Evening journal., 1896-09-30

and sewall Club, No. 1.
Rev. Alexander Kent, ID. D., OF tn |
Peoples Church, Washington, ID. G. |
will address q Democratic meeting a
Fifth and Shipley streets on Friday
evening.
Eighth ward regulars have a sof
spot in their hearts for Hugh G
Browne, chairman of the Republica
State Central Committee. Last even
ing they met, organized a campaig
club of sixty members and named th
organization for Mr. Browne William
r. Scott was elected president; JohI
f. Richards vice-premdent; Jane
V. Roman, corresponding secretary
Thomas II. Hopewell, recording secre
tary; Kennard Allston, treasurer
Lewis c. Williams, sergeant-at-arms
Charles Biddle, captain; Joseph T
Murphy. George Wright and Joh
Townsend, executive committee.
There will be a special meeting of tn
Business Mems Mckinley and Hobar
Club at the Board of Trade rooms thi
evening. The attendance will be re
stricted to members.
The Democratic County Executiv
Committee is in session at the Youn
Mems Democratic Club this Afternoon
endeavoring to provide satisfactor.
election officers for Saturdays pri
maries Friends OF Senator Pyle ar
still sanguine that Thomas N. Stayto
viii withdraw. It is expsated tina
Abram Palmer will be declared tn
Democratic nominee for Levy Cour
commissioner from the first district.
Receiver Of Taxes Dicl1ey and hi
deputies had busy day with poll tax
ables yesterday.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee is in Dover to-day talking owe
schemes OF COMPROMISE and helping
steer the Kent county convention
which is TO set up an anti-Addick
| ticket. To-day may mark the with
| drawal from the field OF William c
\ Spruance and Manlove Hayes, regula
| Republican nominees for presidential
| electors, and there is a rurhor that tn
regulars will also withdraw Robert G
Houston. their congressional candidate
although this is denied by the regula
leaders.
Five OF the twenty-seven delegate
composing the Sussex county conven
| ton to nominate Constitutional Con
vention delegates bolted when the con
vention decided 70 give half of tn
delegates to the regular Republicans
Fhe Bryan and Sewall Club. a
Third and King streets il maxim
great progress. IL took in thirty-thre
n new members last evening making an
n aggregate Of 276 on the roll. A. the
meeting tomorrow night, when therS
\ will be speaking, at least fifty more
y members will join.
There is a rumor flying around tina
some regular Republicans and Demo
Gratis will urge Governor Watson [
call a special session of the General AS
sembly Immediately and by fusion o
Democratic and regular Republica'
members, elect Colonel Henry A. Du
Pont, a Republican, or ex-Chancello
al James l.. Wolcott, a Democrat, Unite
!, States senator, thus shutting out Ad
4 dicks for at least two years. If no
driving him out OF Delaware politics.
. is not believed that any such fusio
I, can or will be made, as the Democrat
) any such deal.
Fourth ward Democrats met at Fift
and Lombard streets last evening an
elected Henry Jones, Michael Carve
and John =. Alsentzer 10 represen
y them on the Wilmington Hundred EA
J. ecutive Committee.
u Chairman Stansbury j. Wiley is sti
too sick to attend to his official dutit
ir at Addicks headquarters.
ie William S. Hilles and John P. Nielc
is will address a Mckinley and Hobal
al meeting at Hockessin tomorrow ever
rs ing.
te Thomas f. Bayard. Jr., who has r.
s. turned from Kent, says that he fine
al the sound money movement GROWN
: steadily down there. He was accon
panied by Levi A. Bertolette.
The ratification meeting which WI
to have been held last evening
Fourth and Market streets was pos
poned on account OF the storm. II
meeting will take place at some futu
p time.
~ There is nothing in that special sc
n, sion story" said a prominent A
dicksite this morning although Il
regular Republicans have made SUI
overtures. Governor Watson has tel
Ao graphed TO a friend in this city tn
he knows absolutely nothing abo
such scheme.
From all that can learn" sa
~ one OF the most prominent regular r
publicans this morning. "the result
the State Committee meeting at Dov
to-day viii be the withdrawal Of Spr
ance and Hayes for electors, and
81 offer to Addicks to withdraw Houst
- for Congress il he will withdraw HC
70 fecker for governor. making the he
90. of the ticket Shaw, Wilson and Foo