger
William +. Han, James E. Sapp anI
James A. Hutchins. Professor l.. l.
Handy Of Smyrna offered resolution
calling for constitutional convention al
the earliest constitutional date Tn,
committee recommended the adoption o.
the state platform and Professor Handy
resolution.
d. J. IL 1Ei..s:s,soas motion that Il
nomination. be made in open convention
was adopted, and his further molten Ma