Milford chronicle., 1892-05-13

The Republican Convention.

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Last Thursday the delegates to the
State Convention assembled in Dover
and during the entire convention per-
feet harnoHy prevailed.
At I2:Is O'Clock chairman Pilling CALI
ed the convention to order, and asked
who the tempory chairman should be.
DR.. Hiram r. Burton who was placed
in nomination by delegate from The
First district, was unanimously cleo.
ted Hugh c. Browne was nominated
for secretary. Oh motion OF George NJ.
Jones the usual committees as formulated
by each Of the district caucuses on reso-
lutions. creden ials and permanent or
CARNATIONS were appointed Delegates
to Minneapolis: First Unsatisfactory
Higgins; alternate, William NJ Winston
Second district-James H Wilson; alter
nate, Hugh c. Browne. Third district 4
George V. Massey; alternate. J Colby
Smith; George W. Marshall; altern9Ge,
Paris T. Carlis e, Jr Fourth District
J. Francis Bacon; alternate, J. R. layton;
George F. Pierce; alternate, enry P.
Cannon
State Committee-New Castle county,
First district-Samuel NJ Knox. Joseph
Wigglesworth. A B. McP. johnson.
Second district. H. Wilson, Thomas
J Day, Hugh c. Browne. Kent county,
Third district-David S. Clark. J. S. VIII
lis, ]. Frank Alice. Sussex county,
Fourth district-William A. Gum, G. E.
Smith, John II. johnson
A recess until 2 p nj, was then de-
clared.
The convention reassembled at p. III
and all the committees were ready to re.
port except the committee on credentials.
Tie time occupied in waiting for
committee was spent 10 testing aud
poking fun at Barney Salisbury,
who occupied seat at the repor-
ters' table, until Senator Higgins was
called upon to make a speech. The
Senator responded and made a rafting
good speech He spoke for about twenty
minutes, his remark being frequently in |
terrupted by applause. He began
by congratuling the convention upon
the auspicious circumstances under
which the Republicans Of Delaware
had met at the opening of a notable
We have had, he said, a
difficult road to travel for thirty years.
We have had to fight our way through
ETC., and everything de-
Welsh that the ingenuity of man could
conceive in order to stand up and be
There are three ways to hold
an election-by lot, by fraud aud by
force He believed in a government by
choice, free choice Of free people, aud
LIE could not breathe any other air We
have, he said, nothing to apologize for in
his company. No administration has
ever come before a nation with a more
brilliant record than that of Benjamin
Harrison. Applause long aud loud
He touched the National questions of I
he day and those most important to the {
people of Delaware, and ended by saying {
hat if the Democrats would put the Re {
oublicans in power they would alter the {
constitution and accomplish a long chap-
er of other needed reforms.
Hugh c Browne was then called and
'egan a stirring speech and had Just got I
en- the enthusiasm of the convention I
iroused When the Committee OH Gre Il
lentials appeared aud he had to stop.
CREDENTIALS REPORT. !,
Frank Woolley, chairman of the COM
nittee, made verbal report. He said
hat there were no contests in the second,
bird and fourth districts. In the first
istrict there was a contest III the First
Ward. The members of the committee
Inside of Wilmington were not familiar
nth the case and desired to hear testi- n
lony III the case; that was done. Both
arties who held elections claimed that II
hey had acted fairly aud IN good faith
he committee then decided in favor of r
harles Scheu and George johnson. Il
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION. b
alton theu announced that the officers
ad been selected as follows and their Q
apOrt was adopted. 4
presidents - First district, Tohn
Wainwright; second district, George L. n
ownsend; third district, Isaac n Mills;
'urth district, James A. Evans a
Secretaries-First district, Samuel II +,
aynard john II. WoodleH; second dis -
let, Hugh c. Browne; third district, l
gorge NJ. Jones; fourth district, VIM c. T
earn.
DR.. Burton made a brief speech Of Z
ranks and proceeded with the business +,
ELKGATEs TO NINNEAPoLIs CHOSEN.
The nominees for delegates tc Mime y
polls were presented, aud on motion
scretary Browne cast the ballot for con Nj
.ntion. The delegates already mentioned "
ere then declared elected Il
STATE COMMITTEE d
The members OF the new State commit. Y
e, whose names have already been given,
ere duly chosen. The committee after W
e adjournment Of the convention, held .,
/ informal meeting, but transacted no
isiness. la
The committee on resolutions then pre- n
nted the following, which was read by =
.ancis NJ Watkins aud promptly adop-
j:
RESOLUTION ADOPTED.
The Republican party OF the State of Del. 10
rare, through their representatives in con- G.;
n ion assembled, hereby express their ap
oval Of the sagacious, wise, manly and ~
triotic administration Of President Harri-
D in the conduct ofthe foreign affairs Of III
: country. Under him and his great sec n,
airy, James G. Blaine, the national honor
el
~ r in