Evening journal., 1892-05-02
THE REPUBLICAN FRACAS.
Letter carriers Try to Run Things
in the First Ward.

Hands of DIR. R. G. shortIidge.
The Republican primaries on Saturday
were comparatively tame with the ex-
ception of In the First Fifth and Ninth
wards. The only noteworthy feature Of
the day was the fight in Republican
Headquarters between Letter Carrier
John Sylvanus, James Brown, Constable
Isaac X Brown and Constable Frederic
w. Neutze. a natural result of the fac
tional fight In the First ward. where
rival polls wsre opened, the irregular
one receiving majority of the votes,
thereby throwing both sets of delegates
at the mercy of the state convention.
The members Of the First Ward Republi-
can Club, who conducted the opposition,
labor under the disadvantage Of the two
Browns and William Benge, being the
only men qualified to hold the election
under the party rules.
The fight was the result, and Sylvanus
was so badly beaten that DR.. E. G.
Shortlidge had to dress his wounds.
The delegates and members of the
First District Committee elected are as
follows:
DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION.
First wsrd, George Johnson. Charles
Scheu, James Brown and John g. Quinn (;
Second ward, Thomas w. Nc.
Way, James D. Phillips. James
Gard and John w Thompson
Third ward, Samuel Coyle. Sr.. Lewis X
Houes and A. B. Jones; Fourth ward.
Joseph Wigglesworth, Edward L. Foulk
and James e. Thompson; Fifth ward, A.
L. Ainscow, William E. Stimmell, John
Wainwright, James Reese aud John g.
Woodland; Sixth district. Samuel d
Baynard, Robert @. Fraim. James j.
Pattel son, Peter s. Kenton and William h.
Wiley; Seventh ward, Daniel w Taylor.
George A. Elliott, Leighton Grimes,
Samuel M. Knox and Daniel P. Hamil-
ton; Eighth ward. Howard f. Stats,
Joseph Doyle, James A. Melvin, b w.
Perkins and Joseph Brinckley; Ninth
ward. William Lea, Daniel Hickman and
George W. Johnson; Tenth ward, Daniel
F. Stewart and Charles W. Solloway
Eleventh ward, Thomas R. Curlett
Twelfth ward, Samuel @. Vandegrift,
Elijah Bird, colored.
FIRST DISTRICT COMMITTEE.
First ward, Isaac r. Brown. James
Brown and William Benge; First ward,
Maxwell T. Reybold. James T. Wright
and Otto Scheu; Second ward, Thomas
w. McVay, Horace Thompson and
Charles Cook; Third ward, Daniel B.
Conner, William l.. Brinton and Horace
g .Rettew; Fourth ward, Joseph Wiggles
worth, James Kitchen and R. ]. Lewis
Fifth ward, Il. h. Billany, Fred E. Bacl
and James s. Jones; Sixth ward, Franz
Wooley, James q. ]. Jefferis and Harry
NJ. Smith Seventh ward, James Tyre
Thomas s. Lewis and Thomas w Nau.
daln; Eighth ward, John @. McCaulley
William A. Caldwell and George Gilling
Ninth ward, Francis g. Bradley, DR.. E
g. Shortidgs and A. B. Mop johnson
Tenth ward, Charles w. Solloway, Err
O. Lukens and Samuel Allen, Jr.
Eleventh ward. Theodore Brown, Georg
Griffith and Charles Williams; Twelftl
ward, Samuel @. Vandegrlft, Alonz
g. B. Anderson and ]. w. Dorrell
FROM OUTSIDE HUNDREDS.
In the rural hundreds there we're feY
II any contests. The following were tn
elections in the hundreds named:
West St. George ates, Hugl
@. Browne, Z. B Rice, Thomas E Hearn
Committee, Joseph G. Jolls, G. w. w
Neu6ain, Peter Alrich
East White Clay Creek-Delegates
Arthur G. Webber; committee, Davi
Appleby, William N. Chandler, Pau
Gillis
North Mill Creek-Delegates. Fran
Walker and Spencer Chandler.
Appoqulnimink Delegates, Isaa
Truax, George 5. Townsend, Alfre
Cork, colored.
East Red ILion- Delegates, George z
Money, James d Clark; committee,
Thomas Price, George B. Money, Jane
h. Clark.
Observation-Disclosures Robert Simpler
Ill. gal rN.-n..
Ter, Waiter Money, Thomas Fennimore.
James S. Jones and NJ. ]. Anderson
the two colored ward workers in th
Fifth had fight In the Fifth. Jone
won easily receiving 210 votes agalns
Anderson's Al. John H Woodland col
ored, defeated Edward Il. Spencer fc
delegate by the same vote.
The First District Committee will me.
tonight and announce the result
Robert ] Candy and Walter Baco
were elected delegates from East BRANDY
wine hundred In Christiana hundre
Frank Dilworth and Atwood Wilso
were elected delegates and Israel Dui
ham, George w. Ely and Atwood Wilso
were elected members Of the count
committee.
Taken altogether the election is a vi,
tory for Senator Higgins and the FEEDER
building ring. OF the forty delegates q
Bird faction only elected eleven. III
negroes have a representation Of on
fifth. The motto Of the convention Q
Thursday will be Higgins, He'll al
Harmony"
INTERVIEW WITH CONSTABLE BROW
Constable Brown was interviewed
an EVENING JOURNAL reporter th
morning. his version of the fracas al
the incidents surrounding It is as fC
lows:
"There was q delegate and coun
committee election on Saturday eveniI
In the First ward. There were tv
tickets in the field. The opposIti,
ticket was backed up by the so-call
First Ward Republican Club, which
composed OF non-residents Of the wa
and unnaturalized citizens. These pa
ties wanted to run the thing. Und
the rules Of the party the coun
committee of the ward shou
hold the election or name others to do s
This we did We had heard that Il
letter-carriers were drumming up M
In different wards to come into our wa
and vote, no matter whether THEY'VE
Democrats or Republicans The cor
mittee determined that such men shou
not vote. When they found they cou
not work things to suit thei
selves and get their men in the windC
they withdrew and held an electi
of their own at Hehls saloon. Befo