Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-09-20
ADDlCKS WINS IN SUSSEX.
All But Two of the Legislative Cam
dates for Him.

Daniel Layton, for Once, Could Not Manip-
uiate the Sussex Republican Convention
Tho Addicis Mon Were in Control,
and Higgins Was Left Out in the Cold.
Special correspondencco of Gazette and Journal
GEoRETowN, Sept. lS.-fhe Higgins
and Addicks forces began arriving here
last night in order to be on the ground
ready for the fight to-day. The Higgins
forces made Dan Laytons office their
headquarters and the Addicks forces
gathered at the law Office of Moore &
Cahall, and were i'll conference until u
late hour,
Bright and early this morning they
were ON the ground ready to receive
the delegates and start the ball rolling.
The delegates arrived early and the ball
began to roll. Fight was on tho faces
| of both factions, and there was not that
| earnestness manifested which charac-
| terized the Democratic conyention-one
week ago. For long time it looked
like fight to q finish, ind it was, to o
| great extent.
The whole morning all indications
| pointed 70 the nomination Of an Addicks
ticket, and when the Legislative branch
| of the convention met this indication
was strengthened, for tine organization
was all Addiclls organization, DIR. q. X.
| Layton, who spent Sunday at Rehoboth
three weeks ago, and was in conference
with Addicks ali day, was made chair
man, and Wallace White, one OF tho
Broadkiln delegates sent as an Addicks
man, was made secretary.
DAN LAYTON BEATEN FOR ONCE.
For once the old war horse, the sly
| ial I.nu la hnpn
so used to allowing, of late years, his
young opponents in Georgetown mum
| dred to have their own way ut the
| primaries, and when the convention
met, to show his fine hand and beat
them, and then laugh at them in his
sleeve, that he thought he could work
the same game again. But he reckoned
without his host, and as a consequence
Daniel and his brother Higgins followers
wear cast down and gloomy counte-
nance tonight, while his opponents, the
Addicks men wear smiles Il yard wide
and all WOOL" and are jubilant over
their victory.
Yet their victory is not as complete as
they would have liked, for they wanted
Charles l.. Moore of this town for State
Senator, but in this Daniel beat them,
Moore being nominated for Representa-
tive in the General Assembly.
There was bitter fight in Broadkiln
hundred last Saturday between the
Higgins and Addicks factions and the
Higgins forces were completely routed,
and by the way Al. Manship, Higgins
chief lieutenant in Broadkiln, was
ousted from his place on the county
central committee John Black. an anti
Higgins man, being named to succeed
him. Manship swears vengeance, and
he is one of the most active and I'M
scrupulous of all the Republican work.
ers ia Broadkiln hundred.
There was some talk of ousting John
II. johnson from the county central
committee, and thus from the chair
manship, but this was not done. john
son is one of the strongest Higgins men
in tho county, but the Addicks crowd
could not afford at this time to change
chairmen, and SO he remains.
TRUxToN WINS FOR SHERIFF.
The sheriff, coroner and county treas
urer convention organized by electing
Edward s. Burton, chairman, and DIR.
, John S. Prettyman, secretary. Joseph
Truxton of Lewes, Robert Short Of
Gumboro, Benjamin Collins of Milford,
and George King Of Laurel, were placed
in nomination for sheriff.
, First Ballot-Truxton, 10; Short, Ill
, Collins, 8; King, 4.
Second Ballot-Truxton, 81; Short, 10
Collins, 8. This decided the contest and
Truxton received the nomination.
There were seven candidates for the
nomination for coroner and on the third
,, ballot Roland w. Joseph of George
town, was nominated.
Then nominations for county treas
, urer were in order. When the conven
!, ton met there was but one candidate
: Frederick Walls of Dagsboro hundred
This did not suit the bosses, who wanted
to soothe Robert Short, the defeated can
didate for sheriff, by nominating hil
father for county treasurer. They wen
to Walls and tried to get him to with
draw, but he told them he was in tue
, fight, and did not think 1t was prope
: treatment of him for them to bring GU
! candidate 10 minutes before the nomi
nation, VIXEN he had made the canvass
and that he would not withdraw. Hi
was beaten on the first ballot, Short re
ceiving "a votes-and no wonder TO
the bosses were against Walls.
!, THE REAL FIGHT BEGINS.
After these nominations had beer
+ made the legislative branch went t
work-George Fisher Pierce, of Mil
a foEd, John NJ. G. Moore of Bethel, ant
i Newall Ball of Bridgeville were PLACED
q in nomination for senators-Pierce ant
! Moore John NJ. O. were nominated.
Y The following nominations were mad
d for representatives in the General AS
sembly: Horace Brown of Scaford hun
: dred, Edward S. Burton of Dagsboro
a Henry Morgan of Nanticoke, Newal
Il Ball of North West Fork, George Town
a send of Baltimore, Charles l.. Moore o
n Georgetown, John M. Robbins of Broad
d kiln. For Levy Court Commissioners
i William Z. Snort for Dagsboro, Charlie
n II. Sackctt for Cedar Greek, John I
q Calhoun for Nanticoke, Henry U. Ben
n mum for Indian River, John w. Greer
for Seaford, Edward o. McColley TO
q North West Fork.
q The county central committee is a
= follows: Broad Creek, John NJ. q
Moore Little Creek, George Il. Snitl
and ]. E. Adams; Cedar Greek, John II
johnson; Lewes and Rehoboth, Charlie
II. Maull; Baltimore, William Lynch
Broadkiln, John Black; Georgetown, j
. Francis Bacon; Seaford, John w. Green
a North West Fork, Cornelius Swain
~ Nanticokc, Thomas Curry; Gumberc
~ Robert Short Indian River, John A
Il Lingo; Dagsboro, Daniel Burton.
"a HIGGINS KNOCKED OUT.
Higgins is knocked out in Sussex an
@ Addicks did it. The Higgins men can
7, not claim more than two of the nom
d nees, and they are doubtful. Whe
Truxton was nominated for sheriff
a. nlninlY shnMed thnt the Addicks nnnial