Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-09-11

hurrab, as anything wculd have gon,
coming from suSh authority. Ii was {
Case OF Everything goes" Indeed.
The convention had waited patiently
for nearly two I0urs for the report oil
the committee on resolutions, and when
the report came, as il did, in two sections,
QUO presented by Smithsrs and the Other
By Massey, the convention simply deter.
mined to accept both reports, and both
were adoplad by an unanimous vote.
NAMIHG THE CANDIDATES.
Then came the painful duty Of placing
the candidates Ia nomination. janet
Pennewill Of Dover nominated Harry A.
Richardson for governor in an address,
that was replete with patriotic sentiment
and political pyrotechnics. he alluded
to MIR. Richardson as candidate "whose
character was without blemish and whose
reputation was without stsin.n He
named him as the unanimous choice oil
the Kent county caucus.
The Rev. Jonathan y. Willis seconded
the nomination, and In his address be
read the following note from Daniel p.
Barnard to MIR. Richardson, written
before the convention had assembled, but
with full knowledge OF what the con-
vention proposed to do.
DOVER, DEL, Sept 9Th. ls90.--Mr. Harry A.
Rfeha.dson--MY DEAR SIR: Allow me TO con.
| graduate you on your nomination as governor
promise to give tho whole ticket nonli
| mated my hearty support AS has been my GUS
/ tom for the past 20 years.
Very respectfully yours, ~,
DANIEL p. BARNARD.
Then on motion OF Dr.. Hiram Il. Bur
ton OF Lewes, the nomination of Mr..
Richardson was made by aoclamation.
CANNON FOR CONGRESS.
When it came to the Congressional
nomination there we're loud cries for j.
Frank Bacon, and MIR. Bacon gracefully
responded. II was hard task for MIN to
asEnma, as he had been a candidate him
SELF in the Sussex primaries, but he ac-
| knowledged his defeat and came forward
to put Henry p. Oanpon's name in nomi-
nation with tho best possible grace. lie
made good speech, not half as good or
as vigorous as his speech two years ago
when he presented the nams of Charles
H. Treat as the Republican nominee for
Congress, but still he did the best he
could under the circumstances, and gave
Mr.. Cannon very handsome send.of.
The Rev. j. s. Willis, another Com
gressionsl aspirant, seconded the nomi-
nation, and then Mr.. Cannon was nomi-
mated by reclamation.
''Ihe vote is again unanimous" said
Chairman Spruanee, with great junction.,
in announcing the result.
THE STATE COMMITTEE.
The State central committee was next
announced, as follows:
New Castle county-FIrst district-wm.
N Ras, lar IL
ored, Samuel M. Knox. Second district
John Pillng, Martin B. Burris, }. II.
Sterling.
Kont county--The Rev. J. 8. willis, James
Psnnewill, Edward Farra.
Sussex GCunty--Eli r.. Sharpe, J. Frank
Bacon, George h. Hall.
The general impression is that j. Frank
Bacon will be made chairman of this
committee.
On George V. Massey's motion, com.
mittee was appointed to wait on the can
didates aud introduce them to the CON
vsntion. The committee was: George
v. Massey, e. G. Bradford. Samuel NJ.
Knox, George Gilohrist.
LEVI LETS HIMyELF our.
II was while the convention was wait
ing for the return of this embassy that
tad baen dispatched to bring the nomi.
nees before it. that the only notable
apeech Of the day was made. Lsvi @.
Bird, Esq, was the orator, Rnd he was at
his best. The delegates had byen shout
ing for a speech from Levi, at in ervals,
of about five minutes for the prece ling
two hours, and When ne finally re-
sponded to prolonged and deter
mined effort to bring him ont, he was
given vooiferous reception. Cheers were
shouted, hats swung in the air and other
noisy demonstrations made. II seemed
in big measure Bird convention, and
Levi, as he stood there, Glad in fine Eng.
lish cloth aud immaculate linen, with his
watch chain crossing his athletic breast
outside of his buttoned coat, waiting for
the uproar to subside, looked pleased and
confident. He began by referring to
to FrAnE Bacon's prediction Of victory
ahead, He believed it would prove true.
But, while his Old friend, Mr.. Smithers,
was reading the platform il had occurred
to him that the impending contest would
turn chiefly on State issues. And then
Levi sailed in.
I'm the city OF Wilmington to-day"
said he, "there sits Dsmoorat in the
City Council that is an acknowledged
tsker OF bribes. Think OF lt-that in
Sussex to day you are unearthing sys-
tenn of frauds wnioh have been going on
under Democratic rule for years Is
there anything to be said on tie stump
this fall with relation to State matters i?
Why, the tree is breaking down with its
frnit. We OF New Castle, and / can
speak better for her than for the two
lower counties, are laboring under
county tsxation unheard of. To. day the |
county and every farmer up there will |
bear me out in this-is paying the very
same taxes with wheat at 30 cents and |
corn a. 40 cents that he did when wheat
was $l.75 and corn 80 cents; RnI yet, |
what is there to show for itP Roais |
One yoke of oxsn will do all the work |
done on our roads in a-month. Bridges? |
Our levy court meets, aud the cost OF the |
meeting far exceeds tnat OF building tue |
bridge. These are the issues with us,
pie of our county upon this this /
fall. Think OF i'll a sheriff of
New Castle county, man Who /
two years making 1876, 600. Making it
beans to the prisontSs. Yet the lavy
court our county wiAa4 100 Gays hsv.
added on over SO, 90 !, that sheriff fssd
bill. Anything to say about State mat
tersP The whole subject Is breaking
down. There never was period Ia the
any commonwealth en- earth
VIII n the masses of the people wanted to
be so enlightened upon matters as the
people OF this State do upon our local and
State issues. And il va 90 into the cam
paign with a full Knowledge of affairs as
they stand, going into it with the hearty
of every Republican IN the
State as o.day guarantees we shall do,