Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-16


The prettiest fight ever developed in
the Republican party ranks is now in
full blast. 1t is purely and simply the
opposition in the city to F.. Eden Bach
and the Higgins machine.
The opposition is thoroughly equipped,
with headquarters, with working COM
mittces, with plenty of funds and strong
backing in every ward in Wilmington.
The machine has the biggest job on
hand that it ever undertook in meeting
the opposed organization. 1tisa straight-
out fight and the antl-Higgins men have
no intention whatever but Of pushing
the fight to the bitter end. The contest
has commenced now at the primaries
and the Sixth ward led off Friday night
with its anti-Higgins ticket. All the
other wards will follow The fate of the
machine and its opponents will be
decided on Saturday next when the
election of delegates to the Dover con-
vention comes off.
There were two meetings of Sixth
ward Republicans Friday night. That at
the Young Mems Republican Club
nominated the following Higgins ticket:
+. &. Stidham, William Mckinney, w.
s. Hilles, Simeon Hood and John Will
lia.ns; alternates, George Kelory, ]. t.
Parker, Elwood Stout, Thomas Posties
and William Wiley. Members of the
Republican First district committee
were nominated as follows: William
Hanna, Harry Adams, John Wintrup,
Charles Loud, A. IL. Goodnow, William
P. Clayton and William Carmichael
The anti-Higgins ticket, nominate
at largely-attended meeting Of Sixt.
ward Republicans held at the HeAld
Building, Seventh and Market streets,
was: Delegates, Robert @. Fraim, ,Gecage
L. Riley, L. Atwood Zebley, Howard
Rice, Peter 5. kenton; alternates, ,Jossvh
II. G. Macy, John Williams, James III.
Sewell, ii. q. Thomas and j. III. Pier
son; for First district committee, Charles
F. Bowers, Samuel Q. Virtue, Richard
L. Rider, Wilson Helmsley, John +.
Nickle, l.. Atwood Zebley.
A rousing meeting Of Fifth ward anti
Higginsites was held Friday night at
720 Shipley street, when the following
nominations were made; Delegates
Frank Woolley, j. ii. Ainsworth, w.
II. johnson, j. Il. Martin, David Jeffer-
son; alternates, Henry Robinson, Ed
ward ID. Spencer, Benjamin Tomlinson,
@. w. McCaulley and Joseph II. Seeney;
committeeman, Robert /. Kemble, George
p. Phillips, w. Frank Porter, w. III.
Ainsworth, George w. Phillips, DR.. g.
Russell Jakes, Jonn H. Woodlane.
The Ninth ward Higgins followers
met at 2129 Market street Friday night
and made these nominations Delegates,
DR.. E. G. Shortlidge, A. B. MCPHERSON
II n
James Lynch, Anson A. Maher; mem
bers of the First District Committee:
First district, Joseph Cargill, William
r. Goodly, A. b. Mcpherson Johnson,
colored; Second district, Z. G.. Short
lidge, George II. Turner and Edward
L. Turner; Third district, John w.
johnson, George Benson; Fourth dis
trict, Francis S. Bradley and Thomas
G. jerks; Fifth district, Robert II.
Brown.
The Republicans Of the Eighth ward
elected the following delegates Thursday
night: Frank Kendall, Howard Il. Staats,
William Aaron, John w. Hollis, George
w. Hubbard; Alternates, w. ], Coyle,
Morris Wingate, George Paradee, Charles
Biddlc, John Primrose. Members of the
First district Republican committee
were elected as follows: First district,
Joseph A. Macklin; Second, John Nc
Caulley; Third, Charles Hignut; Fourth,
Asbury Sterling; Fifth, w. II. Caldwell;
Sixth, Robert NJ. Burns; Seventh, John
spring; Eighth, Charles Lowe; Ninth,
james r. Jones.
The First ward Republicans have
named the following tickets; Anti
Higgins ticEet-Delegates to the State
convention, George Johnson and Andrew
Conner; Alternates, Charles II. Ewing
and James Birnie. First District Com
m:ttce, First district, George Hutton;
Second district, Fred Conner; Third
district, Otto Si"heu, Higgins ticket
Delegates to the State convention,
James Brown, ST.. and Allen 5. Smith;
hlternatcs, Philip Mcdowell and Patrick
Boyd. First District Committee, First
district, Isaac II. Brown; Second district,
IIibbartl D. Entriken Third district,
William Benge.
The Fourth ward Republicans elected
delegates as follows Monday night: Wn.
Moore, j. II. Lewis, Edward l.. Foulk;
alternates, James Kitchen, Joseph w.
Wigglesworth and Daniel Dohl. Mem
hers Of tine First district committee were
elected as follows: James Kitchen,
Edward J.. Fouik, William Il. Shockley,
George W. Singley and Joseph w.
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