Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-08-14

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Kent county. On the contrary it is sua
pended from the end OF q big club, ant
that club is welded by each faotioi
alternately, upon the Uranium of tn,
other, upon the slightest provocation
Last night there was an occasion for th,
club. swinging act, and the weapon was il
the hands of the Saulsbury faction, whC
Hwucg 1t with telling etfs Robert j
3 Reynolds was the object of their on
EiRuRht, but they struck at him over the
zhoulders Of Oalsb s. Penuswill. II ia
mot that the "anti-unit-ruiers" love
Rennswill less, bat they hate Reynolds
more. They would give Penpewill q
oheerful and cordial support, in the
event OF his nomination, but they are
mot going to allow Reynolds delegation
TO go to the State convention undsr O
Fennewill cloak. The Salisbury or ''anti.
unit rule" delegate ticket has already
= been named; Pennewill delegation had
also been selected but. az Btated in Every
EVENINGS correspondenoe on Monday, it
was aimply Reynolds ticket, with q
very thin Pennewill venesrinQ. Mr..
Pennewills friends recognized this fact
to such an extent that they deemed it
best to make change, aud 80 they called
meeting last night to put an out.and-
out Pennewill ticket in the field, but the
haulsbury faction took possession of tho
meeting and by their action gave fair
notice to the community that nothing but
4 straight. laced anti Reynolds delegation
shall go to the State convention from
{ East Dover hundred on Saturday next.
4 The call for this meeting was signed
MANY Democrats" but ii was gotten up
by ex-Postmsster John O. Pennewill, a
brother Of tn gubernatorial Rspirant. II
was printed at the Indsg offica and read
rs follows:
Democrats Qn big letters with the cut OF
hn ehgle underneath bearing on It's wings
the legend Democracy VIII Trlumph"1 or
East Dover hundred are earnestly requested
to meet at the school house, on aovsrnot's
avenue, In the town of Dover, on Wednes.
day, August 9Th, 1897, at 6 o'clock, D. M,
Tor the purpose OF comforting In regard to
ths delegates to be voted for on Saturday,
tho 9th OF this month, to attend the Demo-
cratic convention on Tuesday, the l2th
inet. Every Democratic voter should at
tend. lsignedl MANY DEMOCRATS.
Well, many Democrats did attend, and
before the hour Of 8 O'Clock arrived, fully
ZOO OF them had crowded into the school
house room ready for action. II was a
as not as blazes, but everybody stayed.
The saulsbuty faction were there in force
headed by John f., himself, with such
active IieutenRnta as John II. Jones, N.
u. Hutchinq, j. Alexander Fulton, O. II,
Is. Day and Watson Broadway. Adiu.
tant-genersl Kenney led the Pennewill
forces, fank5d by Dol. Cooper Frank III.
Dunn, ID. q. Carpenter, III. @. Collision,
John ID. Burton, Joseph Burohenel and
other solid Reynolds followers. E1-Ststo
Senator Pennewill was present and 30 was |
his brother, John q.
HosTILIrIEs COMMENCE.
1t was plainly apparent that the mem.
pers OF the salisbury faction were in the
majority at this meeting. They are not |
hostile to MIR. Pennewill, but they did |
not propose 10 make a mistake and alloy
anybody's delegation to be enaoraed by
this meeting, so they took time by the /
forelock and run the meetinp on tbeir
own hook. 1t lacked ten minutes on
y O'Clock, the hour advertised in Inc
call, when JOhn Ii. Jones arose and
moved that E. N. Jones be made chair.
man OF the meeting. General Keupey
gently Huegestsd that it was still trif,
early, but Nr. Jones insisted on his
motion, put the question and tho other
Jones wa duly elected Chairman. R.O.
Z. wilson was made secretary. CHAIR
man Jones, on assuming the chair, said
ne did not know the object of the
Ex- Representative Jones quickly en-.
lightened him and the rsst. He spoke OF
the division OF the hundred into two
delegate districts, by the county com
mittee, without authority. A meetine of
Democrats had been held aud DELEGATE
ticket nominated, composed OF uuple,iged
men, representing no faction. Three
men, who ere after three Offices (Ksuney.
Cooper and John O. Pennswlli he meaut1. !
had called this meeting, but no three !
men, he said, could capture East D,yer
hundred and dispose OF its free voters for
hrae offices.
General Kenney promptly took the
loor In response aud said that no fac !
ionalism Waa involved in the move for 4
his meeting. 1t was simply to consider
ne question whether Caleb 8. Pounewill,
candidate for the nomination for COVER. a
Tor, should be allowed the delegation :
rom his own hundred. If there were any q
men present who did no: want Mr.. Pen. a
leWiil to have the East Dover delegation 4
e wanted them to hold up their hands.
me only thing Mr.. Ponnewill asked was a
rat the deleg alton should be in his favor. :,
'isdged only to go to tho convention in
is interest and TO earnestly support
hoover might be nominated.
Jim TAKES SHOT.
John Il. Salisbury next stood M and q
ook occasion to make a sharp dig at the OF
ounty committee for making division az
tho hundred into two districts and ap. al
ortloning three delegates to the First q
istrict and five to the Second. This in
aVing bsen done, he claimed that this th
'eeting, called as general gathering of 10
emoorets of the entire hundred, could cl
2 nothing, as the voters OF The First dis 81
ict had no say in the choice of delegates NJ
tue Second district, and vice versa. He in
owed to indefinitely postpone considera- OIL
On OF the whole subject. pc
MR.. FULTON AS PEAoEMAKER. to
This motion, however, ne withdrew AZ do
% request Of ]. Alexander Fulton, who tal
'sired to speak. Mr.. Fulton said he ca
me to the meeting as Democrat, hay-
g only the interest OF the party at
art. There was no doubt in his mind Cl
at in this fight concessions would have oil
bemade in the interest of harmony. On by
count of the division of the hundred co
to two districts, and the fact that the pc
raj Democras were not present, he did be
4 think the meeting had o right to to
inmate delegate ticket. He had plan ing