Evening journal., 1896-07-16
REGULARS START OFF.
Addicks Men Hope to STAN
pede the Convention.
ooEFBsEEoE HELD YESTERDAY


Seat of war-raIk OF Nominating n
strAiehi-out Regular Republican Elec-
toral and state Ticket.
The delegates to the Republican Con-
vention AZ Georgetown assembled at the
P, w. Il b railroad station this morning
aud left for the convention ON
special train at 8 90 o'clock Hyatts
Military Band had been engaged to
accompany the Young Men'a Republican
Club IL marched to the station followed
by large crowd, most OF which was
colored
There was big crowd around the sta
tion TO see of the politicians, but few
went With them. In the special tralu
there were six cars. but only two Of them
and half of third were filed. Includ
ing tho band probably 200 people went
to Georgetown from Wilmington.
The frat car Of the train was reserved
for the Young Mems Republican Club,
and bore long gtreamer announcing the
fact that members OF that club were
aboard. In this car the band was sta
toned.
Que of the sights Of the excursion WAS
the presence Of State Senator Robert j.
Handy OF Brandywine hundred who WAS
read out OF the Republican party by the
men who will assemble At Georgetown.
Other prominent Republicans who went
down on che special train were: Henry
q Morse Sheriff ellis, Coroner Stldham,
sx Speaker McMullen, w. r Spruance,
Martin B. BurrIs, OF MIddletown; Allen
Smith. + q Bradford. Colonel Henry A.
Dupont. Frank Hoffscker, Horace Greedy
| Knowles. Rev Il. o. Short. X. T. Moody.
Thomas Lewie, W. B. h. Colquhoun,
William Kitchens and George l.. Strad
ley David w. Elkinton and Henry
Dennison Of New Castle, boarded the
train at that place
Charles H KlttlnRer, political man
ager for Addlcks, and the young man to
whom ex Postmaster Daniel # Stewart
and others who bolted from the rule Of
Chairman Bach ure now referred for In
atructicns by Addioks. went down to
Georgetown yesterday afternoon.
He expressed himself confident that
there would be break In the convention
and intimated that Washington Hastings
and his chosen friends would have
another opportunity to bolt
Ever since the regular Republican
delegates we're elected on Saturday
Addicks lleutepsnts In all parts OF the
otAAo AAHo bNch nhAohNoItuk W uIhuh lhb
Irregular lines and secure sufficient dele
gates TO lead an endorsement of the
Dover nominees
How we'll their plans have been laid
, will not be known until the convention
d ls over. but their presence In George.
town to-day Indicates thRt they are golne
d to make all the trouble they can for the
= regular Republican leaders.
Favored ignoring the Ticket.
Nearly one hundred repreaentatlv,
regular Republican delegates TO the Stat,
q Convention and others assembled At th,
Young Mems Republican Club yesterday
AFTERNOON to talk over the situation Anc
complications arising from the action OF
2 the Addioks State Convention In making
l lis nominations two days prlol
to the regular convention. The
feeling was unanimous that had any
body OF Republicans requested that The
nomination Of electors that had not bser
nominated In the interest o.
the Addlcks party they would have bseI
!. endorsed, provided the men selected haC
Z not made themselves Objectionable By
A their factlonal offensiveness
Regarding the ticket set up by Addickl
The New Castle County delegates were
J. practically unanimous In their expires
= sion that it should be wholly ignored
Some Kent aud Sussex men present
> thought otherwise, bat they we're much
In the minority.