Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-25
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Inc convention Oh tne LehRus OF hepuD-
lican Clubs Chinese Hancock Treats
the Club Men to Some Rare Profanity.
Special Correspondence OF Gazette and journal
DOVER, Aug. 1S.-The fifth annual State
convention Of the League of Republican
Clubs was held in the Opera House here
last evening.
About los delegates were present. many
of them being negroes.
President George W. Marshall called the
convention TO order at $50 o'clock with a
brief address, i'll which he stated the pur
pose of holding the convention. Secretary
Hugh C.Browne called the roll after which
the president announced the committees
on resolutions and credentials.
MIR. Churchman objected to the manner
in which the committees were named and
asked that the constitution of the league
relating to the same be read. No one pres
ent had a copy of the constitution at hand
and after some argument the committees
were allowed to stand as named by the
president. They were as follows:
Committee on observation-disclosures A.
Elliott, DR.. j. w. De Witt, Amos A.
Watson and McKendrec Downham.
Committee on Credentials William
Winston; Joshua Parker. W. W. Tybout
and Mckendree Downham.
AT this point Mckendree Downham
arose and said that the members of the
Delaware Republican Club OF Washing
ton. ID. G., not knowing whether they
were of the First, Second, Third or Fourth
district desired to ask, Where am ~ On
motion they were cassed III the Fourth
district.
ON motion of Mr.. Churchman, recess
of Is minutes was taken in order to allow
the committees to caucus.
At the expiration of quarter of an hour
the. convention was again called to order,
and proceeded to elect officers of the league
to serve the ensuing year.
In neat little speech Mr.. Churchman
nominated Samuel NJ. Knox of the Young
Mems Republican Club of Wilmington for
president. The name of George W. Mar
shall was also placed in nomination, but
was Withdrawn, and Samuel NJ. Knox was
unanimously elected president. Hugh c.
Browne was reelected secretary and Theo-
dore Townsend of Milford treasurer.
The committee on credentials reported.
There being no contest the report was
unanimously adopted.
The following delegates were elected to
attend the National League of Republican
Clubs, which will be held in Buffalo, N.
y, September 18th.
First district-Edward l.. Foulk; alter
nate, David Jackson.
seeond-,;Hugh Q. Browne; alternate, W.
d. Reybold
Third-Amos A, Watson; alternate, David
Z. Montgomery, Jr.
Fourth-Dr. Hiram r. Burton; alternate,
j. Frank Bacon.
The vice-presidcnts of the different dis
tricts elected are, lirst, Simon Hood; Sec
ond, Dir. j. W. DE Witt; third, L. Il.
Browne; fourth, Newell Ball.
Executive Committee, First district-H.
Gould, Robert Kimble and b. Wolfson.
Second--Dr w. w. Tybout, J. w.
Peters and L. $. Carpenter.
Ihirl- David ~ T.. i
ward +. Wood and Theodore Townsend.
Fourth-tieorge h. Smith, q. p. Smith
and DR.. II. II. Porter.
AT this juncture, 10 O'Clock, Senator An
thony Higgins, General James IL. Wilson
and Major Hancock entered the conven-
ton amid loud applause. They were
ushered to the stage and cries of "speech''
rang out. Senator Higgins responded in
short address i'll which he gave the mem
bers considerable advice.
General Wilson followed in five min
lltes talk, and then gave way to Major
Hancock of Maryland, ex-minister to
China, who was the orator of the evening.
He amused his hearers for about 20 min
utes by abusing the Democratic party and
its leaders by using the most vile and pro-
fame Language ever uttered from the plat
form. He started out by saying the young
men of the Republican clubs had wheeled
Rhode Island into the Republican ranks
and they could do likewise with Delaware.
The Democrats have knocked the Force
bill to HI, said he by electing Jones, Of
Alabama, governor. He said that he felt
BY the Democratic party like the man who
said that II every one of them were on a
rotten rail going to hi he would not give
them single word of warning.
Several OF his sentences are not fit to ap-
pear in print and were disgusting, yet he
was loudly applauded.
George w. Elliott read set of resolu-
tons which were unanimously adopted.
Secretary Browne read letters OF regret
from President benjamin Harrison, ],
Sloat Fassett of New York and John S.
GARRISON, president of the National League
Of Republican clubs
1t was decided to hold the next conven.
ton at the call of the president and execu-
tive committee.
After q collection was taken up for the
janitor the convention adjourned.