Evening journal., 1888-09-10
DUCK CREEK HISTORY.
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Your correspondent in making a cor \
reetion I'M the issue Of the 9Th inst. of
his error in reference to my nomination.
roes nstray in'regard to the nomination
Of ] Frank Denny for state senator. If
the matter We're not so serious, it would
be amusing to note the twisting and
turning Of certain gentlemen in their en-
deavor to find in the past action of our
county conventions, some shadow OF JUS
LITIGATION for the gross violation Of party
usaees. and for the ruthless enforcement
of the = outrageous unit rule BY
a faction of the convention Of August
30 They have not yet cited precedent
that comes any whore near justifying
their action | venture to assert as l did
substantially in a previous letter that an
instance cannot be found in the history
of Kent County Democratic Conventions
where the rights Of the delegates from
the various hundreds were trampled I'M
der foot as they were by the fractional
minority OF the recent convention. j..
Frank Denny, whose nomination they
are now citing, was named to the con
vention, as ! have frequently and re-
Gently been told by Mr.. Henry
Slaughter, by Mr.. Slaughter
himself his near neighbor, who sat in
the convention as q delegate from Duck
Creek and MIR. Slaughter sat without
question as TO his right, and without
stain upon his truthfulness or honor.
Your correspondent is inaccurate and IN
fortunate. IN his reference to Captain
Axtrf
preyious to Mr. Dennys nomination
closed full term in the Senate rs repre-
sentative from Duck Creek, and do not
suppose that il ever occurred to him or
any one else that he would SO soon be
called upon for similar service. And
even had ne been, judging from the past
as well as the present | find warrant for
the statement that he would have been
staunch supporter Of Eli Salisbury.
Having failed utterly Go find any iusti-
iication for their unit rule in what past
conventions have done, your correspond
ent signing himself "Kent" has turned
to what past conventions refused to do.
IN the state convention Of 1886 he says
Mr.. Handy attempted to have my name
substituted for Mr.. Aliens on the state
central committee. In that convention
the committees wore named entire by
Chairman Davis. Mr. Aliens name went
on by personal solicitation on his part, !
am told and stjd on in spite OF Mr.
! Handy's request to the contrary. Does
| that Justify the recent county convention
in naming James G. Robinson for mem
Der of the county executive committee
for Duck Creek oyer Benton v.
! Wclden who was unanimously supported
! AL T.
! Meredith. he says, was favored by a
majority of tie divided delegation in
North Murderkill, and the convention re
fused TO take the man named by the
minority. How does that Justify the
factions work with Mr.. Carton and the
nomination OF Dan NJ Ridgely when East
Dover delegates favored +. r. Cooper,
ESQ six toone2 A delegate from South
1 Murderkill. he says put Curtis 5. Wat.
son I'm nomination when the Milford dele
/ gates preferred Colonel Fiddeman, and
the convention took the man supported
/ bv the delegates Of his own hundred.
How does that justify the fractional con
vention in voting down John Harring
ton. who was unanimously supported
bv his delegation and putting Mr. Bicke
on the ticket, nominated by man from
North Murderkill2 Oh, mighty historian
Every instance he produces is, according
To his own statement one where the con
vention refused TO do such things as he
now seeks to Justify.
In truth the past furnishes no justin
cation. Mad with fractional fury shack
led bv instructions from political bosses
outside Of the convention. blind to TIN
rights Of the Democratic voters, an'
careless of the best interests Of tn
b Democratic party delegates to the secre
convention did that which they INNS
have known (the same having been al
mitted recently by one of their leaders &
+ the writer was unprecedented and un
lust. As result we have a ticket Z
which many true Democrat
I seem to feel sullen Indifference.
have no intention of taking par
in any newspaper controversy. / hav
been dragged into this dispute by falls
70 and unjust account of my own nomin
ton six years ago. Having set tina
matter streight and substantiated m
statement ia a previous letter / hav
nothing more TO say beyond the EXPIRES
p sion Of a sincere hope that we may in tn
4 future have wiser, more moderate an
! more Just leadership than was exhibite
4 az our recent convention; that the count
/, convention Of two years ago, which liz
tened 90 the cautions of Colonel Williai
f. Hall. may be followed rather than th
d one which despised the wisdom Of Wilbt
n II. Burnite. WILSON r. LAVENDER
y Smyrna, Del, September 10, 1888.