Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1896-08-13
oOLDSWATER PARTY.


ticket nominated was as follows:
Presidential Electors Henry NJ. Sill
yer, Red Lion hundred, New Castle
county; Jefferson Cooper, Cheswoid,
Kent county, and William ". Vincent,
Georgetown, Sussex county.
Goyernor--Daniel NJ. Green, New
port, New Castle county. NJ
Congressman William FAIRIES,
Smyrna, Kent county. K. N. Cooper
was elected chairman and James Grams
ton, secretary. The following commit
tees were appointed:
Resolutions--G George W. TODD, Or.
J. d. West, L. w. Brosius, W. F. Col.
Inns and H. B. Hitch.
Neutrality-suspicious. Hardness, IT..
D. Hitch, L. NJ. Price, Albert Chand-
ler. Jefferson Cooper.
The following platform, which was
reported by the resolution committee,
was adopted:
eve, the representatives Of the Pro.
hibition party Of Delaware, assembled
10 convention at Dover, do adopt the
following as our platform:
Resolved, That we endorse and de.
clare our loyal allegiance to the Ma
tional Prohibition party and its candi-
dates, Joshua lowering and Hale John
OK the National Prohibition party
adopted at Pit.sburg, which is as fol
lows:
We, the members of the Prohibition
party. in national convention assembled,
renewing our declaration Of allegiance
to A mighty God as the rightful ruler
OF the universe. lay down the following
as our declaration OF political purpose;
The Prohibition party In national
convention assembled declares it's firm
convictions that the manufacture, ex-
| portation, Importation and sale OF
alcoholic beverages has produced. such
social, commercial. industrial and poll
| tical wrongs, and is now SO threatening
| the perpetuity of all our social and
| political institutions that the suppress
| sion OF the same by q national party,
organized for the purpose therefor, is
| the greatest object to be accomplished
| by the voters Of our country. and is Of
such Importance that il, OF right. ought
to control the political actions OF all
our patriotic citizens until such sup
preston is accomplished.
Resolved, That we favor the legal
prohibition by State and national legis-
lation OF the manufacture, importation,
! expectation, interstate transportation
and sale OF alcoholic beverages. That
we declare our purpose to organize and
unite all the friends of prohibition
into one party and in order to accom-
plish this end we deem 1t but right to
leave every Prohihitiunist due freedom
OF his own convictions upon all other
| questions and trust cur representatives
to take such action upon political ques-
tons as the changes accustomed by pro-
hibitioD and the welfare Of the whole
people shall demand.
Resolved, That we demand that the
coming Constitutional convention,
which should BIO non partisan, 10 con-
nection with other needed reforms
shall incorporate an article in the Con :.
stitution forever prohibiting the manu-.
facture, importation and sale OF alco-
holio liquor as beverage.
Resolved, That we reaffirm and en-
dorse the positions heretofore taken by
the Prohibition party Of this State in
favor of equal suffrage; ballot reform
and purity Of elections, Sabbath pro-
lection. free schools, Just and equitable
taxation, and economical admipistra-
ton OF the government; an elective
| judiciary and county officers; and abol-
ishing the granting Of divorces by the
Legislature.
Resolved, That we denounce the
narrow partisanship, the open bribery,
the unblushing debauchery and COR
ruption that has disgraced the politics
of this State in recent years, and call
on all citizens who are opposed to these
methods to unite With US to correct
our present evils ard secure good gov
eminent for all. believing that it is a
favorable time to cut loose from and
sever all ties with the old parties. "
The following persons we're named as
State executive committees New
Castle county, George W. Todd, r. W.
Brown, l.. W. Brosius; Kent county,
r. NJ. Cooper, Charles II. Register, DR..
| j. d. Hart: Sussex county, II. u. Hitch,
W. S. Kenney, George W. Jones.
Addresses were made by Gubernator-
iaI Candidate Green, George W. Todd,
Henry s. Thompson and others.
The convention decided upon the
picture of home as the device Of the
party. The executive committee was
authorized to gil vacancies.
The matter of raising funds was left
with the executive committee.
After the adjournment of the conven-
tion the executive committee effected
permanent organization by electing Il.
NJ. Cooper, chairman; Il. W. Brown,
secretary, and Charles H. Register,
treasurer.
The delegate present were as follows
4 New Castle county--George W. Todd
and l.. w. Brosius, Wilmington; Daniel
Green and James Cranston, Newport
II. s. Thompson. Delaware City; II.
M. Deakyne, Townsend; Henry M.
Silver, Red Lion; James Hardness,
Pleasant Hill; the Rev. Albert Chand-
Ter, Townsend.
Kent county-Richard NJ. Cooper,
Jefferson Cooper and ". F. Collins,
Cheswold: John Hutton, Charles Z.
Fem and James Keith, Dover; Charles
Fl, Register, James II. Morris and l..
NJ. Price, Smyrna; David Brown and
DR.. J. ID. West, Harrington Robert
NJ. jones', c. 4. Harper, Leipsic; Nc
Elroy McIlvaine, Magnolia; John Out
ten, Harrington.
Sussex county-H. B. Hitch, Laurel.
Daniel Green, the candidate for Gov.
ernor, was born at Hazlettvilie. Kent
county, in December. 1888. He at
tended school at Fairfield. N. Y, and
Pennington, N. J.. At the breaking
out OF the war he was teaching school.
He joined Capt. W. II. McClary's Co. @,
Fourth Delaware Volunteers, and served
three years, and lost his log in front OF
Petersburg On June 18th. 1864. Since
the war he has been connected with the
Newport National Bank. He is promi-
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