Evening journal., 1892-05-06
THE HIGGINS SLATE.
The Negro Has a Sorry Time at
Dover


nation is Not Recognized he is Turned
Down 20 Make Room for Higgins and
winston-A Platform without Plsnks.
Slang siung by senator Higgins.
The great Republican State Conven-
tion Is over aud It's work can be stated in
few. words Il shows that Higgins holds
the lash and the whip. but that his hand
is not as strong as be supposed It was
The negro Is dissatisfied because he was
not given a delegate; State Senator |
John PilliDg was butchered to make
Wilson holiday; George Massey was |
made Kent county delegate because |
Senator Higgins did not dare to affroht |
the Massey faction; but l N Mills was |
not so fortunate, bs being turned down
by Higgins in favor of DIR. George
w. Marshall Henry P. Cannon,
the Sussex county standard bearer
fell to make place fer well
known Republican demagogue J. Frank
Bacon, and his co-lsborer George Fisher
Pierce Senator A. B. Richardson and
Harry Richardson's nlmes were dropped
from among the ''possibles' into the
''lmpossbles."
TIE CoLoRED MANS DEMAND.
The negro delegates from Wilmington
played bold hand in the First district
caucus One of them had the audscity
to nominate Anderson, the negro milk
dealer, against Senator Higgins. George
A. Elliott the young Republican lawyer,
made an eloquent plea for Anderson to
withdraw de refused and was ruled
out by arbitrary measures. and relegated
to the background while William M.
Winston was chosen as the Higgins al
ternate.
THE DELEGATES AND ALTERNATEs.
The delegates and alternstes selected
by King Caucus and ratified by the con-
Vention we're as follows:
New Castle County-Senator Anthony
Higgins, General james Il. Wilson. Al
ternates, William a. Winston, colored,
Hugh G. Browne.
Kent County-George V. Massey, DR..
George w. Marshall. Alternates, J.
Colby Smith, DR.. Paris T. Carlisle.
Sussex County,, Francis Bacon,
George Fisher Pierce. Alternates, Dan
iel J. Layton, Henry P. Cannon.
POLITICAL PATCHWORK PLATFORM
The platform adopted was as erratic as
the osher proceedings 1t was prepared
by George A. Elliott and Francis M
Walker, two young Wilmingson Law yers
and revised by Senator Higgins. 1t ap-
proves the 'sagscious wise, manly and
patriotic administration" of President
Harrison, and the management of foreign
affairs by Secretary Blaine 'in striking
contrast to the feebleness and pusillauim
ity which marked the administration OF
his predecessor; approves the Nc
Kinley bill; opposes the admission oi
foreign. built ships to American registry
favors free coinage of silver after therI
shall have been an international agree
80 . ho 80 ofu uf1 rvff
gold favors Just and liberal pension
laws; denounces the Democratic State
Administration and favors constitu
tional convention
THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
The State Central COMMITTEES has anon
its members A b. Mcpherson Johuson
the Higgins negro, who worked 80 hsr
at the Court House during March, bu
taken as q whole, it is "white man s
committee, as the following will show:
New Castle county, First district
Samuel NJ. Knox, Joseph Wigglesworth
A. B. McP Johnson Second district
James d. Wilson. Thomas ]. Day, Hug
c. Browne Kent county, Third distric
David s Clark, Jonathan s. Willis, J
Frank Alice Sussex county, Fourt
William A. Gum, g. E. Smith
John b. johnson.
SPEECH BY SENATOR HIGGINS
One of the poorest features Of the da
was the rambling speech made by Sens
tor Higgins, who used slang that was a
insult to many OF the intelligent Repub
licAn delegates He congratulated tn
Republicans upon their successes in Dell
ware, saying:
I'VE have mad difficult road to travs
for thirty years We have had to figh
ar,r nav fhrorob m au.+rnn az N
everything devllish that 1.-THE i1genuit
of man could conceive Ia order to stan
up and be counted There are thre
ways to hold an tlectiOu-by lot, b
fraud and by force. / believe in a gov
ernment by choice, a free choice of frt
people and could not breathe any othI
air. We have nothing to apologies Z,
in this company. No administratic
has ever come before nation With
more brilliant record than that Of Benz
min Harrison Applause
"rhe Mckinley Dill was misunderstood
by Kent and Sussex two years ago bl
In New CASTLE the people did not hear
It. They were dealing with another al
a local question. The result has be,
that one years experience has result
In the absolute vindieation of the succe
OF the Republican party. l an willii
to 90 before the people OF Delaware eve
time on that issue.
''Let the nation stand on the basis
the two metals on an equal footing. Th
view is held by Mr.. Gray and Mr.. b.
ard Applause. We are to vote for
President to represent 3 national part
You have only to ook at legislative h
tory and votes to know that the Dem
cratic party at large is committed to {
silver heresy
National issues sank int insign
cance when compared with the questic
Shall we Republicans have equal rigl
TO qualify and vote along with the Den
cratsf | shall never rest until Il
great wrong is righted. We are Il
better condition than we have ever be-
We have climed mp to their necks, q
we won't let 60. We are going to viii
THE Demoerrts have passed a bal
law and a registration act. They had
abandon bulldozing and violence.
bulldozing can be done In Sussex.
buldozsrs cannot 90 within Thirty (
of the polls now without violating
law.
'0ur friends. the Democrats, may
well know here as at any time that
will no. give up our rights basely wi
we have an arm to raise in their defer
We do not intend 60 take any rig