Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-08-23

The Republican First district commit
tee elected on Saturday met Monday
at the party headquarters, northwest
corner Seventh and Market Streets
Harry II. Billany was elected temporary
chairman, Horace &. Rcttcw, secretary;
and H. o. Entriken, door keeper. The
following committee on credentials was
appointed: w. G. II. Cnlquhoun, John
i. Postles and Thomas W. McNay,
OPPOSED TO BRADLEY.
The first business done was to present
protest against the admission Of the
Ninth ward members returned us
elected. They are Francis Bradley, j.
w. johnson, Joseph Cowgirl and
Edward Turner.
The basis Of the protest is allegations
of fraud in the Eastlake district OF the
Ninth ward.
Those who presented the protest are
E. G. Shortlidge, William r. Goodlcy,
James Lynn and Thomas G. jerks.
The following committee on contest
was appointed James Kitchen, Alton
10. Pyle and Robert N. Burns. 1t will
meet this evening at $ o'clock. Only the
committee and the men on both sides
will be admitted.
BACH ELECTED.
The election Of officers followed.
Frederick L. Bach was nominated for
chairman, and the acting secretary was
instructed to cast the ballot of the COIN
mittee. Merchantmen were then numi-
mated as follows: James lIitcheu,
Fourth ward; Thomas 5. Lewis,
Seventh; James Tyre, Seventh. Mr..
Tyre declined to stand. 1 vote was
taken and Kitchen received 81 and
Lewis II votes. Edmund Mitchell, Jr.,
was unanimously elected secretary and
s. ii. Feaster treasurer.
Tomorrow evening the committee
will meet to hear the report Of the com.
mittee ON contest.
Quite independent Of the Republican
racket in the Ninth ward, there is the
rumpus in Brandywine hundred to be
settled yet.
Saturdays business, although the
votes went against the administration
and was clear Knockout for Higgins
ism, by no means settled the question.
The whole affair comes to its reul settle
ment the second week in September
when the Republican nomination for
State Senator from Brandywine hun.
dred takes place. Then the real light
begins between Day, the Higgins nomi-
nee, and Handy the anti Higgins man.
If Saturdays voting figures are to be
taken as any Indication whatever Of the
result, it means another clean Knockout
for Higgins.
THE HIGGINS HAND.
The inside history of last Saturdays
campaign in Brandywine hundred is
somewhat Interesting in the way it
shows how the Republican city machine
in the city attempted to boss matters in
the old hundred that day.
At the last meeting Of the Republican
State central committee at Dover, which
was in the month of July last, Brandy
wine hundred delegates were changed
from to 4. They had been to West
Brardywine; to East Brandywinc and
to South Brandywine.
At the last county executive commit
tee meeting, when the Republican APP
portioument was made and Branlywine,
us all will remember was allotted State
Senator, the hundred committee met
Immediately at the close OF the county
executive meeting, at the same place,
and with full understanding and Gdmis.
sion from all present the following
allotment Of hundred delegates was
made: West BranIywnc, /; East
Brandywine, /; South Brandywiuo, =.
This was the final arrangement set.
tied on by the hundred committee for
last Saturdays primaries.
SiuCG that, it seems that the hundred
committees agreement, whose sole bust.
ness II IL to act on the matter, did not
suit the bosses in Wilmington Wilt
accordingly ordered the Brundywiuc
hundred allotment to be changed to sui
their ideas as follows southern dstrr
where there sho Id DO :, Western
district ? in the place Ot l, anu tlt
Eastern district /.
Unauthorized tickets were printed it
the city and sent to the voting Qi4trict
to cirCumvent the arrangements TO
delegates made at the regular meetin.
as agreed on by the hundred committee
The Southern district lEdge Moor
was the anti -lIiggins district, wher
X. J. Handy and q. NJ. Watson wer
nominated on Saturday and where, Il /
reported, John %. Turner, the opposing
nominee, has since resigned.
In the Western district, where III
machine usurped authority anu w!0n.
fully injected two delegates wAcr
there should be hut one, the ll.Egiu
followers who circulated tickets viii
Day and DcnnIson for delegates, ga
beaten out Of their boots uy Jane
Luke, who received 81 votes against 2
Received by the Higgins double team.
In the Eastern liraniywine dlstriC
where there was no gCrrymandenug 1
delegate tickets Amor q. t'Orwoud wa
elected with SO votes out Of total &
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